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That he was an unregenerate man, I freely admit; that ho was lost in perdition, I have no doubt ; but that he coolly and hellishly and calculatingly sold bis Lord, wishing and knowing that that Lord should go to the cross and die as a slavo, I do not believe. With some ,. modifications, tho theory set forth in the following poem may be tho true ono. Most likely Judas wa? covetous, and didn't object to the "twenty pieces of allver." Herein I disagree with the theory below, but I think Judas was mis led, as were the other eleven, with the idea of the temporal nature of the Mes siah's Kingdom. Ho wanted to see the Nazarene mount the throne of Judah, liberate the descendants of Abraham, drive away tho Romans and establish an ? Universal Kingdom on the throne ov* hit "father, David." He was impatient thal his Master was so slow in assuming the . rule. Ho believed in bis Messiahshir and Divinity, felt that the sword of con quest once drawn would not bo put u\ 'tili Jesus had "niado his foes his foot stool.'' To hasten on this time of deliv erauco, Judas determined to bring abou a collision between Jesus and the Bo mans, knowing, as ho thought, that hi Master would bo victor, and that he Judas, with the other Disciples, wouh get positions as generals and minister and cabinet officers in the new govern ment. The Scriptures say he was a thief, '. know; they call him a demon, I know but others were possessed of demons am were cured, and others who had stole: ceased to be dishonest and "stole n more." When Judas, amazed, saw tha his Master, who possessed all power ii Heaven and earth, did not exercise tha power for his defense, but calmly submit ted to his captors, he flew to the rulers an c w.' iovm the money and said, "I have be trayed the innocent blood.'* He saw, af palled, his great mistake, and tried, vain ly tried, to correct it. Failing in tha in utter black despair, he hurried himsel .out of existence, and thus lost his sou Had Judas repented "towards God," an .pone to Jcsua and confessed his oin, I b< lio-.o mercy would have been shown hil as to other sinners. Tho great sin of tb man was (1) failure to improve gre? and distinguished privileges, (2) pr Buming to accomplish seemingly goc -ends by unlawful means. But I will m add further words to this introductioi but commend the poem and its thong] to tho readers. WM. HENRY STRICKLAND. . Public attentiou is again called to V W. Story's poem "Judas Iscariot," fir published ia 1870, and to the 'De Quii cey theory of the moties which influence Judas in betraying the Lord. Sever papers bavo re-published the poem os was printed in blackwood'a Magazir, und recently reference hos been made tho pulpit to tho idea of the character Judos as pictured hy Mr. Story. The re-pp.bWef ''on of the poem reviv interest in tua theory that the motives Judas were as hare as those of the otb Disciples of Christ, and that Paul ai uthera. misunderstanding hin motivi have misrepresented him, and calli down on the head of a "rash and visio ary man whose faith waa firm" the b trcd of all Christians. The theory is not uew ; but Mr. Stor dramatic treatment of tho speculati aud?H mystical ls always attractive, a infpis case it makes a vivid picture mc acceptable than would tho argument cc oring tho same ground. ? A Roman, lawyer ia Jerusalem wri to his best frienu in Romo, and tells t story of Judas, as related by Lyslos, t centurion, long after the crucifixion, a after ibo death of Pilate and other acti iu the memorable scenes. "Lysias spei as a Roman soldier and an uubeliev and one who knew John, James, Pet "and Judas," best of all. Judas is < scribed as the only man that foll?n Christ who thought that He was Gc aa "one iu whom the Masters words tc root and grew and flowered/' Judas, tho story IP /ld, believed that Christ * the King ol Kings, and he longed for l day when bis Master should reveal hi self as the living God. After dwell on this controilirr* thought in tho rn of Judos, Lysias proceeds to tell the et of tho betrayal : Such was his thought when at tho passe Tho Lord with His disciples met i supped ; ??? And Christus saw tho trouble in his mi And saiil, "Behold, among you hore is That shall betray me-he to whom.I gh This sop," and Ho tho sop to Judas ga And added, "That thou doest quietly d And Judas left Him, hearing these words, ' Now Bhall Uie Son of Man be Glorified. Ah, yes! his Master had divined thought :. His Master should be glorified through 1 Straight unto mo' and the high priesl come. , Filled with this hope, and said, "Behold here, Judas, a follower of Christus I-Como 1 I will point out my Master whom seek!" . A hrl nat ?| once they sent mc with band; And, tts we went. I said, rebuking him, "How, Judas, is it you who th- < uetraj The Lord and Muster whom you lov death?" And .sin i ling, ti answered, "Fear not; V&LLA -Sb Do your duty ; taite no heed of me." .Ts not this vile?" I auld; "I had not doc Such baseness in you." "Though it ? ' so now," 8?U smiling, he replied, "walt till tho o i Then turning round, as U, himself he "Mow comn tho hour that 1 hay* pray? see~ Thuhour of Joy to all Who know iho.tn "Is this madf I thought, looked at him, And, in tho darkness .creeping swiftl, His face was glowing, almost shone light; And rapt as if in visionary thought. He walked beside me. gasmg at the sk; Passing at hut beyond the Cedr?n broc We "vachel* gardai on whose open g Dirk vinos were loosely swinging. He paused. A lid lifted up our torches, and beheld Against the blank white wall a shadowy group, There waiting motionless, without a word ; A moment, and with rapid, nervous step Judas alone advanced, and, as he reached Tbe tallest figure, lifted quick his head ; And crying, .'Master! Master I" kissed bis Wo, kno'Ting it was Christus, forward pressed. Malchus wei it my siuu, when suddenly A sword Ari lad out from among them there, And sheared his ear. At once our sword flashed out, But Christus, lifting up His hand, said, "Peace, 8bcathe thy sword, Peter- I muatdrinktho cup," And I cried also, "Peace, and sheathe your swords." Then on His arm I placed my hand, and said, "In tho law's name." He nothing said, but roached His arma out, and we bound his hands with cords. This done, I turned, but aU the rest had fled, And Ho alone was left to meet His fate. My men I ordered then to take and bear Their prisoner to the city ; and at once They moved away. I, seeing rot our guide, Cried, "JudasI"-but no