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* lhwis \r. (ufist. propi-ietor. | Jn Mcpenhfiit /ami!!) |Utospaptf: jor tljc promotion of llif politital, .Social, ^qricultiiral anti (Lonimmial interests of the ?otilh. ]TEinis-ifc?.5? A YKAK, IX ADVANCE. VOL. 30. YOEKYILLK, S. C-. THURSDAY, -JULY lO, 1,884. Ts'O. 38. Selected i'octvn. AT lol KSCO'ii:. Sin- sits in theyatheritiy shadows. IJy the por<*h where tin* roses Mow. And her thoughts are hark in I lie summers That vanished lonyayo; She forjrets the yraves on the hillside, Koryets that she is old. And remembers only t he gladness <iod yave her heart to hold. As she sits there, under the roses. She turns her dim old eyes To the road that leads up the hillside To I he ylorv of sunset skies ; "They are late." she says, and listens With her knittiny on her km e; 11 is time for tlie ehildren's eominy: W'lmrn e*m I In I i I ! li? Miles I ?t? Slit'lain'it'x she hears them cominir: "All! here at last!" she eries. And the liirht <>l" a mother's welcome Shines in her faded eyes. "You've lieeu ironea loiiir time, eliihlreii: Were the herries thiek. my dears?" She asks. as. irathcrcd a hunt her, Kach ehihlof ol.l appears. She hears the merry voters of i he ileal* ones j hat are dcaiI : She snioot lies out the sliiniiurtailzies That efowu eaeh little head : She kisses the lares lifted To hers, as in days of old. And the heart of the dreamimr mother Is full of peaer untold. She listens to eairer stories < if what they saw and heard of a nest in the hlaekherry hushes. And a frightened niollier-hird : How Johnnie tell, and his lu rries Were lost in weedsand moss. And Mary was'fraid and dreailed The hrook they liail toeross. So. whilethe niirht eonies downward. Siie sits with her children there. Forireltimr the years that took them And the snowllakes in her hair. The love that will last forever I Sri hits hark the dear, the dead. And the faithful heart of the mother With her dreams is comforted. Kre lonir she will troto the country Where her dear ones watch and wait l-'or her. and think of the meelimr There at the Jasper irate. She will feel their welcoming kisses. And the children's father will say. As the household is gathered in heaven. "We're all at home, to-day!" (Thr |>tovt) Seller. THE OLI) TREE'S SECRET. "We will take the house?shall we not I 'lend io "" We leul m me n 111 iver t lie room v. old-fashioned house. my little wild and 1, from the du-ty volt wedded ?rarret to tin- neglected cellars, and ?t' now stood together at the hack of the garden, critically surveying it< appearance. It was a low two-story iiouse, Imilt in the shape of a T, with a cluster of tall chimneys in the middle and the three gabies hidden in ivy. It had once stood quite out of the town, which had since gradually crept to-' ward it. until what had been a road was now become a street of -tramline; cottages and villas, extending to the hi^rh wall inclosing the ground-. The lawn was shaded with old trees, and the garden choked up with thickets of lilac and snowball. The old lady, Mrs. <iai,rc, who had for forty years resided here, leading a very secluded and invalid life, had taken no pains to keep the place in order, and she and the property had decayed together, until recently she had died, and the house was for sale. "It look> dreadfully gloomy and neglected," said Cecie, ^izinaf up at the back window-. "Mrs. Mo?, next door, -ay-that for twenty years no one has occupied those upper rooms ; ami see how the ivy has bound together those shutters on the left, lint it is a beautiful old house, and I know that we can make it bright and cheerful. And then the jptnlen?what a delijfht it will be to the children and to ourselves, too. We will take it, won't we, Charlie There was no resisting her pleading, coaxin* manner. So that very evening 1 went to see the aj*vnt, and before the week had elapsed the iiouse was ours. With what zeal and enjoyment we enter ed upon the transformation of our new abode. The masses of ivy were torn down from the gables or judiciou-ly trimmed ; every door and window wa- thrown wide to the fresh air and -unliyht; and paint and paper, mudin curtains, and bright carpets and India matting made the house delightful to behold. This niueh aecomplished, we turned our illU'lHHMl i 111" 11 \\ a> iimau\ .J unc, ami tin* season ton advanced for inueh improvement ; i?ut we pulled down the rotted arbors, thinned nut the thiekets of ' roses and lilacs, and I cair-ed a little round table and some rustic jrardeii seats to he placed under an old tree at tin: further end of the central walk. Here, on returning : from my olliee on the warm, sunny evenings, we would -it?Cceie eniiayed with ' some liyjit stitchinjr,and I withciirar, hooks ' and papers, reading to her. while our little ones ran up and down the jrarden walks, "Thi- is thoroughly delightful," I remark- | ed, one evenina'. " I low i- it, < 'ecie. that we have managed to live ei^ht years of housekeeping life without a aarden V" "Yes,"-he answered radiantly, "it is de- j Jitfhtful. l.ivina -o much in the open air one seems to take a new and fresh jfrowth, like the llowers. < July?and here she"laneed unea-ily around?* *??111 y, Charlie, I ' think?1 fancy ?that thi- i- not exactly the 1 -pot lor our ;d fresco boudoir." ' "Why not V" It faces the walk, it command a view of the hou-e and the whole uarden. And these (tranches hanaina -< ' low and clothed in ivy. make a nice canopy above us. What i- it that you object to?'1 ' "I scarcely know but somehow I have never liked thi- tr< e." I It was a very old tree under which we sat with a huae "T.arled trunk crow ing in . a slopin.tr position near the jrarden wall, and ! covered with ivy. About ciyht feet from the around the trunk separated into three bratiche-, and la-re the ivy had matted it-elf in an impervious mass, conceal ina the decayed branches with the exception of tlie extremities, which here and there pro- j" traded from the ?rreon ma?, white and bare. "They look like-keletou litrure- -aid ( V- J cie, ahincina up and it a'ives me the horror-. I think the tree oujrht to be cut dow n. . Italway- remind-me of a araveyard or a j haunted house." I did not at the time pay much attention 1 to her remark-, i'.ut some day- after she . aaain suaaested that our yard en table and chair- should be removed to some other spot. x "I do not know why it is," she said. 1 uneasily, "but I always feel nervous here. I fancy there is something peculiar about the [ place?in the ru-tlin.ic of the ivy and in the . very atnio-phere : I often find my-elf-tartinaatid looking around with a vaauc -en-e J! of-ometinna; horrible. I hate the siarl11 of that tree, with it- di-torted shape and bare -keletou arm-." I rallied her upon beiua fanciful, but proini-ed that the "skelton arms" oi which -he complained -hould be cut oil". She -at , silent tor ;i moment. tlii'ii siid. -eriou-ly : " M 'harlie, did it ever occur to you t hat ccrtuiti objects in nature trot--, lor instance? 11my !::tvi' :m indvidtiul lilt* of t!i?