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Sutern Jiiicfltpccr. NEW TERMS. RATK5 OF SCBSCRirTIOX. Ono copy for one year. - - S 2.e0 ?? ?? six months, - - 1.25 Ten copies for one year, - - 29.0) Twenty copies " .'? .- - 87.50 The clubs of ten and twenty will be sent to any address. Subscriptions will not be received for a l?ss period than six. month*. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements will be inserted at the rale of One Dollar per square of one inch space for tho first insertion and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made with those ?wishing to advertise by the three, six or twelve months. Obituary notices exceeding ten lines will be cnarged for at advertising raises. For announcing candidates, Five Dollars in each case, invariably in advance. on HOXESTT THE BEST POLICY. It was 6 o'clock in the afternoon. At this time the great wholesale warehouse of Messrs. Hubbard & Son was wont to close, unless the pressure of business compelled the partners to keep open until later. The duty of closing usually devolved upon Edward Jodcs, a boy of fourteen, .who had lately been engaged \o per? form a few light duties, for which lie received she sum of fifty dollars annually. He was the "boy," but if he behaved himself so as to win the approbation of his employers, his chance of promotion was good. Yet there were some things that rendered this small salary a hard trial to him?circum? stances with which his employers were not ac? quainted. His mother was "a widow. The sudden death of Mr. Jones had thrown the en? tire family upon their own resources, aud they were indeed but slender. There was an older sister who assisted her mother to sew, and this, with Edward's salary, constituted the entire income of the family. Yet, by means of untiring industry, they had contrived thus far to live, using economy, of course. Yet they had wanted none of the ab? solute necessities of life. But Marv Jones, Edward's sister, grew sick. She bad taken a severe cold, Avhieh had termi? nated in a fever. This not only cut off the in? come arising from her own labor, but also pre? vented her mother from accomplishing as much as she would otherwise have been able to do. On the morning of the day on which our story commences, Mary had expressed a long? ing for an orange. In her fever it would have been grateful to her. It is hard indeed when we are obliged to deny those we love what would be a refreshment and a benefit to them. Mrs. Jones felt this, and so did Edward. "I only wish that I could buy you one, Ma? ry," said Edward, just as he set out for the store.' "Next year I shall receive a larger sal? ary, and then we won't have to pinch so much." "Never mind, Edward," said Mary, smiling faintly ; "I ought not to have asked you for it, knowing how hard you and mother find it to get along without me." "Don't trouble yourself about that, Mary," said Mrs. Jones, soothingly, though her heart sank within-her at the thought of her empty larder. "Only get well, aud we shall get along well enough afterward." It was with the memory of this scone that Edward went to the store in the morning. All around were boxes of rich goods, representing thousands of dollars in money. "Oh," thought he, "if I only had the value of one of these boxes, how Hatch good it would do poor Man\" Ami Edward sighed. The long day wore away at last, and Edward was about to close the warehouse. But as he passed the desk of his employer his attention was drawn to a bit of paper lying on the floor beneath. He picked it up, and to his great joy found it to be a ten dollar hill. The first thought that flashed upon him was, "How much good this will do Mary ; lean buy her that orange she wants, and she will have some every day; and perhaps she would like a chicken." But a moment later his countenance fell. "It isn't mine," he sighed "It must be Mr. Hubbard's. This is his desk, and he must have dropped it. Still," urged the tempter, "he will never know it. And, after all, what are ten dollars to him ? He is worth a hundred thousand." Still, Edward was not satisfied. It belonged to Mr. Hubbard?it was. rightfully his, and must be given back to him. "I'll go to his house and give it to him this very night," said Edward. ""Otherwise I will be tempted to keep it." He determined to go to Mr. Hubbard's bo fore he went home. The sight of his sister would, perhaps, weaken his resolution, and this must never be. He must preserve his in? tegrity at all hazards. He knew where Mr. Hubbard lived. It was a fine looking house, on a fashionable street. He had passed it several times, and wondered whether a man uiust not feel happy who is able to live in such style. Without unnecessary de? lay, therefore, he went to the house, and ab? sconding the steps, rang the