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_ - ... _ ?--'---r- - ~"~ ~" 1 gSS '"' SSSSS S ! " i "' ! SS ' ? 1 1 ? ? ?? , ... ? An Independent Family Journal?Devoted t? Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. HOTT & CO., Proprietors. ANDERSON, S. C. THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1869. VOLUME 5.---N0. & ^tettVmm ^tilths. Historical Notes on Paper Mannfactnre. The invention of paper, which is prob? ably due to the Chinese, is undoubtedly one of the most important ever made. It has, together with the invention of Gutenberg, exerted an influence upon mankind which is hardly appreciated highly enough. No wonder, therefore, that the manufacture of paper has grown to be one of the most extensivo indus? tries of the present day. The continual increase of its consumption led, however, already in past times to a dangerous con? dition of this industry, in so far, namely, ?as the production of the raw material did not keep pace with its demand. In? deed, there is perhaps no article in great? er demand than old linen of every kind, which is, as it were, to be restored to youth in the enchanted kettle of the pa Eer-miil, in order to attain as paper to the ighest honors, whether it be for adorn? ing parlor tables in the form of elegant albums, or for serving as a means for the transmission of thonght in the form of books and periodicals. The great demand for linen and cotton fibre for tbo manufacture of paper is, as has been already implied, very character? istic of the present time. It is, for in? stance, only two centuries ago that, in Germany, there was a very heavy penal? ty for the exportation of rags, and in England the matter was carried so far that the arraying of dead bodies in linen was forbidden. Two hundred years have elapsed since then, and still it is the cry of every nation that rags must be retain? ed in their own country. Happily, there have been, and there are yet many at work whose endeavors have not been, . and are not directed upon enacting laws for remedying the existing evil, but rath? er upon the discovery of a substitute for the raw materials in use. It had already been proposed, toward the close of the last century, to mix rags with old paper from which the ink had been removed. But though experiments of various kinds were undertaken in this direction, they did not lead to any practical results. Greater prospects of success existed in the trials then made for converting vege? table fibre into paper. A German cler? gyman by the name of Schaefer was then busily engaged with straw, leaves, turf, old shingles, cabbage-stalks, exhausted dye-woods, and other materials, wilh the praiseworty design of turning these sub? stances to some account in the making of paper. Specimens of paper produced from such materials have, indeed, been handed down to us, and it is tho opinion of all those who havo Peon them that they, although considerably inferior to ordinary paper, might have served the purpose perfectly well as wrapping, or wall paper. Similar attempts were made in other countries. In the year 1785 there exist? ed a paper-mill in France in which rags were used with an addition of nettles, moss, waste-hops, rose-leaves, willow and ?oplar wood. The straw-paper mill at [illbank, near London, whose proprie? tors in the year 1800 presented a book made of straw paper to tho king of Eng? land caused a greater surprise. Howover great the hopes were which were created by this and other establishments, their success was very short-lived. They grad? ually went Under, all of them. It was especially raised as an objection that tho kind of paper in question lacked tho ne? cessary firmness and whiteness. They were ail of jt yeriow color. Indeed, the conveftrott of the lresh vegetablo fibre into the requisite form for good paper is undoubtedly more difficult than that of rage,,which, although of vegetablo origin, are, as it were,- to a certain extent, al? ready prepared for use. Thus, it seems that these attempts resulted only in a miserable failure, and that all the more 60 from the fact that the principles of chemistry and mechanics could not be resorted to for assistance in the solution of the important problems. During the present centnry, American demand has caused-the importation of large quanti ties-ofrags. Thoproblem mentioned above has thus come again more and more into the foregound, and tho present genera? tion may well congratulato itself on be? ing more successful in this respect than any of the preceding ones. But the con? version of these substitutes into paper of ordinary quality and medium fineness may now, at least, be considered a perfect success. Numerous products of this kind were first seen at tho German industrial exhibition in Munich, which took place in the year 1854. Among these, the col? lection of