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"rmEET MARY. These lines, written by an Irish div?ie, -the Rev. J. VVoifeywho died, about half a century ago, arc worthy of the pen of Gold? smith : If I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee; But I forgot, when by thy side, That thou couldst mortal be. It never through my mind had pass'd The time would e er be o'er? ThatT on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile ho more! And still upon thy face I look, And think 'twill smile again; And still the thought I will not brook, That I must look in vain! But when I speak, thou dost not say What thou ne'er leff st unsaid, And now I feel, as well 1 may, . Sweet Mary I thou art dea? If thou would'st stay even as thou art, All cold and all serene, ? I still might press thy silent heart, And where thy smiles have been! While e'en thy chill bleak corse I have, Thou seemest still my own, But there I lay thee in thy grave? And I am now nlone ! I do not think, where'er thou art, Thou hast forgotten me; And I, perhaps; may soothe this heart, In thinking too of thee; Yet there was round thee such a dawn Of light ne'er seen bfcfore; * As fancy never could, have drawn, And never can restore! R ONE AUNT TOO MAST. I don't know anything about my re? lations. I have hosts of them in all places I have ever lived or visited; lam one of eighteeu children, my father was one of twenty-two, and my mother bad twelve sisters! As I am closely occupied by business,: and have a very imperfectly-developed social nature, it is not very strange that I know only some dozen or two of my near? est kith and kin. Indeed; I have two brothers whom I have never seen, and three sisters whom I hardly know by sight! Perhaps I am more acquainted with my grandmother, on my mother's side, than with half of my other relatives, for I often visited the old lady, when I was a school-boy, and have met her occasionally since, which is more than I can say of many of the I others. So much for my family. It was on a dark, dreary, .dull, damp, dirty, dismal day in November, that I left my office to go home todinner, at about 4 o'clock, and walked up Broad? way, speculating on- the possibility of I collecting some.money from a slippery j debtor. As I meditated thus, I naturally al? lowed my eyes to rest upon the pave , ment at * a short distance ahead, and thought but little about what I saw with the external-organs of vision. As I neared Canal street, however, something: which came within the range of-my sight attracted a little more attention than I- had; bestowed ypbn the flag? stones. ? The object?or rather, objects?which awoke me from my f financial reverie, were two small brown gaiters, long, nar? row, . close-fitting,^ ? high-heeled, and daintily handled?if one may use the ex? pression?bv their wearer, ^bo^e their tops were plainly visible a pair of slim and elegantly-turned ankles, encased in smooth-fitting white stockings, making altogether about as nice a "running-gear" as ever carried a pretty woman up Broad? way. Mentally blessing the wet weather: which had led to the exhibition of such charms, I allowed myself to take ab ob? servation on the figure that .surmounted the ankles and gaiters, and to make va? rious conjectures as to what sort of a face she might have?for her back was towards nie. The figure was a little, light, airy one, with a slim waist?all in black?with a little crape bonnet, like a rose, just stuck on the 'back of the head, allowing a glimpse of the soft brown hair, too pro? fuse and wavy to he confined in sncn a tiny head-dress. Alight mantle.of black lace, falling below the waist, gave a flowing outline to this jaunty little figure, bat was not opaque enough to conceal the slender form, in its black velvet basque, with the two cunning little buttons behind and the two cunning little pockets at the sides. v Bat?thnnder 1 If I go on at this rate you will think I am a man-mi 11 in er, or at least a dry-goods clerk?which I swear I am not. ?rl folio wed on behind the girl in black Tor a block or two, admiring the pert, piquant swing of her draperies and the brisk "tap-tap, tap-tap," of the little gaiter heels, and now and then endeavor wg to pass her, so that I could see the face, which, I felt sure, must, of a neces? sity, be in keeping with the form. The density of the crowd, however, prevented me from catching up with her until I got to Broome street, when a shower came on, and I found my umbrella exceedingly convenient. The young lady stopped under an awn ing, and I saw her. cast an imploring glance at the sky, which was covered with a smooth, unbroken, lead-color, in? dicative of a long rain. The omnibuses were all full to overflowing, and not a carriage was to be seen. As I approached I had a good chance to see the face I had speculated about. It was a regular oval -face, with a straight, nose, small mouth, and expressive brown eyes. Not a beau? tiful face?far from a "divine" or "glo? rious" face?not even, as Aldrich has it: "A star-sweet face, with clouds of hair;" but just a good, -ensible, jolly little face, quite refreshing to look at, to think of, to write about, or, perhaps, to kiss, once. Just as I passed, after exchanging the odd glance of recognition that so often flashes back and-forth between strangers who rather like each other's faces, I no? ticed that the young lady's vail had parted company with the little bonnet, and was lying on the pavement, danger? ously near the gaiter heels on one side, and a puddle on the other. With that native gallantry that has al? ways distinguished me?that is, in fact, a family trait?I stepped back, picked up the vail, and presented it with as choice a bow and smile as I could m us ter. At the same moment the rain increased to a fearful shower, and I could do no less than offer to hail an omnibus for the lady, although I knew perfectly well that there wouldn't be a vacant seat in one for some time to come. "Thank you, sir," said the nymph, "I want a Mauison-avenue and Forty-sec? ond-street stage, but I'm afraid I cannot find room in one." I watched the next three that passed but they were full, and had an unfortu? nate business man or two hanging out of the door, getting very wet, and trying to imagine that he was having a dime's worth of locomotion. The rain, slackened, and I began to feel interested; /or we had, in the meantime, quite a conversation, and although it was about nothing but the weather, I liked my little companion's , voice, and her style of speaking. Therefore, I said, in a polite, and, I flatter myself highly re? spectable manner, that if she would deign to accept a share of my umbrella, I should be delighted, etc. Which offer after some little hesitation, she accepted, and off we started together. The farther we walked, and the more talk we had, the better I liked her, so that by the time we arrived at Twenty fourth street I discovered that she was a