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\ -? \ : " ~ " ~~ ' " " " % lewis m. grist, proprietor, |nbtpenbent Jfantilj Ifetospaper: J#r tjie promotion of tjie political, Social, ^gricnltnral anil Commercial Interests of t|e j&ontj). ]TERMS?$3.00 A TEAR, IN ADVANCE. "V"OTj. 23. YOEKYILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, 1STOYEMBEB 15, 1877. 3STO. 46. Jtlfrttd fGftog. THE FALL OF THE YEAR. Coldly and bright draws in the day; Gloomy and drear it steals away ; For slowly now comes up the sun, His Summer's ardent labors done; And low his golden wheel declines Where Winter shows his starry signs. No more to earth the fervid beams Give beauty such as poet dreams; No more descends the glorious ray, The rapture of the Summer day. The sky's deep blue is waxing pale, The sun's inspiring fervors fail; The slanting beam he gives is chill Within the vale and on the hill; And now, with many a jealous fold, Tbecloud8 would all his cheer withhold, Nor would on plain or neigm uwww The soothing of his waning glow. The flowers are gone, save those that still, Like friends who cleave to us through ill, Outbrave the bitter wind that blows, And deck their season to its close. The leaves that late were only stirred Bv geutlest breath, that onlv'heard The song-bird's note, round these the blast Blows keen and fierce, and rude and fast. The rising gale flings far and wide Their withered bloom and idle pride. The birds have fled; the wind alone Makes song in many a sullen tone. But sudden, through the bursting sky The sun again comes out on high; The clouds fall back to yield him way, And fly before his eager ray; And gladness fills the breast amain? The glimpse of Summer come again! Ah! sweetthe beam, but like the smile With which the dying would beguile The mourning heart?the last sad ray Love gives to cheer our hearts away. The light is gone, the moment's bloom Is sunk again in cold and gloom. So pass away all things of earth, Whate'er we prize of love and worth? The form once dear: the voice that cheered; The friends by many a tie endeared ; The dreams the aching heart forgets; The hopes that fade to cold regrets. Sweet scenes, dear haunts, that once I knew, My heart yet fondly turns to you. Let seasons ohange and be ye bright With all the Summer-tide's delight, Or let the Winter's gloom be yours, Your beauty still for me endures; For Memory keeps un faded yet What Love would have me not forget. Chamber's Journal. ihe $torg Setter. STORY OF A PMSICIAIfS^WIFE. . # , "I have beard of persons whose hair was whitened through excessive fear, but, as I never saw myself any one so afflicted, I am disposed to be incredulous on the subject." The above remark was made to Dr. Maynard as we sat on the piazza of his pretty villa, discussing the different effects of terror on dissimilar temperaments. Without replying to me the doctor turned to bis wife and said: "Helen, will you please relate to my friend the incident within your own experience? It is the most convincing argument I can advance." I looked at Mrs. Maynard in surprise. I had observed that her hair, which was luxu riant ana aressea very oecuuiiugijr, was purely colorless; but, as she was a young woman, and also a very pretty one, I surmised it was powdered to heighten the brilliancy of her fine dark eyes. The doctor and I had been fellow-students, but, after leaving college, we had drifted apart?I to commence practice in an eastern oity, he to pursue bis profession in a growing town in the west. I was on a visit to him for the first time siuce his marriage. Mrs. Mayoard, no doubt reading my supposition by ray look of incredulity, smiled as she shook her snowy tresses over her shoulders, and seated herself by her husband's side, related the following episode: "It is nearly two years ago since my husband was called upon one evening to visit a patient several miles away. Our domestics had all gone to a 'wake' in the vicinity, the dead man being a relative of one of our serv ing women. Thus I was left alone, but I felt no fear, for we never had heard of burglars or any sort of desperadoes in our quiet village, then consisting of a few scattering bouses. The windows leading out on the piazza were open as now, but I secured the blinds before my husband's departure, and locked the outside doors, all except the front one, which I left for the doctor to lock after going out, so that, if I should fall asleep before his return, he could enter without arousing me. I beard the doctor's rapid footsteps on the gravel, quickened by the urgent tones of the messenger who awaited him; and, after the sharp rattle of carriage-wheels bad become but an echo, I seated myself at the parlor astral, and soou became absorbed in a book I had been reading before being disturbed by the summons. But after a time my interest succumbed to drowsiness, and I thought of retiring, when the clock in the doctor's study adjoining the parlorstruck 12, so I determined to wait a few moments more, feeling that he would be home now very soon. I closed my book, donned a robe-de-chambre, let down my hair, and then returned to my seat to patiently wait and listen. Not the faintest sound disturbed the stillness of the night. Not a breath of air stirred the leaf. The silence was so profound that it became oppressive. I longed for the sharp click of the gate latch and the well known step on the gravel-walk. I did not dare to break the hush by moving or singing, I was so oppressed with the deep stillness. The human mind is a strange torturer of itself. I began to conjure up vivid fancies about ghostly visitants, in the midst of which occurred to me the stories I had heard from superstitious people about the troubled spirits of those who had died suddenly, like the man whom my ! servants had gone to "wake," who bad been killed by an accident in a saw-mill. In the midst of these terrifyiug reflections I was startled by a stealthy foot-fall on the piazza. I listened between fear and hope. It might be the doctor. But no, he would not tread like that; the step was too cautious for any thing less wily than a cat. As I listened a<rnin mv pves were fixed on the window ? , ?J ^ blind. I saw the slats move slowly, and then the rays of the moon disclosed a thin, cadaverous face, and bright, glittering eyes, peering at me. 0 horror! what was it? I felt the cold perspiration start at every pore. I could uot cry out; my tongue seemed glued to the roof of my mouth, while the deathly white face pressed close, and the great