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There's danger wherever yoagoV ' But if you are tempted In. weakness,' A " "* Kare courage, my hoy, te ajty No." * -The syren's sweet songnmyaUUreyou; V' Beware of herauflning and art,' " , Whenever you see her approaching, Be guarded and haste to depart ' The billiard saloons are inviting, < _. . D^ked out in tfceir tinsel and show;. - \ .. YqU may be invited to enter;. Have courage, i?y hoy, to say No. The bright rutjy wine may be offered? $To matte* how tempting it be, ' yrom poison that stings like an afMer, -*y boy, have "courage to flee. . _r-[ The gambling halls are below you, Their lights how they dance to and fro; If you should be tempted.to eater, Think .twice,even thrice, e*e you -go. j ' Iii courage alono fles your safety, ' -* . When yott the k>hg loirrney begin, And trust in a Heavenly Father, - Who will kpep you^unspottea ftbm sin. Temptations -wnl go on increasing, " As streams from a rivulet flow; But if you amtmeto yottr manhood, Have coinage, ray boy, to tacy $To, lie ftatg letter. * *--^-*7 ^ -'t- i - j~. THE HUSBAKD OIJTWITTm ' A&Ag^lbH.TWO TO iy-Ki.V. . % " ., .,i' ~. -r. A-week at tbe^watering place, and most of the time each day spent m the company of Mr. Mainwell, me gentleman whom Mys EUsworth'3 frfend, JTw WMttater, had introduced to her one morning on the piazza. She had sailed \ci?h him along the shore on toe moonlight evenings, and she had daaced wiSj him in the thronged drawing,rooms, ? Cx Miss Ellsworth waa not a flirty who distributed her ideals among many gentlemen, and she had found her ideal well nigh realized io. Mr. Mainwell. Only the evening before, their fnllr bor? withdrawn fkotf-frnm tbo (Mnontl topics to which staph had been congenial, and in her admiration of his. intelligence and manliness, she hadencouraged an approach to that personal sort of eornrereation wnkfc relates to love and matrimony. ... And nowTo.find.Mr, Mamwell this morning, with his coat off and a smith's apron on, engaged in mending^ loefc .*J[helocK was on the door that-led to the middle of jthe front piazza where the fashionably dressed ladies and gentlemen were sitting orpromenading. His back was towards heras she approached leaning on the arpj of iHend Anna West She recognized him, looked intently at him, gave her companion ever to' a party of young ladies near, and then stopped ana spoke to him. " ' , "!5o you like-that sort of work, Mr. Mainwell rshe asked. * ' ^ . "I do, Miss Ellsworth, I believe I am. a natural mechanio.'- ? ' ^ "It appears very odd to see ypadwx^this,''. j "It is my trade,^he^replied, rising from his work and turning to her. 7 ; Her cheek blaDched a little. "Your trade," she said faintly. "Yes, trade, Miss Ellsworth. The proprietor said the lock needed mending and I told him I could mend it for him." The party of girls came along just then. After wondering at Mr. Main well awhile, and lan/?Yiinn? of him fVintr o rirlo laUKXUUg Cftb llllUy KUVJ ^/IVJJVOtU ( &1UV* There were three carriages for them all. These would take the party. Ned Whittaker haa Joined them. "What the deuce are you about here?" he exclaimed to Mr. Main well. rtAh!" he added, when the latter turned and glanced at him. "But while you are here you might enjoy yourself^. ~r-\ i'f "*-** * " *">Mr. Main well excused himself from joining the party, and they all went away, leaving him to finish his work. Miss Ellsworth left him without any word of parting. . / v 7- * /-x "It is well,he muttered to himself "If she cannot take me as I am, she is not worthy of me. The woman that marries me must take me for myself" Qe stood and looked after her until she had disappeared. She did not once turn to look back. He gave his shoulders a shrug, compressed his lip, uttered a cynical "humph!" and turned to finish his work. "Let it be so," he muttered, when he was through and was puttihg on his coat. "I thought perhaps that I had found a woman after my own heart; but amidst this world of wealth and fashion, she, too, has lost her soul. Let her go." " ' . He avoided her thereafter. He did not seek to catch her eye for a bow of recognition. When she entered a drawing-room where he . was he would go out by another way, . But i he was more than ever in the company of Ned Whittaker. Ned in passing to and fro between Miss Ellsworth and him, served still as a sort of link between them. "You are a cynical fellow;" said Ned, one day. "Why don't you take the people as they are 9 You will find good enough in them. "But they won't take me as I am. That is the trouble." "Pooh ! You see yourself that she allowed no other suitors to accompany her. Don't you see that she is alone or with the other girls the most of the time?" "Her heart is full of vanity." "Pshaw! She is trained to luxurious notions, that's all." Mainwell's trunk was awaiting him and the stage, out on the piazza, at the time this conversation was going on. On the trunk were + InUlolo n \T MioQ T?llfinnAi4K Ttncainor ..IV UUI-UW) V?? UU0TTV1MI |/Wji,i?M^ that way saw the initials?not by chance, for she had been very busy scrutinizing the trunks that lay together in a pile?and when she saw these initials she started and turned pale. She recovered and withdrew from her companion \ a little way, and then stood still and watched. Presently Mr. Mainwell came out with Ned upon the piazza. He chanced to turn his eyes towards her and their eyes met?met for the first time since she had left him while he was at work upon the lock. She did not turn away her eyes. She bowed. He lifted his hat. The ice was broken. He approached her to bid her good-bye. What the conversation was that ensued between the two when they were left alone by means of Ned's ingenuity in spiriting away the rest of the company is unknown, save the following: "But I ani a locksmith," said Mr. Mainwell. "No matter." "Are you willing to live as the wife of one who, with his hands, earns his daily bread ?" "I am willing to undergo anything to be with you. I have suffered enough. During these last few days I have learned what it is to despair of being united to the one I love." "But your mother?vour father." r "Unless I am jiUing to leave them foryeur sake, X am^uiotiwortbyoYyou.