refined, educated, good-natured, kind? ly girl, with no nonsense about her. In brief, I liked her pretty well. Three days after this I entered Miss Fb?Hn? ?pblg%nie7: CarlBgt?n'B jb?udoir! to. make one of those free-and-easy morn? ing calls which are only permitted to young men who are supposed to be "engaged" to the lady upon whom they call. Miss Carlington was lounging in a fauteuil, dressed in her purple dressing gown with scarlet facings, reading a novel. She looked languidly up as I entered. "Ah, good-morning. Yod are quite a stranger." "Since Friday," X said, advancing and 1 respectfully kissing her white, jeweled hand. . "And her? it is Tuesday; nearly' four days since you have thought of me." "Pardon, me. I have thought of you incessantly." "Especially on Saturday afternoon. Now, sir, I have a bone to pick with you. Who was that lady in black, to whom you were so excessively attentive in the rain on Saturday? You are right in blushing, sir; you have displeased me." "I am very sorry." "Who was she?" "I do not know?that is, I did not then ?at least not till she gave me her card." \l ?' "You seem rery much confused. I asked you who she was." "Her name is Constauce Farley." "Why didn't you say so at once ? I wish you to understand now and forever that I don't choose to have you pay attentions to any young lady but my? self." "But, my dear Pauline, I?" "No excuse, sir; I have told you this before." "But you are unjust." "Ami?" "I think so." . "Then you had better abandon me, and go to Miss Farley, or some other creature." "Really, you are too severe. Who told you I was attentive to her ?" ! "I saw you, sir, with my own eyes and I think it is real mean of you." With this the spoiled beauty began to pout, and directly to cry a little. I tried to pacify her all I could, but she grew worse and worse. She upbraided me with being false to her?with having tampered with her feelings, and worked herself up into such a state of indigna j tion that i began to get a little vexed in turn. The upshot of the matter was, that she; said I was a monster, and I said she was too unreasonable to be heeded, flounced out of the room in a passion, and I cool? ly took my hat and left, .vowing inwardly that I would never return until she sent for me. As I turned the corner towards Madi? son Square, who should I meet but Con? stance Farley, smiling and pretty as ever ?dressed with the same neatness and taste. . .-? The contrast between the proud, intol? erant woman I had just left, and this cheerful, sunshining little being was so great that I stopped and entered into conversation with her. She charmed me more and more, and I was made exceed? ingly glad, when we parted, by receiving an invitation to call upon her. It is, perhaps, needless to state that I did call, and had a very pleasant time. Then I called again. ?'<As ill-luck would have it, Constance Farley was an inveterate walker, and spent a part of everyday in the open air?to which fact, doubtless, she owed her appearance of roseate health and freshness. All very well for her, to be sure, but unfortunate for me, because I kept continually meeting her on Broad? way, and could not find it in my heart to resist frequent invitations to walk with her. And while thus engaged I met Pau? line Iphigenie three times iu one week, in consequence of which I received a package from her one morning, contain? ing my photograph, a bracelet I had fiven her, and two or three letters I wrote er while she was in the country. Ac? companying this was a note, requesting me to return her letters and photograph, and announcing the unpleasant fact that she had "cast my image out from her heart forever 1" After this, of course, I began to pay attention to Constance Farley in good earnest. I found that she was the young? est of a large family of sisters, all mar? ried, except herself/ She had been splendidly educated, and was endowed with/a fine mind by nature, so that she made a most charming and spirituelle companion. For two months I continued my ad? dresses, until a favorable moment ar? rived, when I popped the question. I recollect it as well as if it were only yes? terday. It was one cold, winter evening, and Constance's friends, with whom she was staying, had all gone to the opera. I went; to the house, expecting to take her. but found her suffering from a cold, which prevented her from going out in such a penetrating atmosphere, so we stayed at home ana had a cozy time. I didn't do the melodramatic style ofthing, as I had with Panline Iphigonie?quite the contrary?I was very commonplace/ and didn't even go down on my knees. We were talking about boarding, and I expressed myself as being very tired of that'style of living. "Why don't you keep house, then ?" said she. "It would be too lonesome, for a bach^ elor." "Are you always going to be a bache? lor?" I took hold of her hand. , "Constance," said-I, "that depends en? tirely upon you.' If you will consent to 1 make my house a home, instead of a hab? itation, I will cease boarding as soon as possible I" And she said she would. So much for my proposal. * * * Now comes the queer part of my story. Up to this time, I had known nothing of my intended's pecuniary position?nor, in truth, had I cared to, especially. I was doing a very good business myself, and, with me, as with those extraordina? rily disinterested gentlemen who ad? vertise for*wives, "money was no ob? ject." I learned, however, shortly after the event above described, that my future wife was put down as a large heiress, in the will of a very benevolent old gentle? man, whose kindly feeling for her wel? fare dated back to the time when she lay in her cradle. I was very much obliged to the old gentleman. One day, when I called upon Con? stance, I found her pretty face radiant with smiles. "I'm so glad 1" she cried, as soon as she saw me. "What about, dearie ?" "My good, dear old mother is coming to the city, and yon shall see her." "I shall be most happy." "You will be more than that?you will like her immensely. She is such a dear, good, old-fashioned lady?I shouldn't j wonder if you would fall in love with her, and neglect mel Never mind, I shan't be jealous of her. You would make a pretty nice father-in-law, I guess I" Business kept me closely engaged for something like a week after this an? nouncement, and I was unable to see Constance again, until one evening, when I received a note saying that "mamma" had come, and I must present myself forthwith. I went to the house',, and was welcomed by Constance, who was quite beside her? self with joy. "Mamma will be down in a moment? I in the meantime, there is somebody else you must see."