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A GOOD INVESTMENT. Mark Coleman was an industrious, hard working yonng man, who had he- j gun the world with nothing, but who had very firmly settled one thing in his mind, which was. that he would some ! day be rich. Another point was, if |m.?.< sib'le, still more firmly settled, namely, that he would never run in debt to the value of a dollar. He'had worked hard for several years, as a journeyman, at his trade id'carpenter, to obtain the means to erect a small house and shop of his own. He had been for .some time attach* od to an estimable young woman, as poor in the world as himself. Their union had been so long deferred, that both par? lies grew impatient for the time to come. Though only two rooms in the house were finished so as to be habitable, they resolved to wait no longer. l>iit a small sum of money remained to furnish even these two rooms, But, scanty as was the furniture which this sum would procure, they adhered to their tir>t resolution not to run in debt, but to wait until more could be procured without obtaining it on credit. Cue day a visitor was announced at their humble home?no less a personage than the wealthy Mrs. Ives. "You seem to be setting out right in the world, my young friend,*' she said, as she looked around their room. "I suppose you intend to be rieh one of* these days, and I think you will succeed." "Wc hope some day to be better oil' than we now arc."' replied Mr. Coleman. "I know we have begun life differently from most young people," he added, cast? ing his eyes around the scantily furnish? ed apartment, "and the most of our neighbors think the worse of us for it. Bui the fact is. we have both of us set out with the determination never to con? tract a riebt." '"I doubt not you will -soon be aide to finish your hou-e and furnish it neatly," said Mrs. Ives. kindly and approvingly. *'I admire your spirit of holiest indepen? dence, anil should be sorry to do anything to wound it. But we have some furniture in mir garret, which has been stored there i" make room for more, and it' you will accept the loan of sonic chairs and a table until it is convenient for you to purchase those which will suit you bet? ter, it will gratify me very much to let you have them." This oder was made with so much kindness and delicacy, that Mr. Coleman could not refuse it. or fc?tl wounded by it. Alter Mrs. Ives had left, he exclaimed: "That is what I call a kind-hearted, true hearted woman. She has made me think better of all the world than I did half an hour ago." This was true. This delicate act of kindness had stolen the bitterness from the heart of the proud man?for proud he was. and it had tati_riit him to think more charitably of all bis nice. Years passed on, and Mark Coleman's dream- of wealth were more than real? ized. Iiis house was hi finished, and neatly furnished, after which In- had no reason to complain of the shyness of his neighbors. Hi;; he did not remain there many year-, lie removed to a larger place, where he could extend his busi- | ncss operation-;. After the iir-t few years wealth flowed in upon him a- rapidly a- | he could desire. But it is not our pur? pose to follow him through his course. Our tale iww passes over a period of .some year-. In a pleasant village, many miles distant from its opening scene, .stands an old dilapidated dwelling, of that peculiar hue which the suns and storms of three-fourths of a century im? part to the natural color of w.1. This dwelling is inhabited by a poor widow and her invalid granddaughter, a girl of fourteen. The couch of the invalid i placcd in the most comfortable corner of the only comfortable apartment the dwelling contains. A stand is placed close by the side of the bed. covered with a clean white cloth. On this stand the widow is preparing to place their simple evening meal. The family were very ].r. This was evident from all the sufferings of their humble home, and from the tone of the young girl as she asked anxiously : "Will the food we have last longer than to-morrow 1" "J think not," was the reply of the widow. "Does not your faith begin to fail you yet, grandmother?" she asked, as she looked at her grandmother's counte? nance. "Why should it, my dear? We have not rem lied the extremity yet. 'Man's extremity is God's opportunity,' you know." But the faith of the young girl had not lai n strengthened and developed by a life of discipline and trial. Sin- knew not how to trust in an hour so dark as this. All the cveningslu; tossed restless? ly upon In r pillow. Withdrawing the curtain which shaded the window near her bed, and looking out she suddenly exclaimed : "Oh, grandmother! brilliant lights are gleaming from the windows of the great house on the hill. What does ii mean? The hon-'- ha- been shut up ever since We lived lu re." "I hi- reminds mo," said her grand? mother, "of what Mrs. More t.,ld me to? day. She said that a wealthy gentleman had purchased tin- house, and was mov? ing in." Alice gawd a few minutes longer at the. bright light '.'learning from the win? dows, then sinking back on her pillow w it Ii .1 sigh, she said : "How cheerful it look- over there! how ditfercnl thcr home from our-!" Her aged parent read what was passing j u In r t'lOllghts, and -aid : "Alice, my child, do not envy the in? mates of yonder mansion. Our sorrow-. I trust, are preparing u- fur a brighter home tit.in that. IIhtc is no mansion on earth, however pleasant or riehlv fur? nished i! may be, into which sin, sullcr iiijf. and death have noi free entrance. Bill into the home towards which wv are journeying, neither weeping nor wailing can ever enter. I low glorious will l.e the light of that place, which ha- no ihm d oi the sun, neither of the moon to lighten it. lor 'he glory of < rod is tie- jjghl there? of." Allot In r day wore away, and the wid? ow's little .stock of provisions wa- quite exhausted. As evening drew on she sal by the bedside of the invalid, einb'.'ivor i 11 ir. t" sustain her by tin- repel it ion of those sure promises on which her own soul rested. The gray twilight was f.