answer; then a groan So sad and deep it startled me. I turned, And there, against the wall, with ghastly i face, And eyeballs starting in a frenzied glare, As in a fit, lay Jr las -, his weak arms Hung lifeless down, his month half open twitched, His hands were clutched and clenched int? his robes. And now and then his breast heaved with a Frightened, I dashed some water in his fi;ce Spoke to him, lifted him, and rubbed hit hands. At last thc sense came back into his eyes, Then with a sudden spasm fled again, And to "tho ground he dropped. I searched him o'er, Fearing some mortal wound, yet .none ] found. Then, with a gasp, again tho lifo returned And stayed, but cull with strong couvulsior twitched. "Speak, Judas, speak!" I cried. "Who does this mean ?" No answer. "Speak, man !" Then at los he groaned : "Go, leavo mel leave mo,,Lysias. O, ai] God, What have I dono? O, Christus! Master Lord, Forgive mo, oh, forgive mo!" Then a cr? Of agony that pierced mo to tho heart, As, groveling on tho ground, he tarnet away And hid his face, und shuddered in hi robes. Was this the man whooe face an hour, ago Shone with a joy so strange? What mean itali? Is this e sudden madness? "Speak I" cried "What means this, Judas? Bo a m->a am speak I" Yet there hr. lay, and neither moved no spoke. I thought that he had fainted, till at last Sudden he turned, and grasped my arm an cried, "8ay, Lysias, is this true, or am I modi" "What true!" I said. ?'True that yo seized thc Lord !. You could not seize Him-Ho is tho Go tho Lord I I thought 18iw you seize Him. Yet I knot That was impossible, for He is God I And yet you live-you live. He spare you,then. Where am I? What has huppened? . black cloud Come o'er mo when you laid your hands o Him. Where are thoy all ? Where ia He? Lysia speak !" After describing how Judas fell ?in flt and was carried away, and relatio how Peter denied his Lord, the Centi rion says: That night I saw not Judos. Tho next da Ghastly, clay white, a shadow of a mon, With robes oil soiled and torn, and tangle beard, Into tho chamber where the council sat Carno feebly staggering; scarce should have known 'Twas Judas, with that haggard, blast? face: So had the night's great horror altered LU As one all blindly walking in a dream He to tho tab!e came-against it leaned Glared wildly round awhile-then ntrctol lng forth From Ids torn robes a trembling hand Hui down, As if a snake had slang him, a small pun That broke and scattered its small whi coins about, And, with i shrill voice, cried, "Take bai the purse! .Ttvat not for that fond dross 1 did tho deed 'Twas not for that-oh, horror! not f that! But that I did beliove Ho was the Lord ; And that He is the Lord I still believe. But oh ! tho sin ! the sin ! I have betray The innocent blood, and I am lost! a lost! So crying, round his foco his robes he thro And blindly rushed away ; and we, agna Looked round-and no one for a mome spoke." Then comes a startling picture of t finding of the body of Judos banging a tree, and the story of the old Cetltuti gives place to the reflections of the B man law> ?r, who, comparing the . t counts of "John and Pater ana tho res1 reaches tho conclusion that Jadas .*- - Was o rash and vlsiowj-y man, Whoso faith ira* firm, v.ho had no thou?, of crime. Bat whom a terrible mistet,*'?, drovo mad. Accepting the views er John i James, the lawyer is troubled, bat tiki the view that Lysias takes, All is at once consistent, clear, complete. Firm in tho faith that Christus was his G The great Messiah sent to. save tho world He, seeking for a sign-not for himself, But to show proof to all that He was Go? Conceived this plan, rash if you will, 1 grand. . "Thinking Him mun,", ho said, "mere ra ral roan, They seek to seise Him. I will moko I To take the public bribe and point Him c And they shall go, all armed with awe lUld bl HT ra, Strong with tho power of law, to seize Him, _ And at their touch nc, God Himself, el stand Revealed before ?hem, and their swe shall droD. And prest iv.* all before Him shall ador? And cry. "Behold the Lord and King aiir Bot when pie soldiero laid their hand* Him, And hnnnd Him as th ev would ? nrl?o vile, With tonnte, and mockery, ana threat death Ho all the while submitting-then his drt Burst into fragments with o omah ; agi The whole truth reeled.before him: dread truth Swooped like a sea upon him, bearing d< His thoughts in wild confusion. . He ' dreamed To open ?the gate? of glory to his Lord, Opened In their stead . the prison's jar door, ' j And saw above him his dim dream of I Change to? Fury stained with blood crlme^ . And thoa madness setzea tum, ana rem With pangs of torture drove him, dowi death. This ls the view of Judas presente* Mr. Story's poem. ;Tha purpose of article U not to canvass tho corr?ct ?f tho. view, ?but alraply to give the sj of tho poem. - Blond.? ?re out of fashion in P ?nd dark brouettes ?re the rage. ?THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG.*' An IntcreiUng Account of It? Origin. Thal tho air and words of this stirring ! song wore composed in an hour hy its j brilliant young author, is known to but few; the story of its origin has never j been written. In January, 1861,1 was in attendance as a looker-on al tho Mississippi State Convention, which passed the ordinance of secession. In the latter days of the ?.recoding December. South Carolina had oitiated the revolution by "going out '.of the Union." Mississippi was the next to follow suit. When her convention met at Jackson the first week in January, I"**o. W. 8. Barry was chosen president oi that body, which nu-ibered euch men as Hon. Walker Brooke, General J. Z. George, Hon.