sunken eyes wandered in their gaze about the room. In a few moments the bliud closed as noiselessly as it had been opened, and the cautious footsteps came towards the door, "Merciful Heaven!" I cried, in a horror stricken whisper, as I heard the key turn in the lock, "the Doctor in his haste, must have forgottou to withdraw the key." "God forgive me!" ejaculated Dr. Maynard, interrupting his wife, and looking far more excited than she. "I can never forgive myself for such a thoughtless act. Please proceed, ray dear." "I heard the front door open, the step in the hall, and helpless as a statue I eat riveted to ray chair. The parlor door was open, and in it stood a tall, thin man, whom I never beheld before. He was dressed in a very loose robe?a sort of gaberdjue, aud a black velvet skujl-cap partially conpealed a bropd forehead, under which gleamed black eyes, bright as living coals and placed so near together that their gaze was almost preternatural in its directness ; heavy grizzled eyebrows hung over them like the tangled mane of a lion ; the nose was sharp and prominent, and the chin was overgrown with white hair, which hung down in locks as wierd as the Ancient Mariner's. He politely doffed his cap, bowed, replaced it, and then said, in a slightly foreign accent: "Madame, it is not necessary for me to stand on further ceremony, as your husband Dr. Maynard (hereupon he again bowed profoundly) has already acquainted you with the nature of my business here to-night. I perceive," he added, glancing at my neglige robe, 'that you were expecting me.' "'No,' I found voice to stammer. 'The doctor has said nothing to me about a visitor at this hour of the night' " 'Ah 1 he wished to spare yon, no doubt, a disagreeable apprehension,' he returned, advancing, and taking a seat on the sofa opposite me, where for a few moments he eyed me from head to foot with a strange glittering light in his eyes that mysteriously impressed me. 'Yon have a remarkably fine physique, Madame,' he observed quietly; 'one that might deceive the most skilled and practical physician. Do you suffer much pain ?' "Unable to speak, I shook my head. A terrible suspiciou was creeping over me. I was alone, miles away from any aid or rescue, with a madman. "Ah f" be continued reflectively, 'your husband may have mistaken a tumor for a cancer. Allow me to feel your pulse,' he said, rising and bending over me. "I thought it best to humor him, remembering it was unwise for a helpless woman to oppose the as yet harmless freak of a lunatic. He took out his watch, shook his head gravely, laid my baud down gently, then went toward the study, where on the table, was an open case of surgical instruments. " 'Do not be alarmed, madame,' he said to me as I was about to rise and flee, and in another instant he was by my side, with the case in his possession. Involuntarily I raised my band and cried : "'Spare me! Oh! spare me, I beseech you!" " 'Madame,' he said sternly, clasping my wrist with his long sinewy Angers, with a grip of steel, 'you behave like a child. I have no time to parley, for I have received a letter from the Emperor of the French stating that he is suffering from an iliac abscess, and is very desirous of my attendance. I must start to Europe immediately after operating upon your breast; and before I could make the slightest resistance, be bad me in bis arms, aud was carrying me into the study, where there was a long table covered with green haize. On this he laid me, and holding me down with one hand with the strength a maniac, he brought forth from some hidden recess in his gown several leather straps, with which he secured me to the table with the skill of an expert. It was but the work of a moment to unloose my robe and bare my bosom. Then, after carefully examining my left breast, he said: "'Madame, your husband has made a mistake. I find no necessity for my intended operation.' "At this, I gave a long drawn sigh of relief and prepared to rise. " 'But,' he continued, 'I have discovered that your heart is as large as that of an ox ! I will remove it, so that you may see for yourself, reduce it to its natural size by a curious process of my own, unknown to the medical science, and of which I am the discoverer, aud then replace it again. "He then began to examine the cruel knife, on which I closed my eyes, while every nerve wna in nArcentible tremor. " ? rr"r?' " The mechanism of the heart is like a watch,' he resumed; 'if it goes too fast, the great blood-vessel that supplies the force must be stopped like the lever of a watch, and the works must be cleaned, repaired and regulated.' " 'It may interest you to know that I was present at the post-mortem examination held over the remains of the beautiful Louise of Prussia. Had I been consulted before her death, I would have saved her life by taking out her heart, and removing the polypi, between which it was firmly wedged, like as if in a vice; but I was called too late. The King and myself had a little difference ; he was German, I am Freuch. I trust that is a sufficient explanation.' "He now bent over me. his long, white beard brushing my face. I raised my eyes beseechingly, trying to think of some way to save myself. Oh ! sir, give me an aesthetic, that I may not feel the pain," I pleaded. " 'Indeed, indeed, madarae, I wou.'d comply with your wish, were you not the wite of a physician?of a skillful surgeon. I wish you to note with what ease I perform this difficult o/\ fkof unit mac tall vnnr hiiahnnH I UpUI??iUU) OV WI1UV J IUV.J Ww > J VH. of the great sav&Dt whose services he secured fortunately in season.' "As he said this be made the final test of the knife on his thumb. How precious were the moments now: They were fleeing all too fast, and yet an eternity seemed comprehended in every one. I never fainted in my life, and I never felt less like swooning than now, as I summoned all my presence of mind to delay the fearful moment, fervently praying in the meantime for my husband's return. " 'Doctor,' said I, with assumed composure. 