|.; deepening into the ihiak diadesof night, and objects were bec.oniiiiir iiidi-t ilicl, when the w idoiv 1 perceived tin figure.of a man approach jn ? her dw, Ilinp She basteln I to li^nt j her last caudle, and had handy lime to d<> so before a gentle rap summoned her ! tu the dour. The door b< in?! opened, a gentleman, apparently about sixty, en? tered tin* apartment, ami accepted ihr widow's coitrteou- invitation to he seated. "I hope you will not consider this rail as an intrusion," he said. '*l have now become:! neighbor of yours. Yesterday I moved into the house yonder on the hill?perhaps you will think I lay claim to the privilege of making a neighborly call at an early day. I!ut to this claim 1 pclieve I may add another, that of former acquaintance." "Indeed." said the widow, in a tone of voice indicating some surprise, while at tin- same time she closely scanned the countenance of her visitor, to see il she could discover any familiar lineament there. "You do not recognize me?" "I do not." "Do you remember a young mechanic by the name of .Mark Coleman, who was settled near you when you lived in n-?" "oh. yes; I remember Mark Coleman very well." "Well. I am Mark Coleman." 'Is it pnssjiii,.; And you have come t<< reside in the large house yonder." "I have. You are surprised, but you cannot possibly be more so than I was this morning, when asking one of my j new neighbors who resided here. I was j informed that it was Mr-. Ivos, the widow of the late General Ives." Mr. i ??'Ionian sat for half an hour eon versing <?f the pasta id the present. His manner was very kind and respectful. When rising to leave he said : "Now. Mrs. Ives. J have one request to make you. If I should consider it a duty, and also a great privilege, to return some oi" the kindnesses of former years, I beg you will not feel oppressed with the slighest weight of obligation on that ac? count, hut will regard it ;is no more than what i< just IV due." As Mrs. Ives lighted Mr. Coleman through the little hall leading to the outer door, he pointed to a basket, which Uli perceived by her he had depo-itcd there on entering. "Hearing you had an invalid grand? daughter," he said, "although it i- my first visit, I have ventured to bring along some detieacies which may tempt her appetite." Mrs. Ives took the basket to the bed? side of Alice, and displaying its contents said: "See hero ! My child, we only asked for bread, and our Heavenly Father has given us luxuries which might tempt the appetite of an epicure. Shall we not trust him for the future ?' Since the time that Mrs. Ives and Mr. Coleman were formerly neighbors, Mrs. Ives had passe?! Ihrough a l"te.r season of bereavement and losses. Death had de? prived her of !n r beloved husband, and not one of the dear circle of her children remained to her. Losses and misfor? tunes had also -tripped thelii of their once haild?omc property. All that was now left to her was one grandchild, appa? rently a confirmed invalid.and tln-dilap- j idatcd dwelling which sheltered them. This had once been mortgaged to her j husband, and now remained in U -, session, because tli. who bad claims upon the estate had not thought it worth looking after. After the night of Mr. Coleman'- first visit, the wants of Mrs. |Ve- and her grand-daughter were abundantly silp plicd by him. Several weeks passed away, and winter drew near. "I fear," said Alice to tier grand-moth? er one night, "that voll will never gel through the cold weather, in this uncom? fortable dwelling." ?'What! distrusting again, Alice, when wo have been so womlcrfullv provided lor!" "I know Mr. Coleman i- very kind, and make- us as comfortable as we can be made here, but you are aged and in? firm, and never -pent a winter in such an abode as this." Mrs. Ives was about to reply, when Alice, who h;i? looking out of the win? dow, exclaimed: "There comes Mrs. More. I wonder what has happened. She must have some new- to communicate, for nothing else would bring her here." Mrs. More did not keep Alice in sus? pense a great while, for she had not been seated long when she opened her budget of news. "Voii know," she said, turning to Mrs. Ives, "that cottage at the foot of the hill, beyond Mr. Colemuii's?" "Yes, it has been shut up over since we lived here." "It is -old." "Who !.ghl it "Mr. ('oh.-man has bought it. As I passed the house to-day, I saw a large load of goods -laud before tin' door, enough to furnish the cottage very neat? ly, so I siiptMisc it will so..ii be inhabited. Kvcry one i- curious to know who i- go- i illg to live there." Mrs. Ives smiled a- she replied: "If the goods have come, no doubt the in? mates will shortly follow, -o that every one's eiirio-ity will probably soon be gratified." The next day was one id' those b- aitti ftil days which often occur in tin- latter part of November, and wh. charms i are partially expressed by tie- appella? tion of "Indian summer." In tie neun illg, ;i- Alice looked from the window, ! she called to her grandinoiher, sayin? : j "Mr. Coleinan's carriage is driving up to the door, grandmother." Mr. < 'olciiiau alighted from the car? riage and entered tie- house; "Come, A lie.-." -.iid be, "don't you think you have strength to take a short ride .' This day may be the last of our Indian summer." Alice was pleased with the thought of a ride, though somewhat doubtful ii she w.