bell. A man ser? vant came to the door. "Well""' he said. ^ Mr. Hubbard at home?" "Yes, but he has just come in, and I don't think he can see you," was the supercilious rc piy. . "I am in his employ," said Edward,.quietly, "and I have come from the store. I think he will see me if you mention this to him." "Very well, you can come in." Edward was left standing in the hall while Mr. Hubbard was sought by the servant. ''Well?" he said, inquiringly, "hasanything happened ".No, sir,'* said Edward, "but I picked up this bill near your desk, and I supposed you must have dropped it. I thought I had better bring it here directly." "\ou have done well," said Mr. Hubbard, "and I will remember it. Honesty is a very valuable quality in a boy just commencing a business-career. Hereafter I shall have per? fect confidence in your honesty." Edward was gratified by this assurance, yet, as the door closed behind him, and In- walked out into the street, the thought of his sister sick at home again turned upon him, and he thought regretfully how much good could have been done with ten dollars. Not that he re? gretted that he had been honest. There was satisfaction in doing right, but I think my reader will understand his feelings without ex? planation*. Mrs. Jones brought some toast to her daugh? ter's bedside, but Mary motioned it away. "I thank you for taking the trouble to make it, mother," she said, ''but I don't think 1 could possibly eat it." "Is there a&y. thing you could relish, Mary?" "No,'' she said, hesitatingly, "nothing that we can get." Mrs. Jones sighed?a sigh which Edward echoed. It was with a heavy heart that Edward start? ed to the warehouse the next morning. He had never felt the cravings for wealth that now took possession of him. He set about his duties as usual. About two hours after he had arrived at the warehouse, Mr. Hubbard entered. He did not at first ap? pear to notice Edward, but in about half an hour summoned him to the office, which was partitioned off from the remainder of the spa? cious rooms in which poods were stored. He smiled pleasantly as Edward entered his presence. "Tell me frankly, did you not feel an im? pulse to keep the" bill which vou found last night?" 1 "I hope vou won't be offended with me, Mr. Hubbard," said Edward, "if I say I did." "Tell me all about it," said Mr. Hubbard, with interest. "What was it that withheld you ? I should never have known it." "I knew that," said Edward. "Then what withheld you from taking it V* "First, I will tell you what tempted me," said Edward. "My mother and sister are ob? liged to depend upon sewing for a living, and we live but poorly at best'. But a fortnight since Mary became sick, and since :hen we have had a hard time. Mary's appetite is poor, and she does not relish food, but we are able to get her nothing better. When I picked up that bill I could not help thinking how much I could buy with it for her." "And yet you did not take it ?" "No, sir, it would have been wrong, and I could not have looked you in the face after it." Edward spoke in tones of modest confidence. Mr. Hubbard went to his desk and wrote a check. '?How much do I pay you now ?" he asked. ".Fifty dollars a year," said Edward. "Henceforth your duties will be increased, and I will pay you two hundred. Will that please you'?" "Two hundred dollars a jvar!" exclaimed Edward, bis eyes sparkling with delight. "Yes. at the end of the year that will be in? creased, as I have no doubt you will continue to merit my confidence." "Oh, sir,"how can I thank you?" said Ed? ward, full of gratitude. "By preserving your integrity. As I pre? sume you are in present need of money, I will pay you one quarter in advance. Here is a check for fifty dollars, which you can get cash? ed at the bank. And, by the way, you can have the rest of the day to yourself." Edward flew to the bank, and with his sud? den riches hastened to the market, where he purchased a supply of provisions such as he knew would be welcome at home, and then made haste to announce his good fortune. A weight seemed to fall off the hearts of the mother and daughter as they heard his hurried story, and Mrs. Jones thanked God for bestow? ing "upon her son those good principles which had brought this great relief. And Mr. Hubbard slept none the worse that night, that at a slight pecuniary sacrifice he had done a kind action, confirmed a boy in his integrity, and gladdened a struggling family. Edward advanced step by stcp^ and to-day he is at the head of one among the largest houses in America, and still maintains his rep? utation for honesty and fair dealing. Confederate Archives.?Wm. L. Stone recently delivered an oration before the Mcta Delta Chi fraternity in New York, says the Pittsburg Commercial, in the course of winch he gave