-ir own V " I don't 111<*u11 tlio mere vegetable lit'o. hut n "! -ort of my-teriou- -|dritual e\i-tence. Now ! I can't help fancying tliut thi- tree i-conM-iou-of wiiut i- uoinit' on beneath it that it remember- tiling- which it h:i~ witnessed j' in it- lon^ lifo. and. weiv it aide, could tell u- -oilie horrilde uha-tly <tory of tlie pa-t. " You may lauirh. hut I a?lire you that I . never -it under t'ni- tree, even on a sunny " noon-day. without feeling a chill creeping over me. and a -en-M of -omethin^ niy-te- j rioii-and horrilde, which make- mealnio-t w afraid." d "< if coiir-e." 1 -aid : "iiavinuonce imnt:in- I; ei| that the dead hratielie- re-e|||li|e Skele- ]i ton arm-,' and a?ociated them in your u own mind with the idea of a graveyard. I< vou will he haunted w ith all -ort- of di? u mal thoui;ht-and fancie- in connection with -< the tree, lint since you don't like* it, (Vcie, 1 will have this bugbear removed, and we will build a pretty summer-house on the I spot. 1 will speak to the men to-morrow, when they eomc to take down the wall." The portion of the wall to which I alluded separated our garden from that of our next door neighbor. It was of stone, but the mortar had fallen out and left it little more | than a pile of loose stones, which 1 feared miji'ht at any moment topple down on the i children, as they played about it. So 1 concluded to have it pulled down, and a lit^lit wooden pailin^ placed in its stead. Over there, in the next house, lived an j old gentleman and his wile, who passed much of their time in their garden, cultivating (lowers and small garden fruits, in which they appeared to take jjreat delight. They had called on lis, a cheerful and kindly old couple; and when the old ! wall was pulled down and before the new one was up, the way lay open to a more familiar intercourse. < >ue evening. I>v their invitation, wo stepped over into their garden to see a collection of roses upon which .Mr. Warren prided himself. These duly admired, the old lady expressed l<> ('ecie her pleasure in having neighbors who were neighbors. She had lived ten years in their present abode, and in that time had only twice seen Mrs. < iage! "She wasn't always such a recluse," said the good lady. "I remember that when she and her husband tirst came here, a young married couple (I was a child then), they wore merry, gay and fond of society. It was their daughter's fate which so sadly changed them. Von have heard the story V" We had not been long in this town, yet ( ecie remembered to have heard something about a daughter of Mrs. (iage running, away to join a lover at a distance, and being never afterward heard of. "Her name was Kmily," said Mrs. War' ren, "and she was the handsomest girl in the town. She was an only child, and had been all her life petted and indulged, and I allowed to have her own way. Such children don't generally turn out as well as i they should do; and Kmily (iage rejected, many good offers, to fall in love with a handsome and dissipated fellow, who made his appearance here for a short time. I>eing unable to give a satisfatory account of himself, Mr. (iage forbade his visiting his daughter, and the two then agreed upon an elopement. This was put a stop to, and the young man shortly afterward left the place. The girl, however, was closely watched, the parents having cause to suspect that she was in secret correspondence with him. And one morning she was nowhere to be found?only a note slipped under the door of her parents' sleeping room informed them that she had gone to join Iter lover?that she had taken with her all her jewelry, together with five hundred ilnlkirs which her hither h:I<I left ill his writing-desk ; since sin.' would need money for traveling and other expenses. And that i was the last tiiat they ever knew about her." "I?ut could they not iind the youn^man ?" j asked ("ecie. "They found him, after a Ion;* search, hut lie denied all knowledge of Kmily and her intended flight. They had corresponded, j and she had assurred him that she would yet find means to join him, hut her letters had then ceased, nor had he ever since heard from her. This was his story. Some believed it. but others, though nothing could j ever be proven against him, had dark suspicions of him. And the strangest tiling was, that having once passed the garden wall every trace of thejfirl was utterly lost." "'I'he garden wall?" : "I I'oryot to mention that it was in that i maimer >!ie escaped. She moulded the -loping trunk of the old tree at the loot of the garden walk?the same under which you su often sit?and then stepped alonjr its horizontal branclu s to the top of the wall. | This was rendered evident by the broken i twi^s and scattered leaves at the foot of the j tree. On the ground outside the wall was ] found her shawl, which she had doubtless , dropped or forgotten in her haste. That ( was ail. To this day the mystery of her , fate remains unrevealed, though undoubt- | edlv tliere was foul play somewhere. The , jewels and the money were ?;reat tenipta- | tions to crime." 1 | *fhat evening my wife said to me: , "That horrible tree, < liarlie! J>id 1 not . toll you that it had a secret to reveal? IVr- , haps it knows what became of that poor . H'irl." | J Next day ('ecie went on a visit of a lew j | days to her mother, taking the children . t with her. lie lb re yoinji- to my business I , rave orders re-pectina: the tree. I wished j every trace of it to he removed before her j return, when perhaps she would forget all ] about it and its gloomy associations. , Returning home in the evening, I was | met bv th'.' workmen with countenance ol* | interest Mini mystery. Their information ( -tartled me. Whileluisied in cuttingdown | the tree, they had heard soniethinu' rattle | iiid fall within; and on examination dis- N covered within the bones of a skeleton, though whetlier human or not they could | not tell. ('oiiiniunicaline- the fact to Mr. N Warren, who was in his yarden. they had x by his advice desisted until my arrival. , I went to the spot, and with the men and x Mr. Warren examined the tree. N Through the opening already made the , Indies were clearly to be distinguished ; and ^ 1 directed that the trunk should at once be t felled. W hen this was done there was ex- | posed a hollow -tump, in which lay a mass ( >1 human bones, with remains of a woman's Ires-; and beneath thc-c and the decayed | wood and (111st which had gathered over ^ hell I a lea 11 led t he lll-tre of jewels and Ji'old .. 11id silver coin. I looked at Mr. Warren, who, white a- ( leath had stajrji'cred to a uarden bench. ' .My (iod !" he exclaimed. "It is? Kinily!" . Yes, it was Kinily. Of this there could >e no doubt. The tree had lone1 held its . earful secret, and was -till unable to reveal t. It had "riven up Kmily's skeleton, but . iow came the poor yirl to be immured | it bin t his living toinir.' ( Further examination, however, revealed he whole horrible truth. "I see how it all was," mv old neighbor aid, in a broken and la I tori njr voice. "She lad thrown her shawl over the wall that it 11 nialit not lie in her way, and then mounted he tree to w here the three jrreat branches ? ueet; and there, hidden by the masses of '' vy. lay the fatal trap. Through that ^reat J' lole -he -lipped and the ivy closed over her 1 ii her living tomb." i lie shuddered, and the tears joi-hed into '' ii- eye-. We neither of u- cxpivs-cd the thoughts j. vhicli chilled and moved our hearts to ( lityina" horror, llad her death been -ml leu, or liati >110 Iii're slowly starved and liiictl lo death? Her cries coultl not have um'ii ileartl. lor the hoii>e -tood apart, and ier parents hail hat home ami ji'oue in pur- J, nil of lief. I thought of Ceeie's strange f nicy concerning the old tree, and Io>l myell" in vairiie conjectures a- to the nature jj I tin*si my-terimi- inlluences which >onniuies allect our human perception-, how or ((| i hence we may not know. 