'I have the utmost confidence in your skill? I would not trust ray life to another; but, doctor, you have forgotten to bring a napkin to staunch the blood. If you will have the goodness to ascend to my sleeping chamber, at the right of the hall, you will find everything you need for that purpose in the bureau.' "'Ah, madarae,' he said, shaking his head sagaciously, 'I never draw blood during a I *- .1 surgical operauuu . umt> ia auuuici uucui mj secrets unknown to the faculty.' "Then placing his hand upon my bosom, he added, with a horrible espieglerie : " 'I'll scarcely mar that whiter skin than snow, and smooth as monumeutal alabaster.' " *0, God !" I cried, as I felt the cold steel touch my breast; but with the same breath came deliverance. "Quick as thought a heavy woolen piano cover was thrown over the head and person of the madman, and bound tightly around him. As quickly was I released, and the thongs that bound me soon held the maniac. "My husband held me in his arms. He had noiselessly approached, and taking the horror of my situatiou at a glance, had by nnl? moans at hand secured the madman. : who was the very patient he had been summoned to attend, but who had escaped the vigilance of the keeper soon after the departure of the messenger, who had now returned i with the doctor in pursuit of him. As the | poor wretch was being hurried away, he ; turned to me and said : 'Madam, this is a plot I to rob me of my reputation. Your husband ; is euvious of my great skill as a surgeon. | Adieu !' I afterwards learned that the mau j | was once an eminent surgeon in Europe, but much learning had made him mad. When ; he bound me to that table my hair was as j black as a raven ; when I left, it was as you | see it now?white as full blowu cotton. Determined to be Exact.?A achool| master, after giving one of his scholars a sound | | drubbing for speaking bad grammar, sent j j him to the other end of the room to inform ; | another boy that he wished to speak to hira, ' : at the same time promising t<> repeat the j dose if he spoke to him ungramatically. The j | youngster, quite satisfied with what fie had | ! received, determined to be exact, and thus I ! addressed his fellow-pupil: "There is a comi mou substantive, of the masculine gender, i > singular number, nominative case, and in the i angry mood, that sits perched upon the emi- j nence at the other side of the room, wishing 1 to articulate a few sentences to you iu the j present tense." UlisceUiittcflHS ?U?diJM|. THE FRIENDS OF LONG AGO. When I sit in the twilight gleaming, And the busy streets grow still, I dream of the wide green meadow, And the old house on the hill. I can see the roses blooming About the doorway low, And again my heart gives greeting To the friends of long ago? Dear long ago! I can see my mother sitting, With life's snowilakes in her hair, And the smiles above her knitting, And her face is saintly fair; And I see my father reading From the Bible on his knee, And again I hear him praying As he used to pray for me? So long ago ! I see all the dear old faces Of all the boys and girls at home, As I saw thein in the dear old days Before we had learned to roam. As I sine the old songs over With the friends I used to know, My heart forgets its sorrows In its dreams of long agoDear long ago! How widely our feet have wandered From the old home's tender tios, Some are beyond the ocean. And some beyond the skies. My heart grows sad with thinking Of the friends I used to know, Perhaps I shall meet in heaven All the loved of long agoDear long ago! ? GREAT BONANZA FIRM OF CALIFORNIA. The aggregate wealth of Messrs. Flood, O'Brien, Mackay & Fair is over 860,000,000, from which they derive a monthly income of 81,750,000 in gold coin, or $21,000,000 a year. It_is the richest mining firm in the world. They own $Zb,UUU,UUU in the uanrornia and Consolidated Virginia mines, and $5,000,000 in other mines in Nevada, and in mills and real estate there. Up to the present time the Consolidated Virginia has paid $33,000,000 in dividends. The product of no other mine in the world is equal to it. Tbey own real estate in this city, and other property in neighboring counties to the value of not less than $2,500,000. Tbey own the Bank of Nevada of this city (excepting 5,000 shares,) which has a paid up cash capital of $10,000,000 and a reserve fund of $2,500,000, making it the richest bank in the United States. If report is to be credited, they own at the present time $50,000,000 in government bonds, which they have recently purchased. What will be the ultimate wealth of this firm it is impossible to guess. If tbey go on adding to theircolossal fortune they may be able to purchase the national debt at no distant day. Their power for evil or good is immense. At any moment they could bankrupt the money market of this city and bring universal ruin. Flood and O'Brien of the firm attend to the business in this city, while Mackay aud Fair attend to the mining property in Neva da. They are all men of ordinary intelligence, Flood being the brains of the concern. O'Brien aud Flood have been yoked up together for nearly a quarter of a century. For many years they run a gin mill in San Francisco, out of which they made a fortune. In '59 or '60, when the Comstock lode was discovered, Mackay and Fair became connected with them, and then the quartette got control of the bonanza. Both Flood and O'Brien are quiet, unassuming men, and make no show of their great wealth. The Nevada block building in which they do their business, is a magnificent iron and stone edifice at the corner of Pine and Montgomery streets. The corner stone was laid three years ago, and it is five stories in height. The interior finish is of cedar and black walnut with plate glass in every window. Beside a spacious staircase, a hydraulic elevator is provided, Telegraph wires and speaking tubes run from the main vestibule to all the offices in the building. The basement and principal story is devoted to banking offices and the business of the Nevada bank, The building irorn toe Daseraem to the upper story is thronged daily with an army of people having business in it. Hundreds seek an interview with the two boD&uza kings for various purposes, but it is next to impossible to get one. During business hours no man can get an interview with Flood except through hi$ private secretary. The nature of one's business must first be communicated to the secretary, and then if he thinks it of sufficient consideration for Flood, he sends in your card and an appointment is made. Hundreds are disappointed by failing to get an interview, especially those who are after charity, or who want to call the attention of the firm to some scheme in which aid is wanted. Flood is a man of but few words, and despatches his business quickly. He is rarely on the street. He has a good-sized head, full face, is inclined to corpulency and weighs, I ahniilH iuHop 18ft nnnnds in his stockings. J e~' I ? O'Brien is