~ She went to the glass door of the con? servatory, and called: "Uncle Jack I come here?throw away your cigar?do now?you shall have an? other directly I" A-portly, good-looking old gentleman, with white hair and a heavy watch-chain, presented himself, and Constance intro? duced him as Ut. Farley, her "adopted uncle." ;"She caP ? a uncle," said Mr. Farley, "although we are not related." Constance begged me to excuse her for a moment and ran up-stairs to call "mamma." "Indeed," I said to Mr. Farley, "I thought from the name you were a rela? tive. It is in odd coincidence." "No," said the old gentleman, "not at all?did Bh? never tell you ? You see, I am an old friend of the family?Con Stance, bless her heart, has been a pet of mine from her birth, and I have made her heiress to my property, on condition that she tales my name ?" "0! I have often heard of you, then, sir. Constance never told 'ne that Far? ley was not her real name." "She has borne it ever since she was three years old, and has lived at home but very little, so that she rarely thinks, I suppose, of ever having bad any other name." "This is my mother," she said, leading her forward. "Mamma, this is?" Now, reader, what do you suppose the old lady was? My "grandmother. Yes; Constance was the youngest of thirteen daughters?the oldest was?my mother. Therefore, Constance was my aunt. "A man shall not marry his mother's sister." And I did not marry mine. Now, my dear reader, if you know what is good for you, you will learn as much as possible about your relations? especially if you have an aunt younger than yourself; because, you know, she may have changed her name, and you might fall in love with her. Isn't this a very queer story ? But, nevertheless, it is true. The Old Story About Marshal Ney.?Col. Thomas F. Houston, a well known farmer and stock-dealer, who re? sides near Houstoni, this county, claims to have been a pupil of Peter Stuart Ney, one of Napoleon's greatest Marshals. According to Ney's own words, related to Col. Houston when a mere lad, he escaped his death sentence by the soldiers firing over his head. He Signed death, was taken in charge by his friends, dis? guised, and shipped as a sailor from Bor? deaux, France, to Charleston, S. C. In a few years he removed to Rowan Coun? ty. North Carolina, where he taught school for several years, a portion of that time boardi.'ig with Col Houston's father. He fondly cherished the hope that Na? poleon's star would again rise in splendor, and when the information of his death reached him he acted like a madman, and ouly through persistent efforts of frieuds wss prevented from committing suicide, fie left a lengthy history writ? ten in French, which was transmitted to the New York Historical Society for translation, but through some neglect was never carried out. Col. Houston re? tains seven: 1 mementoes of his illustrious preceptor, among them his Latin Gram? mar, spectacles, pocket-knife, and several verses of original poetry, etc.?Chicago Times. ? An exchange says that Gen. Grant, boru in 1822, is now the only living ex President. We find that the others, seventeen in all, lived to an average age of 73 years. This prolongation of the lives of the Presidents beyond the three score years and ten allotted" by the Psalm? ist is a higher average than most persons would have supposed was a fact, and it is reached, moreover, notwithstanding the untimely taking-off of Harrison, Taylor and Lincoln, all of whom were cut off prematurely in consequence of their official position. That the fourteen others should have been such specimens of longevity as to have brought the aver? age up to 73 years is an evidence either that the Presidency is not necessarily and inevitably a life-killing office, or else that the American Presidents have been constitutionally strong and long-lived men. Washington died at 97, of an at? tack of something like pleurisy, but for which he might have lived, no doubt, to a marked old age. John Adams died at 9L7' Jefferson, the philosopher and statesman, lived quite as long as he wished to live, and died at 83, on the same day that saw the departure of his predecessor?the fourth of July, 1826. Madison lived to be 85; Monroe died at 73; John Quincy Adams at 81; General Jackson lived to the age of 78, and but for certain bullet wounds would probably have lasted a few years longer; Van Bu? ren died at 80, Harrison at 68, Tyler at 72, Polk at 54, Taylor at 66, Fillmore at 74, Pierce at 65, (many people have sup? posed he was younger,) Buchanan at 77, Lincoln at 56 and Johnson at 68. Polk seemed to have a constitution that should have given him twenty years more of life, and Lincoln, no doubt, but for Booth's pistol, would have lived a score of years longer. ? Judge John A. Campbell, of New Orleans, who was the Confederate Assist? ant Secretary of War, has written a letter regarding the treatment of Federal pris? oners by the Confederate authorities. The letter was elicited by certain charges made by a Colonel Chandler against General Winder, who for a time, was in command of Andersonville. Judge Campbell says his connection with the officers of the Confederate government enables him to say with emphasis that there was no inhumanity, cruelty or wanton m<?,)treatment or neglect on their part. He " ays the condition of the pris? oners must have been deplorable, as was the condition of the Confederates in the camp and hospital, but argues that this was due to the inexorable and iron poli? cy of the United States, which precluded relief to these prisoners by a resort to the usual course of making an exchange of prisoners. The blockade prevented the introduction of medicines, stores and sup {?lies. Armies of invasion made a deso ation and a waste in the land. The de? struction of railroads, mills and maga? zines prevented the accumulation and distribution of provisions. The posts at which prisoners were placed were thus separated from intercourse and supplies. Their conveniences, comforts and even necessaries must have been curtailed. Judge Campbell concludes his letter as follows: "Nevertheless, it fully appears that the nu-nber of deaths among the prisoners captured by the Northern ar? mies was proportionately greater than the number of Northern prisoners in Southern prisons. I am not prepared to conclude thai; inhumanity, cruelty, want of care to the suffering and the impotent belong exclu?ively to the States south of Mason and Dixon's line." Almost.?Almost sweet is unsavory ; almost hot is lukewarm ; almost a chris tion is like Mi jah, who thought himself religious because he had gotten a priest into his house. Almost a Christian is like the Ephraimite3, who could not pro? nounce Shibboleth, but Sibboleth. Al? most a Christian is like Ananias, who brought a part, but left a part behind. Almost a chrktian is like Eli's sons, who polluted the sacrifices; like the fig tree which deceived Christ with leaves; like the virgins who carried lamps without oil; like the willing-unwilling son, who said he would come, and would not.? Henry Smith. ? Young man, don't be a loafer; don't keep company with a loafer; don't hang about loafing places. Better work for nothing than sit around day after day with