- J. L. Alcorn, Wiley P. Harris, and others well-known to fame as members. I recall tho deep solemnity which characterized tho proceedings of that splendid body of gallant spirits. They did not rush like madmen, aa roany suppose, into the whirlpool of secession -on the other hand, tho deliberations were calm, statesmanlike, manly and dignified, indicating that from their sis ter States they parted company more in sorrow than in anger. Quite a number ot the members bad been elected as Union men or co-operatists, instructed to counsel a waiting for tho "over set ;" the southern Etales meantime, to enter into a defensive league with one another, ready to resist the first open attack by the fed eral government upon the peculiar in stitution. The majority, however, looked upon this scheme as utterly impractica ble-for, they argued, there wilt be no open trespass upon our rights ; abolition ism will work by slow, insidious agencies, and, before we dream of such a result, we shall be bound band and foot A moro dignified, able, pa'notic delibera tive and earnest investigation of a great question was never, for a number of days, more gravely debated. It waa a bitter trial to men whose fathers, Uko them selves, had followded the starry banner under a new and untried standard; it was hard to part company with those splendid memories which bad become the best portion of our country's proud history; and when, finally, just as twi light fell over tho state bouso on the evening of January 9th, 1861, and thc Eresident of the Convention, the vote aving been announced, rose, and slowly unfurled the little blue flag with its sin gle, red Star in the centre, and proclaim ed that Mississippi bad "dissolved thc Eolitical bonds which had connected er" with the Union of our fathers; strong men bowed their heads and wept I shall never cease to recall this, the mosi solemnly impressive scene I have ovei witnessed 1 But I havo been led away by thes< memories from the object ot* my sketch tho origin of tbe "BONNIE BLUE FLAG." 'During the last few days of tho con ' vantion. Harry McCarthy, supported by i ?oung lady, who accompanied him ii ia original and selected songs, was civ ing a variety of entertainments at An gelo'u Hall, io that.-city, lonsisting o songs, serious and comic, dancing, in strumental music, etc. On theafternooi of the 9th of January, Judge Wiley I Harria, late Chief Justice, and oue o the soundest lawyers living, met tb gifted young Irishman on the etreet, an remarked : "Mac, the convention will adopt tb ordinance of jecession sometime this al ternoon, and you will have a large audi enco this evening. Permit mo to offer suggestion : Why can you not compos a song pertinent to tha occasion ? Giv us a patriotic song-ono which sba) perhaps, bo universally received as a ni: tional air-something soul stirring an patriotic, that ?nay oecomo os immorti as tho ordinance itself." Youug McCarthy caught the idea i once, retired to bis room, and in three c four hours was binging, for the first tin in public, the "Bonnie Blue Flag," to house crowded to its utmost capacit; Aud not once, or twice, or thrice oui; did ho sing the new song that night; bi be was encored again and agair, tweh or fifteen times at least, until ho beean hoarse from singing and the nudiom almost exhausted from applauding. Tl scene was oue, which literally, mu have been seen to have been ?p prec ted. The "dollar of tho daddies" was tl currency at that time, and the audiem absolutely showered gold and silver ov ? tho stage. I recall one - gentleman wi j was seated about the centre of the h? uear a supporting column, and who hi evidently taken on ? little extra patrio ism beforehand-whose agility, under tl excitement of the hour, was equal to tl supremest test. Wrapping his arms at legs about tbe pillar, no climbed up ui til bis bead struck the ceiling. The accompaniment on tho piano w; well executed, and whilst singing, M Carthy promenaded the fit ago Dack ai forth waving his flag. Ono v?rae esp cially wheu first* delivered carno ne "bringing down the house" literally : "So long os thc Union Was faithful to her tm st, .Like friends and like brothers, We were hind-we wcro just ! - But when northern treachery Attempts our rights to mar. We'll hoist on high tho Bonnio Bl Flag, That bears 3 single star I" From that hour there was nothing I tho Bonnie Blue Flag in Southern a As tho visitors-'so Jackson returned hot north eas!, south and west, they spreac every where.' . The rigid critic of t words, io the light of luis hour, may r feel their full force * < we experienced then, but, surely, the "Marseilles Hym could not have been originally nu "fT-Tlly rCCC?TCd l?uu nan uui Blinnie lit "Bonnio Blue Fing" and of which one tho first lawyers in the south waa \ immediate inspiration. THE CHUPA FAn.uR2.-r-The minglon (N. C.) 'JRwiew says: "Span chufa is a failure.. At least so it is p nounced by tann? who has given it wi they consider afair 'est. Some of the B der county farmers who havo tried thoroughly for ino BCOSOUJ past teil that they have planted the last of They say that it not only does ; not mi good .meat, but that it draws from ground where it is planted every parti of life and sustenance, leaving an alni barren waste ?here waa once frail fielet?. It is true that hogs take U kindly, but tho fat of the meat raised it ia ed sod that pork, SA such, is ala unsaleable, and the meat after be cured will continue to drip as long there ls any grease left in it. One stance is related of a farraor who with it very ?viAn**ce|y last yesr, 1 who has never yet been able to get lard into anything but a liquid St He ?palle, it, very properly, hog There will be very little Spanish cl planted in thia section next year." r,- Aman dlggibg a well in N?vi County, Tesas, found a coffin ned ? i bohes at the depth of sereu ty-slr feet. ' codi u was put together with coi ? screws. Au Electric 8pi1i.gr? Tho Nashville Banner tells of a won derful natural curiosity in Tennesseo, as follows: The beautiful Buffalo Valley -the mountaineer's paradise, and one of the most romantic spots in Tennessee lies along tho eastern bank of tbat lovely mountain stream, the Caney Fork. Th reo or four miles from the rrouth of this val ley stands an old water mill, whoso huge iron-bound wheel, it ls said, performed its last revolution somewhere about the year 1816. Under this old mill is tho most wonderful spring of wbicb thc world bas ever heard. Among tho inhabitants it is known as the ''Devil's Spring." Few people, other than those living in tho immediate neighborhood, know of its existence, and they rurelv visit it, from the fact that it is believed to exert a pow erful and evil influence over all who are rash enough to venture sufficiently near its confines to allow a singlo drop of the bubbling, boiling fluid to fall on them or their garments. The spring ia described as boiling up from the center of a solid rock, its shape being very like that of a bushel measure and about as large. The sides of this basin or hole are perfectly smooth, hav ing the appearance of having been pol ished by tue band of man. Its depth is not known. The people who reside in tbo immediate vicinity say it is without bottom. How this.may bo wo aro not prepared to state, hut true it is that an iron wedge and 800 feet of cord failed to