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m I mill ill LEWis M.^ GRiST", | " ^n |nkpmi)tnt /ainiiii Hftospiptr: Jfj>T % ^mefimt ^% |?lrtital, ^(tc^^rirato^OTli Cwtrti^ lirftrests S^t|. ^ pE?!^ ' VOL. 15. YORKYILLE, S. C? THURSDAY, AUQ-TTST 5, 1869. NO. BL ?he Jfotn Idler. THE DISGUISED HEIRESS. ^ Miss Vernon sat thoughtfully at her window plunged in deep thought. This-need not be wondered at, for the question upon which she w<?s pondering affected her deeply. She was an heiress, having cotue into possession, at her majority, of fifty thousand dollars. She was prepossessing in her appearance, and this, as was natural, added to the report of her wealth, which, as usual, was considerably exaggerated, brought her suitors in plenty. Among them she made choice of William Wjnsor, and in a few weeks they were to be married. William was engaged in the wholesale clothing business, and had the reputation of being a sharp and active man of business. Fie was of good appearance, and as far ascouW be judged, was a g<x>d match even for the heiresa. Nothing tohis j>re,)u' * "ntll tlvn /lot* hnfnrn A I U1CC UilU CU1IJC IU IIVI v?ia uuill Lin, UUJ uviviv. .a. poor woman had come to the door in evident poverty, and asked for relief. On being questioned, she said she had been employed making shirts at twelve'cents apiece for wholesale dealers?that after making a dozen and carrying them to the store she had been roughly told that they, were spoiled and that nothing would be paid her for her work; * but she might have some more if she would agree to make them better. She added that this was 9 one of the ways in which the firm made money out " of poor work women, by pretending that the work was unsatisfactorily done, when really no fault could be reasonably found with it. The sum, small as it was, of which dve had been defrauded, was all-important to her, as it represented nearly a week's work. "Only a dollar and.forty-four cents for a week's work," exclaimed Miss Vernon in dismay. "That's all," said the poor woman. "How then, do you live?" "It can hardly be called living.. It's just hardy keeping soul-and body together, "said the poor old woman. "And who is this extortioner that-first offers you _A. A? /IzifWrurlo* TVMl nvon nf*I SUirvailUII Wage:-. uuu men u^uauu^ j um v.vm v. theui ?" asked Miss Vernon indignantly. "William Winsor." "Who?" demanded Miss Yeruuu, quickly. "William Wjnsor.'\ "I can hardly believe this: .1 knew die geutleman." * "It is true, and you wHMind it to bps#" "I will investigate the matter. Here tsfivgdollars for your present needs. . Come here to-morrow | at this time and I may have some work for you to do." The poor woman departed invoking blessings b upon the heiress. | "1 will look into this," said Margaret Vernon resolutely, "tuid if it proves true the engagement between William Winsor and myself shall be broken. I will not give myself to such a man." "Nancy," said Miss Vernon the next morning to the ohambermaid, "have you an old dress and shabby cloak and bonnet you can lend me?" "I have got some that are so poor that I am not going to weur them again," said Nancy, surprised at. such an inquiry. "Will you lend thmn to me?" a "6f course, Miss; but wliat would the likos of you want of soch old clothes?" "A little fun, that is all," said Miss Vernon. "I am going to disguise myself, and see if I can't deceive somebody." With this explanation XanCy was content and produced the clothes. Miss Vernon put theiu on, and in addition borrowed from another of the servants, a thick green veil, somewhat the worse for wear, and then set out on her mission. No one hi tier (hsffuise would have recounted the usually el * egantly dressed heiress, Miss MaYgaret Vernon. Miss Vernon slipped out of the .basement door and took her way to a large store, on which Was inscribed the name William Winsor, in largest lettors. ^ She erftercd and after awhile a clerk spoke to her in a rough voice : "Well, vfbat do yqu want?" "I want to getjjonio work," she-said in a low voice. - ... "We can give you some shirts." "Anything." "Can you sew well?" "I think so." A half dozen shirt* wore given to Miss Vernon, and she was informed, that if satisfactorily done, she woukl be paid twelve cents apiece. These she carried "home, slipping in at the back door. "Two hoars later the poor woman called. "Here are some shirts for you to make," said Miss-Vomon. "Wby; they are the same as 1 "have been making," said the woman in surprise. "That is true, ami they came from the sunift place." "Aon I to carry them back there?" "No, you will bring them here. I will pay ibr the work when done, double the price you have been receiving." I "Thauk you, Miss; you are very kind." "Sew them as neatly as you possibly can. I wish B to see wl ret her they will he rejected as poor work." f "Yes, Miss Vernon, I will take pains with ; them." Three days hater the poor woman returned with the work completed. Miss Vernon paid her for them, and requested her to call again the next day. ' Y.mmr " u.ii,l rLi> after her urotetre had departed, "I shall wish to borrow your old clothes again." ''Certainly, Miss," said Nancy, "if it is not ashamed you are to upi>ear in such rags." "Noone will know ine, Nancy." "Sure, Miss, you can take thorn W honerer you like." " ; "I don't think I shall need thorn again, Nancy, hut I thank you all the same." Not long afterwards Miss Vernon, in Iter shabby disguise, entered the establishment of^filliaui Winsor, with the bundle of shirts under her arm. She went to the counter and laid them down. "What have you got there," demanded a j>ert young clerk. "Some work., sir," said Miss Vernon, humbly. "Well, why don't you open the bundle!" said the young man, picking his teeth with his knife. ^ Miss Vernon did so. ^ The young man deigned to tumble over the shirts, glancing at them carelessly. "Shocking! shocking!" he said. "What's the matter, sir?" "They're wretchedly sewed, that's what'r the matter. How do you expect we are going to sell such shuts as these?"' "I am sure 1 thought they were well done," said Miss Vernon. "You thought, did youre|?eatcd tlte clerk, mocking her. "Well, I think differently, and that's all about it. We shan't pay you for these shirts. Tlicy will have to be sold at a loss. "lint what shall I do?" asked Miss Vernon, in seeming