some information concerning the disposi? tion made of the Confederate Archives at the close of the late war. These are his words : "On the morning of Mr. Davis' capture," says Mr. Stone, "David Tilghtnan waited upon him at his bedside, and said: 'Mr. Davis, by this map you may sec that the enemy arc here, such and such is the situation of the roads. If you come with mc you will be able to leave the country in safety. If you do not, you will be captured in five hours.' To Mr. Davis reply? ing, curtly, that he 'knew his own business best,' Tilghain continued, 'Very well,sir, I have been entrusted with the treasure and archives, and propose to secure them, even at the peril of the loss of your favor and of my life. I shall start at once by the route I have marked out.' "The result is well known. In less than five hours Mr. Davis was a prisoner, but the archives were safe When, a few weeks after, in the recesses of the forest Tilghman learned that all was lost, he alone, and with his own hands buried the treasure and archives, and, unless during the four days that elapsed be? tween parting with mc and his untoward death, he revealed the spot, the secret a- to the where? abouts of the archives is forever buried, and as loug as they shall be kept from the ken of man. so long shall the story he a monument to our brother's unswerving fidelity. This is the true history of the archives of the Southern Con? federacy, although rumors are from time to time set afloat of their being now in the vaults of this bank, and now of that.'' A flout) Hit.?We heard the other day, a good thing, which we feel bound to publish to the world : "Two young ladies, not a thousand miles from this place, of the sort that used to be called "cod-fish aristocracy," having lived in the country, perhaps all their live;, moved to town, and lacking the weight in the upper story, usually called brain, were in the habit of making fun at common things, and especially common or poor people. One evening in ta? king their usual stroll, they happened to pass by where a lady was engaged in untangling a rope from around her dog's neck, and in doing so she had to put her arm around the dog. When they discovered her, one of them re? marked, in the lady's hearing, "what queer tilings poor people are?see that woman hug? ging that dog!" The lady hearing the remark and knowing that if she turned the dog loose he would fly at the girls, therefore, in order to learn them a lesson and also to give them a little fright, she let the dog go and he bounded away to the fence, yelping with all his might, with eyes blared and mouth wide open, which frightened the girls almost out of their wits, when one of them asked in trembling tones, "Good woman, will your dog bite?" Tim lady coolly replied, "I have never known him to bite poor folks!"?Charlotte Observer. - Benevolent Order of Rni> Men.?A friend of ours, says an exchange, who took a trip to California, said that he was not afraid of the Indians, because he belonged to the Be? nevolent Order of lied Men, and knew all the passwords and winks, and the figurative lan? guage and things, and no savage was going to touch him, initialed and fixed up in regalia as he was. He hadn't gone more than a hundred miles from ? Omaha before a band of Indians came at him and scooped him up. lie look (he chief aside and whispered the password in his ear and gave him the grip twenty-six times on both hands, and made some observations about "fifty moons," and "happy hunting grounds." The chief replied in a fraternal manner by tomahawking him and jobbing Iiis butcher knife into his vitals. Our friend remarked that these ceremonies were not observed in his lodge; but the chief wanted to show him all the peculiari? ties of the Western system, so he scalped him and chopped oil' his nose, and was about to build a bonfire on his stomach, when some sol? diers arrived and rescued him. Hi- is now the bald-hcadcdcst Ucd Man this side of the Pacific ocean, and you never saw a person so disgusted with secret societies and Indian poetry. He is going to sue his lodge for passing a counterfeit grip on him, and for damage done by loss of his hair. -? ? ? -?