-re able to bear the exertion. "I think voll can,"said Mr. Coh-m.m. "The driver and myself will place you care full v in the carriage, which is very ease and your grandmother shall go with voii." All' this was x. :i.iplished. \ Mr. i "ol, ni.in himself entered the carri? age- lie s;iid : I "You had better take a farewell look ill the obi house, Alice, for il is ie>? prob able that von will ever sec il again." Alice looked a' Iiini with a startled air. w hied Mr. Coleman, perceiving,said: " I loii'l lie alaiini d. \ lice. I f voll should wish lo n turn, I pi.i e to briii" voii safely back." j I Ii?? carriage p i--. I up the gcnii?: J :i--c,.||t leading to Mr. t V.l? m in house, j 1 and down again on the oppo . |. . un t.l i' ii ache I Ihe cottage -p .!.. n -.1 by { Mrs, M.,r<. It ilrew up before the dooi I of this cottage. '*|low ilo von like your new Imme, j Alice:*" askcil Mr. Cofcman. "I hope it pleases ymi. lor your grandmother has a deed of the place." Mrs. Ives Imikeil at Mr. Coleman in surprise. "It is true, madam, and here i- Mm document," said Mr. Coleiuaii. iishe took | a paper from Iii- pocket and placed it in her hands. "Hut we miisl nut .speak of this now. for Alice i- growing tir???I." So saying he lei dow n the steps ol the carriage, ami gently lifting Alice, mit. h?re her into one of the ueal front rooms of the collage, and pla.I her upon a hod, which had been carefully prepared for this pur) rose. '?Oh, Mr. Coleman!"said Alice, "how kind"? "Now, li" thanks, Alice," interrupted Mr. Coleman, "for there is no call for any. Volt sec I am going to ask your grandmother to give mo a title to the house voll have left, ill exchange for lin? den! which 1 have spoken of. As it i iu full view of my own dwelling, and add- not at all to the beauty of the land- i -cape. I shall consider myself ipiitc a 1 gainer, to obtain ihe privilege of pulling i it down."' I Alice and her grandmother spent a very comfortable winter in iheir new ami plea-ant 1. In the spring Mr. Cole? man proposed that Alice should spend the summer in a neighboring city, under the care of nu eminent physician, who he hoped might restore her to health. The plan was carried out with the most grati? fying results. Alice returned in the fall j with health greatly improved, ami with | the prospect of a speedy and permanent I recovery. As she was sitting by her j grandmother's lire, one evening soon af- j ter her return, -he said: 'it is ju-t one year to-night, grand- | mother, since Mr. Coleman called upon ; U-, and found us in such deep distress.? ,' How very, very kind he has been to us. If you had been his own mother and I his daughter, he could not have been more kind. What can have led him to lake so deep an interest in it- '.''' 'i am sure 1 don't know, my dear.? We were known to each other in former days, but 1 have no claim upon him for the many services he has rendered u?." "He seems to think dilfereiitly. He will never let us even thank him. but seems pained if we attempt to do so." Mr. Coleman did think differently,and we will listen to his own account of the matter. An old friend from the city was paying him a visit, and chanced to in? quire who lived in the neat cottage a: the feet of the hill. "Widow Ives resides there," was the reply. "Widow Ives.' Not the widow of t fen end Ives, formerly of 11-?" "Yes, the same." "l>oe? she own that collage?" "She does." "Hill I have been informed that she had |os| all her properly, ami was left quite destitute." "She did l'<->- the bulk of her property. I hi! she mid" a good investmc.iil many years ago, which m>w yields her enough to supply her with all the comforts of life in her old age." "Indeed, I am very happy to hear it. I have been told that she i- a very esti? mable woman, and should like lo hear more of her history, particularly of un? fortunate investment of which voti .peak." In reply to this, Mr. Coleman related the history of his own setting mil in life, and dwelt upon the sincere and delicate kindness shown to him at that time by Mrs. Ives. He wound up his narrative by saving : "i he interest ol that old furniture shall supply that excellent woman with . .1 she needs, during the remainder of her life." T'?> Many NicwsPAPKits. -Bishop ('larke writes a.- follows to the New York periodicals are a good thing, but wo have too many of them, I do not mean that loo many enpi.-s ,,f ihe better class are circulated, but simply that tie iv i- a larger number of new-papers published than i- needed, and that there are too many magazine- of various sorts seeking for patronage. Kvery religious denomi? nation must have it- own organ, as a matter of course ; every shades of doe trine in each denomination also has j|s inoiith-picee ; and then conies the rivalry of various localities, trying to establish papers of their own. In some of mir cities there are a half do/en dailies, rep? resenting the same political party, all printing the same hews, and to.? ex? tent tilled with the same adv< rlisrtin nt-. In other department- we have ?|it:irl?-i lies, monthlies and w< ekli?*s without number, of every vrad>- of merit, and some with? out merit at all. It i- saM thai eight millions of d .!:.iv liavc been sunk dnriiej the pa.-l year i:i ! the periodical mid new-paper let-im--:! many publications have bee. extim :. ami as many more are struggiiu!! lo -u lain a precarious existence. There i- a constant proei of absorprion going on ?one periodical swallowing another, sometimes combining the various editors and contributors, and sometimes nm. The most pertinacious canvas-ing, the ino-1 extensive advertising, ihe inosi in Haled pulling, ihe lie-! liberal discounts, tin- distribution of clirohios and cheap sewiiig-inachincs, and various other mi saleable articles as premiums, fail lo in? sure a li-t of subscribers that i- remu? nerative parth bee.iu-e lie* markel i gliitled, and partly because ihe j.. ti.?Ii eal fails I.?