'I'hi- wa> tlie -ecret which the old tree so A hilt held. And I may add that to this day eeie know- nothing' of it; for ht-i<|e the ' leriryiuan u ho nave ( hri-liau hiirial to the ^ main- of the poor nirl, no one hut our- j? Ive-, who made the discovery, ever knew lie-eci'et. We thought it lie-1 that it should .1 I '' . . Ill I '.lit 1 i ih-iT\'e<| that ( 'eeie never a Iter comI.tilled ol' the unea.-y ilillucuce which hail )( efori' so annoyed her. With the removal | | f ilie tree ami the hurial of the hones, na- | (i( ire re-uiiied her hrinht and joyoti- .-way I | i the old jrarden.?Wm/ .1. IIV#.? > . ... f.- ;! I of every "fond ileeii of ours t he WofliI 111 ill he the hotter always; and perhaps no at ay doe-a man walk dow n-treet cheerful- le and like a child of (.'oil, without some u: a? eii'jer In dun' hrinhtened hy hi- lace, and, ll nkiiouinjily t" hiin-elf, catching from it- te ok a -omet"lii11ii*i?f religion, and -omet inies. ci ot impo?iiile, w hat ju-t saves 11i111 from lii line w lom.; action. i In MM?nnfliaaiMWMiiMirTWMiiiw jrtUsccUanrous Heading. Tin: history or the state seal. A recent investigation has brought to light some facts relating: to the adoption and 1 significance of the seal of the State of South j Carolina, which will doubtless he new as ! well as interesting to most of our readers. So soon as the (Jovernnient under the oon stitution of March, 177<!, was organized, the necessity of having a public seal hecame j evident, and the (Jeneral Assembly resolved: "That His Excellency, the Prc>idcnt and Commander-in-chief, by and with the (advice and consent of the Privy Council, may, and he is hereby authorized todesif.cn and cause to In* made a great seal of South Carolina, and until such a one can he made, to lix upon a temporary public seal." In pursuance of this resolution, William Henry Drayton and some of the Privy Council were charged with designing the (treat Seal, and causing it to he made, and, in the meantime, a temporary public seal was adopted by the President and Privy Cotmci I for mimeses of State. The lirst use of t his temporary seal (which appears to have Keen the scal-at-arms of the President) was for commissioning the civil officers of the < Jovcrnment, and for a pardon issued by President Kntlctfo, dated the 1st of May, 177U, in favor of a person who had been convicted of manslaughter before Chief Justice William Henry Drayton and his associate .justices in Charleston on the itrd of April, I77ii. In the commissions it was called "his" (the President's) "seal," but in pardons and ??t her in>truments it was afterwards called "the temporary seal of the said Colony," or "the temjiorary public seal" and it was used from that time throughout the year 177D, and until about the ?hul of May, 1777. On that day President Kutlodjre issued a pardon under "the Seal of the said State," omitting the word teniporarary, whence there is reason to believe that the <treat Seal was then made, and from that time the temporary seal does not appear to have been used.* The device for thearniorial achievement and the reverse of the (treat Seal of the State ol'South ('arolina is as follows: Arms? a palmetto tree growing on the seashore, erect; at its base, a torn up oak tree, its branches lopped oil', prostrate; both proper, .lust below tin; branches of the palmetto, two shields, pendent; one of them, on the dexter side, is inscribed March the other, on the sinister side,./"/// I. Twelve spears, proper, are bound crosswise to tiie stem of the palmetto, their points raised, the hand uniting them together bearing the inscription (Jai.< Si/iarahii. I'nder the prostrate oak is inscribed Mctinma I.apsa /,nenri/, below which appears in larjje figures I77U. At the summit of the exerjrue are the words Snath Carnl'ma, and at the bottom of the same . I aha is <tpihasi/ar /'ara/i. /i'crave: A woman walking on the seashore, over swords and (lasers; she holds in her dexter hand a laurel branch, and in her sinister the folds of her robe ; she looks toward the sun just rising above the -ea ; all proper. (>n the upper side is the sky, azure. At the the summit of the oxer?ruo are the words l>am S/iiro .S/xroand within the tield below thetijfure is inscribed the word S/jrtts. The seal is in the form of a circle, four inches in diameter and four-tenths of an inch thick. It was not designed until after the fort at Sullivan's Island had defeated the l.ritish fleet as all its devices will prove. The fort wa.- nniMi uniii hi sue iii iin panncit<> trees, (corypha palmetto.) which jrrew ibundantly on our sea islands?which yrew on Sullivan's Island at the time the Idrt wa- made, when the battle wa- loujrht. and which y,Tow there to this day. The Arms were designed l?y William Henry Hrayton, and the original executed l?y him with a pen, hearing a yrcat siniililude to what i- represented on the Seal, was in the possession of his son. It contains more devices, hut all of these prohahly were not deemed by the President and Privy Pollncil necessary for the (treat Seal. The .explanation of the obverse of tin-Seal is as follows: The palmetto tree on the seashore represents the fort on Sullivan's Island ; ihe shields bearing March L'(i and July I allele to the Constitution of South Carolina, which was ratified on the first of those days, llld to the I Induration of I lidepeildeiiee, which was made by the Continental Congress oil the last of tliein. The twelve pears represent the twelve States which irst aeeeeded to the Cnion. The dead oak fee represents the Pritish fleet, as bciny (instructed of oak timbers, and it is prosrate under the palmetto tree because the hrt constructed of that tree defeated the iiritish fleet: hence the inscription Mi/in i in /.ii/i.<n /.in-iir!/, is appropriately placed leueath it. under which 177<"? i- in larye , inures, alluding to the year the ( on-titii- ' ion Ibr South Carolina was passed, to the ' tattle Ibujrht at Sullivan's Island, to the leclaration of Independence, and to the ear when the Seal was ordered to be made. The reverse of the Arms is said to have teen designed l?v Arthur Middleton, who , vas the father of Henry Middleton, aftcrvarils ambassador from the Tinted States if America to the Court of lUissia. The vom.in walking itlony the seashore strown vitli swords and dairjrers represents Hope J tvereoininy dangers, which the sun risinjr ' vas about to disclose in the occurrences of he iMlt June, 177b; while the laurel she 1 lolds sijfiiilies the honors which ("ol. Motilrie. his ollicers and men, rained on that iii-pieiotis day. The -tin ri-iny in ?rivat ', trillianey above the sea indicates that (Instil of June was a line day, and it also be- ' peaks j;ood fort tine. Hrayton in hi- Memoirs (\'ol. l\ p. .'57:.'