- ? RxriDiTY fir Jafe.?Human life is like a path, the end of which is a frightful precipice. We are told so at the beginning. We try to check our onward step ; but no, it is decreed that we must march, march. An invincible ]tower drags us on, on unceasingly, on to the fearful gulf. A thousand troubles, crosses, vex- ) ations, beset our path ; but what are they, if only wc could avoid the frightful end? No, no; march, march, hasten on. From time to time, objects pleasant to the traveler, running waters and flowers which quickly pass, tempt to amusement. We rejoice because our hau ls pntsp a few flowers and fruits; flowers which fade ere the close of the day, and fruits which are lost in the tasting. What delusion ! en? chanted, dragged on nearer, nearer the gulf.? Already the joys, of life lose their brightness; the gardens tor us bloom less sweetly; the gay flowers become dim ; the plains lose their smiles, and the waters their transparency. Death throws its shadow on all things. We feel that we are nearer the brink ; one step more ; hor? ror seizes our souses; all is confusion ; and? we arc dead.?Translated fram Bossuet. \ Narrow Escape from Death. We shudder as wc make the following state? ment, received from the lips of the young gen ; tleman himself, and which we are enabled to ! vouch for in even- minute particular. It is an : escape from almost certain and horrid death, and constitutes one of the few exceptions to the deadly bite of the rattlesnake, which has generally been regarded by the medical frater? nity as necessarily fatal. The following are the facts of the case : On Wednesday morning at eight o,clock a young man named John Hill, about eighteen years of age, went to the mill of Mr. King sit? uated on the Canal, on business ; while waiting to see Major King, he crossed the Canal, and went into the low bushes on the opposite side ; when near the foot of an old cypress tree, bis attention was directed to a noise, which he took to be the cracking of dried twigs beneath him; a repetition of the noise directed his gaze im? mediately in front and to the right of him, when to his horror he saw an immense snake coiled and in the attitude of striking, within two feet of his person ; a nervous tenor seized him, and collecting his scattered thoughts, he attempted to escape from his perilous position, and while in the act of getting up was struck by the venomous reptile in the ripht arm, about two inches from the wrist. With spasmodic effort, he threw the snake from him, which fell about the same distance as it had originally made the attack, and while in the act of again coiling for a second blow, Mr. Hill had the presence of mind to take up a knot lying at his feet, and by a fortunate blow struck the reptile in the head, killing him. It was a rattlesnake with twenty-two rattles and a button, and con? sequently "twenty-two years old! The virus rapidly spread up the arm and insensibility soon intervened, fortunately not before the young man bad made his way out of the bushes to the high ground beyond, where some negroes were at work connected with the mill. They took him there immediately, and Mr. King being present, sent off immediately for whiskey and tobacco, freely administering large doses. Pre. Reed, Martin and Walsh were summoned, and the opinion was expressed that amputation would be necessary as the only resort to save life. Chloroform, spirits and tobacco were freely used in large quantities, which fortunate? ly proved an effectual remedy. Yesterday we saw Mr. Hill, who detailed the above. He is still, by the advice of his physicians, drinking large quantities of spirits, aud walking about. The swelling of the arm and the other well defined symptoms attending the bite of the ven? omous reptile have subsided, and the only indi? cation to be seen is the weli-dcfined marks of the lang of the snake on the arm as above stated, with considerable nervous excitement. The snake was carried home by the brother of the young man. and is preserved, indicating the age above mentioned.?Savannah Xctcs. Foolishness of Intemperance. The habit of drinking is, to our mind, the most inexcusable piece of destructive nonsense in the world. And no where is it more preva? lent than in cities. The money poured down tho throats of men each year is greater, than is expended for improvements. Whiskey shops, saloons, and all sorts of irrational devices and places to fool away money, arc found by the hundreds and thousands in cities. If a man is tired, he drinks ; if at work he drinks. If doing nothing he must have a nip every hour. If too warm he must have julip; too cold a hot whiskey. If he is by himself, out comes a flask or a bot? tle ; if in company, he stands treat till Iiis mon? ey is all gone ; then, like a "dead beat," he sits around till some one asks him up. A man of moderate salary steps into a saloon, invites half a dozen friends to drink, pays half a dollar or more, and walks out. Three or four times a day he repeats this, and always drinks when asked. It is social. Men mean nothing by it. But during the week half a man's salary is ]toured down his throat, destroying his stomach and weakening his nerves, over-exci? ting his brain, and robbing himself and family of money needed lor other purposes. But it is .social. Drink in the morning, at noon, at night, then a few between drinks. The brain whirls ?the hand grows