-** - <*r? v "But then , the. loss. of wealthy of. positien, of thasunmmdings of refinement." "Do not say anything more about it. I atn [ willing to leaye.au for your sake." X am weary of being without yOu." v ." "Would yrcu he Willing to-Become my wife this day, this hour ? Yoiir father and^othfcr might otherwise put obstacles in our way.''; "l am Willing?this hour, thfi minute." ? "They do not know my position in life," * "They still think ych>re weal&y, afil did." "Come.then, wc will go ouT way with Ned, : and become before tbe world what we an) now j in spirit, husband and wife; and then at once i we will take the stage for the home I hayeJfor you?a home which, though lonely, will make you lumpy." ; > : ' "Whither you go I will go." They were married in a quiet way in the little watering place chapel, with . the wicked isea conniving at me misomei. _ ine next train sped with them to the city. * i 'Twill shew you the shopwhere I work," ! said Mr. Mainwell, when the carriage they J took , at the depot in the city had drawn up j before one of a long block or brown stone < houses in a splendid part.of the city. < "What do you mean ?" she demanded, as' 1 she acoompanied her:husbamT?ptbe broad < steps to the^dfior.' A -7". " * 1 'Tmeau that th3h;is- the home and this is 1 the workshop," he repHfcd. ....... And he Jed her .in.. Among other room's, 1 to.which he conducted his'wife,wa$ ofce'fitted i up.arff wo^-s^p,'whem^a "be ajdd/'he was ' accustomed to indulge his love for mechanical < wotk^after having, as he assured1 her, regular- i ly served his time ai learning a trade: " 1 Mrs, Mainwell stood and looked at him in-1 tently^ > -c-^.< v- ** * ^ "Tnis is your hbuBefr she asked?. J * 7* ll "And yon, su^'nofrjpoor birt rich-" > . f. j . "You speak the truth, Mrs. MaiftWeAi" 1 " 1 . "And why did.you play this jest njKgiiher t . *Tq see if yoh; really Aoved me for my-own 1 sake;" : '.v. n "Ah, pretty, indeed! And suppose .you 1 don't.love me. v - t "But I dtf/- ^ -V ' > j "HUmrfi!" . Sq there was a little family quarrel on the .1 spot' V;-',''5 ,l"I8bw_ Invite your father and mother-tp 4 come andaee ua, said Mr. Mainwell, after, i the clouds had cleared away somewhat: y. T she replied,.'-I will,; -But first yott i must go with me to see them, una to pacify J them, in View- of what we have doneu";^** V i *Vefy wcIT V 7:r ^ . 3 In a few daysthey started.outin a carriage j on their errand. Mrs. Mainwell gave the i directions to the driver, and hex husband 1 could not help expressing his wonder ^ ihe i increasing squalor of the neighborhood through which they rode. The carriage drew np at * length before a miserable looking tenement i housa&id*tQp?ed. ; Ti1 >Ur" j| "Where the deuce are you taking mo?" | asked Main well,- looking, sharph at his wife, j "Come and see,": wa9 her rej?y, as she pro- f ceeded to step from the carriage. t * t "Here, waat,^ he exclaimed after. lushaP t itancy; "let me get out first and help you out. c What does this mean ?" . " She led him up stairs?-up up, through 1 throngs, and dirt, and smells to the, fourth 4 story. There she opened a door without I knocking and the two entered. The woman ? was dressed neatly, and so were the children but they were dressed very poorly, in keeping I with the place. The man was clad more care- i lessly, and even more poorly. On his head ? he kept his hat, which certainly was full half i a dozen years old. ' ; Ti> "My husband, Mr. MaiuweU: -my father 1 and mother, brothers, and sisters," said Mrs. < Mainwell introducing all the parties* Mr. Mainwell stood and stared without i speaking. 1 "Ask their pardon, George," said Mrs. i Mainwell, "for running away with me." 1 "Who are they?" I "Have J not told you; didn't I introduce "i you." | "Who were they I saw at the watering- i place?" " \ ' - 1 Some wealthy people who had seen me at 1 the milliner'3 where I sewed for "a livelihood i ?served at my trade, George?and who fan- t cied my appearance, dressed me up, and took 1 me there with them!" "" 1 "You jest with me," he said with a ghastly i smile." " . > " v ? "Do I, do I, indeed ? These people seem to recognize me as their daughter and as a sister, i Jest, indeed 1 You will find that out." . ( "You are too cultured, too tasteful, too fine 1 featured!" ; ; t "All this a milliner may be, or a sewing 1 on'rl Tannic far vniirsplfamnn or t.b ft clfliw. Ts t it not true? All that we girls need is dress." i Mainwell lifted his fist and dashed it thro' t the air. He ground his teeth, and, turning f away, left the room, slamming the door vio- 1 lently behind him. , His wife took her hat and cloak and furs, i and flung herself down at the table and buried 1 her face in her handkerchief. \ ' ~ The door opened again and Mainwell put i in his head. "You have deceived me," he said, "but t come?you are my wife?I will try and bear 1 it." J.' 1 She sprang to her feet and confronted him. "Your wiie, am I? Your wife, and doomed ^ to live with one who does not love her, but was in love with her circumstances! No, sir; e you may go. I will not live a wife unloved t for myself?you must take me thus or I will ? stay. Still 1 can work." ' I He olosed the door and retired down the 1 stairs to the street, clenching his hands and ? teeth as he went. "The horrible disgrace of it," he muttered, f "The derision that will be my lot. And then to marry such a girl!" . f But at the street door he tarried. He had t a struggle there with himself, all