reach it. Tho water U of a dark blue color, and boils up willi great force-sc great that it spouts up soveral inches above its proper confines. And not only does it boil un with immense force, but II whirls around with tremendous velocity, something after the fashion of a whirl wind. The gentleman who describes it say. that be dipped an ordinary tin dippei into the spring for the purpose of pro curing some ortho water for a closer ex amiuation of ita qualities, and tbat thc moment the dipper touched tho water i was wrenched from his grasp as tbougl it had been struck from his band by i stroke of lightning, and indeed, ho states that bis arm felt very much as if it bat been suddenly paralyzed. In endeavor ing to regain the dipper, which did no sink moro tban si: inches below the sur face, but which kept whirling round am round so fast that it was almost inipossi ble to seo it, ho placed his band into th water. He says tbat tho sensations h experienced at the instant bis linger touched tho water wera singular!; strange, causing him to think that thou sands of needles had pierced his body o one time. But bo didn't succeed in gel ting the dipper out. Ho tried timo au again to wrench it from its fastening! but the greedy walerr. teemed loth to giv up their strange captive, to which the clung with more than vise-like gras] Giving up all hopo of rescuing the dij per with his bands, tho gentleman bi thought himself of an empty flask whic he carried in bis companion. With th he again attempted to lift some wat< from the spring, and was rewarded wit success, not, however, without consider; ble effort, for it required his entii strength to prevent the angry waters fro snatching the flask frn.n his hands. Pouring a single drop of tbe strange flu in tho palm of his hand be examined minutely with a magnifying glass wi the most satisfactory results. Ho stat that tho drop of water closely resembl a flake of snow viewed with the same i atm ment. He examined several other drops, an strange to say, each presented a mark difference in appearance. The first i sumed tho shape of a star, the secoi that of a crescent, the third that of dagger, tho fourth a comet, and so c Atter concluding bis examination, t gentleman resolved to further test t water bv tasting it. . Letting a sing drop fall on his tongue, be was surpris and delighted to find that it sparkled li the beat brand of imported champagi He then concluded to swallow a portie which ho did with tho most delight effect. Hn. says the moment the wa begau descending bis throat ho enjoy the most pleasant sensation of bis li It seemed, indeed, as if he were truly s ping the nectar of the gods. Thedrau: seemed ' to divide itself into a milli parts the moment it passed his throat portion passing with the sneed of lig nine along every vein of hts body. Owing to the peculiar effects which I water has on the human ayste-m, tbe g< tlemnn before leaving the placo, chi tened the spot "The Electric Sprin He claims tbat this name ls ncculia appropriate, for there is no doubt 1 that the water is heavily charged w electricity. He will endeavor nu At st mer to form a company ibr the purp of merging tho place into a summer sort, as il is believed that tho waten the spring .will cure any and all ills t flesh is heir to. _ SOME MISTAKU AS TO CAROLINA There is a threatened split in the Di ocratio party in South Carolina, and i intimar ed that Wade Hampton will li to step down from the Senate and run Governor again in order to keep the thing from going to pieces-Ballia Gazette. The Gazette manages to make more t one mistake in a paragraph of less t jix linea. If Ibero is a threatened s lu the Democratic party of South Cai ?a no one ia aware of the fact except able editor of the Gazette. There is n< ing to cause a split among our fri? across theSavannak. There are gentle! of character, ability and undoubted m oe racy who desire the nomiration Governor. Their friends are atrivhij gratify their wishes. The came th are true of every State in the Ul where an election is to bo held i your Jluf ~UC~ ?hs ??????.???3 < vontion of South Carolina ends the st S's by naming the nominee, the friem o ether aspirants will cheerfully a the decision and loyally support the didato of tho parly. There is not slightest probability that General Ht ton will resign his seat in tho Senat order to run for Governor, nor is t any necessity for such action on his ] There is no danger of the Dcmoc OartV of South Carolina Boing ?o pi Tbe'people of that Stato have bad < years of Radical role and they have so Boou forgotten what Radical means. General Hampton ii dedon popular and influential in the State neither General Hampton nor any i man is South Carolina. The SUM not so poor in intellect and int? that she can piednos bot one i citizen at a time. The people and respect their standard- bean 1876, but if there had been such man aa Hampton South Car would be a free commonwealth lo and if he were U> die to-morrow (v God forbid) tho State would not lac hie sons to take their great leader's j -A ny nata Chronicle and Otmttitutio\ A ch"ds great enemy ls worms, can calculate the misery and suffer child ba? to endure ?ho is infested worcu'f 8bri?eras Indian Wini in destroy and expel worms from both dre? and adults. Only 25 cents i tie. A CoffeO'Flcld to Brazil. From a very full account of tho Bra? Kilian Coffee Industry in Scribner fo Dccomber, vre take this description of the field-work, written from personal ob servation by Herbert H. Smith: Ia Southern Brazil, a coffee-field sel dom lasts more than thirty years. The plantations are mado on the fertile hill sides, where the forest has been grow ing thick and strong. But the soil bore is never deep-six or eight inches of mold at the utmost. In tho tropica there are no long winters with mats of dead vegetable matter rotlir,, under tho snow. Tho leaves fall singly, i'.ad dry up until they break into dust; logs and decaying branches in the shady woods are carried away by white ants and beetles ; hence the mold bed increases very.slowly; in twenty-five or thirty years, the strong growing coffee-trees eat it all up. Most {llantera simply cut down the forest and eave tho trees to dry in the sun for six or eight weeks, when they are burned. S-i-, more provident, lets the logs rot wher* they lie, which they do in a year or two: in tho open sunlight they are saved from insects and the ground re ceives a large accesslou to its strength. Back of the house there are two yards