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Humorous gepattrafut. I From All the Year Round. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. Colonel J. Cooling?better known as Cool i Nat?of Coolington, San Joaquin county in the State of California, was a fellow passenger of mine on that well known transAtlantic steamship, the Mongolia, famous alike for the rapidity of her ocean voyages, the absence of napkins at meal times, and the bluff heartiness of her excellent commander. As is, or rather was, invariably the case, the Magnolia had received a very good "send off," the friends of the passengers mustering in great strength, and accompanying their hearty wishes for a swift passage, quick return and a "good time" generally, with a brisk consumption of the sparkling fluid which flows with such unfailing liberality on the other side of the Atlantic. Busy as I was 1. J # ;_ J. T i f J ~ I pledging my numerous inenas, x yei jouuu a j moment to steal a glance at my room-mate? ! the traveler who occupied the other berth in 1 ray state-room?and, exchanging cards with 1 him over a glass of champagne, was charmed 1 to find my domiciliary partner for the next eight days, the celebrated or notorious person whose name I have mentioned. Rumors of daring deeds done, or as some hypercritical purists would rather say, perpetrated, during the early days of the Golden State, had reached ray ears from time to time, and with many of these the name of Nat Cooling was associated. Of the origin of this great man but little was known. Those who loved him best and obeyed that excellent law, "Speak well of the rich," declare that his youth had been passed in the lucrative business of importing "blackbirds," in other words, in the slave trade, while those who were actuated by higher principles, that is, hated or envied the successful speculator, declared that a short but brilliant career of piracy had laid the foundation of his great fortune. All that was certainly known was that the Colonel turned up in California during the first symptoms of the gold fever, and that his speculations in mining and other operations bad been attended with solid success. Where he was "raised" remained a mystery, for the Colonel, although very communicative on all subjects relating to his residence in California, maintained a severe reticence as to his happy boyhood and probably stormy youth. Neither his appearance nor his speech betrayed his supposed nautical antecedents, nor did his outline betray the numerous angles that the American physique is credited withal. He was a plump, broadshouldered man, the said broad shoulders being surmounted by a large bullet-head, covered with a close-cut crop of stiff, black hair. His face, with the exception of the upper lip, was clean shaven, and his general expression was oue of frank bonhommie. There were moments, however, when a singular expression flashed from his fine dark eye, and on these rare occasions it was not difficult for persons of an imaginative turn of mind to conjure up a scene in the summer seas of the Indian Archipelago, with a scuttled ship slowly settling down in the dark blue water, and a rakishlooking craft almost hull doyn upon the horizon. Colonel Cooling rejoiced in a velvet coat and a loose necktie of sanguine hue, but it was impossible to enjoy his society for any length of time without observing the immengfe diamond solitaire which adorned his large but well-shaped hand. This was not merely a large diamond, but a brilliant, such as is rarely seen. It threw out flashes almost like a lime-light, and blazed with almost intolerable radiance. One splendid summer afternoon, as the Mongolia was doing her best to make short work of the Atlantic, the Colonel caught ray eye fixed in adrtiration on his magnificent jewel, and launched at once into the following story: "I guess, neighbor, you are takin advantage of this fine weather to kinder photograph my diamond. It's worth the trouble, yes, sir! Not only for the valley of the stone, but for the high old time I had in gittin' it. You see I aint' a New Yorker, and never sot eyes on the Empire city till a few weeks ago, when I kiui round from Frisco to make an European tower. In California we are heavy on gold, that's a fact, but we don't pan out much on diamonds, though they are mighty useful goods when a citizen finds things pretty well *petered out in his own diggins', and wants to vamose the ranch and make tracks for a new placer. But no sooner had I landed and got well fixed at the New York 'Hotel, than, making a bee line for the bar, I found all the folks rue diamond mad. In most settlements I'm acquainted with, the talk runs mostly on dollars, but in the big city I heard of nothing but diamonds. It seems that some old don married a pretty young gal some little time ago, and that the show of jewels at the diamond weddin' had set every body stark, starin mad on brilliants. Every body was braggin' on his diamonds, and some of 'em seemed to hold a full hand. Wal, after my third cocktail, I lit a fresh cigar and began to feel that the diamond fever was kinder catchin', and said I to myself, 'Nat Cooling, you never wus a one-hoss person nor a cuss as would take a back seat anywheres. If you - 1 1 A are going to pau out on diamonds, you must do it heavy.' "Beiu' on such oncomraon good terms with myself, I took another driuk, and then fell talkin' diamonds with a very elegantly-dressed gentleman, who gave me a lot of points on the subject. After a few more cocktails, I told my new friend that I must get a diamond, but that it must be the biggest in NewYork. The gentleman wore a handsome stone himself, which he said was as good as he could pay for, but that he thought he knew where to find an A 1 brilliant, in fact the biggest stone in th$ world. I laugh, I do, when I think how anxious I was to see it, and how much I felt indebted to the young gentleman when he consented to mention my desire for the biggest"diamond in New York to his friend. He told me that he did not think his friend would sell. In fact, he was pretty sure he wouldn't, but that I might have a sight of the stone if I would breakfast