taller, of largerframe and heavier, weighing, I should think, 225 pounds. His face is cleanly shaven. lie is more talkative than Flood and of a jolly turn. He can be daily seen near the entrance of the Nevada Bank, where be stands sometimes an hour or two at a time chatting with his friends, whom he never fails to recognize. He seems to know everybody and everybody certainly knows him by sight, and neither he nor Flood can go along the street without being pointed out among the surging crowd.?San Francisco Correspondence. WHISKEY PUNCH. A question that is a question, is proposed by the WinnsboroNews: "How would it do to introduce the Moffett bell-punch in South Carolina ? It seems to be working admirably in Virginia, and we, down here, surely need money as badly as our friends in the Old Dominion." Our impressions on this interesting subject have already been given. The spirit is willing when the flesh is weakest. South Carolina, to her size, does as much drinking as auy other State in the Union. A large revenue is as necessary here as it is in Virginia. The introduction of the bell-punch would undoubtedly, increase the present income of the State. Should that increase be slight, the Slate will be no loser, as the experiment is not an expensive one. Of necessity, much intemperance would be prevented. This contingency is hardly likely to occur, however. Men who are disposed to drink will not be debarred from doing so by the addition of a few cents to the cost of their liquor. If the amount consumed in small quantities should continue to be what it is now, or any reasonable proportion of it, the State's gain by the introduction of the measure would be immense. South Carolina would then receive willing and frequent tribute from thousands who now never pay a cent of tax. The drunkard's money would then not be entirely thrown away, and some one beside the barkeeper, would derive benefit from squandered means. It is eminently proper that the liquor which fills our jails and penitentiaries, should be made to pay heavily towards their support. It has always seemed a rank injustice that the intelligent, sober $"d ipdqstrjous citizen, who had, by his efforts, secured property, should be made to pay all the expenses of the safekeeping of the idle, ignorant and vicious person who is not a producer, and only a consumer. In a nut-shell, the bell punch does what no tax ever before imposed could do. It obliges the non producer to become a producer, in a certain measure, by contributing to the general fund. It obliges met), even while indulging in their vices, to do good to the State, and through the State to her citi zeos. It would be an onerous burden on no one, for the man who can afford to waste ten, fifteen or twenty cents on a drink, can well afford to give the State two cents every time he does so. The introduction of the Moffett bell-punch in South Carolina would, undoubtedly, be either a wise, just and profitable measure of statesmanship, or a powerful incentive to temperance. Probably it would be both ; and no good cilizen can object to the one or the other.?News and Courier. GEN. BRAGG*AT BUENA VISTA. Brevet Brigadier-General H. C. Gibson, in a recent letter to the New York World, says: In yonr issue of to-day you publish a statement made by a Mr. Stanton in regard to that brilliant incident of the battle of Buena Vista in which the late Braxton Bragg so prominently figured. It is represented to be authentic, but the writer, who heard the story of this deed of noble daring from Bragg's own lips years ago, begs leave to correct the statement as it appears in your columns. Bragg, after having been engaged on another part of the field, moved, with a portion of his battery?Light .Company C, Third Artillery, which had rendered splendid service at Palo Alto and Kesaca de la Palma under Ringgold and at Monterey under Randolph Ridgely?towards the plateau which became the theatre of the decisive conflict of the day. In passing through one of the numerous ravines intersecting the main plateau be was met or overtaken and passed by the dragoons under Colonel May. On reaching the plateau he found himself confronted by the whole force of Santa Anna's array, flushed with success and in proud array, advancing rapidly upon his unprotected battery. He appealed to General Taylor, who bad just arrived on the plateau, for support, but the old hero replied : "I have none to give you, save Major Bliss and myself." Bragg, irritated at the perilous condition of his battery and of the day, answered hotly and hastily, "Where the hell are the dragoons?" Though weakened by the absence of several of his guns, losses of men and with many raw recruits, Bragg at once unlimbered his pieces and prepared to meet the apparently irresistible onset of the enemy, estimated from ten to twenty thousand strong. "Alone and unsupported," says a graceful writer of that day, "stood that battery and the brave old chief," in one of the most momentous crises that ever occurred on any field by valor won. The infantry had been swept from the field, and, to quote the official report of General Taylor, "the moment was critical. Captain Bragg, who had just arrived from the left, was ordered at once into the battery without any infantry to support him, and, at the imminent risk of losing bis guns, this officer came rapidly into action, the Mexican line being but a few yards from the muzzle of his pieces. The first discharge caused the enemy to hesitate, the second and third drove him back in disorder and saved the day." In our annals of war there is no nobler record of fearless, self-sacrificing intrepidity and successful valor ; no grander action than this episode of Buena Vista's fight; no more brilliant scene than that enacted by "that battery and that brave old chief," Whose rough and ready blow struck terror To the heart of braggart Mexico. History has, perhaps, paid it a feeble tribute of praise or notice, but poetry and art, which would in other lands have made its glory famous through all coming time, have left it "unhonored and unsung," though as grandly impressive, thrilling and inspiring a subject as "The Charge of the Light Brigade" or "The Death of Marco Bozzaris." The Trees of Judea.?Judea, renowned in aucient times for the number and variety of trees growing within its borders, has now become one of the poorest of countries in this respect. A recent English writer gives the results of his personal observations as follows : The only trees one meets are the