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B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER '22. 1881. VOLUME XVII. WHnT.WBATin-? -- FURNITURE WAREROOWIS. Gr. IT. TOLLY, iys the Leader of Low Prioes in Furniture in tbis State, ?V nnnonnces to thc public that bo bas greatly tnlarized bis Warnrnnm. i. "Hied to carry the LARGEST STOCK Cjf FURNITURE THMSIVE OF ;LKSTON, I 'ave on hand, and am still receiving direct from the brat monutaX rurniture of ?ll descriptions, which I guarantee to sell cheaper thin js, wini nu.? ~-o~ -.--..v. ?i, 9/.i>u ami upwards. (OM of all stylos and descriptions from a Suite consisting of French Bedstead Bu nd, arch standard and glass plate, four Cane Seat Chairs, one Cane Seat' and locking Chair, one Towelend Washstand with Drawer and one Table at ftltt KO USO, ande very thing eist?in proportion. Tia Safes, two doors and drawer \. t'entre Table, 2 feet six inches diameter, at ftl.SO apiece Wart la, with drawer and towelend at 01.20. Wardrobes, Sideboards Mattress?! PAT Stes, CHEAPER THAN ANYBODY ELSE. Children*' CarJlS. and everything kejit in a first-class Furniture Store. On hand a fine lotof COfE -CASKETS, from a $5.00 Cot?n to the finest Glass Casket at $100 llmost lifetime experience, and buying for Cash, and from first hands enables rn* that 1 CANNOT ANO WILI, NOT HE UNDEH80LD My WareroVruB DEPOT STRE?.T. Come and see mc and be convinced. J ?arerooms eh 10. 1H80 35 G. CUNNINGHAM * CO. -o WE INVITE AN INSPECTION OF OUR ?Stock of Goods Before You Buy. Should you Want a Wagon, THE OLD HICKORY IS THE "BOSS" If? Plow, STARK'S DIXIE IS THE "FAVORITE." stock of II ABD WARE is complete, and at prices as lo w as the lowest. Build id Mechanics can always be suited. [OCERIES, DEY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, Etc., Full stock of all, and equally low in price as any other house. We want our friends whom we have given time to this year, to como squaro up front, for both Guano and Merchandise. Come and do the best you can, and wo rv and arrange for thc balance. .20, 1881 14 ?Bi I 40 - 01 EMBODIED IN THE NEW REMINGTON SEWING MACHINE. Its tensions are perfect, and do not vary with different rates of speed. It does work at a higher rate of speed than any other Shuttle Machine. It has no springs in its tensions. Its tensions do not vary when using uneven thread. Its needle is self-setting and securely held in place hy a grooved clamp. It will not skip stitches. It will never break a needle with ordinary care. It ha.s an accurate gauge by which to set a needle It has tho only perfect thread controller, making thc "perfect lock stitch." It never "loops stitches on the work. It sews over heavy seams with tho greatest ease. It will sew and feed work nt tho extreme edne in commencing. Its stitch may be lengthened or shortened while running at its highest speed. ii has a most convenient spooler. Its shuttle is self-threading and carries a very large quantity of thread. . ts shuttleis carried in an adjustable race, ensuring accuracy without friction. .ts driving belt can be tightened instantly without cutting. lt sews all grades of material with least chance. . It never has "tits" and cannot get "out of order." Its motions being positive, it cannot get "out of time." It is most accurately adjusted In construction. Its parts are interchangeable, and can be duplicated ata trifling cost. Its wearing parts are made of hardened steel. It has but few bearings, consequently but little friction. It runs more lightly than any other Sewing Machine. It runs more quietly than any other Shuttle Machine. It has no "cog gear wheels" to run bard and noisy. It has no "roller cams" to run Blow and heavy. It has no "lever arms" to increase friction and wear. It is more conveniently arranged for oiling and cleaning. It requires but little oil, and will not gum up and run hard. Its table is lower, giving more perfect control over the work. Its treadle motion oeing evenly balanced, will not fatigue the operator. Its feed can be more easily raised and lowered. It is more symmetrical in all ita proportions. Its attachments are more easily adjusted. It has a stop-motion for winding bobbin without removing the work. lt has fewer parts than any other Machine. Its parts are so adjusted that all wear may be taken np. lt has superior woodwork to any other Machine. ALL MACHINES WARRANTED IN EVERY RESPECT. McCUXLY TAYLOR, Agsnfci for the New Remington Sewing Machines, Attai^- .ats. Needles, ?fcc., . ~ ? ANDERSON, S. C. SSP* WE are also in the market with a large and well-selected stock of GENERAI? MERCHANDIZE, comprising all thc Goods needed by the average consumer of our auntry. These Goods have been selected at tho principal markets of the United States, >ught as low as the lowest, and wo are fully prepared to compete with any house in tho ?