or small fields, four acres, perhaps, to gether. Tho ground is covered with earthen pots set close together, only leaving little pathways at intervals. Each of tho two hundred thousand pots contains a thriving young coffee-plant. The ground forms a gent?o slope, and water is constantly running over it, so 1 that it is always soaked. Tho pots, through orifices at the bottoms, ora tv i up enough of this water to keep the i roots moistened. The young plants aro protected from tho sun by mat screens stretched on poles above the ground. This is a costly system. Most of the ?ilanters take root shoots at random rom the old fields and set them nt once, into unprepared ground. Sr. S-'s experiment has cost bim probably $20, 000 ; tho pots alone coat $11.000. But he will make at least $50,000 by the op eration, lu tho first place, bc gains a good year in the start that he gives to these young plants. Then they are not put back lu the transplanting; the pots are simply inverted and the roots como out with the earth. They are Bot into mold or compost which hos been pre f?arcd in deep holes. Tho lender root eta catch hold of this at once, and in a day or two tho plant is growing as weil as over. The nurslings come from bolected Beed of half a dozen varieties. Sr. S has thom planted at first in small pots, A dozen slaves are engaged transplant ing the six-inch high shoots to largor pots. Little tired-looking children car ry them about on their shoulders, work ing on as steadily 'is the old ones, for they aro well trained. 8r. S-wonts to make his plants last fifty years, so he is careful and tender with them. The little blacks will be ?:ee in 1892, BO bia policy ia to get 'as much work as possi ble from them whilo be cac. The plaots aro set in rows, about ten feet apart. They grow, and thrive, and are happy, out on the hill-aide. Warm sunshine caresses the leaves ; generous rains feed the tender roots; the ground ia kept free from intruding weeds and bushes, and tho planter wilts for his harvest. After four years, t ao trees aro six feet high and begin to rear. By tho sixth year, the crops are very large threo or oven four pounds per tree at times. Meanwhile, corn and mandioca are planted between the rows. Often in a now plantation the expenses are near ly covered by these subsidiary crops. In thin month of November only a few of tho slaves.are ia the new fields. November is tho principal gathering mouth, and almost the whole force m tut bo at work in the bearing orchards. From sunrise to sunset, women and chil dr-ss sr? g*th?rino- th? berries in baskets, working silently "and steadily under the overseer's oyo. Every day each slave gathers of tho average berries enough to ?reduce fifty pounds of dried coffee, he pickings ?TO collected in carts and brought to the mill house, where the seeds must be prepared for the market. John Buskin's Advice. See that no day passes in which you do not roako yourself & somewhat better crea ture; aud in order io do that, find out, first; what you are now. Do not think vaguely about it; take pen and write down as miaute a description of yourself as you can, with the date to it. If you dare not do DO, . Sud out why you dare not, and try to get strength of heart enough to look youreolf fairly in the face, ia mind as well as body. I do not doubt but that the mind is a less pleasant thing to look at thau the face, and for that very reason it needs moro looking at : so always have two mirrors on your loilct-tablo, and Bee that with proper caro you dress your body and mind before them daily. A woman must bc a pleasant creature. Bs sure that people like tho room better with you in it than out of it; and take all pains to get tho power of sympathy and the habit of it. Yon fancy that you '-.re sorry for tho pain of others. Now, I tell you just this: that if 'ho usual course of war, matead of unroofing peasants' bouses, and ravaging peasants-fields, merely, broke the china upon your own drawing-room tables, no war in civilized countries would last a week. Can you cook plain meats and dishes economically and savorlyl If not make it y?ur business to learn, as you find op .virtanlty. When you can, advise and personally help an/ poor woman within your reach who will be glad of help in that matter; always avoiding imperti nence O? u??C?r.?*.vojr ul imc.nicin:c. Acquaint yourself with tho poor, not as their patroness, but es their friend. If then you can modestly recommend a lit tle more water in, the pot, or half an hour's more boiling, or a dainty bone they did not know of, you will have been useful indeed. Early rising, on ai. grounds, is for yourself indispensable. You m; be at work by the latest at six in SuuMner and seven in Winter. Every dey d~ ~ little of housemaid's work in your own house, thoroughly, so as to be a. pattern of per fection In that kind. Yonr actual house maid will then follow your lead, it there's an atom of woman's spirit in here-(if not, ask your mother to get another.) lt ia not the object of educatiou to turn a woman into n dictionary. Do you not feel that marriage-when it is mrrriage at, all-ts only the seal which marks the vowed transition of temporary-into untiring service, and. of fitful into eternal love? Girl* should* bo like dAlsiesj nice and ?hitc-, With ?~?<u ?ug? O? t id, i, you look close ; making the grout; J bright wherc ever they ?re;.knowing simply aud qui etly that they do it, and are meant to do it, and that it would bo very wrong if they didn't do it.--Extrade /rom Letters to Young Latlie*. Lovers of honey will be gratified io learn that Dr. Bull's Cough ?yrup ia a much swc-ster*articlo in winter tnd much better for a cough. Tho Commissioners and itt? Ute?. A sp?cial dispatch to tbe Den ver Ttibuni, dated Los Pines, tho GU:, says that after Jack had refused to came tho Indians concerned in the White River massacre all tho chiefs retired to Ouray's house for consultation. A man TV ho vt as afterward sont from the agency to Ouray's house with hay for the Indiana' horres reporta that the Utes wero decked oat in feath ers and war paint and wero making fiery speeches and indulging in wild dances. Saturday noon tho IJtes came into the agency and took scats. Geueral Hatch addressed them at length, setting forth tho full demands of the Commissioners, their right to make the demands and the patience already exercised with the Utes. "To day," ho said, "is your last chance. We will wait no longer. We want your final auswcr, add wo went no evasion." A list of tho Utes charged by the agency women with taking purt in the massacre was then read and tho question put by General Hatch, "Will you sur render tho men whose names are in this poper to be tried, and if guilty punished, and if innocent acquitted?" 