alone. Sud- \ deniy he turned and dashed impetuously up- j stairs, flung open the door of the room, seized his wife in his arms and clasped her to his 1 heart. i "My wife," he whispered in her ears. "Such t you are and ever shall be before God and the YVUliU. % ^ ? "Now I begin to think that you love me," r she said, smiling in his face. "You do love { me? You really think you do, George?" t He clasped her more tightly to him. I "Come, then," 6he said, "though of such 1 parents as these, poor as they are, I should \ not feel ashamed?yet they are not my parents, but have only played a part in which I 1 have instructed them. Shake hands with i them, George, they are worthy people." ( And he did shake hands with them, and what is more, he helped them. t A merry party was gathered that evening i at Mainwell's house, a party consisting of Mr. j and Mrs. Main well, and their guests, Mr. and ] Mrs. Ellsworth, the young lady acquaintances 1 of the watering places, and Ned Whitaker. ] Ned never was in better spirits, nor, let it be { stated, were Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth, who for gave their daughter and her husband withou hesitation. * *- ' v'y * ? ; v "I s$y, George," said Ned, whispering i Main well's ear, "'two cad play at the gam< can't they?" 'y.V' -MainweD took Ned's jeering very sober. "Yes," said he, after a.row moments^ c thoughtfulness, "and the experience has taugh me a lesson. What ibdls.the firide of wealt! makes of- us alL I thought she ought to hav taken me regardless of'my circumstances, fo myself alone, and without'hesitation ever Mid yet when she tea Led me, 1 myself wa found wanting. Shall we ever leapt to disre gard a person s occupation, and to look onh at the character andsoul?" - jNed shrugged his shoulders dubiously. "I think JLhave learned the lesson/' Main well added. .- ' . , from Dickens' All Uio Year Bound.... A STORY OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. During the summer of the most djsastrou irid doubtful-year of the late American war ihe colonel of a ^eyr Hampshire regiment la; Eor some weeks extremely ill of camp fere' learHampton.Roads, in Virginia. Heariuj jf his critical condition, htswife lecher north ;rn home, and, /after much difficulty, mad< lief way to his bedside. Her th&roil pres mce and careful musing so restored1 hith tha be was, able in a short time to be transferrer (?^Washington. ? ~ In the Potomac river the steamer in whicl the invalid officer, Colonel Scott,mid his fern ily, had taken passage,; was sunk In a collisioi with a larger vessel in the night time. Thi zrewjaad nearly all the soldiers on board wen rescued or saved themselves'; but amid th( cforrible conftision of the scene, Colonel Scot oecame separated from.his wife, and she wa lost. The colonel was picked up in the.wate; by the crew of the larger steaffier/ahd uhde bis direction every effort was made to dhwove; iia wife, qr rather her body, ^r aU hqpe.o: Snding her alive was soon abandoned. > Th< iad search was fruitless f it %Ua resumed ii he morning, the people aimjg the shore, hu nane Confederates, lendii^j their aid. Bu be tray, sullen riyer refused to give up it lead, and the young officer, half frantic witl jri'ef, was compelled to gp on to "Washington Within a week, however, be received wore hat the lady had been washed on shore: tha hose good country people,' generous foes, hac lecurea it, cared for it, and were keeping i orljiia. . " . 7- V'* ^It happened that jost At that time.impeta ito orders were issued from theWar Depart nent, prohibiting &U intercoxUse withihe pen nsuia?a necessary' precaution against th < premature disclosure of important military dans. ' So it was with sottfe misgivings thai Colonel Scott applied to Mr. Secretary Stan on for leaver to return to Yirginia,; on hii nelancholy duty. 'V. .^.v 'iLnpossible, "Colonel,replied Mr.&tanton 'no one can have: leave to go <R>wn the rivei U this time, on any private mission whatever tor present exigencies demand the moaUtrin jent regulations, and I hope I need not say t< rem that no merely personal consideratiot ihould be allowed to interfere with great naional interests. Your case is a sad one, toil hfe is a critical, perilous* cruel time. 'Th< lead must bury the dead.'" The Colonel would have entreated, but tin )Usy Secretary cut him short with anothei 'impossible," from which there was absolutely 10 appeal. .He went forth from the presence md returned to-the hotel, quite overwhelmed Fortunately, he was that afternoon visited jy a friend, to whom he told the story of hi msuccessful application and sad perplexity md who immediately,exclaimed: jhy noi kjrnly to the President?" - V" The Colonel had but little hope, but ac uiowledging that the plan was worth trying Irove to the White House. They were too late. It was Saturday evening uidMr. Lincoln had gone to spend Sunday it Soldiers' Best, his summer retreat Tbii vas but a few miles from town, and the colo rel's indomitable friend proposed that they thould follow him out, and they went. -Then ivas then a popular belief thai all the wronged lie troubled and suffering could find a refugf n "Father Abraham's capacious bosom," i relief that .was not far out of the way. Yet here were times when, overburdened, weaned. tortured, the Datriarch longed to clem ;hat asylum of its forlorn inmates, to Kbit anc jar and double-lock it agaiirat the World imes when life became toohard and.perplex ng for his genial, honest nature, too serious ind tragic and rascally a thing by half. It happened, unluckily, that the poor colo id and his friend found the President in one >f his most despondent and disgusted moods Ee was in his Kttle private parlor, alone ir he gloaming. He was lounging loosely in ? urge rockinj-chair, jutting over in all diree ions* His kippered feet were exalted, hit