.) . ells us that he "remember- seeing" the ( uolild or die of the (treat Seal brought by i he artist, who was en:rravin;r it, to his lath- , r, William I lenry 1 >rayton, at his residence , n Charleston, Ibr his inspection: but lie j annot tix what particular time it was , Tom some circumstances which occurred, j e believes it was not in the winter." , '/n'i'fi .-/<in ,\i irs tint/ I hni'ii / . j | l.KTII AISOY ( ! I.II I! IN Till-: lv\ST.? | Society simony: the inmate- of the harem > leans -imply siiiokinir eiyarettesand pipes. \ nd the most trivial ainu>enieiit-. In-tead f the spnrklinjr conversation and plea-ant t ni.-ic with which the sexes reciprocally en- i rtain each other anioiiy Western people, t orrihle scrcaminys. the monotonous noise f f drums, and (lie fl.injr "I tamhorines arc | ere the .-olace of woman in her hour-of f N1. The boasted luxury of the palaces iVcrs in it- isolation no attraction to a relied nature. This life makes people pre- n laturely old ; a man of do i- wrinkled ami n iperanuated. and a woman of tin has pa.--- r I her meridian. No one works unless com- v elled to do it, a- tra11 |niIity of mind and v er-on he.-l plea-es the (Jrielital taste. They o more the pa?aire of time, which never a i-iurl'.- them with the cry of hukrah do- h lorrowr. yet people write of the I'aseina- y on- of Ka-tern life. It may he the climate, ii ith it- -tinny -ky and the tpiickenintr air > f the de-ert. or po?i 111y the -tarnation o| e xi-teliee which delude- tlieln. It call Hot y the idt'ort of thinkinir or of feelimr that n wakens plea-injr1 impre--ioii-. for there is n i >t hi in;1 here that doe- not (dash u ith every n ntiuieiit. Iiahit and custom of intellectual r< fe. I "Society i- the isolation of a pri-oti. u lon^li the captive- are surrounded by ei lllilhers of people. The philosopher I'e- w dinjr in the Ka-t i- forced to meditate hit- e? rlv upon the waste of humanity around tl i111. < ?nly an anchorite whose religion- tl ity consists in count in*r heads could lie " larmed with .-mdi monotony and -ilence. y lie man of energy and thought would w link it a cruel punishment to he forced h> w aler^o the ordeal of intellectual -tarnation w tiid a people whose iirtioraiice and iiulo- tl lire till their niiii'l- with .egotism, o!i-;Ji- n ley Mini 11-i1111???l*t;?iiim . Il i- ;i eiiininuii ei liny fur Ku'\'|?li:m.- who have heen eilue;i- " tl hy nnlcr iif the yovernniriit in the l?e-t 1? >11 eyes ill Klinipe to route h;|rl< to -1*11 U I'e :iinl i11111m ?Ii;it? ly throw ;iu:iy their Si ink-., :iI>:lIK! HI ilitereoiir-e \\ ilii ilitelliyelil In foreigners, shut themselves in a harem anions ignorant women and there end their existence. This is probably what they i mean when they say that, in their education of mind they do not neglect the heart.' An Kastern man will sit for hours inhaling the perfume of a sweet llower and enjoying the music of a fountain (murmuring at the time a chapter in the Koran, without stop' pint; to understand its nieaniny;) and the beautiful objects of nature which Allah has spread before him. lie enjoys to-day, but 'never thinks of preserving objects which please him in sculpture or painting, howj ever dear to him, for the sake ?>t* the pleasure they mijfht Jt'ive in the future. This their writers call a life rich in sensation." ? (iinn'itl l.ni'hiif* " f 'n/il'i ih i'ii/i Sulilli'i in TACT. One may have all the virtues, and possess all tlm endowments which come from tlm benign accident- of wealth and lineage, and yet want the one tiling which w ill make his life happy and successful, i ?in- of the curious things ahoiil such a bereavement is, that the person whom nature ha- si impovorished hardly < ver, and perhaps never, knows exactly "what it is"-r-as that renowned ethical philosopher. Josh llillinys, would put it?"that ails him." lie is a man of business, we will suppose, and i< strictly truthful and upright : lie fuHills all his engagements to the very letter; he i< punc' tual and not over-exacting; hut he does not have the art to please. He lacks, in short, tact. The stranger who conies to trade with him, if he is a merchant, may like thequalily of his tfonds, and may not dislike his prices ; hut the situation, nevertheless, will become uncomfortable in due time ; and he fore lie knows it the casual customer, whom a dealer with a little tact would have easily retained, jjoes across the street to till hi- , subsequent orders. We all know the preacher who lacks this lubricating quality, and who rants about matters that irritate persons rather than es-, tahii-h principles, and who very soon comes ! to ?;riof in his parish. He has been scattering dynamite in the most careless possible way, and wonders why anybody is hurt, and doesn't hear anything but tlm rebound from the explosion. To the politician, tact means often a positive and indispensable capital in trade. It far supersedes talent when it stands alone I ? A . . I I* I 1 1. Il l 1. i it . 1?\ 11SCJI. II JSJIOI |)H)I)!U III! UIUI 11 KM C IS U single profession so dependent upon a knowledge of luunan nature as is the j?<?1itician's. lie must know everybody, and know their dispositions as well. And the very successful one manages to do this, and to enter into the various interest< which enyaye ditl'erent men with an ease and alacrity that reach the very summit of art, while the absence of art is never doubted, or the skill of the tiling is not suspected. The politician who has tact does not let it desert him j the day after the election. The want of tact in a lawyer will often lose him his case, no matter how ?,mod it is' or how well read he i- in the lawpcrtaininy to it. lie lb re a jury, the yifts of adroitly putting things so as t<> chime wit!) the feelings and prejudices of twelve diil'erent men is all-important. 11 yives to the lawyer who adds to respectable talents this power, con-' stimulate influence. Tact in studying the feelings and peculiarities of his patients is one of the prime reipiisites of a physician. I !e cannot successfully minister to their ailments unless he thoroughly understands their inmost mental peculiarities and succeeds in hunioriny them. I le will know the luiylish o[' fihirvho and the value of bread pill-; and, in certain cases?in most case--, in fact?be will keep the thought of danger in abeyance. Hut after all. there is no place where tact i-not needed. Its usefulness in the daily, general relation- of life is paramount. It carries for it- possessore pontic, unconscious persuasion with it. 1 le will make hi-way witliout-cemi.uy to know how he made it. We can all remember one person after another who i- alllicled with an almost ludicrous absence of t hi - quality, and who is perpetually in Mrs. Partington's dilemma? who said she never opened her mouth without putt in*; her foot in it. If some visitor arrives who has lately had a near relative huny, tin subject of the "fallows will lie at i once introduced, and expatiated upon with | peculiar unction and persistence. Thewrony topic i- always introduced by the ill-arranged individual, and is sure to be discussed in ( the most ill-timed and nial-aprnpns wav.? ' i '/'//< lb,nr. ' , 4 \ViiKitI-: *r11 K 11 kssians ( 'ai:i>i -i:n.?An j interest in ji- landmark has just been demolish- ^ ed in Trenton, N.to make room for a .Masonic tcniplc about to he erected. It was a low brick building of considerable size, 1 built at Kinyand Second, now Warren and * State streets, in ITU.'I, by Abraham limit, ' and oecunied bv him as a store and dwcl- ' linjr. In I77U Mr. IIiiiiI was postmaster. Ili- -tun- was the largest ill the place and lie was said In lie llie wealthiest man in a j wide circuit. 