distress. "That's your business, not mine. We will try you once more, and give you Another half dozen shirts. If they are done latter, you will he paid for them.' "These are done well," said she, snatching the bundle from the counter, "and I will show them to your employer." To the irnligtiation of the clerk, who was not used to such independence in the poor women who worked for the establishment, Miss Verrtbn took tha shirts to another part of the counter'"where she saw William Winsor himself. "Mr. Winsor," she said, "your clerk will not pay me for these shirts. lie says they are not well done." Mr. Winsor took up one and pretended to examine it. "No ; it is poorly done. Wccau't pay you for these, but you may have another bundle, and. if they are satisfactory, you will then be paid." "Didn't I tell you so?" said the clerk triumphantly. "Now, young woman, how much did you make by that operation?" "More than you think perhaps," said Miss Vernon, quietly. "Do you want any work?" "No ; don't wish any," she said. "Oh! you are on your high horse are you? Well you may be glad to get work some day whetf you can't have it." That evening was-lhe one. which William Winsor usually spent with his betrothed. When he was jntroduc<jd, he went forwawl, to greet Miss Vernon. ... She drew hack coldly, and did not offer her hand to grasp his. ''What is the matter, "Margaret P' he--asked, stlrprisctf and startled.- ''What have I done to entitle tne to such a reception?" "My hand has taken yonrsTor the last time, Mr. Wmsor," said Margaret: * "(.food Heavens! What is tire- meaning of aft this? Margaret, explain yonr.seif, fcanno't understand it." "I cannot take the hand-of one who grows rich by defrauding poor women out. of their scanty earnings."" "Who says this of me? Some one has been slandering me. Confront me with my accuser. There is some mistake here." "I .will do as you desire. Wait frve minutes." Mi^s l emon left the room, and soon entered in her diseuise. The young man strode up to her angrily. "Are you the one that has slandered ine to Miss Vernon ?" lie demanded. " I told her the truth The young man reflected. Violent contradiction he saw would-not avail him; he would try another course. "Hark, you, young woman," he said, in a low voice, "there is jl mistake^ I will mako it up to" you richly. I will .give you ten dollars ou. the spot, and all the work.you want at double-.rates if you will tell Miss Vernon it was all a mistake.. Too late, Mr. Winsorj said tire veiled figure, throwng up her veil atuLshowing the eoniemptuous face of Margaret Vemou. Vonr bribe is offered iu vain. Good evening, sir. Confused and astonished, William Winsor fonnd his way to the door and has never ventured to enter the house of the heiress since. lie was.paid for his meanness in his own coin, THE SCOUT'S RESCUE. Seated in one of the adobe houses that abound in and around Fort Kearney, were two persons who were employed in the' capacity of scouts by the commandant of that post. ' - * "Jack," spoke one, "how" long do ycr s'itosc we've got to hang round this Shebang? Fm gettin' rusty for want of exercise; and so is Spencer," patting his carbine. "Well, Bill," replied the other, "can't exactly say; but I reckon the old man'll have something for us to do before long." As if to give stfength -to this opinion, an orderly at'this moment'presented himself, and informed the speakers that their presence was desired at headquarters. Nothing loth, both rose to accompany the messenger, and were soon ushored into the presence of the major commanding. "Boys," said he, "I have"some despatches here that I wish to forward to our new ppst on. the Solonion Forks. As you arc both old plainsmen, and have such a thorough knowledge of this section of the country, I have selected you as the bearer of these despatches. Lot mc sec-^-it is now Wednesday, and as itis important that .they bo. delivered within the week, 1 need not ask if I can depend upon your promptness. How soon will you be ready to set out?" "Well, Major, I reckon as how wo kin go right away, bein' the matter is of sich consequence. Hey, Jack?" WI rotber 'speck we km," responded his companion. "One word inoro, before you go/' said. the-Major. "You are aware that the red skins-are abroad, and at their old work again, so-a little caution will be necessary." * - y - - "We know that well enough, Major, and you can bet your bottom dollar they'll have to scratch hard afore they finger our ha'r." "Well, boys, I wish you a safi: journey. Report to me as soon as you retnrn. Good day." The scouts, after this brief interview, proceeded to |Hvpare for their departure. Nverything-being in proper trim, they wore speedily-on their way to the place of destination. . Nothing worthy of remark occurred-on the first day out. As evening approached, our friends eucainped among a grove of cotton-wood trees situated upon the skirts of a raviue. After passing the night there, the journey was resumed. ''Jack, keep your eye skinned, fur if I'm not mistaken we're somewhar in the wacintty of the reds,-an'as the Major sed, we must use a little extra caution. Whips and weasels! if there ain't a fresh trail a'ready. Wow ! them fellers as made that ain't fur off." "By ginger! Bill, yer right, .lust look yonder, commit), round the cliff! I kinder think the liest thing"we kin do is to up and git." Suiting the action to the word, Both tnrncd their horses JlbOut; but not before the savages had sighted them. Then commenced a race* for life. The enemy urging forward their ponies and yelling like infuriated demons, the scouts putting their steeds to their best mettle. The race could not long continue at this rate, domesticated American horses being no match, in the long run, for the lassoed mustang Of the plains. "I say, Jack, we're in for it. Flow duz you feel about the ha'r." "I feel as how it are a too precious article to lose, an' may 1 he horned by a buff rler if they git it yet awhile." On they sped, the pursued and the pursuer. Matters began to look gloomy for the friends; the Indians were gaining rapidly upon them and unless something out of the ordinary way should turn up, their capture, if not death, seemed almost certain. "I say, .Jack, if we kin hold uut long enough to reach .Meyer's old ranche, we'll stand some show. It can't be tnore'n