with him at Delmonico's, at 12 o'clock next day. "This looked all right, and the next morning I was punctooal to my appointment, was introduced to my friend's friend?also an elegant gentleman?and sat down to the very best breakfast I had ever seen. I didn't, however, eat much more than a three-yearold bar, ray mind was so took up with the diamond. Nothin' that I had ever seen in the sparkling way was a circumstance to it. Long before we got to the coffee and cigars, I made a resolution to have that diamond. But when I led up to the subject, the owner said that no money would induce him to part IiL ? ?? LI knnn mnAn IA kim kl7 Willi 11 geiu WHICH uau UCCU gucu w mm u_| , his deceased mother on her death bed. I felt j kinder streaked at this, and wondered why; boys who never cared what their parents say when liven', should pay so much attention to j their wishes when dead. However, the party I broke up, and I invited my ne*v friends to dine with me on the morrow. But I had diamond on the brain; could neither sleep nor drink, and actooally lost a big pile of dollars i at poker through trying for a straight flush j in diamonds. At our next meeting I noticed that the proprietor of the diamond looked ; discouraged about something, and told him what a bad time I had had at poker. "'Ah!' said he,'I am the most unlucky man in the world. Last night I lost ten thousand dollars at faro, coppering the jack. He won nineteen times running, and left me dead broke, with nary red in my pocket.' "^ow, thought I, is my opportunity, so after , sympathizin' with him, I raked up the dia- j mond subject agin. He did not like the idea j at all, at first, and cavorted like a vicious i mustang, but at last, reflectin' that his debts of honor must be paid, he caved in and parted , with the diamond, after kissin' it again and again, with tears in his eyes, for ten thousand cash, on my promising that if ever I should want to part with the stone, I would give him the option of repurchasing it at the same price, add in' seven per cent, interest for the time I had laid out of ray money. I mu^own that! I telt pretty hunky over my ba^ain, and ; i promising myself great pleasure in New York , and in Europe out of my big diamond, got pretty high, and proposed a game of euchre to my companious, just to while away the time. I have played all sorts of games in ( my time in all sorts of company, but that j game of euchre was a caution. It seemed , square enough even to me, but the cards cer- j tainly ran agin me in the queerest way. So, : after losing quite a pile, I thought it time to | give over and went to bed, thinkin' that after j < all my diamond was some consolation. But;. when, next morning, my friends did not drop j ( in to breakfast, as they promised, I began to , feel myself weakenin' on the business alto- j ( gether, and made tracks for a great lapidary , down town. After exarainin' the gem, he , told me coolly that it was about the best bogus j, diamond he had ever seen, but that a sham it , was, and no mistake. You, sir, may imagine | rav feelin's. not so much at loosin' ten thousand , dollars on the diamond, and a heap at play at I j that, as at'the thought that I, Cool Nat, of! San Joaquin, had been gobbled by a couple of | ( New York dead-beats. I guess ray language was pretty heavy, when, just as I had cussed 1 all the wool off ray new overcoat, an idea , knocked agin' my brain and struck in at once. I enquired where the greatest jeweller and ( diamond merchant in the city kept, and after ( showing him my bogus gem, and swearing , him to secresy, asked if he could find rae a ( real diamond like it. "He told me he would do his level best to match it, and did so within three hours, , charging me 812,000 for the stone. I then had it set in the ring in place of my bogus one, and, putting Colonel Bogus in my pocket walked into the bar of my hotel. As I had judged, there was more than two in the little speculation I had suffered from-. My friend and his friend had cleared out, but I smelt powder when I heard the talk run upon the number of sham diamonds worn. 'Yes, sir,' said one young blood, dressed up like a barber's block; 'I guess them very big stones are mostly bogus,' casting, at the same time, a snaky look at my ring. I went on taking my bitters quite sileut, and seemed kinder wrapped up in my ring. But they wouldn't let me alone, and presently got up a bet among themselves about their rings, and pitched upon me as umpire, for, said one of 'era, 'uuess that strange gentleman as wears the Koh-i-noor ought to understand the,subject.' "T nwn T felt verv much like drawing mv six-shooter, and cleaning out the crowd, but I kept my temper, and said, 'Gentlemen, I don't understand small potatoes. Them little bits o' things may or may not be geuuine; but if you want to brag on diamonds, I guess I'll take the pool.' At this they kinder sniggered, and asked to look at ray ring. I let them look as long as they liked, but kept the ring on ray finger. At last one of thera said, 'That stone must have come pretty high, I judge.' 'Yes, sir,' said I; 'ten thousand dollars cash.' At these words they sniggered again. So I, puttin' on that I was riled, rounded on 'em sharp; 'I don't know, gentlemen, what you see to laugh at.' Then the gracefullest and politest cuss in the party says, quite solemn-like, 'I fear it's no laughing mat- i ter for you, sir. I guess you are a stranger, and I suspect solne rascals in the city here have stuck you with an imitation stone.' At I this I pretended to rile right up, and swore j that I bought the ring of a perfect gentleman, and had had no end of trouble to buy it at > all. The polite man stiffened up his back at that, made some remarks on gentility in gen- i eral, and wound up by offering to bet a thousand dollars that my diamond was bogus, to i put up the money right away, and leave the matter to be decided by any jeweller named by the proprietor of the hotel. i "Then I felt that I had struck a lode, and, < turning round sharply, says, 'Lookcc here, i sir, bets of a thousand dollars is good enough for a small game, but when my word is ques- i tioned, and my property is run