xiugh head was thrown back, his. long throal lare?he was in his shirt-sleeves. Yes, dear astidious English reader, it was genuine Yan tee abandon-^-make the most of it He turned upon his visitors with a look ol difcost savage'enquiry. There was, indeed, if lis usually .pleasant eyes; a wild, angry glean: ?a something like thte glare of a worried amnalatbay: Colonel Scott proceeded very modestly tc ell his story; but the President interrupted lim, to say brusquely, "Go to Stanton; this if lis business." "I have been to him, Mr. President, and he viH do nothing for ma" "You have been to him and got your aniwer, and still presume to come to me! Am 1 ,o have ho rest? no privacy ? Must I be doe;ed to my last fastness, and worried to death >y inches? Mr. Stanton has done just right tie knows what he is about. Your demandf ire unreasonable, sir." "But; Mr. Lincoln, I thought you would "eel for me." "Feel for you ? Good God! I have to feel 'or five hundred thousand more unfortunate ;han you. "We are at war, sir; don't you knofl ve are at war? Sorrow is the lot of all; beai four share like a man and a soldier." "I try to, Mr. President, but it seems hard My devoted wife lost her life from coming tc lurse me in my sickness, and I cannot ever ake her body home to my children." "Well, she ought not to have come dowi jo the army. She could have stayed at home rhat is the place for women. But if they will 50 tearing about the country, in such times aj hese, ana running into all sorts of danger bey must take the consequences! Not bin hat I am sorry for you, Colonel. As for youi ivife, she's at rest, and I wish I were." Saying this the President leaned back weari y in his chair, and closed his eyes, not notic ng, except by a slight wave of his hand, th( leparture of his visitors. I am not ashamed to confess that my here ;ossed restlessly that night upon a pillow wel ,vith many tears; that lie was desperate anc resentful, utterly unresigned to the decrees 0; Providence and the War Department; anc hat he thought Abraham Lincoln as hard su ie was ugly, and as inhuman as he was un mainly. Toward morning he fell asleep, and slepi it late. Before he wasMtydress^ there come * a quick knock afr the door of hfc chamber, and o he opened it to President Ijiiiooln! - ".- h r, The good man came forward, pale and ea- e: ger, tears glistening in his eyes, and grasped k - thucolonelfe hand, saying, "JUreftted yoa'bru- v if tally last night I ask you* pardon. I was d t utterly tired out, badgered to death. I gen- n h eraBy-befcome about 4$ savage, as a wildcat a e by Saturday night, drained .dry .of the .'milk a r el human kindness.' I must have seemed to o u you the very gorilla the rebels paint me. - 1 ? 6 was sorry enough for it when you-Were gone. o: I could not. deep a moment last night, sol d f thought I'd drive into town, in the cool of the B morning, and make, it ad right., fortunate- m fy, I had Rttle difficulty in finding you." /, n i- "This is very good of y?n>Jfiilr. President," n said the colonel, deeply .moved* "?[o,it isn'tj very, bad of-tne, ci . last night. T never should nave forgiven myself if I had let that pieceofugly work stand. S a Thatwas a nqblc;Wtre of yoirrs, 0olonej. You tc ; were a happy man to have such a noble wo- w r man to'lev? you; and you must be a good ? r fellow, or-sOch a-woman would never have I tl ? risked so much for you. - And What granxil h j wombn'tfcbre^iure in^ihese riS^B,' Colsiel! ti e Wh^t an eels of deyotkuiraiid .pi?cy;hffd how ti - braveaha j^uekyl-^injir^^e*<?iiqrrinbre a* tbe <3 t call'of duty, facing every^danger! VA-.tellyoU qi 1 if it were not for tne woman, We ahouicLall go y to tbe deyjd, and shoulddeserveto.-. Theyare ti i the salvation of the mfcti<ra.^lfbw, cdtne, Ck>: $ - lonel; i6y carnage Is trt the door.' KB drive k ? you to tfie'^Wsr .l^ppariment^ and we'll see w s Btantonabout-ffife ^ 3 Even at that party hour they found the Sec- h 3 retaary athispo^t ' TheESfesidentpleadedthe t eafee af.ColonehSeott, ^xid^aot'oniy requested ? 3 that leave of idbeefifeoBhOuid be given" him, ft. r but that a steamer should be sent down the ? r river expressly to bring up 'the body, of his g: r wife. "Humanity,., Mr. Stanton,T fifti(l the ai P gopdCPresident,; bis homely mce transfigured ti 8 with th^ow of earnest, tender, ^ - lcy;'-aiid erven military Ueceg8ityLiii matters a3 t -like W. : . \ * \V ? j The Secretary Was touched, &mL he said! at i something of??is regret at not haying felt sc . himself at liberty to.gnmt Colonel Seott's-re- ec t quest in the first phute.^ [ jpitti&s&fcl fUadmg. | . ; . ' . . ! J . ^ ' I ?V '*1 - >UJWU$1P ? CtfpP REPOjrTa^lWsT ; Washington, D. C., September 24?'The j - Department of Agriculture furnishes a sum- ? j mary of the jerbp reiwrtA statement is mr en shofiu^ the mean temperature 3hdiam*mll m t of'theseveral States for July and August, as jj bemtnasted withJho?e maltha,last^yoa^ T^e * t^dtfissiasi^^^md Missouri?has had the # ; most regular supply of raip, and thevalley of, hi r the former has nad an abundant rain-fkll to tr . its'moufh, while Alabama and Georgia/have' hi suffered from drought, and tihe Atlantic States ?