a mile from here. Spurring their foaming horses to an almost in! credible rate of speed, the ranche spoken of was ] providentially reached. After leading their horses i within what was left of the enclosure, the scouts [secured themselves as circumstances would permit, and made well ready for a closer acquaintance with the red rascals. Nor had they lung to wait. The Indians, who j numbered a score or more, feeling confident of an easy vietoiy, rode bravely to the charge, but were suddenly brought to a halt by seeing two of their number fall gracefully front their ponies, then quickly wheeling around, placed their precious persons beyond range, .npt, however, before two more braves paid respects to mother -earth. Jack, there's four on 'em we've cured a'ready." "Yes, Bill, Spencer's pills will cure most any disease; but I reckon they'll noed a few more doses afore they're convalescent, as the doctors say."" In the meantime the savages, though lepnlscd in thc-first instance, were mafuringrthcirplans for ' another attack. The situation of the scouts was jHidlous in the extreme. The vanche in which they had taken refuge, served but as a partial defence, having been recently visited by the marauders of the plains, ami left it in anything but a sound condition. It was evident to the minds of our herocs that, although flicy might be able toholdoht, for a short time, the odds were too heavy against them, and that eventually th'cy would ho compelled to succumb to superior force. -* The savag?? bad as yet made no further deniRnstratfon, oflier than sending an oocnsional ahotitK to the charred-logs ef the raUehe. But thi'rinaetiQn on their part boded no godd to the inmates of , the rude structure. If was apparently the mtcn: tion of the savages to. await the ootning of night* and then, under the cover of darkness,* jitteuipt .klic captura of our Iricnds. ".Just* as the sun was shedding bis.laat rays over tlw broad .prairie, thosuspicious movements of the savages proclaimed that the time of action had arrived. "It 'pears to inc, Jack, as bow* the redi? Save, gbj; a new Idett into th^ir palpted skulls. ' I hinder thought.tbcy tyighi leave us alone tflLdark -set ip, au'. wg.migtat hmse a-cbaaiee.teereep out'or this,". . "That was my idee, too, Bib, but tboy seems to. be anxious fbr our waloable Robtety; m' I don't "know"how tdpedVeut Njm." . i' ' ] "It dpes look dubersomc. Jack, "but W&M1 slick to the shantyt and let daylight through some on 'em afore we go under." The savages at this, moment, gaye a terrific whoop, circled round tdie en^osurCvand poured in their flre from all sides. . The conflict was now jier ribly in earpest, more than one brave fell to rise p0 more; btit a contest so unequal could not Jonjr continue. , The ammunitioitot the scouts was nearly spent.. The wily foe kept Up the attack-with uhabaffed] fierceness. "My last shot, Jack." "And mine too, Bill." /'Heaven help us!", .'!Amcn!" . ..." The prayer was simple, but effectual. '.'Man's extremity is God's opportunity." The savages were too deeply intent upon the destruction of our heroes to notice a company of horsemen rapidly jmproaching, drawn thither by the noise of battle, The surprise of the dusky foe was complete. . The, horsemen-charged .through-their ranks, striking down all before them. A few made good their escape upon their fleet-footed ponies. But far the greater number had sung their last song and fought their last battle. . x '*Ranolio--Ahoy!"- shoutod the captain of the troop, -'mtome out there, if therejs anything left of you." - The scouts, hearing a friendly voice,_gladly availed themselves of the invitation. "Well, my memwho are yoi^? and how eame youncrc? Youfrau pretfy warm work, judging from appearances." "Yes, Capting, Jack and me here was on our way to Solomon Forks, with despatches for Captain Thompson, but the reds came, across us and .penned us in this shanty, an' was trying to raise our lu'r wheuyou came along," "Well, my men, I'm Captain Thompson, on my way to Kearney, so hand over the despatches. Ah! orders to return to headquarters. Well, f've somewhat anticipated, them, but,, under the circumstances, I could do nothing else. My. rations, and ammunition*wore running low,, and.the. posi-' tion untenable. However, no great harm is done. Mount, men, and forward..". ^ Kearpey was reached in safety ; the scouts went immediately to the commandant and told the story of their rescue. . Alt a*> (3k A 4k 4*> THE CHINESE MOVEMENT. - Now, while -Memphis is holding public meetings inviting Chinese labor to the South, llie fol lowing protest against the further importation of these poo pie into California, published by the AntiCoolie Association is of speoial interest.;. There are about 110,QOO Chinese in California, 100,000 of rthohi are in a state of peonage orskvery," aqci afQ rented out \>y the company owning j thorn tb the various parties by whotn they are employetb in gangs of'iram 50 to 5000, as they may required?their wages^being nai4 to. the agent of the company, who is responsible jhr fire" performance oftheir hbor, 'and for the return ofthe slaves, dead or alive, in th'e CelestiM Empire. Thd Hulk ofthe female portion of them are scattered throughout our towns and cities," demoralizing our youth and laying the foundation of future disease and sorrow to an unlimited extent. The importation of these staves has already led to scenes of conflict on our wharves, between the Tiv'al companies owning them, a lid threatens to assume gigantic pnopclrtipns. The employment of these slaves displaces a like portion of white labor, and more particularly ofthe rising generation.4 " ' There are iu San FraudsCo about J 8,000 to 20,000 boys and .girls, of from ten to twenty years of age, the majority uf whom are brought up in idleness, as there is no employment for them, and no opportunity for their learning trades, as all the inferior work in our mills, factories, stores, workshops, &c., that is elsewhere done by apprentices, is here done by Chinese labor. The consequence is, that oar boys are but preparing for the State Prison, and a vast number ot our girls must alas! sink to the lowest depths of degradation. Hy the generul employment of this slave labor in every branch of industry, immigration of deserving white people from the East and Europe is