Vocltor's son attracted especial attention. It embracod a larger number ? of specimens of paper, made either from wood or straw alone, or from a var}Ting mixture of linen and cotton fibre with these matorials. And, what was not to be disregarded, thoy were not merely ex? perimental specimens, but the representa? tives of a growing and extensive indus? try. The printing-paper made of straw, alone exhibited a greater degree of firmness than that made of linen or hempen rags; I it appeared more firm to tho touch, though not quite as smooth as the corresponding I specimens from linen. As to whitoness, the specimens were all that could bo de? sired. Again, thore were specimens of finer kinds of printing and writing paper one third, and commercial note paper ono half linen. They came up to the highest requisition as regards whiteness, firmness and sizing. The papers made of pure straw appeared more transparent than thoso consisting of linon or cotton, or those made with an addition of wood fibre. Examined under tho microscope, the straw fibres, though .shorter than linen ones, appeared to be mure felted than I those of the finest letter paper made of rags alone. Among the members of the jury tjiere existed not the least doubt that the peculiar gluten which is so common to fresh vegetable substances exertod some influence upon tho firmness, bril? liancy and smoothness of these papers. Among the assortment of wood-papers, eithor mixed or pure, there was a wrap? ping paper and also an ordinary printing paper of pure wood fibre, both of which looked very fine; they did not, however, prove to be as firm as the kinds above mentioned, and it appears, indeed, thai, wood fibre is not a fitting material for the making of paper that is to be subjected to groat pressure. Other than the kinds already spoken of, a fine writing paper with thirty per cent of wooden fibro, a handsome note paper with twenty peir cent, and a 6ilk paper with as much as fifty per cent of wood material attracted much attention. The wood employed was poplar. The fact that wood and straw can bo obtained in any desired quantity makes them unquestionably very proper substi? tutes for rags. But both these materials can only serve as such to a certain degree. Wood cannot replace linen altogether, no more than straw. The straw fibre, though exceedingly firm, possesses too much transparency - and the wood fibro, though very smooth and elastic, and ca? pable of taking on the highest finish, lacks that degree of firmness necessary to make it a fitting material for tho man? ufacture of the finest kinds of paper. The very best kinds of paper that can be made without the addition of rags are perhaps those consisting ol equal parts of wood and straw. Such a paper is turned out in large quantities by tho Philadelphia paper mill upon the Schuyl kill river, the largest of tho kind in the United States. With respect to the economical side of the question, however, boilb of these sub? stitutes offer decided advantages. Though requiring more mechanical power in or? der to bring them to the proper degree of fineness, they are, nevertheless, con? siderably cheaper than rags, and require a smaller amount of chemicals for the necessary bleaching process. The wood, finally, suffers a waste of only ten per cent; straw, however, from thirty to sev? enty per cent, according to tho kind of paper made. There does not seem to be an absolute superiority of one over the other. Local conditions appear to decide the question as to which takes tho prece? dence. Tho process for making paper from wood and straw used at the Philadelphia paper mill is chiefly that cf Mr. Voleter, in Germany. Some improvements in the apparatus have been made. Tho wood employed is poplar. Wood and straw are cut with an ordinary rag-cutter, after which they are subjected to tho action of caustic lyo for several hours. The latter process is carried on in common boilers, those for the wood having a diameter of 3 feet and a height of 16 feet. Two of them will hold one cord of wood. The boilers for the straw hold each lrom 4500 to 5000 pounds, having a diameter of 6 feet and a length of 20 feet. The lye is conveyed to and fro through a heated coil of two-inch pipe of a length of 300 feet. The contents of tho boilers are subjected to a pressure of 58 pounds per square inch. The raw materials, after having been reduced to a pulp, are bleached by the application of hypochlorito of lime, and otherwise treated in the same manner as pulp from linen materials. It may be re? marked here that Barnes Blondel, in Nantes, France, before treating tho wood? en fibres with soda, subjects them to the action of nitric acid, whereby vapors of hyponitric acid are given off. The Phil? adelphia mill obtains 800 pounds of paper from one cord of wood, and 50 pounds less than the preceding amount