down, I put i down my whole pile, and I will back my dia- I mond with my bottom dollar. They kept their i faces very well, but I could see their eyes glis- i ten, and knew that I had 'em safe. One said, i 'he couldn't put up much just then, but he could fight eight thousand in half an hour, ; and would stake it with nleasure apiu mine.' I O I Then another struck in, and thought as 'I ! didn't look satisfied with such a little bet, he I would back his friend's opinion for five thous- j and,' and as I still kept on sayin' I was not < goin' to show my diamond except for a bet of < twenty thousand dollars, they scraped up 1 about eighteen thousand among them. I cov- ] ered the money, and handed it over, with the \ ring and a written memorandum, to the pro- 1 prietor. A lapidary was named, called in, I and decided at once that the diamond was < genuine. Quite a considerable scene took place, and the swindlers insisted on callin' in i another witness, and I nearly busted myself < with laughin' when they named the very man I I bought the stone of. When he saw the stone, his face was a study ; but he never let i on that he had seen it before, and said only i that it was perhaps 'the finest diamond he had i ever seen in a ring,' bowed to the company, i and walked off. To do my rascals justice, j i they showed grit, drank the champagne 11; treated them to, and walked off coolly enough, i But the best part of the joke is to come. "The story of my big bet somehow got j < around, and all sorts of versions got into the I papers. I was interviewed pretty heavily by i reporters, and. Colonel Nathan J. Cooling, of j j San Joaquin, was credited with owning the < biggest diamond ring in New York, when ! who should walk in but ray friend and his j friend. The cusses evidently believed that J: by some unheard-of chance they had purchas- j ed a real, instead of a bogus diamond, and i they were no doubt raging in their innards to : think that they had sold me in the first instance, and had put the gang in the hole for < eighteen thousand dollars. But the stone !. was now celebrated, and they began tryin' to i work on me to let 'era have it back for ten I thousand dollars, as I had made such a good i speculation in bets. The original proprietor 11 said he was in funds agin, and couldn't sleep for thinkin'of his mother's ring. Of course, he wanted it back to sell at a big profit, and to recoup the gang a bit. I declined to sell, ] and kept him off and on till I was ready to start, and told him I must wear the ring till ] I was aboard ship, when, if he would pay i down the money in gold, he could have his i ring agin. You guess what I did? No? i Why the day before we sailed, I had the real 1 diamond set in the ring you see on my hand, < and Colonel Bogus put back into the old set- i ting. My friends came on board, paid the i money in gold, stranger?nary shinplaster? i examined the ring and the same old sham dia- i mond they sold me, and went off as happy as coyotes round a dead mule. I wonder how ; they like the deal now ! As far as I can fig- i ure it, I took about eighteen thousand by the < spec?two-thirds in diamond and the rest in ': gold. Our glorious old golden State is, 1j guess, the place to cut your eye-teeth in, and I judge the dead-beats of New York city will not soon forget Nat Cooling, of San Joaquin." i A barber of Titusville, while cutting the hair of a rural customer, ran his shears against some hard substance, which proved to be a whetstone, the old farmer said he "had . missed that whetstone ever since haying time last July, and looked all over a ten acre lot: for it, but now remembered sticking it up over his ear." man in Illinois named his first seven children after the davs of the week. Then ni t j._ 1 1 ll?,l l suddenly, one uuy, tri^ieis uuinc, uuu nc wmui them Yesterday, To-morrow, and Christmas. | The next one will probable be entitled Last i Saturday Week, or Day Before Yesterday. W&* "Harry," said a mother to her little boy, "you shouldn't throw away nice bread like ! that; you may want it before you die." "How j could I get it, though if I eat it now ?" Harry ! asked. BST" A man who was told by a clergyman to j remember Lot's wife, replied that he had : trouble enough with his own, without remembering other men's wives. Jlgricultural fcpartment. A PAPER ON PLOUGHING. The first of the discussion before the State Agricultural Society, at its recent meeting in Charleston, was upon "Ploughing and its effect upon different soils at diflfereut seasons," and the debate was opened by the following interesting and practical essay upon the subject by Dr. John H. Furmau, of Sumter: Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Society: There are two points in which I conceive our practice of agriculture has been particularly deficient. These are winter preparations and modes of ploughing. With mauy it has been customary to allow the spring to be" far advanced, or at least the winter to be pretty well spent, ere the process of preparation begins ; indeed, this is merged in that of culti* '1 - 1_.. J nation, aun tne corn is growing ere rue iiuju n broken up, and the cotton is upon part of the plantation before the earth has been fitted foi its reception on the balance. A change of circumstances involves the necessity for a change of modes. We once had virgin lands and cheap and reliable labor, Then, if ever, the extensive and superficial system had its ad vantages, for (though ulti niately destructive) it often gave large irarae diate returns. Now, with, to a large extent exhausted and denuded fields, and unreliable and expensive labor to contend with, it be comes necessary to obtain present support and accomplish the ultimate improvement o: the land, that we resort to other modes anc appliances?that the extensive give place tc the intensive?that we plough early anc plough deep. For what do we plough ? This may seen a trite question, but it opens a wide field foi inquiry, observation and reflection. Wha do we plough for, and how and when shoulc we do it ? We plough to pulverize the earth whereby the delicate, hair-like roots of plant may ramify and extend in every direction