-country. We are LARGE CASH BUYERS OF COTTON, and are paying full ices for all grades of the staple. _._ Parties indebted to us for SUPPLIES, GUANO, MACHINERY, or otherwise, e reminded to call and settle their obligations, as it is our intention to bring all out biding claims to a settlement. _ _ . __ McCTJLLY & TAYLOR. OctC, 1881 _ 13 MERCHANT TAILORS, AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. FTE desire to call the attention of the public to tho fact that we have the largest stock " of Gcntlemens' Goods wo over baa AND ARE SELLING THEM AT HARD Ti WE PRICES. |W? have a beantlful line of English . Diagonals and Worsted Goods. Also. Broad JloUii m great variety. Our line of Foreign and Domestic Suitings and Tanta Goods l^ft^^ UP CLOTHING in tho very latest nd best sty lea. n - Our NOTION AND UNDERWEAR DEPARTMENT, such ns o indera. Coi ?J?. Cuffs, Neck Ties arid Scvrfs, Fino Dress Shirts, both laundr.sd and unlaundried, ?annels, (tc., is complot . HATB-We have a largo and vs?, prci'.y stock of Hats, of the vory latest style*. READY MADE CLOTHING. J** would ask all In search of a Suit all ready made to be sur. to and ses^r jorunu line before buying. You oan buy a Suit at any pnce you want. OVKtt ^Y^'^teeSja&ion In ovcry instance, and will sdi au low a. ?io lowest. WE ^EAN WHAT WE SAY. Q?J???* THE OBMTJBN^IAL BUILDING. LOOK A"T THIS ! WE BEO leave to soy to our friends whom wo have Indulged that we NEED TUB MONEY NOW, AND CANNOT WAIT LONGER. We must have Money to meet our liabilities, ard we trust thia notice will be suffl d?>t without our toking any further strm*. Wo have been very patient, and now we c*I>ect our friends to reward ns by coming to our aid. W? hare a few Goads left l? onr line, which wo will SEL.L, AT A SMALL PROFIT. J. R. & L. P. SMITH. Deel, issi TUE STATE UNIVERSITY, An Interesting Discussion in the ?louee of Itcprcsoutatlrcs. In tho Hor.se of Representatives on Tuesday the Apropriation Bill was taken up and was being read, when Mr. Simpson moved to strike out the appropriation of $10,000 for the support of the school!' of tho University. Tho condition of the people of the State, he said, was such as to demand that the expenses of tho gov ernment should be kept within tho small est possible limits. The expenso of all the commissions and tho expense cf a protracted legislavivo session would run up the taxes to r. higher figure than the people could bear. The common scboolB of thc State were kept open only three months in the year, and he considered it defrauding the masses out of their rights to appropriate this amount of mouey for the benefit of a mero handful represen ting a certain class. The supremacy of the white races in South Carolina could only be maintained by dealing out abso lute justice towards every class. The levying of unnecessary taxes at this time would not tend to promote that har mony among tho people of tho State which was so greatly to bo desired. Mr. Haskell said that the remarks of the gentleman from Anderson might have como with more force if he had not placed himself so clearly on record in 1878, when bo had expressed the senti ment that ho would have been delighted to see this old and timo-honored institu tion torn down and sold for brick. Tho argument that ibo University was to be exclusively beneficial to a class was without foundation, and the argument that the common schools were being de frauded by this appropriation was equally without foundation. Over $200, 0U0 yearly was appropriated for tho ben efit of tho common schools and, as was well kuowu, those who paid uine-tenthsl of this tax made but little use of these Bchoola. There were four hundred young men in the State to' dav seeking that higher education for whicii, if they could uot obtain it in their owu State, they would be forced to go elsewhere. The gentleman fr im Anderson bad been alone in the commute of ways and means in his opposition to this appropri ation, and bia calculation os to tho tax for the coming year was wholly iucotrect. Tho appropriations in this bill with this ?10,000 included wore $2.000 less than last year, aud the tax would not bo high er that last year. The State bad tho buildings, the libraries and the nucleus of the institution with already sixty stu dents. All that was asked for was some little amount to supplement thc resources of tho institution that it might be placed upon a foundation upon which it could rest, and the youth of the State could find that higher educatiou which was necessary to keep up tho intelligence of the rising generation. Mr. Venter heartily favored the appro priation. The gentleman talked about the safety of the white race being depen dent upon tho saving of $10,000 from the expenses of the State. He thought it a far stronger argument to claim that thc white race of the State could only bo dethroned from power by tho lack of education. The opposition from the gentleman, ho thought, could be easily traced to the belief that this Uni versity would be injurious to tho sec tarian colleges of the State. No ouo could have a higher respect fur the secta rian colleges than bc bad, but be could cite expressions from the heads of all those colleges favoring the opening of this University, on thc ground that it was a public necessity, ana that it would meet a need which thc sectarian colleges could not supply. He was not actuated by sentiment, but was guided by a firm con viction that as a mere business transac tion the opening of this University would save thousands of dollars to tho State evey year. The institutions of all the surrounding States were drawing our young men away from tho Stato yearly, taking thousands of dollars away from home and denying to the young men of South Carolina the privilege of receiving at home that higher education which the spirit of the age demands. Mr. Simpson again rose to defend bis position. He reiterated that before the expenses of the session were paid tho tax would run up, perhaps, to between eight and