from one ton of straw. Four tons of paper are manufactured daily. The paper is sized in the ordinary manner, 200 pounds re? quiring only one pound of glue. The mill gives employment to some thirty-five men aud.twent37-five girls, and pays out as wages some $600 per week. It turns out a paper consisting of pnre straw, also one which is made up of equal parts of wood and straw, and finally a paper consisting of one half rags, and the other half an equal mixture of wood and straw. Constable Hubbard.?Tho Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel says: "Tho prelim? inary examination of John B. Hubbatd, tho High Constable of South Carolina, charged with the false imprisonmont of William Flint and Pleasant Sharpton, was conducted before Justices Ells and Verderey on yesterday morning. Tho evidence adduced was considered folly sufficient to warrant tho Justices in de? claring that there was probnblo cause for binding him over for trial at tho next term of the Superior Court. Tho accused was required to, and gave bond in the sum of five hundred dollars in each rast, to insure his future appearance." Ueath op the Widow of Geneival Woeth.?Tho St. Augustine (Fla.) Exam? iner, of the 16th ult., says: Our whole city was thrown into gloom by the death of Mrs, General Worth, on the 21st instand. There aro few who havo ever seen her who can forget the smile of kindly intorcst with which she greeted all she know. Hoio in St. Au? gustine, where so many }rears of her life have been passed, she was peculiarly bo lovod, and tho reputation of her distin? guished husband, Major-Genernl Worth, is a sacred part of tho history of our State. The deeply afflicted family havo the warmest sympathy of all. The Cotton Crop?Who Mai es It The cotton crop, grown over so widely extended an area of country, and passing in its process from seed to shipment through so many hands, has yet been re? duced to figures so exact that few articles of coromerce.can be statistically consid? ered with equal precision. The immense advantages of the tabular statement in respect to cotton lies, of course, in its enabling us to make conjectural estimates of tho future growth of the plant likely to fail not far short of the truth. In this connection the following facts from the Isaw York Post will be found pertinent: The American cotton crop of last year has been ascertained as 2.430,893 bales. The average of weight is 400 pounds to the bale, which gives an aggregate of 972,867,200 pounds, in currency about $250,000,000. For practical purposes the bale mav be set down at the value of 8100. Three acres, as a rule, produceono bale of cotton. The crop of 1868, upon this average, required the cultivation of 7,292, 679 acres. The land devoted to cotton before the war was taken to represent a money value of $291,908,160; but by rea? son of the disorganization incident to the war, this value has fallon to 872,926,790. The area of the States growing cotton, exclusive of Kentucky, Missouri and Vir? ginia?in portions of which the plant may be successfully cultivated?is 126,966,440 acres. This area may be fairly taken as the possible cotton field of the future, set? ting off the portions of the cotton-grow? ing States proper which may bo employ? ed other than for cotton production against the Kentucky, Missouri and Vir? ginia lands which may be so employed. The United States, then, have a capacity of cotton production of 142.121,813 bales, which, at oxisting prices in currency, would be worth $14,212,000,000?a sum which staggers the imagination. The crop of last year occupied only about ono fifty-ninth part of this vast area, and brought only about tho same proportion of the sum just mentioned. Practically, then, it may be said that there is no limit to the quantity of cotton that ma}' bo raised by a combination of effort on the part of those immediately interested. The fall in price of our staple 6ince the war has greatly crippled tho cotton plant? ing interests of India and Egypt. The largest yield in India was that of 1866, when it reached 1,840,648 bales. This was brought down in 1868 to 1,420,576 bales. Egypt produced, in 1365, 404,411 bales; in 1868, 193,035, or net enough to disturb a calculation of probable results hereafter. Both these countries paid the penalty of a too exclusive devotion of their lands to cotton, under the stimulus of our war, in famine, which carried off nearly a?million of human beings. In Smyrna, and other portions of the Le? vant, where, in 1864, the fig crop was sacrificed to the growth o.'