> > in a still'higher degree, t^t. only throughout ' t the tide wafcer.reguavhut inja-Wgeportkin g , ol rna eastern states..:., yn tbp At UJ I lanticsea-board'the heat-has beengreater this ea } year than in 1868, and the ram-fall less. ai North and East of New York, theheat has ** 5 been less, and also the rain-fill. In the one cc r case, it was too hot, and in the other too cold tfc r for corn arid other summer crops, which suf- m , fered accordingly. While the drought. Has G . prevailed East of the AHeghauies^.the great w 1 Mississippi basin has had an unusual amount i of rain. West Virginia and Ohio alone, uf T , the central area, haa less rain-fell itfAugust oi t than in 1868. The excessive moisture of the & summer is sustained to its-close, especially in CJ - Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kan- a , gas, and Missouri. Both the early and the of latter rains have been somewhat ettraordina- & , ry West of the Missouri,yetthe high temper-' b* r ature and deep thirsty soils of that region i? s have converted the visitation into a blessing, "hi - The drought of the sea-board has riot been w r equalled in many, years. The comparison be- w i tween this year and last, shows that New Eng- g] , land has had but one-third as much rain in ki ; August of the present year. New York, a lit- & i tie more than naif, New Jeraey scarcely one- of t eighth, Pennsylvania one-sixth, Maryland one- B ninth. Extracts from correspondence will m r show the injurious effeete of the excessive ril I drought on corn, cotton, and garden vegeta- t* (bles. : J CosN.-~The corn cropJias been the prey of & } numerous ills in every section of the country, an The only States that now show an average m condition are Nebraska, Kansas, Florida, th i Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas. Excessive dc . rains retarded planting and necessitated re- ar l planting in" the spring throughout the West th i arid South. -Cola- wet weather prevented a Sc - healthy vigorous growth in almost every State S< j and in the season of earing and maturing, a l~t serious drought affected iv oil the Atlantic of , coast, with injurious heat in the South and un- of favorable reduction of tempierature in the th North. In deep soils; naturally drained, the G f extreme moisture of the-West did no injury. i In heavy or flat lands with clay sub-soil, the t damage was great, in some cases resulting m total failure. The loss, as shown in the table, th is 49 per cent in Virginia; from 30 to 40 in ai > Maine, Vermont, Maryland, North Carolina, be I South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, na j Michigan and Wisconsin; from 20 to 30 in a New Hampshire, Connecticut," New York, w< 5 New Jersey, Delaware,Georgia, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa and Minnesota; from 10 to 20 in Massa> ai ? chusetts and Pennsylvania; and from 1 to 10 ai T per cent in Rhode Island, Alabama, Missis- ^ci sippi, Missouri and California. Unless the er i close of the season is yeiT favorable there m . must be 150,000,000 bushels less than a full, lo ? crop. . K r* ' . . "O Cotton.?There will be a reduction in the G I yield of Cotton from the Carolinas to AJaba- hf ma, and a material increase from Mississippi is I to Texas. Georgia, Florida and South Caro- bi ; lina have suffered most, mainly from drought, be r. in a few localities from rust, the caterpular as and boll-worm. Our estimates make the in- m crease in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, re- wl . snectively, 10, 12 and 14 per cent The prob- T > abilities at present favor a yield of 2,750,000 be i bales. fo Wheat.?This crop, as a whole, is larger. W i The only States showing a decrease are IUi- wl . nois, Michigan, Iowa and California. Some ai [ of it is inferior in quality, but a considerable wi i portion has been injured by rains after har- to a aamntjamakln r\attflan r\p wruxt/wm a.4 , VCOU JTk. ^UU^lUCl UU1C lA/i WV" VI WIO TTUTO1U at t wheat is of good quality, and that of the Ti South ia decidedly superior. - dc Fbuitb?As a rule, have yielded abundant ly. 4-Pplea in a less degree than other spe- as cies. New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia^ d( i Michigan and Illinois, all apple regions, have lii nearly a full supply; New England a mate) rial reduction. d< t Stock Hogs.?There is not only a reduc- al I tion in the number of stock hogs, but also in to f the condition. Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska m I and Minnesota, rapidly growing 8tates, have h< 3 made an increase in numbers, as have some "1 of the Southern States. There is apparently it a decrease, as compared with last year, of from it t 5 to 10 per cent. al % DRESS Aft Aft EfcEJSBN* OF POWER. It has Always Ijeen a :debatable "(jue8U6i ow far the dress hndpersoiiaf appearance a minent me? impress the-masseebf their fbl jwera? ; It is a mistake to suppose that' thi Riyi lowest orders of society " prefer^to' fy ominated by oneoftheif bvrn daw. Th< iob like a leader who at-least Wears the gart pd affects the air of a gentteman: Thiff trutl as strikingly-illustrated h* the French Eev lution. The mountain within doors, and its anstituents outside, made up of the very dregs f Paris, refused to -follow the shabby anc irty Murat, and toolb for their cbampiox iobespierre, wW. dressed in the-taost foatid >us. style, and- never -appeared bfefofd the oiay, filthy, bloodthirsty .crowd till he hae iade a careful toilet,-and had placed * beau ful bouquet in the lappelof his embroidered rnt I Ihe leader of the radical Democracy=of ^this tate^ in their ancient attacks upon the aris xsaJac fianilles along the 'Hn3?ofi, vwhow ord hid always given law to theparty,Wa* tartin Vw Btirai,, .fie rallied around bins le mechanics and the tillers.ofihe 8oil>'and y their votes dethroned Ae old ^magnates-: ie Living8toD?7 thfi Cantons, (he Lewises, and leir high born associates^ who had swayed le X^emocratic sceptre in oarter of a century.,. ,hif hunger days, when Mr van. Bnr^ revolu' onized our |X&tk$, he" dressed like an, axinsite, and displayed tlie manners of a jfcstMnis'genjleman; and fyejyw b^matuffifearft hen^he"feinted a policy lofurn whole'counryj; ilhd down ticTfhe very day of his death, e warscrupjuldttsly exactTn jfe attipsC *'Gtecfcge rV". was ? fori. y While' Prince Re Bht, hur greht rival in .the. worn of fashion Sdhfr. Brfctouiel/ familiarly * called' Beau trommel '-^Rub volatile &4yfentarervhad a reat cletfiof influence about the Court, 'and t one time it