retarded, and will ultimately cease, while many now here must leave. We uiny instance the cigar makers, five hundred of whotu, with their families, who were earning good wage?, and investing and spcudiug tlfeiu here iu the countrj', were conipolled two years ago to retire before the Chinese labor and -leave the State. In this connection it is a" noticeable i'act that the introduction of cheap labor has uot cheapened the price of u Warjket, a cigar, or any other article of home manufacture, cme single emit to the consumer. The employment of Chinese labor on the Central Pacific Railroad may have expedited its completion a few months, but we contend that the injury done our State can never be balanced by the gain in time. Had white labor been employed, hundreds of acres would even uow have been reclaimed from the wastes and become the homesteads of happy' families, who would have purchased the* land and increased the revenue of" the railroad company, and also of the entire State, wlule the money paid to Chinese labor has beet) drained out of the country for export to Asia, and on the retirement of the Chinese skives fVom their field of , labor not a vestige of improvement will remain?not even a bone of them will be left in the soil. For twelve months an emidcmiq has been ragitfg in our midst, which for a long time baffled the i skill of our medical men and the sanitary regulu tions of our city; and this- 4nafl-pox, or black plague, is generally attributed7-to the Chinese. From the density of fhelr pojjhlation and their i peculiar mode of living, they.wtf subject to many 1 diseases almost unknown araoitg the Caucasian t race, to which we are rendered peouhariy liable by 1 the introduction of Chinese inhT-our hotels, reatuarants and private dwellings .as. Cooks, wtaehers and & domestic servants. * ' r It has been objeoted to our ddooiarion thbt it is t ah Irish crusado against chcapjjftbor;: but, on the c contrary, we embody in our-0?fa ranks ail classes, j creeds and political parties, imbued not trifch hoe- ( tility to the Chinese as a race,.but folly belter- s ing that all the vast resources of ^California can be e fully developed, and her railroatft; oanatej and oth- t cr public works, can be as welled profitably con?- 1 plcted by freexvhite labor,.as ^hey have been in 1 the Eastern States, and that the future greatness i of California depends more upoji the general pros-. % pcrifcy of her industrial classes than,opon the nistj t noeuwuilatioTTfl of a few capitalists. * J: By order of the Central State Council of the i Anti-Coolie Association ofthe Pasifie (Jbast.. a F. R. 5. Dixon, Secretary, r ? t UK*. JOHNSON AT ATLANTA. j We give an interesting extraet from* Pollard's a | "life of Jefferson Davie," concerning the situa- t tion at Atlanta befbra the removal of Gen. John-. j< atoo. by Mr. Davis, whioh the author considers a s fatel mistake ancL-the denth-blcW of the Confeder- v acy; . - * e "jfteneral Johnston-was.now ex ?on ting the-mas- t terpicc&ofJiis military fife; He hod-fougbldewn c ia Atlanta with, iar more success and brihanqy. ? than Lee bed fought down to Richmond, with i, more incidents of adjutage, and to greedy better a effect* Hrs retrogadf from. D&kpn to Atlanta has t been-described as*future study ia military schools, i ex a finitvo in wAAiYvofru .Lil tllflnit flfj f ilLll* tW> a U^UIU m gvvnu???j ???? ? L -campaign, being the avoidance <rf. pitched battles g ;and the enbstkutian of flfiBk movements, inter- \ sparsed with- actions between detachments, and c sometimes rising to- a goner a] engagement He p bad performed the wonder of conducting an army .j in retreat through nearly one hundred., and fifty c miles of intricate- country, ohsolatefc without Any t Joss in materials or prisoners; Jie had- brought a .along ov6rything, evsery gun, every wagen, every s roamp-iottio ; he had inflicted a loss upon the eno- j_ my of forty;five. thousand men, more than^fopr ji times his own.; and yi pursuance of his .plan of c reducing the numerical superiority of Sherman's a army so as "to cope with, it on equal ground by ;t|ie. time the Chattahoochje was passed," he had now that army south of"that stream, where its do- X feat wguld be inevitably.its destruction, and where', a oq the Qther hand, the Confederates, would have ? rcfhge in -Atlanta, which their commander, writing f officially tq Richmond^haidescribeclas "toostrpng s to-be assaulted.and tqe extensive to be invested." j Never was any situation of the war so advantage- t oua for the Confederates, and bo critical and txem- t ulous for the enemy, unable, as he was, to. go fur- r ther, brought tp a place which, he dared not assault, c and which he was unable to invest, and suspended c one.hundred and forty miles in a hostile country, f by a.single line of communication. The fears of t the giddy anemy were excessive; almost to demor- t .alizatiqn; the assurances of Jqhostnn were as per- a feot as human .foresight could, make thorn. We r repeat"that his position in Atlanta was more se- r euro than that of Lec-in Richmond. Judging pros- t, pective by past events, it was impossible to doubt \ thathewould have held Sherman as wellas Lee held $ Grant. He could at least have done this; and it -I was probable he would have done more, for if he s *? i-_i oti i.i! r \ > i naa saccecaca in aesuroying ouenuau amiu ui imm i communication, which was obviously easier to reach i | than that of Grant over water, he might have- } forced his enemy to a retreat, in which surrender f or annihilation would "be the choice. No wonder ' that the heart of the "Confederacy was elated, and ? that the tiptoe of expectation "Was the attitude of 1 the most intelligent" * " * , j -?c -*-* ? t - How He Became a MiNsreEic?The snljedr c of fhe following sketch is well known in this city, j wh6re he has many friends. If-the report is true, r he will bo the recipient of many warm congfafcuktions. His name is Lew Benedict - Hi* father ^ was a well known 'New York lawyer, who died j when the oldest child was fifteen years aid. The t property left by the father the boy turned over to his mother and sisters, and determined to strike t out for himself. At seventeen years ofage he=entered a law office, and at twenty-one ocmpleted hfe studies, and was pronounced a-young lawye* with i a bright future before him. - - I About- this time the young lawyer fell in love r with the daughter of a wealthy New-York mer- c chant, and the love being reciprocated, he asked \ pa for bis daughter's band. Pa was-indignant, and to forever kill the young lawyer's ambition, he i told him that when be had $50,000 in cash, his r own, he might ask for the young lady's hand, with ]| a hope of success. Thie was all very nioe, at least a the young lawyer thought so, as he figured up bow t raanybriefs he must have to make up the.amount. r The result of his deliberation was the conclusion 1 that if he waited to make this sum at the bar he I could do so, but by the time he had done ft he ? would bo so old that the romance of love would be } all gone. For a long ten days the young lawyer f bemoaned his late, and then, after obtaining a, n ? v i *1 i _ 1 : .H ft.i ! _ I promise iron) tne iaay marsne wouiu won, ncui?