thereby obtaining ample pasturage to feec upon. And here the advantages of dee| ploughing will at once be apparent. Th< man who breaks his land eight inches deej gives his plants twice the pasturage that hi does who breaks but four, and he who pene trates twelve trebles the sources of supply. We plough to let in the air and sun, tha we may secure the fertilizing properties of tin one, and the vivifying and ameliorating ac tion of the other, and we should plough deep in'order that these beneficial influences raaj be extended to a greater area of root pastur age. The air contains ammonia and carbonii acid, both highly essential to the growth o vegetation. They are rapidly and in quauti ties absorbed by porous bodies, while compac bodies appropriate little or none of these therefore, by thorough and deep comminutioi of the soil, we greatly increase the amount o these bodies taken up and held by the land They act also as solvents upon many of th< constituents of the soil, thus preparing then to be taken up and assiraulated by the plant We should plough deep, in order that thesi benefits may be extended to a large bulk 01 the soil. We plough deep, that our lands may b< saved from washing, and that the rain watei may not run off, carrying with it its fertilizing properties as well as those of the soil it reach es. Rain water, as well as the atmosphere abounds in carbonic acid and ammonia, auc by enabling it fully to penetrate the earth, w< secure these valuable ingredients. We plough to turn under vegetation (drj or green) and to bury the seed of noxious plants. By running deep, we increase th< depth of our soil, and cover up these seeds sc far from the influence of air, heat and light that comparatively few germinate, and thost that do, come up slowly and in a sickly con dition, and are easily destroyed, thereby les sening'the labor of cultivation. By ploughing deep, we not only turn undei and give comparative rest to the surface soil [which has so long been drawn upon,) but bring up a sub-surface, which has, perhaps never been disturbed by the plow?into which the roots of cultivated plants have penetra ted but little, aud which contains much ol what has been drained from the surface soil [n soils as light and sandy, (as are those cultivated by many of us,) the high winds ol March and April carry off quantities of the light surface, thereby rapidly exhausting the land o^humus, which is its life blood. By Jeep winter ploughing, we turn up a valueless surface, which, if blown off, is a small loss, as there is an inexhaustible supply left. And here I would draw a distinction between the ploughing of preparation and that of cultivation. The one belongs to winter, and should be deep ; the other to spring and summer, and should be shallow. It is true, that the term deep ploughing is altogether comparative. What would be lecp with us would be considered shallow by the turners-up of the almost fathomless alluvial deposits of the West. What might be deemed shallow here would be considered almost no ploughing at all there. The character of the soil and sub-soil must, to a great ex tent, regulate it. When the surface is thin mid deficient in vegetable matter, and the sub-soil of an inferior quality, we should commence continuously and gradually descend as we add to the quautity of humus and the other elements of fertility in the laud, till we have reached the greatest attainable depth And here I would remark, that in deepening and improving the quality of our soil, we not only add to its ability to sustain plant life, by the increased amouut of pabulum it affords but add vastly to its capacity for absorbing and retaining moisture?a fact, the practical importance of which cannot be over-estimated, l ne ODjecuuu urgeu 10 uuep winter uiepiv ration and shallow cultivation, that the lands run together and become too hard for the vig orous growth of vegetation, will be found oi limited application where the lands have beer properly broken and to the right depth. A clue regard being paid to drainage, this objec tiou applies, almost exclusively, to soils largely predominating in clay. If deep ploughing possesses advantages al ready hinted at, how important that it should be accomplished as early in the winter as practicable; that the benefits of the wintei rains (and frosts in further pulveriziug the laud) may be secured; that the air may have as long a time as possible to circulate through its bulk; that the stubble, weeds and grass may have time to ferment and decay; thai the moisture, which arises freely from the subsoil, in seasons of drouth, by capillary attraction, bringing with it the soluble elements ol inorganic fertility from far below the surface, and depositing them there, as it evaporates may also contribute its benefits. Mr. President, our true policy is concentration ; and peculiarly is it so in our present cir cumstances. By a proper deepening of the soil, combined with high and judicious fertil ization, one acre may be made to yield whal it has been customary from four or even six with a far less expenditure of labor and grea ter certainty as to the results ; for with a deef soil, in the right physical and chemical con dition, we require, comparatively, but little rain. Preserving Peach-Trees.?It is a gener al complaint that peach trees, after producing a few crops, not only cease bearing, but peris! in a short time; whereas the natural life i; fifty or sixty years or more. Dr. Wood com mnnipnfpsj tbp result of some exDeriments which, he thinks, furnishes a key to unlock ing this mystery, and affording peach-grower.' a remedy for the early loss of their trees Ho believes this defective power of growth i: owing to a lack of potash in the soil, and h< assures us, that if alkali is supplied to the tre< so that it shall recall the small roots and b( absorbed, the fruit-bearing power is restored and the fruit itself revived. The women of the Attakapas parishes and St. Landry, Louisiana, have sent to mar ket yearly, siuce the war, not less than a mil lion dollars' worth of chickens and eggs, be sides supplying home demands and the vil lages, and thoso who do not raise chicken; in those