wasdoobtfal which exei#9&a ?e greater; control over pnbKe aflhire, the aehmg-dandv, wbodad thfi flirts, or the^oya] tegent who Jed the rakes. ~ The.. Prince waf [ways envious of Brununel's elegahtoostniho iter their famous quarrel they happened tc ttend a distinguished party. The Prince, ion afhBrentermgj was observed to 8tare"ai unebody in a^emote.pari of thexwmSnJj! t fixed and glaring fin eye/ thatjo'ne aft m iands thought; hc Va8. going tot# > 'fifywifl iXioualyinquired what wa&'^inatter. .3/oofc ierel" said Wales, pointing to Brummel; ny.Godj what a ?ravat!" v . .. ; >n Great party-chiefe have generally, though; icome hist^ric^Pitt^ver^iered theCbni; ona untg had con?dted * mirror, it ntt nrxnorrif.. rticrtimen and ?Owl as a statue. fee,' wu ebntw^'xame in cfed--J?': looe^ irments,wrth h slouched hat ahd\ir6lllhs lit, and charted ftmiKarly >ith all arpdnd tm. Gov. Seward was never 4Cca#d of exavagance in drees. An anecdote concerning ini wifl illustrate ibd prei&mce" of.tftb.massi'&r ifnDrdi^dAflqfc ^.V;' IXiring Jtfr. Seward's ^first term as Govern\ the Amti-j&im troubles assumed a&rmida' a aspect. ;The Helderberg was intensely untea, Sheriife were defied, and a resort to ant seemed to be approaching. IJnder an Jt of thd Legislature, Sewara appointed ia anmnsion to inquire into the gpeyancfe of ie tenants and the rights of the iandlorda, uning as one. of the members, his old Aieud, any V. Sackett, of Seneca county. A day as fixed fbr Governor Seward and Commit oner Sackett to visit the infected district, ho AntfcBenters, who had never been hon ed with the presence .of a Governor,-reaoivl to turn out en mam tomeet His Excelleur, and selected an orator;to receive him with congratulatory speech?quite losing sight 1 the Commissioner. The. day arrived, mad }ward and Sacket went out in a four-horse irouche. Sackett, who stood sis f^t three ches, and always dressed in the Websterian ue coat and buff vest, with art amplitude of bite cravat and an - imposing goid-hoaded me, was never better got up than on tins and occasion, and of course he. bore a Bering contrast to the little, thin Governor.. As iey descended from the carnage, the crowd ' Anti-Renters cheered lustily, and -their iead Centre stepped forward, unrolled his anuscript, and opened his oratorical battery xm Sackett, with' "Your Exoenency,rt aha gan his speech, while the mass. called ciit r three'cheers for "our noble Governor f' ickett, waving his cane high in the air, outed at the top of his voice, "Stop, gentleen] you have .made the same mistake that e people, of this State have made. They mbtless ought to have elected me Governor, id perhape inten.ded to d?rso; bnt, in foot, ey naVe chosen this* gentleman (turning to ward), whom I now present to you as Gov. ward." ^ i When Judge Sackett had encased a bottle ' champagne, and put in two or three glasses rnnmii/> Kv wnv* rif ft strrrinpr. hfi MSftd to tell W^w..v ? "?Jfl 7 is story with sparkling gusto,' especially if overnor Seward was present. ' ?^? ? * w BOY'S RIGHTS?BY A BOY. Talk about the women and the darkies, and e?the?all the rest of 'em; none of 'em nil e half so badly used as boys are. Ask any >y. I know a lot, and can give you all their imes. Ask .'em all. They It tell you to be boy is to be somebody without a right in the arid. You're to take all the sassthat's given you, id give none book, '<*u8e you're a boy. You e.to pay full fare in the cars and omnibuses, luseyou're a hoy.tmd nota child; and hevhave a Beat 'cause you're a boy and not a an. Fat lady, gets in after its all full, and oka.about. Keri everybody looks .at you. Id gentleman says, "my. son," reprovingly, mductor says, "Come, now, yon boy;" You ive paid your six pence. No matter?that nothing. You've been on your legs, with indies, all day. Who cares 7 You are a ly. Now a horse has such a load given him he can earry, and a man won't take any ore than he can walk under. Ask boys tiat grown up folks think they can carry, bere s no limit to it." Who doesn't* know a >y who dpes a man's work, and does it. well, r a tenth of what a man would get for it? rho hasn't read an advertisement for a boy bo "writes a good hand, understands accounts id is willing to make himself useful; boards ith his parents; is trustworthy; no objection sitting up all night; not anxious for meals regular times; no impudence about him. be best recommendations required, and two >Uara a week wages.". ^ - Ask boys whether old fellows don't make i much fuss about such places, as if they were >ing you a favor that would set you up in fe. . . Who wants a boy anywhere ? Your sisters >n't in the parlor. Your father don't; he ways asks you whether you're not wanted do something somewhere. You make your other's head ache whenever you come near jr. Old ladies snap you up. Young ladies late boys." Young men tease you, and give to you if you tease back. Other fellows? *8 because they are aggravated so, I know? (ways want to fight, if they don't know you; and/ when" you get>a blaok eye and a torn i jaefcv you hear ? ?at home^v*^ f You > ik b.^ck and wonder if. yoa. over woe 1 that pretty KtuofeHe^r^^fficdUs that ev* 3 iyboay staffed with candy; and you wonder 3 whether you'll ever be a man, and,be liked by ; the girb^andtreated jjoliteTy bydther feHow?, > and paid for your work, ana allowed to do as i ytia chotee, And you mike up your' mind eyery dayy not to bo a boy any longer than i yptt <3aff help itr and hem: yourgrand&ther i or iwttebody cotnpbdnb^ tiat ^re^ararib 1 boys now," ftnd w?nderIrlje^re^emMm. the rpJ -& I '' There Vonly dne^onjfbrt in i^aU-; boj^ will I gtow up, and .when they,do they generally. - forget all that thay went^hnsngh in their E youth, and -make the hoys of _&eir'4ny au^er jugt^^hey did., ,,v ^ >'/ .