1 he question was put twice, and after consultation evasivo answers wero returned both times. When tho question was repeated tho third time, Ouray replied, "How do we know the Indians you nama were in tho White River massacre 1 We cannot de penid upon what tho women say." "That is what wo depend on," said General Hatch. General Adams then addressed tho In dians, making a speech of over an hour's duration, saying, among other things, that the Commissioners did not want to punish Col o row, Jack and others who took part in tho Thornburg!) fight, but tho cowardly dogs who paticipated in the massacre of unarmed mon at the agency, closing by saying, "we want those Utes and will nave them." The Indians had a consultation in a low tone among themselves, but did not seem inclined to reply at all. When General Hatch again rose and naked if tho guilty Indians wore to be surrendered, he said he had made MB last appeal.. No one moved or spoke for a fow moments, when Colorow lit his "big pipe of peace." Each Indian pres snt then drew his 'ciifo and laid it on lin knee, the question of peace or war being the ono pending. Colorow then passed bis pipe to tho next man without smok ing, and it went around the circle. When tho circle was finished, he jumped to his feet, strnighencd himself to full height, pulled bis belt around until his knife sheath was ia front, and snatching his knife out, threw it quivering and ring ing upon tho floor. Instantly every lil lian present laid his hand upon his knife >r pistol, tho whites following their ex ample. "Tho Colorado people," ho said, "are )ur enemies, and to give up to be tried in this Ste-te would be to surrender them ?o a mob who would hang them. We will bring thote twelve men here for you io see and then those whom you decide guilty eb al i be taken to Washington. The President shall determine their guilt or innocence." The chief spoke with great arrogance ind boldness. Ouray added that it would requre about a week to bring the men in. General Hatch told bira he ac cepted the proposition os far as bringing tho men in was concerned, but as to tak ing them to Washington ne wo.uld have first to telegraph General Schurz to get permission. Oolorow and Jack were immediately dis natch od to bring in tbe twelve named, in cluding Douglas and Persun. ' They said they would return in five days. After they had gono Ouray again spoke, reiter ating bis statement that they could not jct j us tico in Colorado and could only jet it In Washington. "You, there, laid Ouray, meaning General Hatch and adams.and their legal adviser, Vol?te, 'are my enemies. I ara ono against hree. You hate mo. You are a'l Col lirado or New Mexico mon and a French levil. I have not one friend among pou. You would not give me justice, ind that is why I want to go to Wash ington, where I can havo at least one Friend." Final"; / Juray spoke, saying, in sub it?neo, that they would deliver up tho Indians named only on condition that hey should be tried iu Washington. . The two parties stood fronting and lefying each othor for como momenta, ?ch waiting fdr the other to make a for ward move. There were bat six whi?s nen in the room, while the Indians lumbered twenty-five, though there vere fifteen soldiers in an adjoining M m. The Streamlet. A streamlet started forth from a spring n the sido of a mountain, and, after an nfancy of gay leaps iu bright cascades, ipread ont into a moro quiet and steady novement. It began then to dream and neditate on the object for which it exist id. While in this grave mood a Will-o' irisp darted out and danced over ita wa er?. "Ab," cried tho streamlet, 'ithis la a * ?eavonly light sent 'o tell me what I irish to know, and to guido my course." But tho Will-o?- wisp soon flitted away, md vanished, leaving the streamlet more perplexed than before. Its first creed vas gone. Then a rosy cloud floated, in he sky and mirrored itself in the bosom >f the stream. ? This," it cried, "is a token of Para lise!" But a wind ruffled the water, and the luted cloud was mirrored no more ; and vhen the streamlet became still again ho rosy cloud bad passed from the sky. men a water lily expanded on its wa ers. "BeholdI" said tho streamlet: "to loutish this beauty is. the end and aim if my life." Bat the lily presently folded up and lerhhed. The streamlet moved on. ?resei/tly lt esme to a spot where men md thrown hard stones in its way, ob truded its course, turned it aside brough a narraw channel and forced it o rusn in a confused, perilous way over t wheel. "Alas" cried tho streamlet ; "is it then br thU agony I was born ?" But after some wild splashes the treamlet found itself at peace again, and vent on widening. And now a glorious noon came out and showered gold all iver it. "How wealthy I am !" cried the treamlet. The moon waned.. But the stars carno mt; and the ripple caught them as bright narvels; they hint ja deeper, steadier g!o ica yet to be revealed. But the stars ot.. . At. length a poet reclined on its bank ind sang to it. "Sweet atroamlot I What a bright life mist have been yours I What flowers nutt have fringed your elided way, what ?oty clouds you must have reflected, vhat lilies you have nourished, what tars have risen to tell you their egrets ire they have set I You have done brave vork, too. You have watered the mead ?wandmade it wave with grata; you have consplrcd.witb. the SUD to ripon the harvest, and when matured, you bare helped to turn ft Into bread, Not for one of these joys and uses were you made but for all I 60 may tho stream of life run on, with varied happiness and helpfulness, not anxious about tho un known sea to which thoa and I, fair stream, are tending." As the streamlet listened, all the beau ties it had known shene oat again', abd they all cluatored-d:>uclt>g light, rosy cloud,,golden moou and eerene staro-* arounc?. tho sorrow it had eucoujitered, the obstruction which had grounu grain for man; for that transfigured in the poet's song, Beemed tho happiest experi ence of all.