parishes. flcflding fflt the ,fahhitth. < CONDUCTED BY ! REV. ROBERT LATH AN. [original.] PROGRESS. From the reports which come up from all the different denominations of Christians, it appears that the number of professed Chris| tians has rapidly increased during the last ten years. This is encouraging. In these [ times when sin, in all forms, seems to stalk over the land in open day, it is cheering to ' the people of God to know that the gospel is still invading the camp of the enemy of all good, and diminishing the number of the foes , of God aud holiness. The "people of God > should remember that the price of liberty is sleepless vigilauce. The overthrow of Carthage by the Romans, proved, in the end, the ' ruin of Rome itself. God's people must re- , member that Satan and wicked men will Di | never cease to work. ' The moment the peo- wi . pie of God cease to watch and pray, that very an . moment they may expect to be attacked by 9U| , the enemy of their souls. Because the church ^ ' is advancing victoriously, we are not to con- wj. elude that the enemy has given up the con- he p test in hopeless despair. He may have, in he I some quarters, retired from the couflict; but th< ) only to prepare for a more vigorous assault. 1 The most eminent Christians often are those Qn who carry on daily conflicts with Satan and jQ 1 his emissaries. The best soldiers are often hii r those who are trained in camp with an oppo- ah j sing foe in clear view, and an attack expected be at any moment. ' th 3 [Original.] a , THE TROUBLES OF CHRISTIANS. in * The cursory reader of the Bible, no doubt, is led to conclude, from its teachings, that be- ah lievers in Christ would, so soon as they be- Yx lieve, be immediately and completely freed fnl from all troubles. The facts io the history * j of professed Christians do not warrant such a 1 conclusion. Often, so far as human discern- gjj i j: .i . luviii can uiscuvci, tuc Uiuoi* piuus aic auujcuu oa to the same trials and difficulties with the ro 'j most impious. In many cases it would even . seem that wicked men are exempt from many j?j J ills which fall to the lot of the pious, and are pr( f permitted to enjoy some apparent temporal ca blessings which are withheld from good and frc ^ pious men. This state of things is no doubt cli | a great difficulty to many who do not fully a'J f comprehend the object for which Christ came ^ . into this world. Such persons conclude that ^ J God, in the Bible, promises believers in Christ m( 1 what they do not get. They couclude that * the promises of the Bible,-and the facts in the do P history of believers, do not correspond. ev All the difficulties connected with this sub- jv 5 ject vanish, when we understand the purpose for which Christ came into this world, and hii > the object he had in view in establishing the th church upon earth. Christ came into this hi* j world to save sinners. He emptied himself ^ j of the glory which he had with his Father, and took upon himself the form of a servant, fQ] r and was made in the likeness of men that he tje 3 might save sinners. But the difficulty with an J many persons is in that they mistake from ste what it is that Christ came to save sinners, th J The Jews thought the promised Messiah . would come to deliver them from the tyranny of the Gentiles. They expected a Saviour a who would invest himself with all the insignia jn ot royalty and go forth at the head 01 a con- 101 I quering army, and literally exterminate all their foes. All their hopes were blighted he [ when they saw the meek and lowly Jesus. ^ They rejected him because they did not underf stand from what power the promised Messiah stc would save sinners. Christ came into this an P world to save sinners from the power and do- wl , minion of sin, and from its spiritual and , eternal consequences. In other words, Jesus' ],va mission into this world was to make the un- us ) godly man righeous and holy, and to save tei 1 him from perdition, and to place him in hea- ^h, ' veu at the right hand of God forever. What- wo ' ever befalls the child of God, during his pil- lai I grimage on earth, is designed to prepare him ste I for heaven. The government of God over . pu his people is like that of a family. To speak ?n i correctly, a well governed family is govern- gtj ! ed after the mauiler that God governs his he people. God is a kind and gracious Father tec , to all his people, and they are his children. gn . Over each and all of them he exercises parental care and parental control. When they ' disobey him he punishes them for their sins 1 so long and so severely as may be necessary TH ! to cause the prodigal to return. Are they naturally inclined to be proud and haughty, SP] . he withholds from them the means of foster- ^ ? ing this sinful propensity of their hearts. All ( . things work together for the good of those ga ; who believe in Jesus. To the carnal nature 0f : many things are not joyous but grievous; still they are good, because they are so many 8U! \ means or instrumentalities by which the aD i Holy Spirit prepares the believer for his , eternal home at the right hand of Jesus in g0 heaven. ' In fact, there is not even an apparent in- a ? p congruity between the promises made by God "ii t to his people in the Bible, and his providential ? dealings with them. The church triumphant no is composed of an innumerable multitude col- d0 ' lected out of all nations, kindreds, peoples yo and tongues. Each and all of this great I multitude come out of great tribulation. God, fa? , in his word, promises his people spiritual joy Pa and spiritual comfort, and so much and so i many of the good things of this life as may, jn ; in the nature of things, be for His glory and tin 1 the good of those upon whom these things tec ' are bestowed. God promises his people grace gli I l.n?n nn/1 llflrflO {Ya?