* "y J the Great* of. Eusaia, andmapy instances are, i related of hte/clev^jnjL *1t hftpneaed qnce i .tfiait*a^caiieia of ^'.jester fell-jnider 0e Siis pleasure of "the' Ejn^ero^/%h6 ^^iyared him, t to the authorities for about I ioxatily their sentence, whea miaiareirjaeari jug of'1^. made His apb6arknfie V$k \ doleful face, and -approacHed His nmsWirttu aboutto srieifc Sffeajfead, turned to-tfl&offioersvrbe were-st&ndihg wound ' bito. asd said. in-A lodd voi<^~^I:*iKWHwHliir petitioo this felW'isltiiBgmg^iiie j Hut-J tfili me^otunyiwrd of boikir, gentlemen; that l mlK mrtr -MraaBfc" - Tb# j*&sr> Ittxuhag im&aotiy *ttomr: Hinfeeifr? th)r$A' iocf H? GatTj-aad aaidgTri&.-tlfetetifcOet apwspe&teiw^ I joestnees^^IbesBech-ydu^ Peter AioX6?yitcH, ; do nofepardoxi4&tiaaoai?*%unnof iamef^ i rog?elVjr etied Peter, too I sHeufp^for jfle yet, I seel" and the s^xf day tit* t eulttrit ceceiyediaa papH^^^- ^ > >#5? r * -i-tanpther time, BauykireiE toot a. judde* 1 fancy to stand sentinel at the gate of- the ?al?? noe, and entreated (be pemissioa <j? imsm* [ at itst, oidy.^mgHiM at Hija, >W i eventui&y; consented* en condition..that, tb& ," new sentinel should a^tf-fee, fouMdaoptk t wthrapfc stohL .which cqRttngaMT iortiil? hditeVnul%tW *WW<?Mte IMW*. I tet evOBM sflj?* ; Himself to be overcome J^ot-.aod; ** I wfth'tfie^esfc Yfcentmpon the Czar/ jxrertenaf ing to detect some maocuracy m til* eqinpr ment of one of t^-^i.begWU'to abuse him : violently, and,' turning -to' JBalakirefi^ cried :' otfff. fS^ftoat *m? ????$ and &t that rasc$jlowii!" 'Thfe soldiers, knowing hfofcr iffidrajt, Btedd," v&p. lit eqjtyeiai; blit the r iester ?eb equal to w'^^a^j he riplfited his hand toward "the sky, ar d exclaimeq, wife ' the ujfctaolt - Lord!' I prey thee" turn my swOrd fhfera'kthT and, t' at thesirme moment drawing his' sWord, a iath ? it actually proved to be. The guardsnien, noi' withstanding the Emperor's presence, cocld k not restrain the laughter i and, Peter, cteKgbt, ed with' the aetiteness of hie favorite, gava him a handsome reward. On another occasion, fiaJakireff happened to give wndous offence to the Emperor, who> giving way to his rage, angrily ordered hist to quit his presence, andriever dare to appear on.Kuasian sdl-again. c. The culprit, with air appearance of great humility, replied that trie ! Majesty shoukl be obeyedrand loft the palace forthwith.. A few days later, however, the Czar, while sitting, at one oftlm front wia dows of-the palace, was astoufided hy the right! f of his.exiled jester seated in a cart, ?ad going ; quietly past under hia-very eyes, with an. air, df the, most perfect unconcern. Furious- at , this barefaced-transgression of his-eommands, Peter rushed outinto the street, aw}, apmoaofcing the. culprit with a menacing aft. aaaed jy /Sow be dared show himself thereytfJerbV ingfbrbidcfeh ever fa pome upon Russian sod . again T "Gfently, gently, jDtor pfjhjUB&i*. answered BalakirefiJ frith an impish dukkkj ; <fthj$ cart-ldad of earth, on whichTin, rifting \ is none of yours; it*i allSweedishj every bit of ' itt" {It must be remembered that this -took place at a' period when Finland was still a dependency of the Swedish crown.) So saying, the wag. coolly pursued his journey; but Peter, who had doubtless had leisure by thtttiriie, to regret tne aosenee <of so diverting a com| panion, laughed loudly at the evasion,.and instantly despatched an officer after him, with the promiacof a full pardon for all his past offences. * . - TRUTH ?f A NUTSHELL. - V Our sympathies for the negro date anterior to his emancipation. We knew and inspected him wheirhe waa a siaVe, and the'accioent of \ liberty does not alter our eethnafe bfhischar- ] actor.r No change -in his political daku Itfll'; change him; and do legislatiofr, either in pros pect or feet, will ever place him orf a' dofcial equality with his' Caucasian "brethren. ?et, " this fisied belief of ours does not & the least interfere with our anxiety and labor for his ; development and elevation. We hope-to see j him vindicate his manhood, and take a high j place in the civilization "Itnd political charac- i ter of the world. That place is not attained ' by acts of Congress, or by the right of ftnn- 1 chiae, or any other political liberty, but by a < process of training, social, intellectual and j moral, under favoring and peaceful conditions. ; This is the cause of bitter and irreconcilable ( AAA U/ltwtAAn Ilia ?\M/V)An^ /ltlAlitt An/1 UiilCi CUCQO, 1110 fSlCQVX** WVttW CMIU I leaders and ourselves. -They harangue upon liberty and rights, and forthwith pretend to champion the cause of the negro. They de- < clare him qualified to assist in governing the ' country in'which he lives, and by ail means inflame him with zCal for place and powers They take care, however, not to lift him info < place. We, on. the contrary, urge the right i and necesssity of preparation, a reasonable < ! pupilage in the schools of learning and pafifics, ] giving every worthy aspirant the place he may i honorably win. If the excitements, kept up i in our midst by Radical leaders is intended as 1 a punishment indicted upon lis for themh of ' slaveholdlng, it is most unfortunate far the < freedman. His demoralization is complete. His thirst for education is quenched by the muddy waters of political strife, while his per- i sonal hopes and ambition for political prefer- i merit ore systematically and cruelly Masted i and ignored. ' He is only a dupe, a machine^ a chattel, used for the vilest purposes. Wt*" * he can be no longer thus used, where 1 find his level ? Will his Radical l eaders then i exhaust the language in praise ** worth, or grant dim the comfortable lum which they denied to him in the d*/ of his importance? ] At present, utility ** the guage of his value j fl-Tid importance, and utility is the ordjr-prin* * ciple ofR-Jical measurement in reference to 1 him ip any state and in every position. In 1 the enjoyment and spoils he counts only as a ! cipher, while in the low and dishonorable : worfc of 4 rpcfcleroially, he> towi&wgd. the fatiptruoMfflt- J*o" reepgct ? .gf*a w his confidence^ none to ids reason, --9QM "to: ?? tappioe&v ^e vilest means are employed to otogagsjflm, andtha lowest appetites gna pasdons we pandered fo, tar gain their e&fer' ^ . "XEFGfutmyr , ?