-MONCUBE. D. CONWAY, St, Nicholas for October. A Bass lan Legend. There was once a young Hessian prince who was cruel as Russian princes alone can be. He made nothing of in sulting and abusing any one ; he would ruthlessly lead the chase across the fields of yoting corn which were the peasants' only hope of subsistence, and made noth ing of trampling down women, feeble old men, or children, if they were in bia way. On ono occasion, being more than half intoxicated, be saw a beautiful child playing in the road before the door of a peasant's hut and rode deliberately over it, and when its mother, 'with frantic cries, rushed forth and lifted it from tba ground, it was quite dead. The poor woman's grief was so great, the dead child was so beautiful, and the wrath of thoso who witnessed the scene was BO in tense, that even the cruel prince could not bo quite indifferent to what ho had done. Having watched the woman for awhile be drew bis purse from a pocket and ap proached her. "Here," said he, dropping it into her lap, "here is money enough to make yon rich amongst other peasants. Doubtless ?ou have more children, or will have, 'boy are always plenty, ono more or less, what does it matter ? See now, you are rich, stop crying." But ss he spoke tho woman lifted tho ?iunie in her hand and flung lt in bis see. "Take back your blood monoy," she said. "My child WBB worth more to mo than all tho gold in Busala. But listen, insolent prince. ' A poor peasant woman can do no harm, but she can see the harm that is coming. My mother was a wiso woman. I also can seo into eterni ty. The horse that bas been tho death of my darling will bo tho cause of yours erelong. Yes, he will rid the world of you, thank heaven. It is written. I read it. Go and loave me with my dead." . . As tho woman spoke tho princo turned pale. He was very Duperctitious, and the belief in propecy was strong in. those days. Without making answer ho rode away. His followers at his bidding scat tered tho crowd, who at onco changed their curses to cheers, and the broken hearted woman was left alone. As for tho prince, ho rode homo as fast;] as he could, and BO great was tho impres sion made by tho words the poor peasant ] mother had uttered, that he at once or- ' dered the horst?, a great favorite, of ! which ho had been fonder than he ever! was of any living being, to be sent away \ to a distant portion of the country. The animal . was to bo cared for ss though it were a human being; a house was to ba built for him, and no was to bo close ly confinad in it, if ho, tho princo, him self, ever visited thai portion of the country. Of course, these orders were strictly oboyed. The favorite steed wen? into a sort of royal exile, aAd tho prince used to ride other horses, when he tram pled down other peasant's corn. People remembered the prophecy, h own vor and manir secretly hoped fcr.?S fulfilment. Tho unhappy mother bod thc reputation for. a sort of second sight,, believed in by thoso of her nation. - "However, time passed on. A year went by-two-three-four. Tho. fifth came, ?>?r!sg all this time tho prj/ice bad heard no tidings of his banished fa vorite. At least he inquired about him, and heard that ho ha?V been dead for a' long time. Laziness and over feeding had killed him. ?"So," cried tba prince, "he will not be my death at lasi 1 A dead horse eau kill nobody." And then, os though the creature wore an enemy who had. been thwarted in somo evil intent, the desire to eeo his dead body and triumph over it, seized upon its master. Attended by a great, train, bo Bet ont for tbe place where thc horse had lived and died. The r?mains bad been laid, with respect, in a sort of tomb built for j tho purpose. "Let me see them," cried the prince. His word was law. The tomb' was L opened. Only a skeleton of the poor beast remained, but beside this the princo J stood with au absurd ' look of triumph apon his countenance. .'So" I cried he. "You wero to be my death, were you?" Ah, ah 1 you cannot ron away with me now, nor throw mo. Bee how quietly you allow nie to kick you 1" As ho spoke he bestowed upon tho skull of the dead animal a disdainful kick. Bot, on the instant, his laughter turned to a cry of anguish, and his cou riers saw him writhingon the ground in agony: close about his legs was twist ed a black and hideous object with floreo eyes aad darting, head? * lt . was a veno mous serpent which ba*? coiled itself within the hollow of tho dead horse, and which tho kick tho prince hsd given I aroused to wrath. - . Th? ?t.lnor tyrnvcA t\?mA\-a Tn m fa hours tho prince was dead*. They bore I him hom*) to be buried in the tomb of bis father. No one grieved for him; and at her door stood the peasant whose | prophecy had been fulfilled. Other chil dren now play at her knee, but ?ho has j not forgotten her murdered little one. "LET THB Mun DRY FIRST,"-Hero 'a a capital lesson that may well be im pressed upon the memory of both yoong snd old : Mr. Spurgeon in walking a lit tle way ont of London to preach chanced to get his pantloons quite muddy. A 5oed deacon mot him at the door and esired to get a brash and take off some of tho mud. "Oh, no," said Mr. S., "don't you see it is wet, and if you try to brush it now, you will rub the stain into cloth ? Let it dry, when it will come off easy enough ana leave no mark." So when mea speak 0 ?il of hs falsely throw mad at us--don't be In a hurry ((bout brushing Hoff. Too greet eager ness . lo rnh it o? la ap* Zo rub it la. Le* It dry; by and by, if need be, a little effort will remove it. Don't foster scandal about you ree! ! or others, or trouble io a society, or in a church, basto to do something. Lotit dry; it will be inor? easily: eradicated than you think in the first heat of ex citement. Time bas a wonderful power in such matters.* Very many things in this world will bo caally got over by jri1> diciously, letting them dry.''-*A?ierican Agriculturist. 1 GEKERAL HEWS SUMMARY? - Over fifty new firma bate com menced business in Atlanta, Qa., this year. - The market at Jacksonville, Fla., b supplied with green peas, okra and cn?. cumbers. -- A negrro man in a ScottsVoro {Ala.) drag store bit a ten-penny nail in two for a nickel and somf- candy. .! -* It ts a good tbf hg to make a sacri fice for % friend, and it is also a good thing to conceal tho effort mado in mak ing tho sacrifice. .- "So cods my tail," as the bee said to the boy, at tho earne time giving him a practical illustration of how ho coa ducted.busin?ss. ' - Mrs. Lincoln writes that she ex pects to be at Washington the coming wir.ier,. but it is elated that her eon Rob? crt, now in Chicago, will not bevin ir it on account of the shock; it would bo to her mental health, which ia still none of tho strongest. . -. An Irish clergyman's daughter, aged 12, said to her father that a certain couse- ; ? quential person was "a baste." Sharp ia rontal reproof bring promptly adminis tered, miss retorted that papa had used that very expression himself ir.