* TllOSP HlpStiinCTS UU1U) anu JjiUl J ItUI UW4IV! t xuvww . are promised absolutely to all believers; but Sa1 f with regard to what are usually called tern- ra, , j poral blessings, no more is promised than jjj[ > what is good. The individual who receives the blessing is not the judge of what is good, of God, iu his wisdom, decides this point. What nei , is good in one case, and in respect to one in- ^or . dividual, would be the reverse in another j t case, and with respect to another individual. <}i( , God, if we may so speak, adopts his temporal sill '! blessings to the natural disposition of each wli * | individual. This is true, also, with regard to hii i: the chastisements which he inflicts upon his ?^' i people. Some children need one kind of; a ' I treatment; other children need a different CQ( r kind. So it is with God's spiritual children, j I All wise parents adopt that kind of discip- it, 3 j line which will fit their offspring for honora- , -1 ble and useful positions in life, when they , ? ! grow up to be men and women. So God, in re{ * I his providence and in his grace, adopts such 8jz 3, treatment toward his children as will prepare j ha J; them for heaven, when they leave this world, j th< ; j The trouble through which the people of j J God are called to pas3 are not, we conclude,' an }' inconsistent with the promises of God.; b0 ?: They form a part of the gospel plan of salva-! thi tion. What the world calls prosperity is not | in 3 an evidence of piety; neither is what the i ?t: " j world regards as adversity, an evidence of | * j impiety. God sees as men do not see; and j . J God acts as men do not act. God sees cor-' fr( 31 r^ctly and acts wisely and righteously in all j wa I his dealings with the children of men. I gli KHuMWK'S gejiaitmcat. MR. NOBODY. I know a funny little man, As quiet as a mouse, Who aoes the mischief that is tlono In everybody's house; There's no one ever sees his face, And yet we all agree That every plate we break, was cracked By Mr. Nobody. 'Tis ho who always tears our books, Who leaves our doo.^ r ; He pulls the buttons from our shirts, And scatters pins afar. That squeaking door will always squeak, For, prithee, don't you see We leave the oiling to be done By Mr. Nobody. The finger marks upon the doors By none of us are made; We never leave the blinds unclosed, To let the curtains fade. The ink we never spill; the boots Th.it; 1 vine round von see. Aro not our?boots, tfiey all belong To Mr. Nobody. KANT AND THE* ROBBERS. John Kant was Professor and Doctor of vinity at Cracow. He was a pious man, th a spirit peculiarly gentle and guileless ; d he at all times would have preferred to ffer injustice rather than exercise it. For iny years he had conscientiously followed ) duties as spiritual teacher of the place to iich he had been appointed by God. His ad was covered with the snows of age, when was seized with an ardent desire to visit e scenes of his youth in his native country, lesia. The journey appeared fraught with peril to e at his advanced age; but he set his affairs order and started on his way, commending mself to the care of God. He rode slowly Dng, attired in his black robe, with long ard and hair, according to the fashion of e time. Then he pursued his way through e gloomy woods of Poland, which scarcely sunbeam could pierce; but there was a light his soul, for God's Spirit irradiated it. One evening, as he was thus journeying * t _ .1 i ang, noiaing communion wua uou ami iaog no heed of objects beside him, on reachg an opening in the thick forest, a trampg noise was suddenly heard, and he was inmtly surrounded by figures, some on horseck and some on foot. Knives and swords ittered in the moonlight, and the pious man w that he was at the mercy of a band ot bbers. Scarcely conscious of what passed, alighted from his horse and offered his operty to the gang. He gave them a purse led with silver coins, unclasped the chain )m his neck, to?k the gold lace from his p, drew a ring from his fiDger, and took )m his pocket his book of prayer which was isped with silver. Not till he had yielded I he possessed and seen his horse led away, d Kant intercede for his life. "Have you given as all ?" cried the robber ief, threateningly. "Have you no more aney ?" In his alarm and terror, the trembling ctor answered that he had given them ery coin in his possession ; and on receiving is assurance he was allowed to proceed on 3 journey. f Quickly he hastened onward, rejoicing at 3 escape, when suddenly his hand felt someing hard in the hem of his robe. It was 3 gold, which having been stitched within e lining of his dress, had thus escaped disvery. The good man in his alarm, had gotten the secret store. His heart, therere, again beat with joy, for the money would ar him home to his friends and kindred ; d he saw rest and shelter in prospect, insad of a long and painful wandering, with e necessity of begging his way. But his conscience was a peculiarly tender e, and he suddenly stopped to listen to its ice. It cried in disturbed tones, "Tell not lie 1 tell not a lie!" These words burned his heart. Joy, kindred, home, all were rgotten. Some writers on moral philosophy have Id that promises made under such circummces, are not binding, and few men cerinly, would have been troubled with such uples on the occasion. But Kant did not >p to reason. He hastily retraced his steps, d entering into the midst of the robbers, 10 were still in the same place, said meekly : "I have told you what was not true; but it ,s unintentional?fear and anxiety con)ed me; therefore pardon me." With these words, he held forth the glit ing gold ; but to his surprise, not one of 3 robbers would take it. A strange feeling ,s at work in their hearts. They could not lgh at the pious man. "Thou shalt not al," said a voice within them. All were eply moved. Then, as if by a sudden imlse, one went and brought back his purse ; other restored the book of prayer, while 11 another led his horse toward him and Iped him to remount it. Then they unilly entreated his blessing; and solemnly ring it, the old man continued his way, ting up his heart in gratitude to God, who ought him in safety to the end of his joury.?Angel of Peace. IE LITTLE GIRL TnD THE PEACOCK. One lovely Sabbath morning in the early ring, a party of nicely-dressed children on eir way to Sunday school stopped for one their companions at the gate of a beautiful ttage. The door opened, and a little girl, ily arrayed in a new spring