- s appealed from New'York. In early life the yonitig 1, lawyer had quick wit, 'and one day meeting'a tie- Q gro minstrel manager, named Daprez, the latter s told him that he had a talent that would make $50,000 in fire years. In the young lawyer'siVa me m( of mind it did not take Jong to convince hhn, and t dropping Coke trod Black.stone, he took "to burnt n cork, under the assumed name &f Lew Benedict, t For a time the new businesiwas harder lhan the \ young lawyer had bargained for, but he made o money so fast that hfs prejudice was soon overcome t' At the end of the first year he had laid up five a thousand dollars, at tlvc <nid of tho sccond year ten ? thousand, and now it is said that he has nearly t reached his figure of fifty thousand dollars in bonds, t All die time he has been in the burnt cork .trade, fc he has improved his leisure moments by a study ii of law books, and it is intimated that ho will go c back to New York with fifty thousand dollars in his pocket, claim the hand ofher he so fondly loves, and who has been so devoted to him, and at the a some time, again embark in the praotioo of law. ? JJaTtford [(bnu.) Vinm. - v ? ? o Not Cagi.ed For.?The London papers tell the t following story: n "The manager of the Royal Alfred Theatre, in London, recently hit up a brilliant expedient for a tho accommodation of female visitors. lie an- v nouuood that infants brought in arms would be t provided for while their parents enjoyed tl?c enter- t tahnuent. A uumber of visitors attended prompt- c ly, and the babies were checkod and laid aside, o At the close of the performance, his baby ticket b clork stood-prepared to return his charges, but to u his astonishment there were vory few demands fi made upon him. "Couple after couple passed on, t; and when the last female form vanished in the v distance, a stock of infants rcmaiued on hand suf- t ficient for a good-size foundling hospital. The poor s manager is in despair, and has not determined n whether to have an auction sale of unclaimed ba- t: Lies, to establish a baby show in connection with a the legitimate drama, or to employ his novel force o in a grand spectacular pantomime, to be entitled 1 'Tho Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe,'" 11 THE RIGHT USE OF BRAINS. The Scientific America* has the-following history of a eommon mechanic, who differed from his "eHows only in the use he made of the powers given 10 him ; but the paragraph contains the whole pbiosopby of suceess and usefulness in life: "Working as an ordinary hand in a Philadelphia ibipyard, until within a few years, was a- man lamed John L. Knowlton. His peculiarity was, hat while ethers of his class were at the-ale-houses, nt indulging in joMcation, be was incessantly engaged in studying upon mechanical combination. )ae of his companions secured a poodje dog, and pent six months in- teaching the quadruped to ix&ute a jig upon his hind legs. Knowlton spent he same term in discovering, a method by wfaieh le could, saw out ship-timber in a beveled form. Che first man taught hie. dog ta donee. Knowlton,. n the some Jtime, discovered a mechaqieal com hi .I. li_J 1 i_.? i * IUH#U urat uiiMUibu niui ium>ni iwu iiuure uk; ymjj a. W Would occupy a dozen men, by a slow and la>orious proceas, an entire <iay. That saw is now n use in aft the ship-yards in the country. Iteuts ; beam to a curved shapo as quickly its art ordipay saw-mill saw rips up a straight plank. Knowlon continued btff experiments. Re tcfok no part i> parades or target shootings, and ioai short timefterwards he. secured a patent for a machine that arts any material whatever into a perfectly gpherc&l form. He sold a portion of Ins patent for a tun that is equnwlentto a fortune. The maobi'ne sas used for cleaning off cannon balls for the gaymment When the boll comes from tha mould ho surface is enorustedf and the ordinary process if smoothing it was slow and wearisome. This uachine, -almost in an instant) and with mathematcat accuracy, peels-it to the surface -of the metal, it the same rimoemoothing out any deviation from he perfect spheroidal form. The same unassumOg man has invented a boring machine that was ested' in the presence of a namber of scientific pntlemen. It bored at the rote <5f 22 inches an lour, through h blook of granite, with a pressure f but 3000 pounds upon the- drift. A gentleman >resent offered him &10-,000 -upon the spot for a mrt interest in the invention, ia Europe, and the iffer was -then accepted. The moral of all this is hat people who keep on. studying are pure to ichi&yc something. -Mr, Know!ton doesn't conider himself by any meuua brilliant, but if once aspired with an idea, he-pursues it until, he forees B into tangible shape. JJ everybody would loilow opy, the world would be less filled with idlers, ad the streets, with grumblers and malcontents." Wasted Time.?few things in the Jives of disinguished men are so impressive or so full of rabble suggestions, as their frequent lament aver lost pportunitios fbr mental and moral eultyre. Iff lis autobiography, Sir Walter Scott says: <lIf "it houkl .ever full to -the lot of youth to porusc those )ages, let such a youth .romember that it is with be deepest regret that I recollect in my manhood, he opportunities of learning which I neglected in ny youth; that through every part of my literary arcer I have felt pinched and hampered by my iwn ignorance; and that I would