olives, which, however, are by no means plentiful in Judea, and roost'y old and stunted-looking. In Samaria we saw several considerable plantations of them, but yet hat country is also sadly deficient of trees. Wnere now is the * ? * ? ?i? oak-tree on which Absalom nung Dy ms bushy locks ? There is, I believe, only one remaining sufficiently large for this ; and yet we read that the "Wood of Ephraim" where he was defeated, destroyed more men than did the sword. And where is the sycamore tree upon which Zaccheus climbed ? I doubt if there be one such within many miles; and yet we know that Jericho was once richly clothed with trees and verdure, and called the "City of Palms." Indeed, that Palestine generally was once extremely fertile from the meaning of many of the Scripture proper names. There is along almost every little water? - t . tl-J i. U..4 course a numoer or wnat are cuueu trees, uui they are generally willows, or mere copse or brushwood. A tree of any description, of size sufficient to make an ordinary beam for building purposes, is quite a rarity; such are only to be found miles apart. The vine, so much alluded to in the Bible, is somewhat rarely to be seen ; but that it was extensively grown is evident by the traces of terraces upon the steepest hills, still abundantly visible. Then as to the flowers, "the rose of Sharon" and the 'lily of the valley" cannot be found. There are many wild flowers certainly, but generally they grow out of a "dry ground," and have, with very good blossoms, almost no green foliage. "Thorns and briers" are abundant, but with little foliage also, and seem useful only for burning. The fig trees are even few and far between, and the orange, apricot and almond still more so. The fields are not inclosed, except in some rare cases, where a wise husbandman has gathered the loose stones into piles around tjtn/lrtno qi*q rora Kilt. txrVian BPAn IJ IB UUI UC1 UCIIKVO t?IV IM?V, VWV < HVM ??.. they are generally formed of large cacti, covered with dust, haviDg io the twilight a somewhat weird look. The True Story of Mazeppa.?In the Church of St. Mary, Galatz, Roumauia, is to be seen the tomb of Mazeppa, the famous het- ; man of the Cossacks, immortalized by Byron. His adventures, sang by the bard, were in reality much more commonplace than as we 1 have learned to know them. Mazeppa was a youug Cossack of the Ukraine, who, having i beeu ennobled by the Russians, declined to pay his taxes For this the local Governor, Count Talboski, ordered him to be stripped 1 naked by his servants and tied to the baok of his own horse, with his head to the animal's tail. The horse was then flogged, pistols were 1 discharged close to his ears, and after being i thus excited he was turned loose. ' ? ? * if ?_ 1 M.44lt The road leading 10 mazeppa a nuuse wan a bridle-path leading through the woods, which was particularly fertile in thorn bushes aud wild pear trees, and the infuriated beast, accustomed to follow this route before, dashed ofl' as soon as he was at liberty, homoward, where his master arrived very piuc^i the worse fpf his journey. ^e had, however, j enough strength left to call for the gate-keepI n? trKn wannnrni rod hia voir* and nnened the I CI I ni|\? i I ?rjM --^7 ? ?? dour, to close it immediately to keep out what he supposed to be Mageppa 8 ghost, At last other servants, recovering from their fear, came to his assistance and put him to bed, where ho remained some months hetween life and death from the injuries he had received. When he recovered he exiled himself voluntarily to Poland, and joining himself to the fortunes of Charles XII., was mortally wounded at Poltowa, and, dying at Baruitza, his body was brought to and buried at Gal&U. Live Within Your Means.?Live withii your means. This is a good rule for offici holders and business men generally. Whei the man with moderate income endeavors t< live as expensively as men with a large in come, his future can be easily written ; a littli enjoyment, periods of anxiety, burdensomi debts, a desperate struggle to keep up ap pearances, ultimate bankruptcy and a red flaj to notify the neighbors that the sheriff is mas terof the situation. One half the dishonest] of the present age springs from this foolisl practice of imitating the style of others. Th< man of a thousand a year wants to live equa to one who receives five; he in turn aspires t( make as big a show as the one who receive) ten ; and the receiver of ten labors to kee( pace with the one who counts his incorat among the fifty thousands. Is it any wondei that so many fail in business, or forfeit b] their misconduct the confidence of friends! VVs must come hack to our old fashioned wai of living, and this can be done only by obey ing the injunction, "Live within your means.' Life is altogether too short to destroy its en joyments by taxing soul and body to keep uj false appearances. Contentment comes witi moderation ; mental suffering and keen an guish with extravagance. To the young mar just starting in life, we say, live within youi means. To the man of business, pursuing success, we say, live within your means. Tc the office holder, who hopes, by honorable conduct to merit promotion and distinction we say, live within your means. To all whe labor for honor or profit, we commend the motto as a safe and profitable one, and one that will pay compound interest in the end A faithful adherence to it, by old and young rich and poor, would restore confidence ir business and official circles, and fill the lane with happy homes, from which will emanate a spirit of purity essential to the maintenance of public virtue. Tvbp tv a ^bwspaprh.?Tha Pnuahkeen sie Eagle, in au article oo "how mistakes hap pen in newspapers," figures up the number ol types used in a newspaper the size of the Eagle at 600,000, i. e., the actual number ol bits of metal arranged and rearranged- every day in preparing a newspaper of that size foi the press. We suppose few people think ol the printing trade as one of the most exact and particular of all the handicrafts, but it is, In making type, variations that might be allowed in the finest machinery would rendei the type useless. It is very rare that type furnished by two separate foundries can be used together without a great deal of trouble, though they try to make them after the same standard. We read, once in a while, of a wonderful piece of cabinet work, or mosaic work, containing ten, twenty or fifty thousand '1 I f 1 . pieces, me matter 01 wuicu uoa opeut uiuuiuc or