>?! lie- wants and gratify ihe lasle of ihe community. The unfor? tunate editor can allord io pay littl. nothing to his contributors, ?%* h,- him? self has io write with grim poverty star? ing him in tile face, and po ?! pay y< in i ally means j Mior work. Mow miieh I"' J ii r it would be lo e ifieeutrati l.r< ngth , , upon a few able and w< II n mil in rali d : periodicals, j I lie newspapers would -ave a larire I amount of mom y llial i n??w < \pi md d ia (.laying for lie- same m-ws and di patches advertisers would be able lo reach a wider circle of readers, many vexatious quarrels that grow oiil of lln I telly rivalry of editors would lie ended and in place of the iveary plaliludi - llial iiow eliclllllber I lie eo| n ums ol oll i pi i i ."odicals1 we ini ii: altvay Iciac the fivsh ; j . ?: and l>. i i bought* .,f i |,e ;|ltle t minds and most \ i:.i ? rili r in i In land. j < Jen". ?Irani i- ibe la-1 ol'i ighlecii I I'n siijehls oi -If I in'' d - a! s, ? i; - an . xeh 11er?-. II- will I? tie I i t ol ihe IV : i- nl- ii he i ioi c lcttl< d in \l win . tel. ('<?!. J. \*i!>h Walls' I'x|m rit'iicc With tin.' (trasses ami Stock. As tin- grass -|iieslioii ami live stock raising at I lie .S mill arc attracting the at letiliiiii of a large class of our fanners, I thanks to such writers as Ifcv. (\ W. ! Ilowanl and l?r. Lee. I have ilnmglii i; j might add .-'mi.- little !?? their testimony, ' for me In -.'ice some of the experience of twenty yen - in raising "grass, hav. turn? ips, sheep, cattle. und butter," 1 I have never tried to make cheese,! and I am ready !?? hold up the hands of these men while 1 hey battle for so good a cause, and endorse their argiisiieiits with facts. Previous to II was farming in my native county, Lauren-. S. <'., but always having a fancy for stock and and believing that I could do better in North? ern Georgia than in Lauren.-. I moved and settled in t'ass County, about twelve miles from Mr. Ilowanl. where J farmed on the mixed plan with line success, rai inga> line clover a- 1 have ever seen grown anywhere else. When I first began sow? ing clover sei*?], I found the prejudices of my neighbors just sis strong against the grass? s a- in my native State, hut my -ilccc-s stimulated others, until that re? gion has become a line clover country. I | left there during the w ir. and after the j war settle*! al Martin's licpot, S. ''.. where I have grow ? a- good clover as I | ? v. r -aw, cutting mi.as ?n three good j er..p- from the same hind, but I am eon- I vine -I that w?: should iiol cut more than two crops, and randy more than one ; as i il mlis the land too much, tin- last crop should I*' !??!! on the land. I have made excellent hay of clover, herd's gni-s. and crab grass, and can tes? tily that it is :\- easy to mise clover here as anywhere in the l?nit?il States, it only reipiiring of us the same efforts made by others. The main cause of failure here i.-. that m-'-l p< r-.>iis try to get n crop of grain and clover at the same time, when the laud is too poor for one crop. Clo? ver should be 'own on land previously well cultivated in cotton, potatoes, pens, or some cleanly h.I cmp. I have -iie i;ee?le?.l better-owing in March than iinv other time, on laud freshly ploughed ami harrowed; aud, after -owing, harrow again, if convenient, but i; make- but little dilll-rciice whether harrowed in or not. a- the lirsl shower will put it in ; he -ure to put no crop with it. unless it be orchard gras- ; oats will dry i: up. and ruin your stand. If weeds come up, all the better, for they will garrison the clo? ver against the crab grass, and will not injure the crop. I have rai?c?l turnip- with line success, both here and in IJcorgia; have grown three hundred bushels t., t|u. acre, with hut little trouble ami expense, and have no doubt we can raise three limes three, if a proper etlbrl he made. We usually take up niir turnips, and bed them like potatoes, and feed, as Wt need them, to sheep and rattli*. II- rd's grass can be grown hero to prr !c?,!io,,i. I lind it growing on our branch bottom- lu-arlyeverywhere I go. < irehard gras- dors well here, aud is the best mix- ' iure witi: red eloverthat I have tri? ?!. Uith ripening at thcsaiiu' time. Wenlsoliavc tin- iScriiiUda gras?, and. from prc.-ciit in di atioti-, i: will .n p-.-- al! the bot? tom laud in this section, ami the earlier the-heiter: thru - .me people will have iM.i-- i hay who ha?l never known I lie .i "I" it : and. for permanent pasture. the I'.ermuda grass and white clover. I mixed, will make about a- perfect a pa-- I lure any other known grasses, each growing in i:- time, a- if the other was no; present, and furnishinggrazingiiear ly all the year. Kvcrvliody knows rrali gross, bill few k I lows it- value for hav; it ran-ly fails on well cultivated land and make- exeell. nl bay if cut while in bloom and Well cured: in addition tu ?bese we have an abundance of Japan clover /.??/???/' m *t?Uit.i.)\aitdotlnrgrass? es, for slieep pa-lure, and I a-s.-ri without tear of siicce-slul contradiction, that we can raise -beep In n* a- eh, aidy and prof italdy a- atiywher?' tiii- far North, and I am almost ready to -ay anywhere in the Luit? d Si.it- -. unless < 'aliforma furnish? es an ex. . ptioii: and tiii- may be done to a considerable extent without diminish? ing the coll..11 cr-.p : but. on t!,<- contra? ry, b\ grazing the waste places, we add a fertilizrr that i- \. i\ cheap, the manu? facturer working lor nothing and paying his board. The sheep.yield three crop-, w.iol, land.