unsteady?the pocket grows empty?the home ones sutler?the eyes look red and tremulous, as if ashamed?ambition is drowned in poison. Prettv soon, poor fellows, he is unfit for business?he makes mistakes. He is sick, unable to work. He is not lobe re? lied on. He leaves his place and in lime finds a poorer one. Then he l'cels blue?drinks still more, his family Millers, he leaves his place again, and at last dies a wreck. Bui it is social. We believe a man has no right to kill him? self suddenly or by slow poison. It may be none of our business in the abstract, yet wc arc sorry to sec men fooling themselves away, dying like weeds in a gutter when they might be men, upright, healthy, loved and useful, of benefit to themselves and others. And this is why we write against intemperance. Health is too precious l<? be wasted. Manhood is too noble to be thrown into the gutter. Bile is too sweet to he drugged with poisons now compounded and sold as liquors. To drink poison may be social, but it costs too much for us or any man who loves himself or others. Who of our reader* dare think of* this matter and act as their belter judgment shall dictate. .Steam Triumphs Ovek Mitscle.?T\j? young men from the. country called in at a De? troit foundry, a lew days ago, to get a piece of casting for some farm machinery. The em? ployees were absent at their dinners, with the exception of the engineer, who was oiling up the engine for the afternoon's work. It was running at low speed, and pumping water into the boiler. The country cousins looked with interest at its motions and the slow revolution of the large fly-wheel, and fell into a discussion as to the relative power of steam and human muscle. One of them finally offered to bet a dollar that he could "grab" the huge wheel and hold it. He stepped up to the engineer and asked permission to try it, which was readily granted, and, taking oil his coat and rolling Up his sleeve.-, braced himself for the effort. Watch? ing carefully until the right spoke came around, with a yell, to encourage himself, he clutehed it. He didn't exactly stop the wheel, in fact, he went over it without stopping, and was dis? charged in a parabolic orbit through space, coming down in a sand heap in the further part of the foundry. He was picked up a thorough? ly disgusted man, and so lame that he was obliged to climb into his wagon at the back end, quite satisfied, however, that steam was too much for him. -. A Pithy Sekmon to Youxg Mex.-?You are the architects of your own fortunes. Rely upon your strength of body and soul, 'fake lor your motto, self-reliance, honesty anil in? dustry; lor your star, faith, perseverance and pluck, and inscribe on your banner : "lie just ' and fear not." Don't take too much advice; keep at the helm, and steer your own ship.? .Strikeout. Think vvcllof yourself.. Fi re above the mark you intend to hit. Assume your po? sition. Don't practice excessive humility ; you can't get above your level,, as water don't run up hill?haul potatoes in a cart over a rough road, and the small potatoes will go to the bot? tom. Energy, invincible determination with a right motive, are the levers that rule the world. The great art of commanding is, take a fair share of the work. Civility costs nothing and buys everything. Don't drink ; don't gamble ; don't smoke ; don't swear; don't steal; don't -deceive ; don't tattle. Be polite ; be generous; be kind. Study hard. Play hard. Be in ear? nest. Be self-reliant. Bead good hooks. Love your fellow man as your God ; love your coun? try and obey the laws ; love truth' ; love virtue, j Always do what your conscience tells you to be j a duly, aud leave the consequences with God. ? A Kentuckian riding to his wife's fune- j ral, saw a scrub race on' the road, which so i excited his ruling passion that he yelled out, "Two to one on the roan ! Who takes me'?" ' In School Days. Still sits the school-house by the road, A ragged beggar sunning; Around it still the sumacs grow And blackberry vines are running. Within, the master's desk is seen, Poep-scarrcd by raps official; The warping floor, the battered 6eate, The jack-knife'6 carved initial; The charcoal frescoes on its wall; Its door's worn sill betraying The feet that, creeping slow to school, Went storming out to playing ! Long year? ago, a winter sun Shone over it at setting ; Lit up its Western window panes, And low eaves' icy fretting. It touched the tangled golden curls, And brown eyes full of grieving, Of one who still her steps delayed, When all the school were leaving. For near licr stood the little boy, Her childish favor singled ; His cap pulled low upon a face, Wlmre pride and shame were miugled. He sav her lift her eyes; he felt Tho : oft hand's light caressing, And heard the tremble of her voice, As