even years of labor io producing it; and people go to see it as a great curiosity ; but the most elaborate and carefully fitted piece of work of this kind ever made does not compare with that which the printer does every day, for minuteness of detail and accuracy oi fitting. The man who does the first is looked upon as an artist?a marvel of skill?and if a hundred of his pieces are put in wrong side up, or turned the wrong way, it is not observed in the general effect; but if the printer, io fitting ten times as many pieces together in a single day, puts one where another should be or turns one the wrong way, everybody sect it, and is amazed at "the stupid carelessness of those printers." + Keeping up with the Fashion.?"Ma can I go to the negro serenaders to-night ?" "No, my dear, I cannot think of letting you go to any such performances." "Why, ma, everybody goes to hear them sing such comic songs, and tell all sorts oi funny stories; you can't help laughing all the time. I do wish you would let me go." "You must not urge me, Charley, for I cannot throw away money on fellows who go about disguised as negroes, singing silly songs, that have no moral tendency, and telling more silly stories that are not calculated to improve the mind, but rather to do hurt. And more than this, I do not believe that any oi the better class of society visit the concerts.'1 "Indeed, ma, then you are grandly mistaken, for I heard Judge Brown's boys say that they were there with their father and sisters, and I saw Mr. Jones, my Sabbath school teacher, go in last evening ; and I was in the store to-day where they sell the tickets, and the minister of the Brook street church came iu and purchased three or four to take his family." "Are you sure about all you tell me, Charley?" "Yes, ma ; and Mr. Smith remarked when he sold the tickets, that the concerts were attended by very fashionable audiences." "Well, that alters the case some ; you may go and tell your sister Angelica to dress for the concert, and I will accompany you ; I be1!tltAMAi'o kilt o rvvot an mnnhnrv of ilCVC bllCIC IO UliblliUg uuv U UIVWMUg mv our church to-night. We must keep up with the fashion !" Going in Debt.?Half the young men in the country, with many old enough to know better, would "go into business," that is, into debt, to-morrow, if they could. Most poor men are so ignorant as to envy the merchant and manufacturer, whose life is an incessant struggle with pecuniary difficulties, who is driven to constant "shinning," and who, from month to month, barely evades that insolvency which sooner or later overtakes most men in business; so that it has been computed that but one in twenty of them achieves a pecuniary success. For my own part?and I speak from sad experience?I would rather be a convict in a State prison, a slave in a rice swamp, tban to pass through life under the harrow of debt. Let do roan misjudge himself unfortunate or truly poor so long as he has the full use of his limbs and faculties, and is substantially free from debt. Hunger, cold, rags, hard work, eontempt, suspicion, unjust reproach, are disagreeable; but debt is infinitely worse than them all. I repeat, my young friends, avoid pecuniary obligations as you would pestilence and famine, Jf you have but fifty cents, and can. get no more for a week, buy a peck of corn, parch it and live on it, rather than owe any man a dollar! Of course, I know that some men must do business that involve risks, and must often give notes and other obligations, and I do not consider bim really in debt who can lay his hand directly on the means of paying, at some little sacrifice, all he owes. I speak of real debt, that which involves risk or sacrifice on the one side, obligation and dependence on the other; and I say, from all such let every youth humbly pray God to preserve him evermore.?Horace Greeley. + ? Growth and Prosperity of Richmond, Va.?The population of Richmond, Va., despite the war, has doubled since 1860. From a local census, instituted last year, the population was shown to have reached upward of 72,00Q. it has five railway outlets, Jaraei river aud the canal running to the Alleghanies. Work on the James river, lookiug to the accommodation of vessels of heavy draft, is progressing rapidly. Richmond numbers 331 factories of all sorts. Everything is made there now, from a lucifer match to a steam engine. The sales from her factories in the year 1876 reached the sum of $22,424,680. Her wheat and corn mills produced to the value of $2,347,000; her forty-one tobacco factories $12,058,300; her iron works $2,032,78Q. These are examples of what has been accomplished in a town laid waste by fire and war from 1861 tQ i Legend of the Jasmine.?We are told e that a duke of Tuscany was the first possessor } of this pretty shrub in Europe; and he was ) so jealously fearful lest others should enjoy - what he alone wished to possess, that strict a injunctions were given to his gardener not to 3 give a slip, not so much as a single flower, to any person. To this command the gardener j would have been faithful, had not love wound ed him by the sparkling eyes of a fair but i portionless peasant, whose want of dowry, and l his poverty alone kept them from the hyme3 neal altar. On the birth-day of bis mistress 1 he presented her with a nosegay, and to ren der the bouquet more acceptable, ornamented it with a branch of the jasmine. The povera figlia, wishing to preserve the bloom of this new flower, put it into fresh earth, and the branch remained green all the year. In the following spring it grew, and was covered with flowers. It flourished and multiplied so much under the fair nymph's cultivation, that she was able to amass a little fortune from the precious gift which love had made her; when with a sprig of jasmine in her breast, she bestowed her hand and wealth on the happy gardener of her heart. And the Tuscan girls, to this day, preserve the remembrance of this adventure by invariably wearing a nosegay of jasmine on their wedding day ; and they have a proverb which says a young girl worthy of wearing this nosegay is rich enough to make the fortune of a good husband. Mathematics and Medicine.?Among other talk to day it came out that whaleshipe carry no doctor. The captain adds the doctorsbip to bis own duties. He not only gives medicines, but sets broken limbs after notions of his own, or saws them off and sears the _i_? ? i?