* .??u ? t" ) . i ~ t Ccnf ee*9 Ch4Jto? to ;<jo K> oT7e*fi?? ?W*oal*tt*0 toCra^ j? :H?i O.^IkwenT a&s tfcefJeY.lfc BLCWi, ^fce r^fcrae pJ^^dnUg^reSr'axg^atoutry Retard. . He fibCfe? the n<^ctJe in word* which, lo Carpet-bagger sud ficsia|E*g aHke, mu?? read Bke the hand-writfe* OK the wall Itiseertainly tb<V eiriy; herwufH Sagittate the question, not he dads sufficient fioatbnin ids facpety'ti} Wk- ^th* htfngry | chf^s whomever tire^4it the qtkest of c?cf*f ttend*?. We will lefthe prophet Oslo speak (for himself as to the oomkuoo' moeaLpofit [ k*?v" it saya, Satire Vpfr# chap may he; but one thing is pretty certain; that ike Be*w> propsees-to aend trie *^ew^tive pt his race^ tegreaeat sad theyl^b eqme-tothe these aarehtttsdrs whk vraite feces-and black n^gydon^rbelk jfru Iftri filloiieoftheijepf^Bdiic-Kanjjps yifl JNtl yto Whsimigiiai'to ihiaTepttesetxt them agftSft, % Semite in the ?B^,wii-dM-ih<tfcepMia ^Pim* tatei?otfoe*Bd,goy*m ytmrsa$**?-?^ iSBSpJ^^jp -V */ *^1 *^*r11 tioivmefe yaflfectly qave?tfce?1Wffftr#Kbyty HqghfrM&s. ttdy^wec. ^'tao^Jteawgag 06cim -hb m?rt uaeoinlbffaWfe (has^cou jtertf hwrort mfsd eftf** each 7** : ^Tupoiuope .occasion, Vewter was oahhf jgpE^. W hkX^a-m Wa^imgton. f?m? j)nbimAaa'*w. Ha Vi<L 1iiiiM^?Hnil VmS* p&moB8, and the driver Had a sort of fhlta when we readied die WQOdhbeiwcoa Btodetf^ burg and Washington (a pveipet-saene tor a mureer ?^outrage), and Here, I coeAw, my couraon again--deStotett m?, ' faA /titan w driver, tnraijig tome, with a gruffy'olee asked my mime. Tj^e^toltim,% 'Wbei?1tfeT& going,?1 To Washington,' wna'thareji^;-1 aora Sector.' Cgen this the driver semed me .fbnrehiV by pe Hand 4 and exclaimed; (Bow glad I ami I.we been- trembling m my seat for the .last Hour*, for whan I lowed at yoij1 .took yem faf-a highwayman/ " Of course, both parties felt very orach reBeved. s ^ > Thb Latest Intb&xai. Revenue Decision.-?A cotemporary fer thug facetious over the decisions of the revenue officials; The latest decisions of the Commissioner-of Internal Revenue cover the following points: Parties using paper collars mustuse tinea from the origins!packages; Ail is, from the box in which; they have been purchased; and 8' three dent revenue stamp must be attached 8) egch on^Wben 'ppfc'bqT When the coBar becomes soiled, and is turned with the elean st^e out, it must receive another three cent stamp, and/must also be conspicuously stamped win the wor d 'turned^5 Jaoxes when emptied can? nbt he used a. second tim?>.but must be destroyed in the room where emptied; and the assessor frrnisHod"with a certificate ofthd ffiot If thrown out At the,, window or oarriedbgfcln (be coal-scuttle or wa?httihj?idi be^awal be subject jBoetlfljidbi .?*? taj quired to use.(heir blacking iustas they find it when thp box is opened, adding nothing to it whatever/ The act -of ^pitting in tire mix and smearing the contents with the brush-con' statutes, the boot-black a mixer or rectifier, or manufacturer of blacking, mid he mustpoy' the ordinary manufacturer's license." Eacn boot blacked, for ^Mch the sum of five cents is paid by the wearer, must receive, attho expense of the bootblack, a 4} oentstampr' * ^ ; v ; Father Hyacdtthe.?The latest excitement inFaris, and one that promisee food for dScussiofi in every crri&ed country inyjuled by the telegraph, is the so-called apostacy from the Catholic Church of PereHyaefothe. one of thei^t^pularJ^nJaandpra^^hars of that, sect . His mine as an orator, and hit per. sonal i^agnetiam, both of which have been exaxased heretofore jin making converts to the Catholic religion, wore World-wide. He h now forty-two years old,- having been botn In 1827; he re&iyMordinatioa in 1839, when be wa^elected'to a Professorship in the Tbeological Seminary of Nantes. He suhseaaently became a member of the Carmelite Monks, and visited the various cities of France, preaching the doctrines of Rome, and always with the greatest eelat and success. He went to Paris in'1864, where he has been even more fomous as a preached than either Spurgeoajn London, or Needier with,us. - His jumoence in his church has always been great* andJus repudiation of the faith he has so- long and eloquently, taught, is held to he not without considerable significance. Can Such Things JBiF??A correspondent of the Atlanta Qmatitufion, writing from Greejjaboeo.N. C? Aym "?t this point, I learned from, ?eieral reli- ^ able dad pious, Qitixma of one of the strangest "" occurrences that hat aver happened is that or any other State. A cow, belonging to a Meth:xkst minister, living six mike from Greensboro, gave Mrth to a negro baby. The head andfkee, andaiH the upper part of the an5-?? ?re unmiattjtably those of a n&ro ^ the low/fr part that of a caE fkgenUeman *ho informed me of it it b*W sponsible atken." What a uCe&* wise man sought to explain^/?" little child the nature or a jrogg. ^jaJrook two slips of wood, a long and ajg^rirtone. "See, my child," he said, "the wng piece is the will of God, the short piece s your will; lay your will in a line with the mil of God, and you have no cross; lay it ithwart, and yon make a cross directly. JW There are three books considered absotatety perfect and free from typographical errors; and only three. Those are: An Oxford Bible, the perfection being attained hy ris of the standing reward of a guinea for discovery of a mistake; an edition of Horace, published in London and Leipeic, and an American reprint of Dante.