your hanls in your pockets. It is better for youir health, better for your prospects, and vastly better for your rep? utation. BusMe about, if you mean to have anything to bustle for. Many a lawyer has got a paying client by work? ing for a poor man who could not pay.1 Many a poor doctor has got a good prac? tice by attending closely to a poor one. Such is the world: "To him that hath shall be gives:." Quit dreaming and complaining; keep busy, busy, and mind your chances. Hum or ons Paragraphs. ?? In the country, they blow a horn before dinner; in town they take one. ? Hood called the slamming of a door by a person in a passion, ua wooden oath." ? A coroner's verdict in Arkansas: "We find that he came to his death from trying to cut out Joe Willis in courting Susie Jackson." ? A Japanese student newly arrived in this country thought we were all doc? tors, because everybody took his hand and asked after his health. ? Detroit Free Press : "Lightning-rod men complain of a scarcity of purcha? sers." An, would that purchasers could complain of a scarcity of lightning-rod men. ? "Papa," said a little Western boy, "why don't women have whiskers ?" "Because, my boy," was the replv, "their jaws are never still long enough for them to grow." ? Girls have their troubles, but noth? ing is more humiliating to the average young lady than to be beaten at a game of croquet by a girl who still wears her last year's dress. ? "The Republican party," says the Hartford Post, "is no longer a child." No; it may have reached its second child? hood, but it is nevertheless the same old rogue still. ? "No," she replied, and she blushed rettily as she slipped her number sixes ack beneath her dress?"no, I do not wear so small a shoe as ones. My size is quite large?I wear, twos." ? "Why, Sammy," said a father to his little son lately. "I didn't know that your teacher whipped you Friday." "I guess," replied Sammy, "if you had been in my trowsers you'd know'd it." ? The Journal of Clicmistry says no one should drink whisky until it is sev? enty years old. When a Texas paper Srinta the item it reads: "No one should rink whisky until he is seven years old." ? "You go to Shccaggo, hey ?" said a gentleman from Germany. "Veil, you be bretty garcful about dat vater dere. Ef you dond vant to get seek, you trink none uf dat vater dill you ket used to him." ? An Irishman recently handed in to the telegraph office a dispatch intended to inform another Emeralder employed upon the public works in a neighboring town of the decease of a friend. It reads thus: "Barnev, come home; I died last night." ? They have kissing fairs out West? forty cents a kiss.?Exchange. We knew there was something we were suffering for. Bring us along a couple of fairs? the fairer the better^-and we'll invest, if we have to do without a straw hat all summer. ? "It is a standing rule in my church," said one clergyman to another, "for the sexton to wake up any man that he sees asleep." "I think," replied the other, "that it would be better for the sexton, whenever a man goes to sleep under your preaching^to wake you up I" ? A Russian Engineer has invented a bomb-proof tower, which is moved about by steam, and in which artillerists sit and pelt the enemy with destruction. By the time the next war breaks out, the warrior will sit in a rocking-chair in the front parlor of a hotel and talk his ene? mies to death with a revolving telephone. ? An old man nicked up a half dollar in the street. "Old man, that's mine," said a keen looking rascal, "so hand it over." "Did yours have a hole in it ?" asked the old man. "Yes," replied the other, smartly. "Then it is not thine," mildly replied the old man, "thee must learn to be a little sharper next time, my boy." ? A Scotch clergyman was seen by a neighbor trudging home on one Monday morning with a stout fish he had just bought, and was accosted with, "Mr. Duncan, did you know that that fish was caught on Sunday ?" The minister, in his characteristic, blunt manner, said, "Well, well, the fish is not to blame for that, my man." ? It is said that "the moon has gained about an inch in rapidity of motion" within the last hundred years. This is no doubt true, for young men will tell you that when talking at the gate with their sweethearts the moon goes down much quicker now than it did when they were boys waiting to rob a watermelon patch in the dark. ? One of the hardest things within the range of possibility is to change the name of a place. Authorities -may decree but people will go right on using the old name. Fully ten years ago the Japanese Government ordered that Yeddo, the Cap? itol of the Empire, should be called Tokio. But foreign nations, outside of the United States, insist on using the name Yeddo, and nine-tenths of the people in this country read of Tokio and think it is some new town. ? The other day a small boy arrived in Detroit from Eaton county, with a view of becoming a bootblack and gamin. They called him a "hard nut," out there, but yet he was a very innocent lad com Sared with the post-office gang. The oys here received him kindly, posted him as well as they could, and yesterday 1 morning he was found in Moflfat's alley las white as a sheet, and looking like death on a pale horse. "You've been trying to learn to chew tobacco, have you?" asked the officer who discovered him. "I only c-chewed up one plug," replied the lad, as his teeth knocked to? gether. "I think what ails me is the smell of these 'brick buildings, and the sight of so much sidewalk. I wish I was b-back on a f-farm." ? There is nothing which adds so much to the beauty and power of man, as a good moral character. It is his wealth?his influence?his life. It dig | nifies him in every station, exalts him in i every condition, and glorifies him at every period of life. Such a character is more to be desired than everything else on earth. It makes a man free and in j dependent. No servile tool?croaking sycophant?no treacherous honor-seeker [ ever bore such a character. The pure I joys of truth and righteousness never spring in such a person. If young men but knew how much a good character I would dignify and exalt them, how glo j rious it would make their prospects, even j in this life; never should we find them yielding to the grovelling and base-born j purposes of human nature. A Boy's Composition on Girls.? Girls is a queer kind of a varmint. Girls is the only thing that has their own way every time. Girls is of several thousand kinds, and sometimes one girl can be like several thousand other girls, if she wants you to do anything. Girls is all alike - one way; they are all like cats. If you rub 'em the wrong way, or step on their foot, they'll claw you. S'long as you let a girl have her own way she's nice and sweet; but just cross her, and she'll spit at you worse nor a cat. Girls is also like mules; they're headstrong. If a girl don't want to believe anything you can't make