* | Slump wotJU ampuuuiuu Deems ucow. auo j captain is provided with a medicine-chest, j with the medicine numbered instead of named. A book of directions goes with this. It describes diseases and symptoms, and says: , "Give a teaspoonful of No. 9 once an hour," , or "Give 10 grains of No. 15 every half p hour," etc. One of our sea captains came ( across a skipper in the North Pacific who was p in a state of great surprise and perplexity. r Said he: "there's something rotten about this . medicine-chest business. One of my men was p sick?nothing much the matter. I looked in ; the book ; it said, give him a teaspoonful of No. 15. I went to the medicine chest and I | see I was out of No. 15. I judge I'd got to . get up a combination somehow that would fill the bill, so I hove into the fellow half a teaspoonful of No. 8 and half a teaspoonful of | No. 7, and I'll be hanged if it didn't kill him | in fifteen minutes! There is something about this medicine-chest system that's too many , for me 1"?Mark Twain in the Atlantic MonthI ly for November. ' A Reminiscence op Andrew Jackson. Speaking of General Jackson, I heard the J other day, an anecdote of him at the time when, as military commander in Florida, du' ring the administration of President Monroe, . he had tried, at a drum-head court-martial, sentenced and hung two Englishmen, who had incited, it was said, an insurrection among the | Indians. President Monroe feared that Great I Britain would make trouble about this, and | summoned his bold brigadier to this city, where he was arraigned at a meeting of the flfthinflt. John Ouincv Adams, then Secre | tary of State, who had instructed Jackson to i govern with a firm hand in Florida, defended him, and read a long argument in which he quoted international law as expounded by Grotius, Vattel and Pufifendorf. Jackson lis' tened in Bullen silence, but that evening, | when asked at a dinner party whether he was not comforted by Mr. Adams' citation of authorities, he exclaimed: "What do I care r about those old musty chaps? Blast Grotius, blast Vattei and blast tne runen-cnap. mis is a fight between Jim Mooroe and me, and I propose to fight it out."?Per ley'a Washington ( Letter. War A smart Des Moines girl, Sarah Sum> mere, was realizing quite a fortune by the sale of white pulverized sugar for "love potions." She advertised it widely by a circular, which read: "It possesses such powerful and magnnti'n inflnandao tliaf schori hnnrilorl htr oit.hor I'BHU IliUUVUVVO VUU?| If MVU m,j ?r.VMV. sex and given to the other, they immediately ' become attracted, and in a short time love the i giver, no matter who they have loved before. Any lady or gentleman can gain the love, 1 and wed the one they love, by using this powder. It is easily given in wine or liquors of 1 any kind, or tea, coffee, or any drink that can 1 be sweetened, as it tastes and looks like sugar, and can be given without fear of detection, or can be given by another person, after following directions. The love you gain will be true, pure and permanent." She was arrested, and among her effects were numerous letters ordering the "potion" from young girls, married ladies, elderly females, clerks, actors, merchants, lawyers and people of other occupations and professions, and yet it is said that the age of superstition has passed away. The abuses in bankruptcy have become so numerous and so flagrant in character that it is not surprising that the call for the repeal of the law is wide and emphatic. The registrar, before the United States Court at New York a few days ago, during the disposal of a crooked case, said: "It has become a common practice for merchants, knowing themselves to be insolvent and bankrupt, to purchase merchandise to a large amount, make fictitious debts to friends, and then execute a general assignment to some personal friend, who takes possession of the effects and continues the business; the assignor remains in the store and continues to live in style upon the proceeds, At the expiration of six months their friends unite and put them into voluntary bankruptcy, from which they are discharged, and their general creditors do not receive any dividend whatever. Such a state of affairs so discourages creditors that they give up their claims and let the State assignee keep the property and pay out any scant pitiAMA/t V*ft man oao fit ^ laULD UO 1X107 - ^ ? I Advice to Young Ladies.?In marrying, make your own match; do not marry a man to get rid of him, or to oblige him, or to save him. The man who would go to destruction without you will quite as likely go with you, and perhaps drag you along. Do not marry in haste, lest you repent at leisure. Do not marry for a home and a living. Do not let aunts, fathers and mothers sell you for money or position in bondage, tears and life-long misery, which you must endure. Place not yourself habitually in the bands of a suitor until you have decided the question of marriage; human wills are weak, and people often become bewildered, and do not know their error until it is too late. Get away from their influence, settle your head, and make up your mind alone. Do not trust your happiness in the keeping of one who has no heart, no head, no health. Shun the man who ever gets intoxicated. Do not rush thoughtlessly into wedded life, contrary to the advice of friends. Love can wait; that which cannot wait is of a very different character. The window-glass manufacturing interest is now one of the principal industries of this country, and is destined eventually to check the importation from France and Belgium. In fact, large quantities of glassware have been exported from the United States during the past year. There are in this country seventy-two glass factories, of which twenty-seven are in New Jersey, in which State there is a capital of $6,000,000 invested in thq business, Our Receipt for Curing Meat.?To one gallon of water, take lb lbs. of salt; h lb. of sngar; b oz. of saltpetre; b ox. of potash. In this ratio the pickle can be increased to any quantity desired. Let these be boiled together until all the dirt from the sugar rises to the top and is skimmed off. Then throw it into a tub to cool, and when cold, pour it over your beef or pork. The meat must be wellcovered with pickle, and should not be put down for at least two days after killing, during which time it should be slightly sprinkled with powdered saltpetre, which removes all the surface-blood, etc., leaving the meat fresh and clean. Some omit boiling the pickle, and find it to answer well, though the operation of boiling purifies the pickle by throwing