at this moment fire half the reputation I have had the good forune to acquire if, by doing so, I could rest the jenaining part upon a sound foundation of learning md science." Edmund Burke grew wise in this espeot while it was not toe l&tp tq jefcriere iba> uost-ef his errors and losses; for, before hiryoutH vas entirely past, be wrote to a friend: "What vould I not give to have my spirits a little more itirred! I am too giddy; this is the bane of my Ife; it hurries me from studies to trifles, and I am ifraid it will hinder me from knowing anything horoughly. I havo a superficial knowledge of uany things, but scarcely the bottom of any." iVasbington Irving, when giving counsel to young rionds, exclaimed in the bitterness of his heart: 'Haw many an hour of hard study have I had to jifijeet myself tq atqne,,in a slight dbgrpe^for jbe M)urs which Isociety to cheat me QutofP* ^n^Jqsiah Qipncyt m his .diary, laments more ban oneehk "neglect of that mental and moral iidtivation" which.be regards as- "the noblest o? luman pursuits.1'. .On one oocasion ho 9ays: "I esolve, therefore;.in future to be more circumspect; -to hoard my moments with a more thrifty spirit, o listen less to the suggestions of indolerwe, and o quicken that spirit pf intellect a al improvement o which 1 devote my lire. . it win oq no young nan the feast harm to pondtfr well 'the lessons of hese eloquent confessions. -4^4 Captuktnq >IoNKfir9.?We find the following n an exchange, in referonce-to the capture of moneys in Africa, "but cannot vouoh for its truthfulless. Admitting the monkey's tnstc for strong rfmk, it proven them to' be more "hoarly allied to luraariity than we have previously sappoeed. Monkeys are pretty'common, yet as all the farnly are pretty cunning, bos it ever occurred to the eader how thfiy afe" t^ken? Pitfalls will take a ton, and the famished monarch of the forest will, Her a few days starvation, dart into a cage conoiiiing food, and thus he secured^ But how ore nonkeys caught-? The ape family resembles man. foeir viees afre human. Thqy love lifluor, and fall, o Darfour htidBauaar the natives make fermented ^r, of which tlto monkeys are passionately fond, ^.ware of thi% the natives go to the parts of the orest frequented by the monkeys, and set on the ;round calabashos full of the enticing liquor. As oon as a monkey sees and taste.? it, he utters a mid cry of joy" that soon- attracts hie comrades. 1 ^hen an ergie begins, and in a short time the beasts how aH degrees of intoxieaftioni Then the negroes appear. The drinkors are too ar gone to distrust them, but apparently take betu-for larger apeoies of their own genus. The egrees take some up, and these immediately begin o wo ep, and eover them with maudlin kisses. Vhen a negro takes one by the hand to lead hmi ff, the nearest morlkey will oling to the one who bus finds iv support, and endeavor to go off also; nd another will grab at hhn, and so on till the neTo leads a staggering line of ten or a dozen tipsy aonkeys. When finally brought to the village, hey are securely caged and gradually sober down; lut for two or three days a gradual and diminishng supply of liquor is given them, so as to reconiie them by degrees to their state of captivity. Southern Character.? In the Southern char ctor are qualities which the sword oaunot destroy, nd which will yet achieve a powerful and bloodless iotory, inoro durablo"and glorious than any which >ur arms could have attained, had Lee and Johnson iorne the Sou thorn cross in triumph over the arrays of Sherman and Grant. The blood of our brave men was not shed in vain, nd the tears of our widows and orphans have not ratered graves destined never to bcarflowors worliy of such a priceless sacrifice. The glories and ho rewards of our struggle and defeat are yot to onto; not in new wars and bloodshed, when storms f grief and suffering, fury and vengeance shall >urst upon the bravest which we want to reap. It 3 in the ltcarts of our people, chastenod and relied by suffering, purified and exalted by adversiy, that we look fbr that spirit and those works ?hich will-write re*U(/<tm over the grave of every Confederate soldier, It matters not that 'reoantruction' has been tied like a mill-stone around our eeks, that our slaves are made our civil and poliical e<|uals. The barbarians conquered Greece nd Home, but the genius, the laws and religion f the latter ultimately subjugated the savagos. 'he Normans conquored Jjjngl?nd?they took away he very lands. Hut whoro are the Normans or Norman rases now, either on the country, the language or the laws ? All guns buried, swallowed in the sublime Saxon element. You cannot keep down this spirit Hack it with swords, pierce it with bayonets, crush it by legislation, attempt to degrade it by 'negro equality," but k re a moral and intellectual power in the land, and in the world, which by its native inherent vigor, will ever rise, "despite all attempts to bury it. Despair not\?Exchange. : * Jefferson Davis' House in Richmond.? The Richmond correspondent of the Petersburg Indtr, says: "The title to the ownership of the Jeff. Davis mansion is likely soon to be brought into litigation. The city of Richmond claims the building, and a committee appointed to investigate the matter rennrfa tlanf if ia nnrlrmVtfn^ltr ntira C\n nhJiar hand, the United States government claims it as captured property of the Confederate States. The "house was purchased in 1861 for $47,000 by the city council, with the view of making the Confederacy a present of it, and it was offered to Congress, but by them politely declined; the government being then "flush," and having determined to accept of no such gratuities from individuals or corporations, but agreed to rent it for President Davis' term of office. It did rent it, but whether any money was really collected for it. we are not informed. In 1867, upon the organization of General Rosser's Southern Orphan's Association, an offer was made to the council to purchase the mansion with a view of raffling it off in the scheme. The council agreed to sell, but all proceedings further than this were abruptly terminated by the government declining to surrender the property and asserting its legal claim to it as 'abandoned property of the eo-called Confederate States.' Thus the matter has stood for some