11 is store was esjieciallv imted for its ahtindaut .-tuck of j^ood Ii?jtn>rs. He was called a 'I'nry, although the impiitati<>11 ' i> denied hy his descendants. When the . Iles-ians occupied Trenton. Colonel llalil. ' their commander, and his ollicers ipiiekly 1 liscovered tin- excellence of limit's Ii<|uid ' -applies, and his store hern me their headpiarters when t hey had leisure. (>n ( hristma< ni^'ht Colonel |laid. I.ientenant Colonel 1 l.elioler. of the l,os-l>eru- regiment; .Major , Von I leechow, of the K niphati-cii regiment, 1 iiid the other choice spirits <;atlicrcd at limit's for a carouse in honor of the daw At eleven o'clock when the merriment wa- r it ii> height, :i tory fanner from the >uroundinir country da-lied ll|> to the .-lore " 11kI -ent ill l?y :i colored servent :i letter to 7 'olotiel Kind, which the hitter thrn-t into ii- pocket. Not loiijr afterwards the -oinid il lirimrwas heard in the street mid Colo- i1 iel Ihilil rushed out in timetotind Wash- 1 n.uton in |inversion of the town, mid to re- 1 eive his dentil wound in K in<f street, with- v n ;i hundred yards of the-tore. Von |)ee- (. how w;is shot deiul :it the stinr liionieiil. hi Id lived :l little while after heinjr carried j! ack to Hunt's. The letter, which he had io time to read, would have told him that ]' iVa-hinyton was cro-.-iny the helaware and voiild attack him he Id re lnorninjr. Air. Hunt continued to he postmaster and {.' o carry on hu-ine>s in the old -lore lor iiany years. Alter him the huildiny; was :l. l-eil as a hotel?the Wn.-hiii"'ton Hole!? or many years, and was then devoted to itt-iness purposes. it> reputation as a place ': or obtaining o-ood liipiors never deserted it. Molina: W'rr.?A loii^- list niijrht be I1. IKK if of II It'll Wild li;IV(' nw hI llicir ;iilV;lllCfin-lit ill life tn :i smart answer ?jiven ;it tlie ' iji'lil moment. < hie til Napoleon's veterans ' rim survived hi- muster many year.-. was mill In rcnunil with ureal ylce Imw lie luni nee picked 1111 tiie t !111it rt?r*- cocked hat at N review, when the latter. u<>t initieiiijr that a: e was a |irivate, -aid carele?ly. "'i'liank h' tni, ('a | it a i 11 .* * "lii what regiment sire'.'" ai istaiitly asked the ready willed soldier. Si <a|hilet?ii. |iereeiviujr hi< mistake, answer- > d. with a -mile, "In my jfiiard, I'nr I see -a mi kimw hnw 111 In- |?t*i1111111." 'I'lie newly- ti aide nllieer reeeived hi-ctniiiiii?inn next In lnriiiny. A somewhat similar anecdote is m Mated nl' Marshall SniivtirnlV. whn, w hen < : ceivinu a 11i-1>aIt-li IVniii the hand- nl' a la !u.--ian serjfeant wlm had ^really tli-lin- ai llished him-elI' mi the liaiiiihe. attflii|>t- el i| In ctinltl-e the lilt?filler hy a serie.-nl' at hiiu.-ieal 11iif-linns. Inn l?111n< 1 him I'ully !? glial lit 11 "I Inw many li-h are m i el-e ill the sea V" a-ket I Stiiivnrnir. "All la nil are imt cauylit vet," was the answer, hi I Inw far i- it tn the llinnli".'" "Twn til" II our excellency's forced man-lies." "What -| tniId ynii tin if ynii saw ytnir men ?rivin?- ki ay in hattle'.'" "I'd tell them that there <p a- a waymi load >!' whi.-key jn-t behind ie enemy's line." 15atiled at all (mints the et lar-hall ended with : "What'- the diller- In ice hetwfell ytillr cnltinel and myself'.'" en My etilniiel eannnt make me a lieutenant. II ut yihir excellency has nnly tn say tin* "I nrd." "I say it imw, then," answered th i>11 \'iil*t>11". "and a I'iu'ht u'nntl nllieer vnu'll |'l (It <;k.\i:ual noon's komantk. A writer in tin* Washington ('hmnii li relates tin- following dramatic incident in (n-neral IInod's life: 'ria-n- was vi-itin^Mis. .IcMi-rsnn Mavis in Kichmoud, at that lime, a lady ln-Iuiiyin^' h> a family in the Smith of wry |m?\\?tI'iiI conviction-, who, in heauty, cleverness and amliitimi, has never had her superior in that seetinii. She was euyajred to he married to Ceneral I loud. With all a woman's natural ainhitiun I'mher promised liu-hand, she delerniined, if possible, to help hiin to a position where lii< mn|tialilied abilities as a fighter would Ii11 (I a proper spln-re. Tin-instant a change in the commander of tin- second yreat army of the Confederacy was noted, sinsaw her opportunity. **1 w ill try to have you j^iveu tin- eommaud of the Western Army," she wrote him, "and you niu-t succeed !" (ieiu-ral llood was then about t-1 years old, and had tiisl di-liiunti-hed 11 i 111?* 11' in I \\< i of I lie *:l 1 < -t bat ties of t lie \\;ir ;is a divi-hm mid corps commander, lie was a man \vln? was always ready to ti^hR m* matter aiuiin-t what odd-; and a1 lit * Army of tin* Tennessee could not he recruited much more it was decided at Richmond that some one should command it who would ri-k two or three terrible hattie-, and, if it were possible, eet Sherman's corps far enough apart to fall on them and defeat, each one at a time. So (ieiieral llood was selected. livery one Ullew he , would lij;ht whenever he jfot the chance, and that was mainly what was wanted at Richmond. It was a proud day for the stately woman he loved when it was announced that <ieiieral llood was to heraiseil provisionally to the ?;rade of full (Ieiieral and ^iven to this well-trained army. On the 17th of.Iuiy (I helieve that was the date) (Ieiieral Johnston was relieved, and it was understood that thereafter there would j he no more Hanking or strategic operations, ] hut some terrible battles, llood did his i best, but the tran-eendant jrenius of John- ! son was lackin.tr, and the linai battles oftiie j I 1th and loth of hecember, Oil I, in front of| Nashville, nearly destroyed his army. At- i ter this occurred (ieiieral Hood was sent lor I to come to Richmond at once. The day after his arrival he received a note from the lady mentioned, requesting him to call on ' her at his earliest convenience. There hap- i pencil to be an ollicer with (ieiieral llood j whom he knew very well when the note) reached him, and lie asked the ollicer to <ro with him to the hou-e where Mi was. i After a few moments of waiting when they j were announced the lady came in with a j packet in her hand, "(ieiieral llood," she : said, lookinjr straight into his eyes, "when { I became ensraa'cd to vou I had the fullest faith in your success. I tried to help you,: and did assist in havinjr tiie coinniand of; the Army of Tennessee uiven you. You have failed : why or how i- now be.