If a fault confessing. "I'm sorry that I spelt the word; I hate to go above you, Because"?the brown eyes lower fell? "Because, you see, 1 love you!" Still memory to a gray-haired man That sweet child-face is showing, Dear girl! the grasses on her grave Have forty years been growing! He lives to learn, in life's hard school, How few who pass above him .Lament their triumphs and his loss, Like her?because they love him. Flour. A NEW INVENTION IN ITS MANUFACTURE. A mode of preparing wheat or other grain for grinding into flour has been invented in Basle, Switzerland, the object of which is to re? tain in the white or fine flour, made from the central body of the kernel, the nutritive prop? erties which have heretofore been lost by the separation of the bran, and could only be ob? tained in the Graham bread and bran, or black breads of various kinds. The grain of wheat divides, under the microscope, into three chief layers?1, the epidermis, or hull, or bran prop? er, which consists of ligneous or woody fiber, and is entirely without nutriment; 2, the gluten coating which lies between the hull and the starch, and is the most nutritious part of the grain, containing fourteen times as much phos? phorus as the remainder of the grain, and being rich in nitrogen. This portion, which is far superior in nutritive qualities to the superfine flour, is detached with the bran by the ordinary process, and so lost to the consumers of fine white flour. The bran alone is as free from nu? trition as so much basswood, and being rich in silica, is the chief cause of the attrition and blunting of millstones. Inside of the bran is the deposit of starch which forms the ordinary fine wheat flour. The process invented by Herr E. "Weiss, of Switzerland, for removing the bran only, with? out the gluten-coating, has been received with favor by scientific journals and practical men of Europe, and is well worthy a trial here, if, as we assume, it has not already been tried. It consists simply in moistening the wheat before grinding, in a solution of caustic soda in water, 140 pounds of the liquid, or seven per cent., being required for 2,<)0U pounds of grain. The solution is prepared by dissolving 63 pounds of caustic soda in 133 pounds of water. The steeping may be from fifteen to twenty minutes, and may be done in vats similar to those used by brewers. The caustic solution swells, and loosens the hull proper, so that it may be re? moved by the slightest friction, leaving the gluten with the body of the grain. The flour thus prepared is as white as the present super? fine, contains all the highly nutritive proper? ties of the Graham and bran breads, without their heaviness and sourness, and there is a perceptibly less waste in grinding. The success of the experiment can be easily tested and com? pared with (he present mode of removing the bran and gluten together, by the aid of a mi? croscope and a solution of iodine. The iodine, having the property to turn all nitrogenous substances yellow, if applied to a cross section of wheat, separated from its bran in this man? ner, will show the gluten coating as .1 bright yellow, clearly defined from the starch granules, which turn, under the iodine, to a deep violet. The ordinary flour, on the other hand, will show the violet only, while the bright yellow remains with the bran.? C'/tirm/o Tribune. - ? The sweetest of strains?trying to lift a pretty girl on a horse. ? A coquette is described as "a rose from which every lover plucks a leaf." The lovers do leave her?that's a fact. ? "My dear doctor,"' said' a lady, "I suffer a great deal with my eyes." "Be patient, mad? am," he replied, "you would probably suffer a great deal more without them." ? "A man who'd maliciously set fire to a barn," said good old Ehler Podson, "and burn up a stable full of horses and cows, ought to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'd like to be the one to do it." ? A .schoolmaster tells the following good one: "I was teaching in a quiet country village. The second morning of my session I had time to survey my surroundings, aud among the scanty furniture I espied a three-legged stool. 