. cotton, tho culture has been almost entirely aban? doned. . Vo see, then, that tho United States is likely to remain tho chief cotton grower of the world, and we see, also, that its capacity for increased production depends almost wholly upon the increased supply of labor. The importance of encoura? ging emigration becomes magnified in this view to the greatest extent. Sleeping Alone.?Miss Susan B. An? thony is out with a paragraph in the Rev? olution recomending that married people should no longer sleep togothor; that ev? ery man, woman and child should have a bed-to him or hersolf; that those who are just going to housekeeping should buy no double beds; and she exclaims with enthusiasm, "Cribs, cots, and single beds fyr hoalth and happiness." Poets, both male and female, have often sung of "cots," but they have always insisted on placing them beside a rill. Here is tho paragraph upon which she bases advice: The laws of lifo say : "More quarrels arise between brothers, between sisters, between hired girls, between apprentice! in machine shops, between clerks in stores, between hired men, between hus? bands and wives, owing to electrical changes through which their nervous sys? tems go by lodging together night after night under the same bedclothes than al? most by any other disturbing cause. Thoro is nothing that will so derange tho nervous force as to lie all night in bed with another person who is absorbent in nervous forco. Tho absorber will go to sleep and rest all night, while the elimi? nator will be tumbling and tossing, rest? less and nervous, and awako in the morn ing fretful, peevish, fault-finding and dis? couraged. No two persons, no matter who they are, should habitually sleep to? gether. Ono will thrive and the other will lose. This is tho law, and in mar? ried life it is defined almost universally." ? Tho Boston Post says : "The wonder? ful discovery of tho 'native bono phos? phate beds' in South Carolina, at the vory doorway of the cotton region, made so recently as 1867, and containing as high as 6ixty seven per cent, of phosphate of lime, comes at the right time to en? courage ^.production by artificial aids; and may not inaptly bo taken as a hint" of our ability to maintain otrr position as cotton producors against the world. All things now look favorable for a stoady rovivai of the prosperity of tho South, whoso staple products are to furnish tho chief means of making our foreign ex? changes and rebuilding our shattered commerce. The entire country has a deep interest in tho restoration of the wealth of tho Southern Slates on tho firm basis of free labor." ? Young ladies, out fashion gossip says, are to wear 'square bodies.' Will they prevent the beaux from coming round'? The Spy-System at Washington. Washington, D. C, June 25.?Another removal, under the direct action of the Loyal League and Grand Armjr of the Eepublic, Kadical organizations, has just taken place here, wo are told, no less damning in its circumstances than that of Mr. Tonry for marrying Annie Surratt, reported yesterday, and in which the no? torious Gen. John A. Logan is no less im? plicated. Martin Eenchasehas thus been displaced as a messenger in the Sixth Au? ditor's office, for the damning offence of suffering his wife to rent a room in his house to an ex-Confederate officer to as? sist her in feeding and clothing her fam? ily, this officer having been, in the years before the war, a friend to every member of her household, both officially and per? sonally. Martin Renchaso is an Irish Catholic, and was first drawn into the public ser? vice as door-keeper of the Whito House by President Jackson, during the latter part of his administration. He served in that capacity for the remainder of the term of President Jackson, and for his fidelity to duty was continued by Presi? dents Van B?ren, Harrison, Tyler, and Polk. Toward the termination of Polk's administration he was, however, displac? ed for some particular favorite. During Taylor's administration and that of Fill more he was made messenger in the War Department, where he continued, giving entire satisfaction, until the close of Presi? dent Lincoln's administration, Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania, being his fast friend. Ho was now transferred from the War Department to the Sixth. Auditor's Offico in the postoffice Department, re? ceiving his new appointment of messen? ger from the hands of Mr. Chandler, tho Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; and here be has remained, giving entire satis? faction to Mr. Hazlett and tho whole di? vision. With theso antecedents ho has been notified, nevertheless, that his ser? vices are dispensed with and a negro in? stalled in his place! The offence on the part of his wife in letting a room in his house to an old friend, who happened to be a Souther? man, was not to be passed unavenged by Gen. Logan and tho Grand Arm}*, and again the sanctuary of private life is invaded at the instigation of a spy and informer. It may bo of consequence also to state that M-artin Keucliase was the first head centre of the Fenian organization in the city