-idc the i (piestion. I can never brin;? mysell to hear j the name of a man who wears the prestige of defeat, and I sent for you to say that our j en^ajfeinent nuist he at an end. Here are your letters and some things you nave me. i Now, n'ood-hye, and let the dead past In-; forgotten. (iood-hye !"' While this was he- , in?r said fhmeral Ihiod was standinjr on hierutehes. lor his left lejr was none and one j arm shattered, lie turned very white hut J said not a word, nordid hi' look at the hand i ollt-stI'etelied to l>id him n'l'od-hye. He I nraveiy hent his -tately head and went out ! from her prc-cnco forever more. Hut he j never forgot nor forgave the hitter, eruel j words, and years after, in speaking of the j matter, lie showed deep emotion. It was, so hard to hear, Idr lie had done all that the j most distinguished cottrajre could do to win. It was an awful position idr the olliccr who went with him. When the conversation commenced he ro.-e and walked over to a ! window in order that lie miyht not he wit-j lie? to what lie foresaw Would he a mo.-t i painful scene. Ihit lie could not help hearing', and never until his dyintr day will lie forget Hiie of the most remarkable incidents of the war. < JeiieraI Hood in M;t? married Mis- Marie I lenueii, a daughter of 1 Ion. 1 >. \ X. Ilenneii. of New Orleans. She was a tall haiid-oine woman, worthy of her aal- !' la 111 and ehivalric soldier hu-haiid. The j -ad death of hotli husband and wife in "piick -llcci*ssioil of the yellow lever ill ls7s i- -till j fresh in the public mind, as i-the fact that!; they left nine little children.theclde.-t only j .. i *.. * i i* ii i ill" umf i'? mi" t in i* ?M 1 1 I'i:i;siin:.vr I'oi.k'.* W'iik>\\\?IJijfht in!; lie heart ?.f Na.-hvillc stand-a larye, old- j i fashioned homestead of dull red I trick, its. riM.f projecting over tin* broad piazza. sup- i ; l?nrtcd i>y yreat tinted pillars, and itsyeuer-. < d aspect eonvoyiny an impression of seven' j I tab'liness, in plea-iny variance with thelt lislorlcd, would-be lashionablearcliiteclure ' i n the same neighborhood. A lony lawn I dretclies in front of the house and its pleasuit yreeti monotony i< unbroken save by m ; lain and massive tomb of white nnirble, ; i A'hicli carries it- own best epitaph in the j: ample in-cription. .lames K. I'olk. A liny j; it the bell brought to the door a yood-na-iI tired coloretl yirl, whotook our cards to the i ;enerable and venerated w idow of I'resi-j t lent I'olk. A woman like Mis. I'olk is a i i 'evolution to the beauties of old aye. (ten-1 le benevolence, broad-reachinycharity, ripe i experience and ;i cultivation of mind that I xteiids beyond letters to mankind, shine : hroityh her conversation, and a ready mem ry, keen wit and a store of reminiscences . i Humiliate it. Sixty years ayo. at the time if her niarriaye. Mrs. I'olk was considered t on lark able for her beauty, and twenty years ] Iter, when she presided at the White 11misc. I t was so fresh and unimpaired a- to attract ^ reat admiration and In-noted in the pub- r Mini works ami private journal-ol di-ttn- I uished foreigners. Time. o|" course, ha- a lolon the vivid coloring and curved out-; c iues of youth. I?ut he has not robbed her of lie upright figure and dignified carriage: ml has left brightness in her eyes and vivacty in her voice, lie-ides lending an added | harm in her faultless manners. Crowned o kith eijrlity years of honor -lie ro-e to re- > eive n-. IToin the library of the dead ! t 'resident -he can jjaze upon the loinh that j t lark- his re-tinj; place, and in thai same n ihrary remains hi- hat. gloves and cane, i i; M where he laid them when he came { si oinelbrthe I a -1 time. The hook he was ci i-adinu lies open on the tahle, and the pa- \i ersol'the day beside it. in .-ociety, and aid of it. Mrs. Polk liasyet never accepted j p n invitation since her liu-Land'- death. ii miiL.li with Liracefnl hospitality and tact i t; lie has ivcei\ed on the lir-t day of each ear the Tennessee Legislature, which ad-! f: >nill- in a hoily tocall upon her- and which j n am told i- the hiyhe-l colilpiiinellt ever e; aid by State authorities to a lady?and the h vil, judicial and ecclesiastical hodie- make p a point to pay their re-peets to her.? p ns/iri'/i llninii r. li -* j h Tin: l'n:.-'r I'm.,\i: l-'.xI't.oui-ins.?In m'.I, adod. a roving pirate, in one of hi- vov- n ;e- to the North, Mas cast away on what c? e supposed to he an immense continent, -i id which he de-ianated by tiie name of ii now lain I. About three year- later, two ai uedi-li navigators visited this land and ti tiled completely around the supposed "on- hi neiil. proving it to bean island. Ilavina and :i a'l'eat ?111 a 111 i 1 \* ot drift ice collected i the north side in the neighborhood of -a ipe North, they aave it the naliie of Ice- ai nd, which it -till bears. Iceland has an hi ea of hi,-Id -ipiare miles, and at the pre? al it day a population of over Tn.nnu inhabit- in it-. Thoruald, a Norwegian chief, had ui en banished in exile to Iceland for seme kt urder committed by him in his native 1 nd. Soon after hi- arrival lie died, and ai - son. known as Kric, the Ihuule, or the le ed, po?e-siua' a re-tless, rovinjr, darinjr in 'irit.and inheriting his father'- temper, ca lied one of hi- Icelandic neighbor- in a b< larrel. I le was compelled to ilee. to I n he -ailed from hi- home and direct - i w I hi-coiir-e -oiitliw e-t. A Iter a d'dck run of de-cried two lofty mountains, the one vered with -now. and the other with ice. in e called t he lir-t "White Shirt," t lie second ell ilue Shirt." and sailing on soon reached | of c coast. In the t'o||o\ ina' -priny lie ex- M ored the -urroiindiiia country, and wa- pi Ii-.filled with the Ire-hue-- and verdure of e\ tli" liiin 1 ill comparison w ith hi- ow n lo-t home. ("oiitrn-tiii^ the new found Inn<I w ith tlie 54'looiiiy l'ocks ot' Iceland, lie ynve it the lliilieriny it)>|><-IIn!i?>ti of < reenlaml, ami returning to hi- former home, cireiilnteil the most "low ing ami exuberated descriptions of the new coiintry, and induced many of hi- Ibrniera-sociates mid neighbors to follow hi in. Hesailed hack with twenty-live ve?els, hut of liies" only fonrteeii reached tlie newly-discovered Paradise. The mi?iny; eleven were never heard of, and were doubtless lo-t ill one of the terrible storm- tliilt sweep over the ,\ ret ic sea-.? ('nrr>ni. f *?- ? Tin: A i: r < n Stuuv Tr.i.u n< :. Any man desirous of brin^- entertaining in discourse will discover, on observing; those of bis ac liiaiutaiice who make thein-elve- parlicnlarly agreeable in thi.- line, that their faculty nftelliiiji- a -tory oraneedol" well largely eoll-titutes their strelictii. Mere molioloVt'tlc such a- I'oleridjfe imlul^'eii in i- apt to ho tiresome, and even Maeaiilay was at time-too didactic, l>nt no one wearied of sir Walter Scott or Wa-hiimton 1 rvin;;,and ('orwin. of >hio, wa- delight fill by reason of hi- chat in a- a nr. There is no simpler or more w ho!c-oinc pica-lire than that of genial conversation, and more people . MOI. I. I I... I . I .....I.., . t ? : II.",.*'? I I" .M.M. I. I .il.lt* study 1 In-elements of t*?