hat and dress shining silk, came tripping down the walk. "Why, girls," she exclaimed in a tone of rprise and almost disdain, "Easter Sunday, d you haven't got on your spring tnrags t! Why, I was perfectly sick of my dark nter hat and cloak. Winter things look dull and heavy now. How do you like 7 new bonnet? Mother wanted me to have straw, but I wouldn't, they're so plain. I ink this light green silk and crape is lovely; d ray dress is just the same shade. I never d a silk dress before, and I gave mother rest till she bought this for me. Say, now, n't you all think they're pretty? Don't u wish you were I ?" The vain little creature had rattled on so it with self-complacent speech that her commons had no chance to put in a word ; and w, before they could speak, a tall peacock, sich had been stalking about majestically the yard, flew suddenly up to the top of 3 railing, and spreading out to its full exit his magnificent tail with its thousand ttering eyes, and arching his superb neck, iose feathers shone like gold and purple ,in in the sun, he uttered a loud, shrill cry, though exulting in his own gorgeous ar: 7, and bidding every one come and admire n as he did himself. It was such a capital satire upon the vanity the little girl that a gentleman standing ar, who had heard and seen all, could not bear a smile. The children saw him tching them, and the eye of the little girl the new hat met his fixed upon her. He 1 not speak a work, but looked at the great ly creature upon the fence; and the child, io was quick as well as vain, understood n nerfectlv. She blushed at having been ertieard in her folly, and conscious that 3 deserved the rebuke, hurried on, ashamed think that she was as vain as a silly pea3k with his gaudy feathers. It was a severe lesson, but she never forgot and it did her good. The Lump of Sugar.?A boy once saw a lendid lump of sugar on a table within his ich. He was powerfully tempted by its e, sweetuess, and beauty. He longed to ve and enjoy it. He quietly slipped far2r into the room, looking carefully round discover whether anybody saw him. He ew nearer and nearer the object he coveted, d at last seized the sugar. He had it in th his hands. Instantly he remembered at, though no being on earth saw him, God, heaven above, did see what he was doing, ill he was unable to resign his prize, the nptation he was under was so very strong, a then called for help to God, for Jesus' Ice, and earnestly prayed for deliverance >ra the power of temptation, and his prayer s heard; and he was a hundred times iddcr than if he had taken it. ?ltc fotMIe (fruquhw. TJJHJI8?IN ADVANCE: OneCopy,oneyear, 3 00 One Copy,Six months, 1 50 OneCopy, Three months, 1 00 Single Copy, 10 Two Copies, one year, 5 00 Ten Copies, " * 25 00 ^^~To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of the paper wil l be furnished one year, free of charge. ADVKUTISEMENTH Will be inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents per square for the first, ami Seventy-five Cents persquare for each subsequent insertion-less than threo months. A square consists of the space occupied by ten lines of this size typo, or one inch. 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The Idea of getting a w really first-class Magazine atone dollar a year, V |^| seems absurd to most people. Yet It employs , . A some of the best contributors In the countrj-? M Including Oail IUmiltos, lis leading editor, g\ Cwho receives a salary of three thousand dol- Jr Alars. equivalent to about ten dollars per day. f* Each number contains nearly eight hundred p tm dollars' worth of matter, which costs the sub Mm scriber about eight cents. A I Hope and Joy?two beautifully tinted crayon portraits worth Four Dollars?will be mailed ?J N free to every subscriber to the Magazine at $1 ?0 O IT Specimens free. Agents wanted. Address 8. 55 E 8. WOOD A CO., Newburgh, N. Y. Y HpilliJOf-EllilllJv U United Voice of the .Press.?Wood's Uf V magazine Is one of the monuments# business JL U enterprise which mark the age.- -MdrialiM Horn* Q P Journal, Phlla., Pa. AsTtititle promises, It my is devoted to the Instruction and entertainment V E ofthefamllyclrcle,and,lnordcrtoplaccltwlih. n jp. 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Wood's magazine Is a good M H one.?The Indrj axdmt, New York Its artl- X clea breatho a mtrtt of economy, morality and A " virtue which isnlghly refreshing In this age of f% P fasbionab.'* folly and extravagance.? E Edlna, Mo. ....It Is undoubtedly one of the A freshest, liveliest journals we have examined. Jfc ?Rernrdy Springfield, Tenn. ....The articles ?, a* arc short, piquant, and of such unquestioned I J excellence, that this periodical ought to be both ft familiar and welcome In very many house- N JJ holds. Wood's Is a marvel of cheapness and mm T first-class quality combined.?AVw York Timet. E> Wood's HoiseMfl Magazine 1 * -r\r^OT?? SASH AND BLINDS, MOULDINGS, Brackets, Stair Fixtures, builders' Furnishing Hardi ware, Drain Pipe, Floor Tiles, Wire Guards, Terra Ootta Ware, Marble and Slate Mantle Pieces. WINDOW GLASS A SPECIALTY. | Circulars and Price Lists sent free j 1 on application, P. P. TOALE, j 20 Hayno and 33 Pinckney streets, j Charleston, S. C. ; 71&* Orders received by my Agents, Messrs. JEFFER YS & METTS, at the g Citizen's Savings Bank,Yorkville,S.C. ; White Pine Lumber for Sale, i j B October 3 40 ly H ROSE'S HOTEL, ' (FORMERLY HUNT'S HOTEL.) fc COLUMBIA, S. C. THIS HOUSE is in the centre of the city, convenient to all the Public Offices and Business Houses,-'located on the south-west corner of the State House Square, has been recently re-opened f] and renovated, and will now compare favorably U with any Hotel at the South. ROSE'S OMNIBUS will convoy passengers to _ and from every train, free of charge. r Also, a first-class Carriage for the accommoda- .J tion of ladies. TRANSIENT BOARD $2.50 per day. W. E. ROSE, Proprietor. u September 12 37 tf CHARLOTTE, "COLTAND AUGUSTA R. E. gj SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, 1 Columbia, S. C., September 22, 1872. j ON and after this date, the following Schedule will bo run over this road: going south. Train No. 1. Train No. 2. j Leave Charlotte, 7.15 A. M. 8.20 P. M. (6 Leave Columbia 2.29 P. M. 3.30 A. M. n Arrive at Augusta 7.42 P. M. 8.20 A. M. ai going north. ^ Leave Augusta 6.35 A. M. 5.50 P. M. r Leave Columbia 11.53 A. M. 11.05 P. M. ^ Arrive at Charlotte.... 