of Washington) and is still an active member of that body, and that his oldest son, a young man of more than ordinary culture and character, is at this very time occupying a confidential positio i connec? ted with the headquarters of the organi? zation in New York. On the other hand, tho spy and informer against him with the Loyal Leagues and tho Grand Army of John A. Logan, is an Englishman a Confederate deserter, and a discarded lover of Renchase's daughter, who, through his hatred to tho Fenians as an Englishman and his desire for revenge as a rejected suitor, found fitting employ? ment for his base nature in betraying the rites of hospitality, and in making slan? derous representations both as to Ren chase and as to tho ex-Confederate officer renting a room in tho house. Tho policy initiated by Summer and Grant in respect to the Alabama claims and the British government, for the pur? pose of winning over the Irish to the sup? port of the Radical party this Fall as has been boldly avowed by the Radical press, and ombraced' in their resolutions upon the renomination of Geary, as Governor of Pennsylvania, is thus shown to be the voricst trick and fraud imaginable; and if the Irish Catholics suffer themselves to be caught by the miserable pretence, they will bo left without a friend in the ?nited States?North, South, East, or West?to deplore the doom that surely awaits them aftor becoming thus ensnared. Indeed, they will find that evorj' party in the land and every element of population, as well as every religious society, will stand equally indifforent te their fate. While the Radical journals aro loudly mounting the bellowing speech of Charles Sumner on the Alabama claims, throwing dust in the eyes of tho Fenians and Irish Catho? lics, this is the way that both tho Fonians and tho Irish Catholic are treated in this governmont by this pretended anti-British party. This is-the way that the negro is substituted and to be substituted in the place of tho Fenians, and this is the way that a Calholic is to be prescribed for marrying a Catholic. Gen. O'Neill may lead his peoplo into the trap set for them if he pleases and they aro fools enough to follow him into the snare, but tho end to him and them will bo no less speedy, cer? tain, and sure?the loss of their civil, po? litics), and religious rights in America. John Tyler, Jr. SisatLAR Medical Case.?A Goorgia paper records ono of the most curious and interesting medical cases which have ever como to light. No ono who has not read it will think of doubting its entire truth. It appears that a German, living at "Cracker's Neck,'' was for several years afflicted with a torribre Jhirst, which water would not allay, and doctors could not. At last a "Uroscopic doctor"? whatever that may be?came to the con? clusion that the man was troubled with worms, and gave him an emetic, on which ho throw up ten fish worms, throe lam? prey eels, seven rrawfisb, otte mud-turtle, five lizards, two tree frogs, one bull snake, a section of worm fence, and the worm of a copper still containing sixteen coils. He at onee complainod of being better, and has steadily improved ever since. --4? ? Why is matrimony like a beseiged city ? Bocause those who are in want to get out. and those who are out want to get in Thrilling Account of a Trapeze Perform? ance in Philadelphia. A scene of considerable excitement oc? curred at the American Theatre, oh Wal? nut street, above Eighth, on Saturday evening, during the flying trapeze per? formance of two artists, announced on the bills as Lilla and Zoe. One of their feats consists in Lilla, a full grown young woman, swinging herself by Yneans of two ropes suspended from the ceiling, from a platform erected in front of the gallery, entirely across the auditorium, until she touches, with her feet, a trapeze that hangs at considerable altitude over the orchestra. Securing herself on this trapeze with her feet, her body swings downward, and she remains in that posi? tion, while Zoe, a child of 11 years of age, mounts the platform in the gallery, and, seizing tho iron rings attached to the ropes mentioned, throws herself off, and darts towards Lillaj and when near ing her, the child throws a sommersault in mid air, and her only chance from be? ing crushed to death, by falling from the dizzy height among the audience in tho pavquette, is being caught by Lilla, who hangs with her head downward from the trapeze* I Certain death would be the result of the slightest mistake made by either of the performers. On Saturday evening the feat was successfully performed, it is true, but Lilla barely caught the child as she revolved in the air. As the latter was descending, however, to the stage, the man whoso duty it was to catch her from the hands of Lilla, failed to do so, and the poor child fell to the platform placed over