her. If she knows it's so she won't say so. Girls is little women, if they're good; and if they ain't good then,"nor when they get big, they're she-devils. That's what father said mamma was once, when she fixed a hot flat-iron in the chair so he'd set down on it, 'cause she was mad at him. Brother Joe says he don't like big girls, but he docs like little ones; and when I saw him kissing Jennie Jones last Sunday, and told him what he'd said, he said he was biting her, 'cause he didn't like her. I think he hurt her. for there was a big red spot all over both her cheeks. This is all I know about girls, and father says the less I know about 'em the better off I am. "Ten years of assiduous activity would be cheerfully given by many a sufferer for that purity of blood which guarantees immunity from disease. The labor of a few hours will purchase that most ener? getic blood searcher and purifier, Dr. Bull's Blood Mixture, FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Agriculture the Nation's Wealth. A popular writer has bethought him that the road to a revival of our national prosperity lies through the development of our agricultural resources. He sees now that every other profession is so over-crowded as to hurl, in times of scarcity, vast mobs of idle, lawless people upon the cities and towns for support? we say lawless because hunger knows no law?the most law-abiding people in the land become outlaws wfien driven to desperation by famine. "The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children." Those thrifty farmers who thought to place their sons in better society than they themselves enjoyed in their youth; who thought to put their sons more surely on the road to wealth and respectability, by taking them out of the farms and putting them oehind counters, or in lawyers' and doctors' offices, have now the satisfaction of seeing the latter without patients and briefs, and the former without customers. Had these young men been encouraged on the farm, and furnished with land, as could have been done in most case3, many of them would to-day be prosperous far? mers. The commonest observation teach? es that the nation's wealth lies in its agriculture. Neglect this, and all other industries languish or perish. All the other industries are but multiplied facil? ities for carrying on this. Among them all this is the only sure one, unaffected by foreign wars, unchanged by political agitation. Prices may fluctuate, banks may break, and currency fail, but God causes the earth to yield her fruits, and he that labors will be rewarded with bread. What cares the farmer for low Erices, if his farm swarms with stock and is barns swelled out with grain? Low prices cannot effect him; he can afford to wait for money he does not owe, and very little money will answer his purpose where food is abundant. So it is with the nation. Let food be everywhere abundant and cheap, and the currency may go on contracting, but the nation will be in repose. The great matter which is troubling us now, is the alarming fact that the non producing classes have grown too great and overwhelming for the producing class. Agriculture, therefore, should be encouraged by every possible means, both by the national and State governments. Let governments and parents make it as honorable to engage in agricultural pur? suits as to become a lawyer, doctor, preacher, clerk, agent, drummer, tinker, - and peddler. Let the young be taught the real merits of an intelligent agricul? turist, and the great disproportion be? tween the producing and non-producing classes will begin to diminish. The future safety of the nation against famine and consequent mob-rule, demands this at our hands. The longer we delay, the greater will be the work to perform. Let the squandered millions by State and municipal governments be diverted into the encouragement of agriculture. It would accomplish wonders. Sitting-Hens.?It is a great mistake to suppose that a hen must sit on her nest of eggs all the time, except fifteen or twenty minutes each day, to hatch her chicks. No one accustomed to the man wnere it would be exposed to a strong wind from any point of the compass, but the sitting-hen should be put in some kind of an inclosure, a box or barrel at least; then the box of coal-ashes (to which a handful of Stoddard's Carbolic Powder has been added) would be handy, so that when she comes off she need not be disturbed, but left Entirely to her own instinct to determine when she shall go on again. Sitters will almost invariably stay away from their nests longer in hot weather than in cold, which snows that they know what they are about, and will bring out their chicks if left to regulate their own time. We have known hens to be off their nests four or five hours at a time, on a very hot day, without injury to the eggs; on the contrary, we feel sure of the necessity of such prolonged absence, to give the eggs a thorough airing. The shell being porous shows the necessity of air for incubation, and ventilation is needed where temperature runs up to 85? and upwards, or the chicks will be feeble and liable to disease. Experience is the best teacher, and we have learned these things4>y experiments in the last thirty years.?Poultry World, Cut This Out.?Every person should know how to treat a fresh wound. Every one is liable to be placed in circum? stances away from any surgical and ve? terinary aid, where he may save his own life, or a friend, or"a beast, simply by the exercise of a little sense. In the first place, close the lips of the wound with the hands and bold them firmly together to check the flow of the blood until several stitches can be taken and a band? age applied. Then bathe the wound for a long time in cool water. "Should it be painful," a correspondent says, "take a panful of burning coals and sprinkle upon them common brown sugar, and hold the wound in the smoke. In a minute or two the pain will be allayed, and the recovery proceeds rapidly. In my case a rusty nail had made a bad wound in my foot. The pains and nerv? ous irritation were severe. This was all removed by holding it in the smoke fif? teen minutes, and I was able to resume my reading with comfort. We have of? ten recommended it to others with like result. Last week one of my men had a finger-nail torn out by a pair of ice tongs. It became very painful, .is was to be expected. Held in sugar smoke twenty minutes, pain ceased and prom? ised speedy cure. A Nevada Phenomenon.?The Vir? ginia (Nev.) Enterprise says that much excitement was recently created in that city by one of the strangest phenomena of the century. At first it haa the appear? ance of sparks of fire coming up through the poofs of water beside the street. These sparks seemed to explode on reaching the surface, in many instances Eroducing reports loud enough to be eard across the street, and being accom? panied by a little cloud of smoke and emitting a decidedly