>11'> [IIi:i 1 recreation, j ami especially note tin- part which a well told story nrapt anecdote hears in relation to the real enjoyment of social conference, j To tell a story well i? not so easy a- it ap! pears on the surface, hnt the ingredient:- of i pleasant narration are within the reach of ( very one of average sensibility, a sympai tliftic: disposition, a keen perception of Ii.aht- and shadows and some art of speech. Iiow admirably Mr. Lincoln and Franklin enforced yood sense witii illustrative paraIdes. The French are very happy in tin-department of delicate humor, and toll a small story with peculiar ?rrace. A Innjf-winded tale is a nuisance. The chief matter i- to seize tipon the salient featuresand so a'rotip them as to brinir about a refreshing; surprise at the close. This i- an art, but it can be readily ac<|iiired by one who desires to please and who is willing to save conversation from lairjfin?;nr becntninjf in-uHerably tedious. Life itself presents the lield in which the enjra^injf talker "fathers his stores. | looks furnish only an incidental reenforcement. <;i:i:.\t Sai.t Laki:.?A gentleman who has been lately -ailing on the "I >ead Sea of America" thus descrilies it : "Soon we were on our way toward the hazy western shore. A- we pa?ed the sea jrull- circled around uor floated on the water, their white plumage shinintf in the sunlijfht. livery now and then a hawk-moth would Hit by orali^ht on the boa' ; drajfon tlics would stop lon<f enuujfh to jfaze at u- curiou-ly and then <pin off toward the distant I-lands. Occasionally a -eventoon-year-old locu-t would hum past as iftomockat us ibr ever daring to believe that this is the "Lead Sea of America." A- the bow plowed through the water, millions of small iH/ih nn Hies) would rise from the water, where they were resting, and cover the bow of the boat till quartof them could be collected. Wherever We Went we observed the same tiling. The water of the lake is their home, and they are as much at home sitting on the water as a skipper is on an i-iastern pond. In some places where it is calm these llios darken the water for mile-. 11 ere t not on the beach) they lay tlieir e.tfffs ; here they hatch, and here the larva- live by the million till ready for the pupa state, when they attach themselves to the sea weed (lloatinj; everywhere in the water) and remain till they emertfe as perfect Hii s. The larva- doubtless prey upon the stranye little shrimps that live in the water. There are infinite numbers of uiese, iii( it* i- scareeix a piace ip me iawc where a bucket el' Water call lie ili|i|iei| without taking up from to ">uu ol' them. It is stratine that people should call this a dead sea," lor though the number of species ?|oes not exceed ten or lil'teel), there is no lake, lre>h or salt, in the world that contain half as many Iivin.tr things a- (treat Salt Lake."' I.\" CoNTUAsr Willi (Juant.?(ten. Lee,' at the close of the war, received innumerable oiler- to eiijfajfe in commercial enterpri ? es. Insurance companies, railroads, and many larye corporations at the South were ; anxious to pay him any salary lie niijrht demand solely for the use of his name, without any labor on his part or incurring my respousbility whatever. A committee f Lnyli-hniei), with the Duke of Southerland and Mr. Ilere.-ldrd llope at the head, itl'ered him in fee a splendid estate in one : if the midland counties of Knjdand, coupled with a guarantee of an income of A.nun a year as lomr as lie lived. lie gratefully declined all these oilers, and ac epted the Presidency of the Washington md i.ee I'niver.-ity at a salary of uuii a rear. IIere he earned his living as the I larde.-t worker in a hard working faculty n training the youth of the country up to ', he very hour of the paralitic stroke which mmediately preceded hi-death. (lei). Lee left three soils. They too re eived many oilers of a similar kind, and ikewisc declined them. Two of these sons ire now prosperous planters in Virginia. I'he third succeeded his father in the I'resdency of Washington and Lee I'niversity, md ha- tilled the position with credit for lie last lhirtcen years. The true American spirit -hines in < Jen. . .ee'-example, the spirit which prompted iVa-hinyton and hi- < ieiierals when they etired from the public service enriched 011y with tiie recollection of their ?rreat | chievemeiits and -coining' to make mer- . haudi.-e of their lame.? /.<//<r in 'In AVc , V'h'h Sun. * * t \ UN I'll I l.otp |sm.?Some tune Since the,, tetroit I'm 1'iu contained a -Imrt article i, n 'Weiilriloijiiist Humbug" in which the', tatenieiit was made by an expert that ven- , riItxjiiisiii is wry largely a hunibtiy;: that | he deception i- largely accomplished by ( tierely lowering tlie voice, and thai no man , - -<? >k 11 n u i tnai : u* can yet a amy; w unntit a \ i*n 'eiiiny mustache. A I -oiidon i Knyland i r onvspondent diller- from thi- expert. I It* j mite- : y I'll IV \'t *111 t-i !< m | II i.-l II i- Hot (lollr I iy 11)1'it- , r loweriny the voice. AihI a- fur a 'man nt iieiuy al>lf to ' yet on" without a tuns- f iclic. that i- ah-urd. I can ''yet on" without a mustache, in t id. ioroi'vioti-fea-oii-.ani ohliycd to. He (1 ni-t he a pool' veiitriloi|ui-t. indeed, that i iniiot "yet on" without a mustache. I v ave practiced tin* art?which it is?for the t a-t -ix years, and I will dely anyone, exeft included, to see any movenlent of niy | louth. tlioiiyh tliey may lie within an ami'- ; nytli of mc. Nine out of ten -o-called vontrilo!|ui-t-are ot vi'iitriloi|ui-l- at all, hut what are term- fi 1 col|oi|tii-t<. The art of collo<|Ui-m con- d -t- of merely loweriny the voice and twist- h iy the tuoiilii a-ide. A niu-tache would a d the co||oi|iii-t, it would hide the distor- u on of the mouth, always more or less vi-i- -I le. ' ; -I c; Tim. I'i:-1 in I'm i:-.?" l-'of three years," -i v.-an Iowa lady, "I have lived in town, I id diiriny that time my -iltiny-room ha- n en free from Hies, thfee only walkiny -I out 111y I'fiakfa-t talile, while all my i iylihof-' rooms are crowded. I often con- it atuiateii myself on my escape, luit never d new the fea-on oi it until a few days ayo. n then had occa-ioii to remove my yood- to al lot her hoii-e, while I remained on lor a n w days loiiyer. Aiuoiiy other thiny- re- ir oved were two hoxes of yeraniums and IV Icolaria-, which -tend in my window, n i11y open to it- full extent, top and hot- In 111. The lioxe- Wefe not yolie half all lioilf ll hen my room wa- a- lull of flics those umy neiyhhof- around nie. tl " I hi- to me," continues the lady, "was a p; w discovery. and perhnp- it may serve to icotiraye other- in what i-a I way-a source f plea-tire, namely, window yardeniny. aiyonette. planted in huiy. -hallow hoxes. hi a ceil on the window -ill, will he found cl Cedent I'l If 1 hi- plirpu-c." I|| zach. tailor. When our coi1111mlain 1 joined tin* army it'll. Taylor was 111? hero of I la - day. Tin; I recent 1,at ties which lie had fought and gained made him famous throughout the land. W e were prepared to see a warrior with "jjohl lace and plume," of nohle carriage and tierce countenance. Our astonishment can he i mainlined when we beheld a plain old farmer, with not the first military iuHii'iiia about him, wearing a wide brim Mexican sombrero and ordinary citizen's clothes. There was not a subordinate around his headquarter.- that wa- not better dressed. Verily, hi-name, "liouyh and Heady," was appropriate, lie was rather short in stature fur his -i/.e and apparent weight, with a face that indicated -tern decision and untiring energy. 