6.15 P. M. 6.00 A. M. Standard time ten minutes slower than Wash- 4 ington j six minutes ahead of Columbia. d< No. 1 Train daily. No. 2 Train daily, Sundays excepted. Both trains make close connection to all points North, South and West. Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all principal points. JAMES ANDERSON, General Sup't. E. B. Dorsey, Gen. Freight and Ticket Agent. THE MORNING STAR. DAILY EDITION: THOUGH only five years old, has the largest Daily Circulation of anv newspaper in the State, and a circulation in Wilmington fifty per cent, larger than that of any other paper. WREKLY EDITION: Now combined with the CAROLINA FARMER, making one of the best Family Newspapers in the South. Circulation very large and rapidly increasing. , SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: | Daily Star, 1 year, $7 00 " " 6 months, 3 50 " " 3 months, 2 00 b 1 * n aa Weekly.Star, 1 year, * w " "6 months, 1 00 " ' 3 months, 50 It may be safely asserted that no newspaper ever established in North Carolina has mado such " rapid progress as THE MORNING STAR. J, Jsf Send for Specimen copies. Address, WM. H. BERNARD, " Wilmington, N. C. _ OUR PARTNERSHIP-WITH ''OIlTsOL" STILL continues, and we are prepared, better 0j thanever, toexecute PHOTOGRAPHIC PIC- w ; TURES of every style, at our gallery in the "Ad- tii ; kikes' Building." * A A lot of nice ALBUMS always on hand. Also : Stereoscopes and Views. ? J. R. SCHORB & SON. j_ MORE LOGIC. sr 1 A LOVE, talentand knowledge of music among ? ! j\ the members of a family, are a source of joy N and pleasure beyond price. A MASON A HAM- ~~ ! LIN ORGAN secures these at a small cost. | Therefore I will delay no longer, but will secure i this treasure through / I J. R. SCHORR A SON, Agents. Tjr liiWreiBBf i ST For over FORTY YEARS this PURELY VEGETABLE 41 LIVER MEDICINE has proved to be the rREAT UNFAILING SPECIFIC r Livkr Complaint and its painful offspring, YSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, Jaundice, Bil us attacks, SICK HEADACHE, Colic, Depreson of Spirits, SOUR STOMACH, Heartburn, HILLS AND FEVER, Ac., Ac. After years of careful experiments, to meet a reat and urgent demand, Ave noAv produce from jr original Genuine Powders \ THE PREPARED, . Liquid form of SIMMONS' LIVER REGUATOR, containing all its wonderful and valuale properties, and offer it in ONE DOLLAR BOTTLES. he Powders, (price as before,) $1.00 per package. ent by mail 1.04 per package. CAUTION I Buv no Powders or PREPARED SIMMONS' JVfeR REGULATOR unless* in our engraved rapper, with Trade mark, Stamp and Signature nbroken. None other is genuine. J. H. ZEILIlf & CO., MACON, GA., AND PHILADELPHIA. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. February 6 50 6m Dr. Crook's Wine of Tar. A 10 YEARS PU8LIC TEST Has proved fDr. Crook's WINE TAR ? To liave more merit than any '( similar pi epnrac lion ever offered the public. Tt in rich in the medicinal qualities of Tar- and unequaled for diseases of the Throat and Lungs, informing the moat remarkable cures. Coughs, Colds, Cbonic Coughs. It effectually cures them all. Asthma and Bi oiiclitis. Has cured so many cases it has been pronounced a specific for these complaints. For pains in Breast Side or Back, Gravel or Kidney Disease, Diseases of the Urinary Organs, Jaundice or any Liver Complaint, It has no equal. It is also a superior Tonic, Restores the Appetite, Strengthens the System, v Restores the Weak and Debilitated, Causes the Food to Digest, Removes Dyspepsia and Indigestion, Prevents Malarious Fevers. ft Woe fnnn 1a vnnr Sl^etoni. 4 111 VO tVUV W J vw* Try Or.Crook's Wine ol'Tar October 3 40 ly THE HOME SHUTTLE rHE best Cheap Machine in the Market. If the number sold is a criterion of merit, it is the EST MACHINE in use,as there have been more [OME SHUTTLE MACHINESsoldintheState uring the last twelve months than all other Sewjg Machines combined. You can buy a HOME SHUTTLE MACHINE >r about half the money you willhaveto pay for first-class Machine, "so-called." W. L. GRIST, Agent. GEO. S. HACKER, ,11*111 TT lOORj SASH AND BLIND FACTORY, . CHARLESTON, S. C. rHIS is as large and completes Factory astnere is in the South. All work manufactured at le Factory in this city. The only house owned nd managed by a Carolinian in this line in harleston. Send for price list. Address, GEO. S. HACKER, Post-Office box 170, Charleston, S. C. Factory and Warerooms on King street, oppote Cannon street, on line of City Railway. December 5 49 ly LING'S MOUNTAIN R. ROAD. DAILY TRAIN. IEREAFTER the trains over the KING'S MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD will run daily, Jundays excepted) as follows, making close uonection with trains on the Cnarlotte, Columbia nd Augusta Railroad: eave Yorkville, promptly, at 71 o'clock, A. M. .rrive at Chester at 91 o'clock, A. M. eave Chester at 4 o'clock, P. M. .rrive at Yorkville at 6 o'clock, P. M. All Freights must be delivered at the Depot by o'clock, P. M., on the evenings previous to the epartureof the train. GEORGE W. MELTON, President. ^HEPARKER GUN. PARKER BRtfS WEST MERIDEN.CT. MM LIFE illilCE C0HPA1Y ME3IPH1S, TKNN, ranch Office, - Baltimore, Maryland ASSETS, $1,100,000. :on. JEFFERSON- DAVIS, President. en. WADE HAMPTON, Pres. Baltimore Board. D. KENNEDY, State Agent T. B. SADLER, Yorkville, Special Agent June 27 26 ly i K CLG%r\ per day 1 Agents vranted! ) p x u Jp^4A3 All classes of working people ' either sex, young or old, make more money at ork for lis in their spare moments, or all the me, than at anything else. Particulars free. * 1 ?' ? ^ n il 1 uures.su. sunson oc uu., ruruanu, miuuc. October 3 40 1J 1 p-pyi f-o may learn something greatly ? to tbeir advantage and obtain >ecimens and full particulars free, bv addressing FOOD'S LITERARY AND ART AGENCY, owburgh, N. Y. WRAPPING PAPER. LLOT of TIDDY'S large-sized WRAPPING PAPER on band and lor sale, by W. L. GRIST, Agent.