'Is Ibis the dunce-block?' I asked a little girl of five. The dark eyes sparkled, the curls nodded assent, and the lips rippled out?T guess so ; the teacher always sits on it.' " ? Now, they've been and arrested a young fellow in Pennsylvania, just for pounding his step-father with a stick of cordwood. Can't a felllow have any fun down there? ? Some ill-bred fellow has found out that husbands are like dough, because wives knead them. It has never occurred to us before, but may not this explain why there are so many crusty fellows. ? Cecil, when he had adopted infidel senti? ments in his youth, and thought himself proud of his arguments, said, long afterward, "There was one argument I could never get over?the influence and life of a holy mother." ? A man having married a woman in Tazc wclt county, III., who had already had four husbands, was asked why he became the fifth, lie said : "I am of an adventurous disposition, and having heard that her first husband ran away, the second hung himself, the third shot himself, and the fourth drowned himself, I wanted to try my luck and see what would be? come of me; and I am afraid," he added, with a sigh, "that I shan't have the pluck to do what any of my predecessors did." ? A Texas paper tells of a young couple who eloped on horseback, accompanied by a clergyman who wns to marry them. The lady's lather gave chase, and was overtaking the par? ty, when the maiden called out to the clerical friend, "Can't you marry us as wc run ?" The idea took, and he commenced the ritual, and just a.s the bride's hither clutched her bridle rein the clergyman pronounced the lovers man and wife. The father was so pleased with the dashing action, that, as the story goes, he gave them his blessing. ? Josh Billings thus speaks of a new agri- j cultural' implement, to which the attention of farmers is invited:?John Rogers' revolving, expanding, unceremonious, self-adjusting, self contrakting, self-sharpening, self-greasing and self-righteous boss rake iz now and forever of? fered lew a generous publik. Theze rakes arc a/, eazy to keep in repair az a hitching post, and : will rake up a paper of pins sowed hroadkast in a ten aker lot of wheat stubble. Theze rakes kau be used in the winter for a hen roost or be sawed up in stove wood for the kitchen fire. No farmer ov good moral karaktcr should be without this rake, even if he to has steal one. A Female Sheriff?How She Suppressed a Jail Revolt. Much interest has been excited by the im? panelling of a jury of women in Wyoming Territory, and the appointment of females as notaries public and to other civic functions heretofore supposed to be irrevocably reserved to the masculine sex. It is reserved to Iowa, however, to produce the first female Sheriff, and to Des Moines county to be the first in the State to accord to a woman the difficult and trying duties of the Sheriffalty. It is true the people have not formally elected a lady as Sheriff of this county, but in so far as "practice is bettet than precept," the substance superior to the shadow, and the deed greater than the name, to that extent Des Moines countv has a lady Sheriff, or at least a lady Deputy Sheriff. Of course we allude to the estimable wife of our worthy Sheriff, J. H. Latty, Esq. Mrs. Latty at various times has displayed a remarkable coolness and nerve in the management of the county jail, over which she presides with a firmness of judgment and a vigor of rule rarely excelled by the best of prison wardens. At one time a desperado confined in one of the cells attempted to escape by making a man of straw reclining upon his couch as usual, while the flesh and blood prisoner secreted him? self in an empty cell and waited the advent of Mrs. Latty, who, in the absence of her husband, entered the jail room to lock up prisoners for the night. When she came to the cell con? taining the man of straw, a very clever imita? tion of a man asleep, she called his name, and, hearing no response, entered and detected the cheat. Instead of calling for help in an emer? gency which plainly indicated a plot, and a de? termination upon the part of one or more pris? oners to break jail, Mrs. Latty quietly pro? ceeded to the other cell and marched the pro? spective fugitive back to his cell and locked him up. As he was a heavy muscular man, and the Deputy Sheriff a slender, light-built woman, it is evident that nerve triumphed over muscle. Womanly courage was more than a match for brutal force and the desperation of the criminal seeking to flee from the hands of justice. On another occasion, two young men in a cell refusing to cease their profane and boisterous language, the Deputy entered the cell and gave them a sound flogging with a whip, until, with tears in their eyes, the rascals promised better behavior. The last exploit of our Deputy, and one which recalled to our mind the preceding inci? dents, was the taking of a prisoner to the peni? tentiary a few days ago. A man who had beeu arrested for stealing a carpet bag at the Union depot in this city last January was sentenced at the last term of the District Court to two years imprisonment in the penitentiary, and was taken to Fort Madison by Mrs. Latty alone, without any nssistence from others, and duly delivered to Warden Helscy. The astonish? ment of the Warden and the Fort Madisonians knew no bounds.?Burlington Hawk Eye. -?