sulphurous smell. After watching these performances for a long time, ana tracing them all along the street, it began to be noticed that they occurred only on one side and that under the telegraph wires. This led to a closer examination, when the following sup? posed solution was arrived at: The sparks seemed to be caused by drops of water falling from the wires, which exploded when striking the pools of water, with the effect above mentioned. This solu? tion was seemingly confirmed by the fact that when the wires became dry the phenomenon ceased. There still remains to be explained, however, why, under the circumstances, such results should follow the falling of the water drops from the wires. A Never-Failing Mine.?Young man, you desire to obtain honorable, lucrative employment; have you stored your mind with useful knowledge; have you made suitable proficiency in the pre? ceding degrees? If so, step this way, and we will conduct you to the portals of a bonanza as inexhaustable as time itself. Have no fear about machinery to excavate, or water to wash the bright gold from the dust. Nature has mould? ed you into the proper machinery, and she pours down her showers from heaven "in due season." See you these broad lands, spread out before you? Behold that beautiful valley stretching away be? tween the vine clad hills, all covered with green verdure. Hoe nor plow has ever yet disturbed the repose of its fertile soil. Every acre of that virgin soil conceals a ?1,000. Have you the manhood to un? earth it? You "will try"?that is the of fowls would ever place a nest voice of ?. man. Those words guarantee success. The hoe and plow will bring it out, and we write you down a wealthy farmer in ten years. Skill and industry, with a horse and plow, is all the capital needed. The first year or two may be tolerably rough, but not half as bad as whining indolence or wretched poverty. How to Increase the Flow of Milk.?A lady correspondent, writing us from Arkansas, gives the following excellent recipe to increase the flow of milk in a cow, and we can heartily en? dorse it, for we have seen it tried. She says: "Tepid water slightly salted given twice a day will increase the flow of milk one-third; if the cow will not drink it at first trial scatter a handful of bran or meal over the top of it. They soon be? come very fond of it, and will drink all you give them. I tried this plan three years ago with perfect success. I had only one cow, and she was the common scrub stock of the country, and after she began to drink the water, prepared as above, she furnished me twice a day two ordinary water buckets full of milk, and by feeding a little corn boiled with cot? ton seed the milk yielded butter enough to supply my table bountifully and leave me a few pounds to sell every week. I gave her three gallons of water twice a day."?Southern Industries. Mixed Husbandry.?The farmer who keeps too much of his land in tillage finds the acreable yield of his crops di? minishing every year until finally the soil becomes completely impoverished, and he pulls up stakes, seeks some other location, and continues the process of exhaustion. By adopting a system of mixed husbandry and keeping a greater part of the farm in well managed grass, a farmer can have dairy products, beef, pork, mutton, and wool to depend on, in? stead of waiting a whole year for the proceeds of a crop of wheat, and then finding out that the yield is poor and the price low, while debts and demands are fathering bulk by delay. A farmer who eeps the greater portion of his land in grass of the best quality can winter a large number of stock, make abundance of manure, increase the fertility of his land and raise abundant crops of every kind. Having many sources of revenue, he is enabled to meet every demand and save money beside. ? A little bright-eyed three-year-old was seated in his nlj|h chair at the dinner table. Mamma had arranged the little uneasy, while for the moment his spright liness and fun had made him the observed of the family. She had placed him snugly up to the table, pinned on his bib, and succeeded in getting the little mis? chievous hands quiet and making him "hush," when father, proceeded to ask the blessing. While this was in progress, our little chubby made a discovery. It was that all the plates on the table, ex? cept his own little plate, were in one pile at "papa's place," and it seemed to him, were put there to get the benefit of the solemn ceremony. So, scarcely waiting for the "Amen," he held out his own plate in both hands, saying,- "Please, papa, pray on my plate, too." VEGET1NE Strikes at tbo root of disease by purifying the blood, restoring tbe liver and kidneys to bealtby action, invigorating tbo nervous system. Vegetine la not a vile, nauseous compound, which simply purges tbo bowels, bat a Bafe,'pleasant remedy nliich is sure to purify the blood, and thereby restoro tbo health. Vegetine Is now prescribed in cases of Scrofula and other diseases of the blood, by many of the best phy? sicians, owing to its great success iu curing all diseases of this nature. Vegetine Does not deceive invalids into false hopes by purging nnd creaUng a fictitious appetite, but assists nature in clearing and purifying the whole system, leadiug the patient gradually to perfect health. Vegetine Was looked upon as au experiment for somo tlino by somo of our best physicians, but those most incredulous in regard to its merit are now iis most ardent friends and supporters. * - Vegetine Says a Boston physician, "has no equal as a bluod pufilier. Hearing of its many wonderful cure.", after all other remedies bad failed, I vis? ited the laboratory and convinced myself of its genuine merit. It is prepared from barks, roots and herbs, each of which is highly effective, and they are compounded in such a manner as to produce astonishing results." Vegetine Is acknowledged ana recommeuded by physi? cians and apothecaries to be tbe best purifier and cleanser of the blood yet discovered, and thousands speak iu its praise who have been restored to health. PROOF. WHAT IS NEEDED. * Boston, Feb 13,1871. .Mr. II. R. Stevens : Hear Sir?About one year since I found myself in a feeble condition from general debility. V VAX ET1NE was strongly recommended to me by a friend who had been much benefited by its use. 1 procured the article, and after using Sev? ern 1 bottles, was restored to health and dlscon tinucd its use. I feel quite confident that there is uomedlcinesuperlorto it for those complaints for which it is especially prepared, and would i heerfully recommend it to those who feel that ; hey need something to restoro them to perfect health. Respectfully yours, U. L. PETTINGILL. Firm of S. M.PettiugHl & Co., lOStatest., Boston. Cincinnati, Nov. 26, 1872. ?Mr. II. R. Stevens: Dear Sir?The two bottles of VEGETINE fur? nished me by your agent, my wifo has used with great benefit. For a long time she has