- and manure ; either of the first two will more than pay all expenses. Ii ,u ing the oth'-r two clear profit. It i- regarded good economy at the North, mi mixed farms, to keep one for every acre of tillable land. This can he done on m arly every cotton plantation, ami will add to, rather than diminish, the cotton; and wh.-ii other crojis of sheep feed tail, tile Cottoll SCC?| III.ike- all CXCel leiii fre?l. I have wintcnil oiirshrep en? tirely on raw cottoll -.1 I' d twice a day. at the rale of three bushels to the hllli dred sheep; even when we base plenty of oilier lei d. and We usually give lln-m j -...in- cottoll -? e.i, ni' which the) an- very j fmid. ? Mir .sheep pay us much better inj proportion lo outlay, than any i:r?'?|? we rai-e. and if I had the money, I ktiowof no in\i--tini'itI I would rathi-r make, than lo i.in a f. w hundred Merino sheep: I want live hundred on our I it ? I? - farm and will not lie silislied until I gi I llieiii. A- an evidence of the prolil of Merino sheep, I willstate that wintering ?"Avslasi winter eosi fifty cciitsa .id. and twt my? th.- yearlings averaged eight |?iinids ol w....I. -.lie ?_? ?. i i i ; ? a- high :i- !. ii. while ?Mir breeding rams-beared from fourteen to Iwi ;.:\ p..und- : |Li- wool i- worth in the ? Iii; alioiii thirty ihn ?? and a thud cents per p.-und. Kues having lamb- yield about oiic-tliiid lc-s I ha ii (hi ise without lam1-s. but always enough to pay for Ili?* board of le rsrll'aml lamb fer a year: so i lb.- l.i in I. start- ..lit of debt, and pays well j as In goes, aud iievi-r dies iiisol vclil. The vi. ad -t draw back I" the sheep business | i- not the want of grass, hay. or In mips. . !.:?! the i|ii? and thirl'; tin- former can be i|i-piis|.i| i,| with a sholleiii d biscuit, but I In latter furnishes a knotty ipie-timi I I i-aii'l -olvr. I have given-several facts, and v. ill give a theory that dillers from | Ilir generali) receivedopini'Mi ol kiiowiii" i on, . . i> i-. 11 :;i lircpan i in ly killed lo | \. r\ i.i '!?? ? . ii- gi'iM -' dogs ran-ly kill t sheep without tili aid-id li.nil i; n i- | ihr tit v, i; fi .| ra ? al thai >loi ? the mi-- i j i hi. f. al any rale, this has lireli lil\ e.\ | J p. l I. ic e. The I II i|o" |i< -ill- the klllillg | . jiii m ischiclV bill a fin his frolic is over li?> j return to take a i> iii of fresh mutOiii. ! when if voii arc in time \. >u will : him i . \ * i \ lime. i h. p... i| i|m? bunt - Ibi tii. j i iiinVlis and .lead car.as-. -. I j \\ . I'liive ?iii'cci |. d very well in-rai -ing ' i ? attle, bat otily I,. ? p a I. v.. :i ? tin- ii. . ;? : p ix -..iiui.li liellei' I have In I iiiore ! in Ihe'.s than a in "tin i I?? !,. which is a I waAs a lieaw lo :? llh v >?. I m:n n |.i ; I il li.iii. I lie I li.it we oil ' III old V l<> keep a fr-wgleain-rs; anil leave tin-bulk Ol" 11ll* ling l>lt-i||l ? |i| le|| cent- a lil!-'ie| corn men; liogs w ill hol pay where corn ' is worth tilly i . pi r lui-lu-l. j I should fiave added liii-erne to the hay I crop.- spoken nfabove About fmiryears ; ago, I prepared about half an acre of rich I land, that had been heavily manured the ; year before and planted in cotton, to prt - I pare for the hieerne; the land n:i- well ! prepared in tin- ~j?rinlT. I think in March, i and the -ceil sown in drill- eighteen inch? es apart; it soon came up and grew oil" , rapidly, ami the second year we cut live crops of hay, which I did not weigh, hut helieve it yielded at lea-! two tolls lo the acre at each cutting: jn-t think of ten acre- in such a cmp, and how many sheep it ivoiihl )'??<?? 1; hm rhc land must lie made verv rieh to vicld such cnips.?ltnft.il. C'irt,t;?t,tn. An'Illinois Farmer Lost in His Own Corn-Field. We have received a report this morn imr iVnin one of the townships in the eastern part of this county, adjoining the State of Indiana, and among other item- of interest '- the following, which illu-trate- in a striking manner not onlv i tin- unequalled fertility of the soil of Uli', nois. hut p: rtieularly the extreme gn>wth ! which crops, of all kind- have attained ; this season: A Frenchman by the name of ' 'atltell A. I iood'e, living in a l"h rii-li settlement, having occasion <>u Saturday j las) t<> visit hi* brother-in-law, living some live mihs distant ..n the prairie, h fl home ahoiii ? o'clock in the after-[ noon, ami to save a considerable distance,. attempted to shorten iii- walk by taking a ciit-olf through the intervening corn lieid-. To those unaccustomed to -eeing Illinois corn-lields, it may he well here ! t" -late that in that section of tin.lllttrv ; corn i- almost the only crop raised over j tie- M hole extent of the Coll lit TV for IllileS ! and miles, and the country I?. ing com? paratively young, there are hut few fen? ces or even hedges to mark the dividing lim-. To the eye it is ;i sea of corn, and I to Mr. t ioodlic m arly proVi d to he a wil- I ilerness as dangerous as the tHickles north woimIs. Shortly after he left home a severe storm, such as we have had in numbers during the summer, arose ami came driving upon him. and he was drenched to the skin. The walking he-; came fatiguing at every -ti p: the earth I tnoisti iied by the rain, ml lured t'> his hoots in great quantities, until i: became impossible for him to dnig them alter him. lie took them o}f and pllsln d on the best he could, but minute by minute tiie -..il became softer until lie sank near? ly to his km .