the orchestra, a distance of soveral feet, and struck her head, and oth? erwise injured herself. Tho child was picked up, when she im? mediately placed her bands to her head, and it was apparent that she was serious? ly hurt. Notwithstanding this, she was most inhumanly ordered to remount the platform in the gallery and repeat the feat. The child obeyed, but such conduct on the part of those having charge of the exhibition was too much for the audience to stand, and there was a unanimous cry of "No, no!" "Shame, shame !" -'Take her back, take her back !" In the mean? time the child mounted the platform and then stood ready to repeat the feat, but the audience rose en masse, to their great credit, and prevented the ropes from be? ing handed to her. Unable to combat such a display of public indignation and disapproval, the child was ordered to re tire; which she did amid the most tumul? tuous applause. Now, whether sho could have performed the feat again in her then condition, will be seen from the follow? ing : After she had retired, the stage mana? ger advanced and stated that she desired to perform another feat, and that sho was not injured, and the consent of tho audi? ence was asked. There was a general cry of "No, no," and considerable hiss? ing; but, taking advantage of a few cries of "Go on," from the boys in the gallery; the child again appeared, and mounting the platform, took hold of the rings and swung herself off for the purpose of catching the hanging trapeze, with her feet, and then making a sommersault while descending into an out-stretched net. As the audience felt would be the case, the child essayed the feat, but failed to catch the trapeze, owing to her ner? vous state, which was natural, under the circumstances, but she was saved fron injury by her commendable presence of mind in not lotting goof the ropes.- The consequence was that she swung back? wards and forwards amid a scone of much excitement, and was relieved from her perilous position by the audience, who caught her and carried her to the stage. ?Philadelphia Enquirer, 12th. -?. Support Your Home Paper.?We know of nothing that is more dishcarton ing to the publisher of a country newspa? per, than to bo told as ho often is : "I feel too poor to take your paper. I take the HeraJd (or some other huge weekly) and it costs m? but two dollars a year, and contains a deal more reading matter than yours." Does that man consider that its receipts for ono week are double the year? ly receipts of a country paper ? Does he consider also that if that paper were pub? lished a thousand years it would not ben? efit him as much as his home paper does in one? Thnt is the thing. See which will build up your own section ; sco which will be tho greater benofit to your own district. It is tho county paper that di? rects tho attention of people to your farms, and publishes to the world its ad? vantages, invites capital and advances every interest in itu own and adjoining counties. Besides, is it true that the huge wookly mado up of the jionderous articles of the daily, contains more valu? able matter than'jtho county paper. I{ is not. It is always tilled up with lengthy editorials on some subject foreign toj'our intorests and your taste, with long-wind? ed, gusty novels, (tho very bano of the reading public,) and extendod accounts of this and that; while 3*our county pa? per, if conducted properly, will giro you everything of importance in the most con? cise manner, and yon have your timo loft to spend in something more profit bio than wading through a whole case of type. " Let no one fail to take his county paper first, and if he should want a daily let that bo a second consideration. ??-*-?? ? The Now York Herald thinks that the Pennsylvania Democracy will have an "easy thing" in the Fall erection if they have the sagacity and pluck to put for nomination for Governor GenoraUJan cock. It also says that the nomination of Gon H., which would be equivalent to an election, would insure his successful candidacy for t he Presidency in lS7o The Desire to be Eich. This is the passion of the times, and is snowing sad effects in deranging many of our industries and demoralizing the productive classes generally. It begeis in our young nun a disposition to turii aside from all kinds of productive labor anci engage in trading and speculating, as promising easier arid speedier success in acquiring wealth; They have read of in? dividual cases of remarkable success in this way, and they hurry from the work? shops and tho farms into cities or centres of trade, in the confidence of soon plac-. ing themselves beyond the necessity of any form of hard labor. Perhaps ninety nine out of one hundred of them are dis? appointed, but the admonition is unheed? ed. Each one thinks he h to be the ex? ception, and many rush recklessly on