beon troubled with dizziness and costiveness; these troubles are now entirely removed by the use of VEGETINE. She was also troubled with Dyspepsia and General Debility, and has been greatly benefited. TH0S. GILM0RE, 223% "Walnut street. FEEL MYSELF A NEW MAN. Natick, Mass., June 1, 1872. Mr* Ii? Ii Stevens i Dear Sir?Through the advice and earnest per? suasion of Rov. E. S. Best, of this place, I have been taking VEGETINE for Dyspepsia, of which 1 have suffered for years. I have used only two bottles and already feol myself a new man. Respectfully, Da. J. W. CARTER. Eeport from a Practical Ohemist and Apothecary. Boston. Jan. 1, 1874. Dear Sir?This is to certify that I have sold at retail 154% dozen (1852 bottles) of your VEGE? TINE since April 12,1870, and can truly say that it has given the best satisfaction of any remedy for the complaints for which it is recommended that I ever sold. Scarcely a day passes without some of my customers testifying to its merits on themsolves or tboir friends. I am perfectly cog? nizant of several cases of Scrofulous Tumors being cured by VEGETINE alono in this vicin? ity. Very respectfully yours, AI OILMAN, 408 Broadway. To H. R. Stevens, Esq. Prepared by H. R. STEVENS? Boston, Mass. VEGETINE IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. TO THE WORKING CLASS.?We are now pre? pared to furnish all classes with constant employ? ment at home, the whole of the time, or for their spare moments. Business new, light and profita? ble. Persons of either sex easily earn from 50c. to $5 per evening, and a proportional sum by devoting their whole time to the business. Boys and gilrs earn nearly as much as men. That all who see this notice may send their address and test the bus? iness we make this uuparalleled offer: To such as are not well satisfied we will send one dollar to pay for tho trouble of writing. Full particulars, sam? ples worth several dollars to commence work on, and a copy of Home and Fireside, one of the largest and best Illustrated Publications, all sent free by mall. Reader, if you want permanent, profitable work, address, geobgk Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. 49?16 MANTUA-MAKING-. li/TRS. H. J. WELCH wishes to inform ItJL her friends and the public generally that she is still doing Ladies' and Children's Work in the very latest style, cheaper than any one else in town, and all orders prompt? ly executed. Give her a call before going elsewhere. Location on west side Main Street, next to railroad bridge. Jan 18,1877 27_Cm rtt? -| /~\ o # O a day sure made by X\J Entp^O Agents selling our Chromos, Crayons, and Reward, Motto. 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This unrivaled preparation has per? formed some of the most astonishing cures that are recorded in the annals of history. Patients suffering for years from the various diseases of the Lungs, aftei trying different remedies, spending thou? sands of dollars in traveling and doctor ing, have, by the use of a few bottles, entirely recovered their health. "WON'T GO TO FLORIDA." New York. August 30.1872. d R. TUTT: Soar Sir:?When is Alken, last winter, I us ed your Expectorant for my cough, and realized more benefit from it than anything X over took. X am so weU that I win not go to Florida next winter aa X Intended. Send me ono dozen bottles, by express, for aome friends. ALFRED CUB HING, 133 West Thirty-flrst Street. Boston, January 11,1874. This certifies that I havo recommended the uac oi Dr. Tutt's Expectorant for diseases or the lung, for the past two years, and to my knowledge many bottles have been used by my patients with the hap? piest results. In two cases where it was thought con? firmed consumption had taken place the Expectorant effected a euro. Xi. H. 3PHAQtrE, MJD. ' We can not speak too highly of Dr. Tutt*S Ex* peotorant, and for the sake of suffering humanltj hope it may become more generally known."?CPUS TiAX Advocate. Sold by Druggists. Price 31.00_ SIMPSON & SADLER, BENSON HOUSE CORNER, Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, &c., Are just receiving a large variety of FRESH Mill SEEDS, From those most reliable Seed Gardens of | Rob't Buist, jr., D. M. Ferry & Co., and Johnson, Robbins & Co., at wholesale or retail.. ALSO, CHEMICALS FOR Home Made Fertilizer, At lowest prices for Cash. Feb 1,1877 29 AMERICA AHEAD ON SPOOL COTTON. ENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, 1876. EXTRACT from the Official Report of j the Judges on WILXOIANTIC New Six Cord Soft Finish Spool Cotton, Who awarded the Williniantic Co. a Medal of Merit and Diploma of Honor: "Superiority of Production; Economy of) Production; Excellence of Material; Varie? ty of Colors of Threads; Excellence of Ma? chinery and Appliances; Originality and Completeness of System." For sale, wholesale and retail by J. R. Read & Co., Shaw & Johnston. Jager Broth? ers, A. Illing, W. Ufferhardt, Langley Bros' Shirt Manufactory, Wheeler & Wilson Sew? ing Machine Co., Charleston, S. C. At wholesale, by Johnston. Crews & Co., Crane, Boylston & Co., Edwin Bates <k Co. April 19,1877_40_3m_ WILHITE & WILLIAMS. Anderson, S."C, DEALERS IN DRUGS. MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, &c, LAME and LAMP GOODS, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, BRUSHES, DYE STUFFS, &c. Full Line of PERFUMER Y And TOILET ARTICLES, CIGARS and TOBACCO j And all oilier Articles usually kept in our line. NEW CROP GARDEN SEEDS, at Wholesale and Retail. Jan 25, 1877 2 _ RTABLE mm iBonm MILL GEARING MADE r^HAFT^IN G.PULlEt^S AND HAHGER^ ' OF. IMPF.CVED DESIGNS. AcSrHCIAII'i". ' 1033 ..TURBINE WATER WHEEL, 7.000 in u.-:o. Th e UNEQUALLED JAS. lErJrnL 110] it-MtH gCjg t ?B3 S33ffi11,11 ? Address, FOOLE & HUNT, I SEND.FOR CIRCULARS'. baltimore, md. New Adyrtisemeiits. PT A WASfine,ROSEWOOD (not ri?lM UQ used over six months), only |130 ; ????cost 8650. New Pianos at wholesale ORGANS f ?ng! -?77?? S*5; 7stops,8G0: 9stops,$65; 12 stops, $55 to 875. Bare opportunities. New organs at wholesale. Beware imitations. Best oiler ever made, BEAD. Sent on S to 15 dayt1 teat trial. Money refunded and freight paid both ways if un? satisfactory. Eat. 1856. Agents Wanted. Dis? counts to Teachers, Ministers. Ac. Address dak. IEL F. BEATTY, Washington, New Jersey. <hOCi a week In your own town. Terms and SR 3)00 outfit free. H. HALLETT & CO., Port? land, Maine. _ ?., TO RATIONAL INVALIDS.