- in the p->r<-;i- black earth. Night approached and darkness settled down upon the fields, lie was miles from any habitation : was tired ami near? ly exhausted, unable to get any land? mark, however slight, by which he might be guided t.i home or friends. The mil corn waved over him and it- depth- wen- ! impenetrable t:. his eyes, and lie realized ! that he mil-! pa-- the night in Solitude j a- if !:?? were in the mid-: of an African jungle. A- 'tie no longer could tell tin direction in which to go. ami could -care, iy drag one foot in advance of the other. In gave up ihe hopeless attempt, ami with a cla-p-knifi/ - hi- con-taut companion -cut down enough of the waving stocks to make him a bed arid covering, and shivering with cold and expo-u:v. he -ank into a heavy sleep. Night pas-vd and tin- glowing sun rose above tie- horizon and took it- slow but i lirele-s t .urse across the I nick less sky. ami -;ili he slept profound I v insensible to tiie passage of time. 'Ihe second night sped by. and iu-t a- the gniy light o| early dawn was lighting up tile World i he awoke. I "onfused by the light after iii- long sleep, although unaware that more than one night had gone by during his rest, he stumbled ab iiu in uncertain? ly for a tew minutes, until, ascending a small hillock, he east hi- eye- about and there beheld hi- own home within a few minutes' walk. In the darkness he had become so confused, and instead of going forward had constantly cro.-ed hi- own track, finally lying down within a stone's throw of his own lire-idc. We can easily imagine with what eager haste he crossed ihe tin idiug -pace, tor in hi- lonely con? dition the sight of a familiar face seClllcd an oasis in the desert of life. And irreal wa- his surprise at hi- wife and children greeting him as one returned from the -rave, for his protracted stay had made I hem fear that the lightning had struck him in his loiiel\ path, and search had been ..t once instituted, but without re? sult, a- they had not thought lo search the adjacent corn-Held. All hope was departing from theiii when he returned. -Jtif'itt \IU.) Sun. Tiimdv ami Sensible Advice. ? The editor of the N'orf.'k l Va.) tsnuU uhirt- i- a clear-headed and sagacious man. Treating of the receni Mississippi embroilment, he gives ibis sensible ad? vice; ""We may fairly demand from the white people a wi.-e n-scrvc in their in? tercourse with the negroes. In tie- e.i-e it appear- that tin- white men. through idle eurio-iiy, were present, ami provoked the unauthorized iulcrfen net of the Mar? shal, whoseaeli?tu precipitated tii. eolii ioli. It i- trite they had a rir lit to be present ; but every consideration of poli? te and sc!l'-ivspecl ?h'tiiM have restrained them Troin attending the meet ing. Had I lhe\ left the negroes to ;h,-ir nn a de\ i. e. j this Ir.i^e?l\ would not have been enacted, ami the unhappy man w hose illegal whi- ' key bmughi about the I rouble Wohld n >; j have been murdered after hi- surrender. In one word', our friend- in the I lull j late- should hold lh. m-t Ives a!- if from j mutinous meetings of the black-, and. leave them io their orators and lea i-. , !In- idols lo whom ilie\ Me irrevocably oiiied. There i- bui one cmirsc for ihe j bite people to adopt in the ir r. usi !y il icfc Slate-, and that wi ha.c imii< alt I. Whenever they de pari IV. llii- th. v w il' ?e liable lo life s:ime treatnieii! Si\c'e\ : ceivi d. and w i!' run lie i i : !i; ppi u id in this'-.ease; of involving "tu : ??? <"'<' ?veil from tii. r-i. in t.f .i. lion. 1*1 . re ituple room Im the two t... , -. ami in the ?i.-i ut agi-tat? ?I fiame??! the l-'tljtup! n nilid i'.'j in some .-I ihe :-!. '. - t.i il.. '..iitli of ii- ihe very best I bin"; for the hile pi o|.|e In do is to abstain from :i'l ontaci with the negroes mi public oeea ions, ol a |Ni|itieal nature. To \ i date hi- -oiiml rule, alike enforced l?\ emi-iil ralimis of public peace and p.-r-oiial !>? nil*.. wil! be to im u. the i !. .,: jn-l lieh -? m - a- thai w hi. h has b. eneiiael d in Mis-i -ippi." \ - itatoga phiiosopln r - .>m io a ? ? net il ihiii".. ..in a wi!'.-. a:vl y. i lie Ii .- k.. ? n I ;.i ' taken I'm a w ? ?. - :i -nitric ?I he I..h| ?w :\ many A Story of Short-Hand lb-porting. In spite u\ ||M. jealousies. bctwe< u ?!?? two bodies il i- quite mvii, ra?y conceded I litsu l>. K. >lnr|diy. id'tiii* .S nuti'. U Iii?. best short-hand re|mrler in tin- I'nited j Slati -. if i?.t in tin: whole world. This j man has r*-mrled at the rate of ihn . i hundred word- a minute, and maili: ropv I that could tli.-u aii'tinil'i-iv 1?- read h'v I any ni'his brothers. Tiii- %voiil?l seem like tin- greatest \><>?iblc l. at nfropor ? iurial skill, hm liiere i- another feat luld ni' ihe .?; I. ;? Murphy thai ha- never heeli ei|?iall ?>. The hare n |?eti'.i.ui of this -lory in private circles by ihe writer has earned him a character lor romancing entirely iiiidi-scrvri.l, fur it i- hurne nit hy Hi." -statriiietit ni' oll'u-ials .,!' high i positions. Wim witnessed the teat.and win. ever knew ullieials nf high position in I li.-? Anv one can see alter this huw n|ir ? -nrd and unjust it would In- to doubt the story. Some time ago a certain Indian chief eau.ii here with a pad; nf rcdbegrrar at his hark, !?> sumke a pipe with the great father, a- a preliminary butcher? ing all tii." frontier |.pie near his reser? vation. As tin- story goes the chief is n-pn s.-nted a- a t 'iioctaw. TheOhoetaw language i- fully a- complicated in it wonderful range of gutturals a- any of ! iin- barbarous frontier dialects, 'fie- iio ide I 'lioetaw chief made several sjireclles in tin- council at Washington. Tie- id | der Murphy was pre-i nt a; iitie of ti. : councils wftli a friend. This friend had often discussed with Murphy the beauty ' ..f phonograph). :!;<? art of transmitting soun !- into translatable -hap.