in tho same course. The consequence is not only the disap? pointment and suffering of the multitudes who fail, but the great loss of productive industry to tho community at large. The workshops are, to a great extent, deserted or filled with incompetent workmen.?? Farms are neglected, consumers are in? creased, while production is diminished. The effect is seen in many of the indus? trial and social evils of the time. There is nothing wrong in the desire of an easy competence, or even affluence, if there is a disposition to make a good use4 of it. The wrong is an inordinate desire of wealth, and recklessness in the pursuit of it. Unquestionably, one of thecrying evils of tho times is a determination to be rich on the easiest possible conditions and. this sometimes withb?t any consideration of what is morally right or wrong. The whirl of trading lite is very far from be? ing the best for morals. Even in the legitimate mercantilfe business there aro temptations so varied and strong that on? ly men firm in ivhat is true and right can| entirely resist them. There are so many, who think it but a legitimate part of their business tb circumvent or overreach their neighbors, that an atmosphere is. created about some departments of trade inside of which no honest man can breathe with comfort; The marvel is, that in euch' a state of things there are so many whose business character and transactions are without reproach. The mon who gener? ally fail with loss of all, morals as much as money, are, no doubt of the class who' have rushed into this sphere of life witb. inordinate desiro of wealth. Lot young men who are determining their pursuits in life think of these things. Let them get rid of any prejudice th?ft may have crept into their minds against industrial pursuits. They are among th& most honorable^ and, as times now are and arc likely to be in this country, are' really the most certain of securing fill needed earthly gain. We believe we are safe in saying that there is no country in the world; and there has never been a time in the history of this country, in which such a career was opened to young men who choose to* begin at the bottom of the ladder; and! learn any industrial pursuit,,or any work" of production thoroughly, ami stick to it faithfully, as is open to young men in the United States at this moment. A'ny boy of good education, who chooses to gd in-, to a mill or workshop, and make himself master of any branch of industry, and determine to live by it, and stick to it; and make a profession of thoroughness a$a fidelity, may. feel as sure of fortune and influenco as it is ever permitted to mor? tals to feel. The very multitude of those who will not submit to drudgery, Who1 love "gentility" and change,- prefer job? bing and speculating to producing, make' his triumph all the easier, because they make him all the more remarkable by" contrast, and the prizes which alf the' great fields of industry offer t?snch men, afe n?i only numerous, but of dn?Tm??a' vaule. Parents and boys are begirrnrng to find this out, and wo have little doubt we shall see, before' long, a tolerably gen? eral reaction in favor of steady industry. ?Exchange; Gems or Worth from the Pens op' Thinkers.?Love is like a hunter, wha cares rtot for the game when once caught, which he may have pursued with the most intense and breathless eagerness. Love is stronger in pursuit; friendship in poS* session. Tho moral and apprehensive nature of girls is more rapidly developed than tho minds of boys,- as satellites move quicker than planets, or as flowers bloom sooner in valleys than on monntains. Tho fireside is a school of infinite impor? tance; it is important because it is uni.-. versal, and because the education it be? stows, being woven in with the woe? o?' childhood, gives form and color to the whole texture of lile. Were it given to tho organic eye to* see into the minds of others,, we should judge a man much more surel.vc from what, he dreams than from what ho thinks;, there is will in the thought,, there is none; in tho droam. When we see two. young lovers kneel? ing at the altar, the heart's wish is, that they may resemble tine married in heaven,, who, according to Swcdenborg'a vision* always melt into one angeL It is the most momentous question a. woman is ever called on to decide, wheth? er the faults of tho ma-% she loves will? drag, her dqwn, or whether sho is compe? tent to be his earthly redeemer. ' Only ou* eradie semga, only those old cradle songs, sounding back on the mem* ory, soothe tho sorrowful soul to slumberr when it has wept itself hot and feverishi. -4ft ? Henry Ward Boecher compares the different religiuuo denominations to tho different pockets in a 6ui.t of clothes and says it is of little coqfcequcnce whether one goes to heaven, in a" inside or. out-. 1 pi do pocket. * ?