*?? The Art of Reticence. But there is art, the. most consummate art, in appearing absolutely frank, yet never telling anything which it is not wished should be known, in being pleasantly chatty and conver? sational, yet never committing oneself to a statement or an opinion which might be used against one afterward?an est celare art em, in keeping one's own counsel as well as in other things. It is only after a long acquaintance with this kind of person that you find out he has been substantially reticent throughout, though apparently so frank. Caught by his easy manner, his genial talk, his ready sympa? thy, you have confided to him not only all you have of your own, but all you have of other people; and it is only long after, when you reflect quietly, undisturbed by the magnetism of his presence, that you come to the knowledge of how reticent he has been in the midst of this seeming frankness, and how little recip? rocity there has been in your confidences to? gether. You know such people for years, and you never know really more of them at the end than you did in the beginning. You cannot lay your finger on a fact that would in any way place them in your power ; and though you did not notice it at the time, and don't know how it has been done now, you feel that they have never trusted you, and have all along carefully avoided anything like confidence. But you are at their mercy by your own rashness, and if they do not destroy you, it is because they are reticent for you as well as toward you ; perhaps because they are good-natured, perhaps because they despise you i'or your very frankness too much to hurt you; but, above all things, not because they are ?nable. How you hate them when you think of the .--kill with which they took all that was offered to them, yet never let you see they gave nothing back for their own part?rather by the jugglery of manner made you believe that they were giving back as much as they were receiving. Perhaps it was a little ungenerous ; but they had the right to argue that if you could not keep your own counsel you would not be likely to keep theirs, and it w:is only kind at the time to let roa hoodwink yourself so that you might not be offended. In manner genial, frank, con? versational, sympathetic?in substance abso? lutely secret, cautious, never taken off their guard, never seduced into dangerous confidence, as careful for their friends as they are for them? selves, and careful even for strangers unknown to them?these people are the salvation as they arc the charm of society ; never making mis? chief, and, by their habitual reticence, raising up barriers at which gossip halts and rumor dies.?Saturday Review. Time.?When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me. When I read the epitaph of the beautiful, every inor? dinate desire dies out. When I see the tombs of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom wc mast quickly follow. When I see kings lying over those who deposed them, when 1 see rival wits placed side by side, or holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competi? tions, factions and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates on the tombs of some that died yesterday, and of some,, six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.?-Addison. ? The following, clipped from, an exchange, will be of interest to many who cannot find sufficient employment for their masticators at the table : "Chewing gum is made at Poduck, Massachusetts, of gum arabic, rosin and fat. Any kind of fat, even that of dead dogs, is used in the manufacture, and when all the ingredi? ents are placed in boiling kettles, a small quan? tity* of the most nauseous liquid foam is put in to whiten the gum." 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GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, \ Columbia, January 15, 1870. j ON and nfter WEDNESDAY, January 19, the following Schedule will be run daily, Sunday ex cepted, connecting wirb Night Train on Sonth Carolina Road, up and dowti, and with Nigh Train on Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Koad going North : L've Columbia 7.00 a m " Alston 8.40 a ra ?? Ncwb'ry 10.10 a ra Arr. Abbeville 3i00 p m '? Anderson 1.20 p tn " Gr'nviile 5.00 p m L've Greenville 5.45 a m " Anderson 0.25 a m " Abbeville 8.00 a m " Ncwb'ry 12.35 p ra " Alston 2.10 p ns Arr. Columbia 3".45 p m> The Train will return from Belton to Anderson on Monday and Friday mornings. JAMES 0. MEREDITH, Gen. Sup't. Jan 20, 1S70 30 a. biscuofp. c. wulbebx. jr. h. r-izr?. JOHX McFALL, WITH HENET BISCHOFF & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, A.VD dealers IS WINES, LIQUORS, Cigars, Tobacco, ?See.,. NO. 107 EAST BAY., UliA&IUESMH, S?. Nuv 25, 18G9 22 Schedule Blue Ridge Railroad.. 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