- upon pa? per. Murphy had always insisted that a highly [rained |ihouogr.ipiier should lie aide to report a::y language, whether he [ iiudi-rstooil i; or no:, from the mere fol? lowing of the scale of it- vocaluratioii. i Tin- friend seriously doubted tili-, and al I the council challenged Murphy to report the < lioetaw chiei' by taking tin- sounds of the original speech. Iin- Chociaw | language, when fluently expr< ?. >|. i- a combination of sound- represented by a chicktit eating com oil" from a board, and the moaning and growling ? >: a sick terrier. Murphy was a iitti'- dashed at , the projmseil experiment, hut In- slmweil no hesitation, lb- lookout hi-n itc-hook ' and dashed after the crazy vowels and volcanic utterances thai came rumbling from the L'hoetaw's bowels. After tin-, confusion of ihe first moment Murphy : succeeded admirably in catching < vi ry ; inflection of tin- Indian's voice, and when | Murphy read notes !?> an in;, rpreter. I so clearly were they taken that :!i<- in- I lerpreter was able :?? easily translate them so tiiat t'u- n port thus made corn-spoil- , ? hd with the ollicial interpretation.-? 11'.:,/, hif,r. A Rccoiislriicted Filii nr. An incident occurred i:i a Ltltlalo (X. V. varieties theatre which was not in the oil!, and w hich even in that iustitii- j ?i-iii ol' lui-c--ihiiieoiis amuseuieiii was j novel and startling. An "editorial ex? cursion" of -ix Mi?issippi editors had | in'en travi Vorth, and wound up in | I'.tillalo. With a natural desire to see all j lliat wa ? he - they visited the tin-- | atre an 1 took -eat- in the parquet. Win :: j i'ac iMirrain fell for ;!:?? !;:-: time the mau ngor stepped forward and propos ?I "ihn c heartv ei.;?- for the Mississippi editors." a call to which the audience heartily responded. A response had to be made, and Colonel Stackhotisej of tin- lia/.le hurst ''". ?ih'tit, was called on to make it. j He took the stage ami made one of the iiiosi original speeches, we take it. ever j heard in that ijiieer place. After com-1 paring liimselt and hi- friends to ihe Ijllccti of Shelirl oil a visit to Solomon's dominion, he said : "Kellow-eitizens of liutfalo, we assure voii thai t!ii- iiivasinii of oursisahogeth- i er harmless in it- object. We are not soviiig out the land with any hostile in? tent. No, we an- much obliged to the few l>l.ly-shirl gi lltleiiiell among you, who. for some inscrutable purj> '->? IVov idciico may have in view, are allowed to iive and delay the year of jubilee in this American family, i.ut we have had enough of war -rather ton much of it. Our voice is for |h':icc. (Applause.* We are like tie- little dare d< vil hoy w ho ! placed around the heels of a mule, go| lisidlv kicked and hi- line frightfully mangled. Ih- asked hi- father if the -car- would ever di.sippc.ir from his face again. "No. sonny,*' replied (he -ire. "von will never he pretty again.but then you will have a damn sight more sense." I Laughter rind applause.] We are not going into any morewarwith yon fellows. If we had known Imw confounded tiu meniiis you were?what vast resources you had -what a nation of git up and gilters you are -we should tiever have been guilty of the absurdity of trying in w hip you in the first place.*' ??an? AtSiM'T t'nltN.- A writer in ihe West em llural says: "An intelligent ami re? liable neighlNir of ours, wie? lias forycars | been making ex pi rimcnls with corn, has iliscoven d an iiii|firtaiicc and value in replanting corn which i- quite novel au 1 worthy of publication. We have'-always thought replanted corn was ofven little coiiscqiicncc: i'lii tiii- getitlemaii >ays i; i-..i -o much i'oiisequeiicc that in- re? plants whether ii i- needed or not-: >??;. rather, lie plants, tw.' three weeks aller tie- crop i- plant, d. a hill every lificciith row. each way. II?--ay-: l! tin wi-atuer becomes dry during the tilling liinc.tho siiksand tassels both bei'.e dn and ?lead. In this condition, if it becoiue ?. a-.naMe. tin--iik revives and renews it - growth, hu: ibe tassels do no! recover. Then, for waul of pollen, the new -ilk i iirialilc to till ihe ottic for which ii was .!. signed-, fhc pollen from tie- replani? ?! . -in tli.-li ready lo supply tlie silk-.-aiid ;t:ii'tisllitig is ciitiipleled: II. says near*) i .di ihe aboiiT.vc ears. si. c..mni..n in all mops, ar?'cans. 11 by thi* want ni pidhn. I anil lie li is know :i ear- |o iloiilde ii ? ir j -i. ? in this .id tiding. I'-;, ,1111111. Ill to I i I I \ e|| : ? li'ii !i '.... just; l??-.-i? c.'iiiphii d.'w ii dmrt \\ !., |.Iaied io. : :!..- i i-t ic-iin- p!a. ? ..| j j'lie pm : in W . -tniii.-'. ??' . Iiir.i h'ya'rd. in 1 r.al:iiuoic. The m.oi tuciit iTir a m ein I nu ll! to the -I. ad p.n t Was bi '1111 th'e { Call.re Ti achers' A.iatioii aboiil I a vcar ag.i. and a-.ii a- the necessary I mm had . ii siibsci i!m d ri design t-'i the ' nioiuil n! wa- [?:. paved, and ihr cxci II i..<n . ntru ?? -I Mr, lliigh Si ? n li i ..; w !n;.:i ami stands . ; -hi teci i-liiVh. (.?::>??-,-ii a graniie base -i\ li-.i r -.luare. ? 'i'e .!? igii for the monument i? ' -imple and . U I When from her mountain height ' ii ;!.?!?!. .1 !i. r -i i i.l.-tt 1 !?? flic air. her . . pinu i i-., !. \, i\ itoll?, made j li. ; aiq<. ..i i-xc.-i .ilu p;in . I'tepai alien ami Sowing y/lical. I Tim exp.rien.f th. past year for a j large |?irli .11 of M ississippi. |.:|.!ui>I?;tc ! ly cxplodi ?! theory dial wheat is too hiiK-eriaiii a crop to grow i:i this;."?t?te, j an.I that i: docs not pay to raise it. The ?aheat harvest of thi y* arwa- the largest j < ?.. r grown ::i Mississippi, ami wherever j pains Were taki'ti it! ihe preparation of the land and Ihe land was -led soon enough, .ay by the l.'lh i,f October, the yield was lanro and mosl reiiitinerative. < Tin land intended for wheat should be thoroughly ami closely ploughed and well pulverized, forming a line ami linn seed ImiJ. Where the land i- m>| naturally rieh enough scatter cotton seed at tin- rate "i forty or. filly bushels to tin- acre and harrow t!i. in in with tin- wheat. This plan is almost certain to bring a good crv.i. I he s^ed should he carefully selected and thoroughly sifted ami cleaned. If tin- wheat has been affected with "smut'' it sh .'lid be steeped in a solution of blue -torn- fur ten or'twelve hours before plant? ing. ' ?r another plan we have used with great sueecs.