-In sickness every portion of the body sympathises with the seat of the disorder. When the stomach fails to perform its functions, the liver, bowels, nerves, muscles, veins, arteries, Ac., are all more or leu affected. These delinquents require medicine, combining the properties of a stomacbie, on alterative, a purga? tive, a tonic, and 'sedative to bring them back to their duty! and all these elements, in. their purest and most - effective forms, are. united In TAB BANTS EFFERVESCENT SELTZER APERI? ENT, the great Saline Remedy for Indigestion, and its concomitant consequences. Sold by all druggists._. . . ._ <t!!KK O (fcnr? a Week to Agents. $10?utflt free. 14)00 H 14)//P.O.VICKERY, Augu8ta,Malne. d>i o a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and q>L4 terms free. TRUE A CO., Augusta, Maine Drunkard Stop! C. C. BEERS, M. D? (formerly of Boston) has a harmless cure for INTEMPERANCE, which can be given without the knowledge of the patient. Also, one for the ... OPIUM HABIT. Permanent cures guaranteed in both./ Send stamp for evidence. Ask druggists for it. Address _BEERS & CO., Birmingham, Conn. OC EXTRA FINE MIXED CARDS, with name, &U 10 cts., post paid. L. JONES A CO., Nas? sau, NY._? - 'kK'fn 40ft per day at home." Samples worth S3 $J IU VAU free Stctsqn A CoM Portland,Maine. THE COLUMBIA REGISTER, PUBLISHED Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly, at Co? lumbia, S. C, by . HOYT, EMLYK & McDAHISL. JAMES A. HOYT, Editor. Thb Daily Register contains the latest hews of the day, all commercial, political and other mat? ters sent by telegraph, full local reports, editorials upon all current topics, and Grange and Agricultu tal Departments. . Thb Thi-Weekly Register is issued every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning, and contains all the news of two days in one ist ue. The Weekly Register is an eight page paper, containing forty-eight columns, embracing the cream of the news of each week. This paper is within the reach of every family, and wo are pleased to state the fact thai its large circulation is rapidly extending. The Register Is now the organ of the State Grange, and all matters of interest to the Patron of Husbandry will bo treated in their appropriate department. The Agricultural and ? Grange arti? cles will appear in each of our publications?Dally, Tri-WeekTy and Weekly. TEBMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Register?One year, $7.00 ; six months, $3.50; three months, $1.75. '* ? " Tei-Weekly?One year,. $5.00; six months, $2.50; three months, $1.25. Weekly?One year, $2.00; aix months, $1.00; three months, 50c. . ', JAMES A. HOYT, H. N. EMLYN, W. B. McDANlKL, . _Proprietors and Publishers. CHR0M0S, s^kln^cworl^cm bracing over 3,000,000 Chromos, Paintings and Choice Prints, at our enlarged Akt Rooms. All the new and popular subjects at rock-bottom prices. The Falls of the Rhine, size 20x28?romantic and grand; Scene on the Susquehanna, one cf the hits of the season, 19x27; Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, the most beautiful lake in the world; Isola Bella, a charming scene in Northern Italy, companion to the preceding; Off Boston Light, a beautiful ma? rine, size 14x20,? in great demand; Old Oaken Bucket, White Mountains, Niagara Falls. Newport, Saratoga, Gathering Primroses, At the Sea Shore, Paddy in Difficulty. Also Virgin Vesta, Snow Storm, American Fruit, and other 24x30 subjects. Floral Business Cards, Sunday School Cards. Statua ry. Mo'tocs, Black ground Panels, etc Also the finest and most complete assortment of. 9x11 Chro? mes, both on white mounts, blue line, sad black mounts, gold line. Our stock embraces everything desirable for Dealers, Agents or Premium purposes, and all should test our prices and quality of work. The right parties can realize an independence in every locality by taking an agency for our stretched and framed Chromos. Particulars free. Illustrated Catalogue on receipt of stamp. Bead for $3 or $5 outfit. Address J. LATHAM & CO., 419 Washington St., Boston, Mass. May 8,1877 .32 6m. Change of Schedule on South Caro? lina Raidroad. Charleston, March 13,1877. On and after this date, the Regular Da/ Passen Kr Train will run as follows, Sundays excepted: ave Columbia at...............................8 40 a m Arrive at Charleston at.~._....w......_.4 20 p m Leave Charleston at.?&.0 00 am Arrive at Columbia at-...................?....._5 00 p m night express accommodation train. Leave Coluinbia-at....................................7 00 pm Arrive at Charleston at..~.-6 50 a m Leave Charleston at................................9 15 p m Arrive at Columbia at.._.......?.'............-.8 15 a m Camden trains will run through to Columbia on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays: Leave Columbia at?...1 45 p m Arrive at Columbia......11 50 a m Up Columbia Night Train connects closely with the Greenville and Columbia Railroid. S. S. SOLOMONS, Superintendent Greenville and Columbia Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Passenger Trains run daily, Sunday excepted, connecting with Night Trains on South Carolina Railroad up and down. On and after Wednesday, March 14, the following will be the Schedule: UP. ,. , '*-\-.i. Leave Columbia at... 8 45 am Leave Alston...-..?.~-10 30 a m Leave Newberry.-.Jl 50 a m Leave Hodges.-.-.- 3 17 p m Leave Bclton.~.~..~~ 5 00 p m Arrive at Greenville......-6 35 p m DOWN. ? .... j-? . vi-'* Xj'<i ??'it < ir ?-" ?? Leave Greenville at........... j....~.~~ 7 45 a m Leave Bclton....-.?..?.? 9 35 a m Leave Hodges.-.-II18 * m Leave Alston.~..??.-4 10 p m Arrive at Columbia.~.- 5 50 p m ANDERSON BRANCH?DOWN. Leave Walhalla. 6 00 a ra Leave Perryville?..-.?.-? 45 a"m Leave Pendleton.............. 7 85 a m Leave Anderson.8 35 a m Arrive at Bel ton-....- 9 25 a m UP. Arrive at Walhalla,-.-8 15 p m Leave Penyville.-........~. 7 35 p m Leave Pendleton. 7 00 p m Leave Anderson?. ...... 6 00 p m Leave Bclton.?.~. 5 00 p m _THOMAS DODAMEAD, Gen. Snpt WM. ettengeb. h. p. edmond. ETTENGER & EDMOND, Richmond, Va.j man ufact?rer8 PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES, Boilers, of all kinds, Circular Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Mill Gearing, Shafting, Pulleys, <fcc., American Turbine Water Wheel, Cameron's Special Steam Pumps. ?ST- Send for Catalogue. Nov 2,1876 16 ly BUSINESS IS BUSINESS! AND those who carry on business are compelled to have money. That is our Situation at present. Therefore, we earnestly call upon all parties indebted to us to pay at once and SAVE COST. Prompt payment is a great source of friendship, and it is our desire to remain friendly with our customers, if they come forward promptly and pay us what they owe. Money we are obliged to have. We offer an inducement of one cent per pound for Cotton over market value to those indebted to us, and wish to settle their Ac? counts. We have on hand a large stock of GBOOEBIBS! Hour, Bacon, Shoulders, Hams, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses. ALSO, Boots, Shoes, Leather, Saddles, Hats, Caps, Dry .'Goods, Tobacco, Cigars, <: Wines. Liquors, Iron. Steel, And all Farming Implements. Any person or persons purchasing Goods will benefit themselves by calling and exam? ining our stock before purchasing elsewhere. We buy for Cash and sell for cash only: therefore, we arc cnnblcd to soil cheaper. Call and judge for yourselves, and be oonvmced of this fact. McGKATH & BYK?M, I Mechanics' Bow*