- last Sun day** service. "Cor?-%inly not," said the rsvercned papa, with, much emphasis "Oh, but you did," persisted miss. "I heard you say that 'he that exnlloih him self shall bo a haste.'" - Gencrel Gordon, of Georgia, was ' asked by a correspondent if ho esr saw the bayonet used in the war. Ho replie J that-ho only saw ono man killed by a bayonet in. bettie, abd that was nt tho night attack bb Fort Stedman. wher, tho sentinel bayoneted and assailact. At Gettysburg, when tho advance of the two armies ran on each other, ou the 1st of July, bo saw two opposing standard bearers rapping each other over tho head ? with their fletj polca. Charleston Ifitcs and Gauner: Tho fol lowing information ls furnished us for publication : "Kov. D. X; LaFar. for merly pastor of Zion Presbyterian Church in Calhoun atroot, has retired from tho building with his numerous friends and nupporters, who lia ve already organized themsolvea into n separate religious body and invited him to ?io pastoral charge. Tho church is of tho Presbyterian order, strictly conservative, to be presided over by a pastor, elders and deacons, all chos en by tho mombera of the church, and to continue their supervision over tho church as long aa thoy aro nccont?blo to tho majority of ita members.': Tho main principle on which this church Io found ed is tho right of tho governed to govern thomsolves, their right to chooso>vhoms6 ?ver they please to oe tholr pastor, their oidora ana deacons without dictation, without controversy." - That tho conflagration, that is to con sumo tho world has bogun is believed by many residents of Reading, Pa. While some gentlemen were shooting on the farm or Henry Milter, near that city, one of tho party killed a partridge, which fell in on adjacent Hold. ,To tho surprise of tho gentleman bis dog. refused to fetch tho bird, and ho wont for lt himself ; but at the spot whoro tho bird bad fallen he suddenly ?ank sovoral feet tn a bed of Uro and ashes. Tho burning track isa sq?uro In length and half a equaro in width. Millor says tho Uro begau burning about throe wooka ago, and travels several feet a day. It omits no smoko excepting now and then when a tart of grass is being consumed, or when trees are burning, hut tho heat ls intense. The fire * *s extend ed in.? a green wheat ' ?ola, which itt gradually being destroyed. Tho roots Of oak trees bum off, and some .trees two foot and a half in' diameter havo fallen over. - The distillers would not have mado and barrelled 71,892,621 gall?os of whis key and other euch urey potablo dar ing last year, if thoy had not bad an in telligent confidence in their ability to find customers at paying pri?es. It ls a slight relief to know that 15,000,000 gal lons or so were sent across tho seas to fire tho brains and gnaw the stomachs of the effete despots and tholr subjects; buty even with this deduction, there was left on hand tho enormous quantity of 68,803,-: WUl _II-y jr^M.?< n?l^.V l nV?'.' ^\%Vm?t^Ll . I audits congeners for homo cona ump?on. Even if. ali Americans took their liquor : ' straight-which thoy don't-ana if tho average price of a drink was ten cents which, wo are Informed, is nob tho fact 1 -the gurgling of the last swallow of this colossal potation down thy free and equal Atuoricau throat will represent an ox- ? i pendituro of between 9841,000,000 and '$65.000,000, according to the slzo of tho average bar drink, And the distilleries aro still at work. I - As showing tho durability of tim ber tho fact is cited, that tho piles of a bridge, built by Trojftn were fcucd, after having been driven some i.600 years, to be petrified four inches. The rest of the wood being in Its ordinary condition. The elm piles under tho piers of London hrldgohave been in UTO more than 700 Sears, and aronotyet materially decayed, nd beneath the foundation of Savory place. London, oak, elm, beech, aida , chestnut piles and planks were found in a state of perfect preservation, after bavlne. been there for C50 year?. Again, while taking down the old walls, of Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England; there was found in the middle of a mick stone wall a timber curb which bsd bea? enclosed for 7?0 yews; and some timber of aa old bridge was discovered while digging for the foundations ofa house at Windsor., which roust havo been placed there prior to the year 189S. ; RproBa?DEsOD?STsas.-? MUiaslppi I correspondent of the Nashville American hai this to say about the meagre few of tho Kansas oxodnsters who have man to crawl r?oeropit ?vnd forlorn to ?ir, old stamping ground on the Mia isaippi : ie returning few who have been able to get back from the "happy land" have bsa a wonderful effect in chilling the ardor of the prospectivo emigrant. Tbdir abject poverty, their rags and their pinched faces tell a. far mnr? nWm.?Mt story, and one- that touches the heart of the negro more forcibly U??? their ver bal accounts of suffering and want, of diseases and death, of fawne and cold. Some who a year ago left with full purses, good teams and all the necessary comforts, who left with buoyant hopes and joyous anticipations of the cosy cot tage, too green pastures, tho fertile ficldn and tho abundant crops, with the beautiful prairie dtrotchln* away to tho horizon with herds of buflklo, decreed an telopes in the distance, and all aorta of things to rorke up tho picture like th? cheap chromo, which delighted their eyes and fed to excess their imagination, have returned, broken in spirit and in fortune, having left their teams sud household goods in strangers* hands, hav ing left some of their loved ones sleeping bon?sth tho inhospitable sod of Kansas, glad, enly too happy, to ?et hack them selves to their: sonny Southern hom*" poorer in this world's goods but richer far in experience? / CAOSS A*a>EYffRcry.-~The main cannu ' of nervousness is indigestion, and that is caused by weakness of tho *toawb. No one can h av e sou nd nerves and ?ood h ea?th without uring Hep bitters to ttrcngthou th* stomach.-purify tho blood, and Keep thc liver and kidneys active, te carry off ?jt| flj ? ?M>??a>nftns fl nd \c*Mt* ??*itt?^c?4hw system/ Sec other column.--A&'t?.cir, - If a man waits too. lor thing to turn up, it will bo h