- against smut and rn-:. is to make a strong brine of salt and water, strong enough tofloat an egg; soak the ! wheat for twenty-lbur hours in thi- 'urine, talcing care to -kirn otf all tin- defectfre grains and trash ihai rise to the top. To dry the tvheat so i: can Ik* handled.sprin? kle it with quick-lime. We have used this uiethiH] lor year-, ami have never km.wn it to fail. Wc also recommend the sowing of seed grown in:i ditlcreiit ?oil and climate, in* stead of that raised at home. We are satisfied that lid- method improves the quantity and quality ofthc yield of wheat, and we are strongly inclined to believe j that tin- wheat wiil not rust a- readily! ; -lieh at least has been ihe experience "f j many skilful fanners with whom we have conversed on the subject. I'p to this I time, the lied May wheat has proven the ; most reliable variety io - >w in our -oil and climate: other varieties that have been tried this year.hawgi nerally failed or have given such poor results as to bo Kvi ry farmer who contemplates sowing wheat this fail, should thoroughly pre? pare hi- land and sow it. from thel'i'tli of >epteiulter to tjMth 1 letober ami never ' later, if hc cX|MVt? his crop to escape the rusf. Also, sow tie- tiie r>d rust-proof oats early in tie fall it you expect good j crops. ?I'.tr.ii'r * \'ltfl}fil<n\ Sm.W.I. Vs. flltliA'l ClilMt.V.U.S.?(.tOV. Tiidi 11 of \, w Vork. in a (ate address draws attention to tiie striking im-quali tv of human justice which prevails at this day. He-ays; "I have lVei|Ueiillv been followed by persons asking for tneir friends and for those in whom they are interested pap don- from the prison ami penitentiaries. 1 have been compelled to look into such cases ami - e who are the inmates of such institutions, and of what tiny have been accused?to see what it i- that constitutes tin- wrong to society of which they have been convicted. When I have compared their otfeiiccs in theirnature, temptations and eirctlinstances, with the crimes of great puhiic delinqm n;s who claim to -land among your be-: society, and are confessedly prominent among their fel? low-citizens, crimes repeated ami contin? ued year after year?1 am appalled at the inequality of human justice." These remarks appear t-> tit tiie .situa? tion of places beside- New York. The offi? cial disintegration is as marked in other localities as in tiie Empire State where ring- llotirish in the most virulent form. !: would seem, however, from the case of tin- three county commissioners of . h uylkill County, Pa. just sent to jail for two years and lined for an improper use of the conn',, money, that public delin? quents do not everywhere go unwhipt of justice. The people of this country are beginning to bo disquieted and sore at immunity enjoyed by official culprits, ami will not much longer permit them to es? cape the punishment of their crimes. Alioff a M??NKKV.?I was making a cake one dav preparing for company, and the monkey followed nie into the pantry and watched everything I did. rnfoftiinately dinner was announced in the midst of my work, ami I left it. ma? king him get out rather against his will. 1 km-w him too well to trust him in the pantry alone. A fu r dinner I returne?! to [my cookery. Having carefully locked the door. 1 was surprised to see my pet there before me. His attitude was omin? ous ; he was on the top of the barrel two j thirds full of tloiir and busily occupied, i He had got hold of my egg-box, broken 1 two or three dozen.smashingthem in the j Hour barrel with all the sugar within reich. 1'h. -e he was vigorously beating int.. ihe t! iiir, shells and a'.!, stooping now and then to take a taste with a coun? tenance a* grave as a judgi s. Ii: my I dismay and grief I did not scold him. I V. t i" see matt rials <o used up. ami we j living in tin- country, and guests coming! i lie had a mosl satisfied air. as if he 'im ant: "Look" the main operations of j til.* pantry are now over." I had forgot - ten the broken pane 1 f das- in th,- win i Tut: 11 a m 1 i/i> ?n -1 *i ? u n I ?1*1*1.. The duel between Alexander Hamilton ami i Aaron Ihirr took place at Wchawkcn. ? N'. w .1. !-. v. 0:1 the bank of the Hudson ! li.i r. immediately In heath the I'ali sades. at a spot some six or eight h 11 ml red ; ice- iiorih of the northerly line ol the 1 Itvlaware ami Hudson1'anal I '.>mpatiy"s j dock, fin- branch road of the Krie j Ivailway Company ha- obi herald ail \ trace ihfrcof. Shortly aller the duel the ? Vndrews Soeiclv of the city of New ? Y??rk erected a monument to the memory of \le\amler lianiiltoii; bin t he visi:o> I ? I Iii- -pot - 10:1 destroyed it in lh. , ea-j-in. ? to obtain memeiiloc-. fin Ltabiel-. with iiisctioiioti. w.i- however ! a vi d. and i- in Hie :.? mn ol the ! family owninu tiie property 0:1 whic'i j tin- diiclliiu: groti.-id was situati d. \ kind In ..; i I idy was once re pio\r. d .j-iit! -harpiy by a friend for.-gw ' i:iit *'' ni. * a ?:t.di..! ;. wiio-eeui. d lo In \,w poor, ami asked charity in ihe -; rci 1-. "Sitpi. he -pi ::t : he money for 111111." slid 1 lie suspecting friend. The j ipiii-l; ami .-? \.-r..;:- answer was. "Ifvoii iLinu-t -upp' at all. w hy hot suppose llial In li.-nf-peni ;!n money for brcaii V Why -upp ???'? uii.it i- evil about any one when y oil arc at liberty to suppose what is good j and holiie \ ci'i/eri wh" ha- ju-l ivttirih i PlVoiii a "'w?ii'iiiig-pl.iVeJiolel." says t I miHord".- b ill wa ?n\\ > xcccdcd in >' by rho 1 >?! the hi?-q'ii!? 1 ..