11 is features were not handsome, but by no means repulsive. A pleasant expression seemed to dwell there when he wa-oil' dutv. ! i i~ face cave 110 t vitl? iic( -sofcultivation. Slinky eyebrows, rather ;t i?r?miiiit-nt nose :ukI round luce; if any landmarks of intelligence wnv ever 11 n tin- rough camp life the old ^? ?|< I i?*r li:i<I lead fur so many years had obliterated tiiem. 'Jen. Taylor was a clumsy rider, mountingami dismounting his horse like an old tanner only aeeiistoined to horsehack exercise when lie had occasion to ride to town once in a while. Your correspondent i- not advi-ed a- to what were the religions pret'erences of (ten. Taylor, lie had fallen into the habit so eoinnion in the army, and pointedly emphasized his remarks as occasion required, lie had none of the bombast about him that even -onie of his lowest subordinates manifested, in -ocial conversation with his ollicers he seemed to forget his rank, and oftentimes had a kind word for the poor private. < )n one occasion we had to cross one of those swift running mountain streams, the water of which was over waist deep, and a -ick and weakly-looking soldier was standing on the bank, I suppose meditating whether he should make the venture or not. (ten. Taylor rode by and saw the situation, assisted the poor soldier up behind him and carried him over the water. I saw that, and heard that soldier long after the war brag that lie had "rode behind the president." < Sen. Taylor was always in the thickest of the battle, and seemed to be as destitute of fear as a rock. He rode a milk-white horse?< >!d Wliitoy?which seemed as clumsy a-hi-master, and from long association seemed to have adopted some of his peculiarities. Hen. Taylor rode < >ld W hitev throughout the battes of Monterey and liuena Yi-ta. He was dressed very plainly; wore a common soft hat and an old laded cas-imere coat, which* his old soldiers informed us he had worn for many years. This coat received its tirst wound at lhiena Vista, where two musket balls, one about three inches below theother. passed through Muii lapei*. i in* writer, uiougu wiui * it'll. Taylor's command fur nearly :i year, never siw liini ilrc?eii in full uniform, except on the occasion of the departure of the remain* of our regiment Idr Imme. \\*e had struck our tents, parked our knapsacks, and the last act of our departure from Walnut Springs was taking leave of our old chief. We were formed in line, and he came out in our front dressed in regulation uniform, cap-a-pie. lie was visibly embarrassed, and not a heart in our command hut what was touched. With some awkward schoolhoy gestures lie managed to -ay '"that he hoped that in private life we would make a* brilliant records as we had in the service of our country." or something very nearly to licit effect, and bade u- fa re we'll.?Ft n't Worth 'iTj/ti. Pkopi.k wiiii Ni:vi:i: Mat 15i:i:ai>.? There are civilized nations a large proportion of whose peasantry eat little or no bread, linked loaves of bread are unknown in many parts of South Austria and of Italy and throughout the agricultural district* of Koumania. In the villages of the obcrsteierniark, not very many miles from Vienua, bread is never seen, the staple food of the pi'ople being sterz a kind of porridge made from ground beech nuts, which is taken at breakfast with fresh or curdled milk, at dinner with broth or with fried lard, and with milk again for supper. This sterz is also known as heiden, ami takes the place of bread not only in the Steiermark, but in ('arinthia and ill many parts of the Tyrol. In the north of Italy the peasantry live chieily on polenta, a porridge made of boiled maize. The polenta, however, i* not allowed to granulate like Scotch porridge or like the Austrian sterz, but is boiled into a solid pudding, which is cut up and portioned out with a string. !t is eaten cold as often a* hot, and is in every sense the Italian peasant's daily bread. The modern Roumanians arc held by many scholars to be descended from a Roman colony, in other word* to be the cousins of the Italians; and, curiously enough, a variation of the polenta called mamaliga i* the national dish of Kouniania. The mamaliga is like the polenta in that it is made of boiled maize, but it i* unlike the latter in one impeitant re-pect, a* the grains are not allowed m settle into a solid mass, but are kept di-tiiaa. after the fashion of oatmeal porridge. A Woman's \i:w Siioi:*.?When a woman ha* a new pair of -hoe- sent home she performs altogether different from a man. *he never shoves her toes into them and yanks and hauls until she i* red in the face tud all out of breath, and then goes -tamping and kicking around, but pulls them on part way carefully, then twitches them off igain to take a last look and -co if she has ;ot the right one, pulls them on again, looks it them dreamily, says they are ju*t right, lien takes another look, stops -uddenly to -mooth out the wrinkle.-, twists around and urveys them-ideway-and exclaim*. "Mer... i..'... i i, !. i. .1. . ... ,i... \, jiiiw i iir\ an, i(ii?i\s ill uiriua^aiu {ii;ii*? in front, work- her feet around so hat they won't hurt her quite -o much, takes hclll oil', looks at tilt' heel-, the toe, thehotoin. and then inside, puts them on ajrain, vjtlks up and down the room once or twice, vmark- to her !o-tftt half that -lie won't iave them at any price, tilt- down the mir or-o-he can >ee how they look, turns in very possible direction, and nearly dMonies her neck trying to see how they look rout that way, hacks otf, steps up ajrain, ake- thirty or forty farewell looks, .-ays hey make her feet look awful Inland will lever do in the w orld, puts them oll'and on liree or four times more, asks her hushand t hat lie thinks ahout it. and pays no attenion to what he says, jfoes through it all train, and linally say--he w ill take them, t is a verv simple matter, indeed.?< 'Vlt.'inr. l\ riii'.Sii k Koom.?Never stand at the tot of a -ick hed and survey the patient, til I inures loom la rye to fevered eyes, and y the -ide of the bed are only partly seen, ltd do not annoy with the sense of too inch presence. I >o not open t he door very lowly, for then the attention i- strained peculating as to who the next collier in he alter all 111i- preparation and with tcli caution- approach, generally creaking. ,ow, not clear tones, ipiiet hut -tire niovelents not tiptoeing-, and rapid rather than ow. area jrreat relief to any patient who hie?ed w ith a practical nurse, Whisper1^ i- torture; -ilence i- lie.-t until you can i sens- matter- in another room ; hut if you ni-t. -peak out, and make no mysteries lioiit anything. In -evere sickness the ur-e must watch the patient -teadily, hut ot -eein to he looki 11 if. In eonvalesenee it eipiently soothe- the invalid to have the ur-e -eatcd at the window, appearing to lookinyoiil. This frees the faculties from ie tension that the -onse of heiliy watched -ually yive-. and al.-o ipiiet-anxiety ; it le 11 Itr-e doe- not seem to he anxious, the I tie! it will not he. K:" When a yottn<r man walks w ith a yirl thouyh he wa- afraid some one would see im. tin- yirl i- his -istcr. If he walks so o-e to her as to nearly crowd her ajjain-t ie fence, -he j- sniuc one el-e's -i-tei*.