off the dirt always to be found in salt and sugar. If this receipt is strictly followed, it will require only a single trial to prove its su penoruy over me common way, or mutu ways of putting down meat, and will not soon be abandoned for any other. The meat is unsurpassed for sweetness, delicacy and freshness of color.?Germantovm Telegraph. Kindne88 to Animals.?Van Amburgh could handle his lions and tigers with impunity. No animal will fail to respond to kindness and uniform good treatment And especially will the noble horse respect and confide in and faithfully serve a master who deals gently and kindly with him. We have ourselves taken a spirited Morgan mare, which had been rudely handled and had become entirely unmanageable through harsh treatment, and, by appealing to her intelligence and respecting her needs, in three weeks' time made her entirely safe and reliable for wife and children, and all who would treat her kindly, and handle her gently; and we have, after five years, seen the same mare resume her old vicious habits when again onder the control A?A mllA 4a M dkt W?T Kvilffll U1 UUD TTUU ICOU11CU bU AlUltlAlJ VI UIUWM treatment. Always appeal to the better in* stincts of the hone, the male, the ox, or cow, as well as the dog and other domestic animals, and they will never become vicious or unman* ageable.?Semi- Tropical The Bastinado.?An English nobleman, about being presented to the Shah of Persia, noticed, a few minutes before he entered the audience-hall, two men carrying toward it a long pole and a bundle of cudgels. He asked the Persian attendant the meaning. "That machine," he replied, "is the bastinado. It is for you if you misbehave. The King never grants as audience without having it." t The pole was about eight feet long. When the punishment is inflicted the culprit is thrown on his back, his feet are secured by cords bound round the ankles, and made fast to the pole, with the soles uppermost. The pole is held by a man at each end, and two other men, one on each side, strike the soles with sticks, often with suoh force that the toe-nails drop off. When the Sbah desires to extort money, he inflicts the punishment upon men of the highest rank, knowing that they, /* .1 . /? ? 1? 3 irom tneir opportunities ior stealing ana extortion, are the wealthiest of his subjects. The Oyster Business.?Thirty thousand people are engaged in the oyster trade of Baltimore, and more than seven hundred schooners and pongies form its Chesapeake oyster fleet Some experts will open twentyfive gallons a day of oysters, earning twenty cents a gallon; men, women, girls, (mostly of German parentage) and boys, are engaged in the packing and shipping rooms where the measuring, washing, assorting and canning go on incessantly. In the raw business the oysters are first packed in air tight cans, which arc in turn narked in sawdust and ice for shipment?fifteen million cans of raw being shipped in a season. In addition twenty-five million cans of steamed oysters are shipped per season. See THJf all is Right.?It is always bad to start on a journey without having looked to the harness and to the horse's shoes; and it often happens that the time saved by omitting examination turns out to be a dead loss when the traveler has advanced a little on his journey. Not one minute, but a hundred minutes may be lost by the want of a little attention at first Set the morning watch with care if you would be safe through the day; begin well if you would end well. Take care that the helm of the day is put right, look well to the point you want to sail to, then whether you make much progress or little, it will be so far in the right direction. The morning hour is generally the index of the day.?Spurgeon. I he Way it was Uone.?An. old gray friar who was showing the supposed place in Palestine where Samson killed one thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an ass, explained the modus operandi as follows: "He took hold of the ass by the tail, and swung the animal against the Philistines in such a manner that only his head, and of this especially the jawbone, struck the Philistines, keeping offin this way the surrounding warriors, and giving the blow the necessary force to kill. I affirm that in this manner Samson could have slain a million Philistines, provided the tail of the ass did not break." m His Examination.?A young theologue, in the course of his examination for ordination, was asked to give an account of the death of Jezebel, which he did, as follows: "And he said, 'Throw her down.' And they threw her down. And he said, 'Do it a second time.' And they did it a second time. And Via aoir? 'Fin if a ikin/l firv*n ' Art/) tknw /)lf) uu oaiU) lb < luau HUlOi xiuu buoj urn it a third time. And he said, 'Do it seventy times seven.' Last of all, the woman died also. And they gathered np of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. Then he said unto the woman, 'Go, and sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.'" ? I?" The dissatisfied Republican senators, whom a Tribune correspondent names as "Blaine, Conkling, Howe, Edmunds, Cameron and Anthony," are very modest in their demands on the President. They want him to dismiss Schurz, Evarts and Key, and perhaps Devens and Thompson, who are not very active political workers, to antagonize the South," and "withdraw the obnoxious features of bia civil service order." That is all. ? ? 16T M. Fautrat asserts that wooded land receives more rain than bare land in its immediate neighborhood. Pine forests attract more moisture than other forests. Pine trees also retain in their branches more than half of the rain which falls on them, while leafy trees permit more than half of the rainfall to reach the earth immediately. A Fine Rabbit.?Amateur sportsman returns in triumph from a day's shooting, with a splendid rabbit and says to his wife: "There, you said I couldn't shoot. You didn't expect to see me bring this home ?" "Yes, I did ; the servant next door saw yoa buying around the corner." The large boa constrictor in the New York Aquarium has just given birth to fifty small boas?an occurrence without a precedent in this country. The family is kept in a larcre alass box. The mother is thirteen feet. and her young are about two feet in length. According to an estimate of the New York Daily Bulletin, there is now in the hands of the people of the United States, $455,000,000 in greenbacks and currency. The population is about 45,000,000, which, gives exactly $10 per head*