time. -It has been determined to serve a bHl for rent upon the government, and if payment is refused, a motion for a writ of ejectment will doubtless be made, "whon the whole question (which socuis very plain) may be argued before a court of competent jurisdiction and the matter finally settled." Beginmihg to Believe.?'Bubbles,' of the California Golden Era, gets off the following: I begin to believe, now-a-days, money makes the man an/1 nof /&?Aaa fViti nrnnflotnan I begin to believe that the purse is more potent than the sword and pen together. I begin to believe that those who sin the most during the week are the devoatest on 8tmdayB. I begin to believe that honest}' is the best policy? to speculate with until you have-gained everybody's confidence?then line your pookets. I begin to believe in humbugging^pcople out of their dollars. It is neither stealing nor begging, and those who arc humbugged have only themselves to blame. I begin to believe that a man was not made to epjoy life, but to keep himself miserable in the pursuit and possession of riches. I begin to balieve that the surest remedy for hard times and a tight money market is an extravagant expenditure on the part of the individual? to keep the money moving. I begin to believe that none but-knaves are qualified to hoM office under Government?with the exception of a few natural born fools and lunatics. I begin to believe that a piano-forte is more necessary in a family than meat and potatoes. I begin to believe that a boy who doesn't swear, smoke and chew tobaeco, may be a very good boy, but naturally stupid. I begin to believe that if the devil should die, one half of the world would be thrown out of employment. The Dandy and iiis Turkey.?Chief Justice Marshall was in the habit of going to market himself, and earryipg home his purchases. Frequently he would be seeB atsimrise, with poultry iuone hand and vegetables in the other. On one of Jhesr occasions, a fash ion able young pytu froiptho North who had removed to Riohuoond, was swearing violently because lie could find no one to carry home his turkey. Marshall stopped and asked him where lie lived, and said, on being told, "Tfcat is .on my way, and I will take it for you." Wlien be came to the house, the young man inquired, "What shall I pay you?" "Uh! nothing," sauf the Chief Justice, "you-are welcome: it was on my way, and no trouble." "Who was that polite old man that brought home nay turkey, for me ?'' inquired the young man of a bystander. "That," replied he, "is Johp Marshall, Chief Justice of the United Slates." "Why did he bring hwue-my turkey?" "To give you a severe reprimand* and to toach you to attend to your own business," was the reply. True greatness never feels above doing anything that is useful; but especially the true great man will never feel above helping himself. His own independence of character depends on his being able to help himself. Dr. F?nkliaf when he first established himself in business in Philadelphia, wheeled home the paper which he purchased for the printing office, upon a wheel-barrow, with his own hands. ? -4- ? Tiie Value of Time.?When the Roman emperor said, "I have lost a day." he uttered a sadder truth than if he had exclaimed, "I have losta kingdom," Napoleon said- that the reason why .he heat the Auetrians was, that they did not know the value of five minutes. At the oelebrated battle of Rivoli, the conflict was on the point of being decided against him. He saw that critical state of affairs, and instantly took his resolution. He dispatched a flag to the Austrian heaquarters with proposals for an armistice. The unwary Austrians fell into the snare?for a'Yew minutes the thunders of battle were hushed. Napoleon seizing the precious moment, and while amusing the enemy with mock negotiations, re-arranged his line of battle, : ohaogod his fVont, and in a few minutes was ready to rcn?unoc the force of disoussion for the stern 1 arbitrament of arms. The splendid victory of Rivoli was the result. Tho great moral victories and defeats of the world often turn on five minutes. Crises come, the not seizing of which is ruin. Men ( uiny loiter, but time Hies on the wings of the wind, and all tho great interests of life are speeding on, .1- 1 ~:i?.. i J Willi UK? Mire UI1U Mlt'lll bll'UU U1 UUSU1IJ. ? ACorro^fielu Dkstroykd hy Lioiitninu. We find the annexed singular statement in the Columbus (Ga.) Inquirer of Tuesday Mr. Jas. T. Holland told us yesterday that he thought until one of the late storms, that ho had suffered from '"bad luck" all that could be required of him, but one more lick, and that from the most unexpected direction, ibll on him a fbw days ago in the shape of lightning. He says about one half an acre of his best cottou. averaging nearly three feet high, was struck by- l^utning and the cotton and every living thing of whatever kind were killed as dead as Decembor. He says the earth itself seems so paralyzed by the stroke, that it has lest all its vegetating fervor, Mr- Holland's plantation is only a few miles west of the city, in Lee county, A^bama, and as singularly as the fact stated is, he is too well known for any one to question its truth. Lightning rods in cotton fields would look queer. Another Cotton Field Struck hy Liyhtniny.? The Columbus (Ga.) inquirer says; *'Sinoe noticing the curious fact that lightning had struck and blighted about half an acre of cotton in an open field of Mr. Holland, Major A. C. Morrison, living a few miles below the city, in this county, reports a case almost exactly similar on his place?the difference being in the size of place struck, it not being over thirty yards square in the latter case. These are strange calamities CO overtake a cotton field." ? ? t Rich Without Monby.?Many a man is rich jvithout money. Thousands of men with nothing in their pockets, and thousands with a good, sound constitution, a good heart and good limbs, and a pretty good head-piece, art rich. Good bones are better than gold, tough muscles better than silver, and nerves that flash fire arid carry energy to ever}' function, arc better than houses and land. It is hotter than lamleil eatatea tr? lwivfl h?l<i the riffht kind of a father and mother. Good breeds and bad breeds exist among men as really a3 among herds and horses. Education may do much to check evil tendencies, or to develop good ones, but it is good to inherit the right proportion of faculties to start with. That man is rich who has a flavor of wit and fun in his composition. The hardest thing to get along with iu this Hfe i?a man's own self. A cress, selfish felW, a timid, care-burdened man?these are all deformed on the inside. Their faet may not limp, but th^ir thoughts do. A man of fortune, on the brink of the grave, would gladly part with every dollar to obtain a longer lease of life. The Chinese Treatment op Women.?One of the greatest failings in the character of the Chinese, is want of respect far woman; and the main defect in their unique and wonderful civilization, and, indeed, the chief hindrance to their progress to a more enlightened life,'is the want of her influence in shaping and controlling the sentiments and customs df Chinese sooiety. She has no social position or influence. Her condition is but one sten above that of a slave. She is regarded, as she is in feet, a tool fcr man's pleasure or convenience, and as greatly inferior to him in all respects. She is not cultivated, in our sense of the term. Her face is utterly blank of intelligence and refinement. Very rarely, indeed, is that ehaste and delioate feeling, and tender, thoughtful sentiment, which is the crowning glory of the Christianized woman, especially in America, seen sleeping in her features or flashing from ber eyes, or sparkling from her lips; but the whole contour and erpression of her face is painfolly stolid and repulsive, and has in it more of the type of the animal than the angel. . + + ? Prepare for a "Rainy Day."?Every man who is obliged to work tor a living should make it a point to lay up a little money for that "rainy * day'' which we are aH liable to encounter when least expected. The best way to do this is to open an aocount with a savings bunk. Accumulated money is always safe; it is always ready for uee when needed. Scrape together five dollars, make yotir deposits, get your bank book, aBd then resolve to deposite a given sunf, small though it be, once a month, once a fortnight;, once a week, according to circumstances. Nobody knows, without trying it, how easy a thing it is to save money when an account wkh a bank has been opened. With such an aecoont a man feels a desire to enlarge his deposit. It gives bim lessons in frugality and economy, weans him from habks 'of extravagance, and is the very^est guard in the world against intemperance, dissipation and vice. Varieties of Bad Temper.?Bad temper is oftener the result of unhappy oircumstances than of an unhappy organization. It frequently, however, has a physical cause, and a peevish child often neqds dieting more than correcting. A child of active temperament, sensitive feeling, and eager purpose, is more likely to meet with constant jars and rubs than a dull, pensive child; and, if he is of an open nature, his inward irritation is shown in bursts of passion. If you repress these ebuKdons-by scolding and punishment, you only increase the evil by changing passton into sulki ncss. A eheerful, good tempered tone of your own, a sympathy when his trouble has arisen from no Mi-conduct on his part, are the best antidotes. Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow. t? ?? How to Keep Poor.?There is no man but who would rejoice to haye a way pointed out by which he might honestly attain riches. No one would thank us for a prescription to insure poverty, and yet there is many a man who keeps himself poor, by indulging in the following: Two glasses of ale a day at ten cents; seventy-three dol lars; three cigars, one after each meal, one hundred and nine dollars and fifty cents; board for a big dog, thirty dollars?all in one year, two hundredand twelve dollars and fifty cents?sufficient to buy six barrels of flour, one barrel of sugar, one sack of coffee, a good coat, a respectable dress, and half a dozen pairs of shoes. * ? ? No Room for Little Mary.?A mother, who was preparing some flour to bake into bread, left it for a few moments, when little Mary?with childish curiosity to see what it was?took hold of the dish, whioh fell t<j. the floor, spilling the contents. The mother struck the child a severe blow, saying angrily, that she was always in the way. Two weeks after, little Mary sickened and died. On her death bed, while delirious, she asked her mother if there would be room for her among the angek "I was always in your way, mother; and you had no room for little Mary! And will I be in the angels' way ? Will there bo no room for me?" The broken-hearted mother then felt that no sacrifice could have been too great, could she have saved her child. Pluck and Plod.?I don't believe the annals of the world will show a true business man asking for employment who -didn't get it. But there can be no true business man without pluck, and that other thing express^ by the old Saxon word, 1 'plod.'' There was never a brilliant genius in the world who didn't owe his true suecoss to being a plodder also. It is all very well for genius to coruscate, but it is pluck and plodding that carry a inan up the great heights of life. These two words, pluck and plod, are the key-words to success. ? flfcar ''Persevere, persevere," said an old lady to her maid; "it's the only way you can accomplish great things." One day eight apple dumplings were sent down stairs, and they all disappeared. Sally, where are those dumplings ?' 'I managed :o get through them, ma'am,' replied Sally. 'Why how on earth did you manage to eat so many lumplings.' 'By perseverance, ma'aiu.' J&*"Shut your eyes and listen mit me," says Uncle Van Heyde. "Veil, de first night 1 opens store, I counts de monies, and finds him nix right. [ counts him and dere be dree dollar gone, and vot Joes you tink I doos den?" "I can't say." "Vy, [ did not oount him any more, and he comes out jhust right eyer since," .+ ^ ? teg" A bluff old farmer says: "If a man professes ;o servo the I^ord, I like to see him do it when he neasurcs onions, as well as when he hollers glory lalleluyer," This remark will apply to more tranlactions than measuring onions. Don't be too anxious to solve a conundrum. We enow a man who got two black eyes in endeavoring o find out the difference between a man and a voman fighting in the street*