ten mills, and at a time like this such a tax would bea burden which the people could not Bland. Mr. Hutson said be was tired of bear ing on every measure of interest tho time-worn argument about tho pov erty of the State. Why waa thc University placed upon any footing at all if waa not intended by degrees to place the institution upon an enduring baais?" Mr. Murray opened an argument in favor of the appropriation by recounting tho remark of Thomas Jefferson, when, being asked to name the greatest act of his life, be replied : "I founded the Uni vorBity of Virginia." Ho referred with pride to the educational condition of South Carolina before the war, and con* t.'asted the present condition of the Stato in that regard with tho States which had founded aud kept up institutions of high er learning. Ho was in favor of obeying the mandate of tbo constitution that pro vided that appropriations should be made from time to time towards thc support of this University. He was in favor of an appropriation, and was opposed to making any potty appropriation that would ac complish no good. Tho sectarian col leges bad done and were doing a great work and be boped they would go on ??rospering and to prosper, but this Col ego with its wider advantages was need er! as a central poin* around which any youth of tho State could gain that higher education which bo could not get elsewhere in tho State. Uudor tho mw tnt; beneficiary gruuuatcs of the University were required to teach in tho public schools for two years, and thus would bo carried into tho homes of all classes tho very education which tho Gentleman from Anderson claimed was enied them. Upon every principio of polical economy and everv law which governed tho educated mind thiB institu tion should bo sustained. Mr. Talbert said he roso to give tho Gen eral Assembly time breathe, and in doing so nearly talked himself out of bnuth. Ho said he had come to represent the people who sent him, and be was opposed to addiug one feather moro upou the backs of tho poor down-trodden, overbur dened, b-\f-starved taxpayers. Mr. Rucker was in favor of education in the common schools nnd in its higher forms. Ho believed that as the State had tbo right to tax its citizens to edu cate tho children of those who paid no taxes it was equally within tho power of tbe State to tax ita citizens to maintian tho higher system of education. The Uni verity before the war seemed to unify tho peoplo of the State and it would continuo to do so. Let us not, he said, be con fined to anything less than tho public welfare. - The necessities for higher edu cation had been too definitely settled to admit of argument. As a matter of bus iness economy he favored the bill. Why should South Carolina lag behind ? 8he had never, In the course of her history been content to be a follower. She had ever been a leader! Should sho now consent to drop behind in the great cause of education ? Mr. ,r. E. Mack, by au arithmetical calculation, showed that the State tax for next year could not possibly be larger than last year, and ho thought it would be less. The appropriation would simply cause a tax of about one cent upon every ono hur._;od dollars of the taxable prop erty of tho State, and he thought it was two bmall a matter to bo talked about when weighed in comparison with tho great good to bo necompished. _ Mr. Prince thought tuero ought to be a lino drawn somewhere, and he thought this appropriation as good a thing to commence with as any other. Feuding tho further dh cu:i of the section the House adjourned until 7.30 P. M. At the night session the debato on the section of tho appropria tion bill providing ?10,000 for the Uni versity was resumed. Mr. Sli?h felt it his duty tu raise his voice against tho ap propriation of this amount at this time. He was not opposed to education, but the people would be crushed under tho binden of taxation. Tho argument that $10,000 .ins a mere trifle was without force when it was $10,000 moro than was necessary to bo paid by tho people in their poverished condition. Mr Dargan desired ro be put on record as being heart and soul in favor of the appropriation. In that College was planted the tree of chivalry, which, des pite tho shaft of ridicule, had flourished amid al! disasters. lu that College had been nutured that spirit of virtue, of honor and of manhood which had made the old Carolinian respected and admired the world over. If Carolina was true to herself and if the education of her youth was fostered, tho glory and prosperity of the State in the future would even out shine the lustro of her illustrious past. Mr. Tillinghast said that the Sate of South Carolina was not a pauper, and he cried shame upon any man who would vote against this pitiful appropriation to sustain so grand an institution as the old South Carolina University. Mr. Egan favored the appropriation. He thought it a hard case that the tax payers who contributed largely every year to the education of the masses who paid no taxes should not be allowed to claim for their children the opportunity of obtaining a higher education than tho masses could aflbrd. Mr. Gray said he was not opposed to opening the University on a proper basis, but this appropriation would accomplish I no good aud was most unwise at this time. Five hundred families had left Greenville county in the past month for other States in consequence of the pres sure of poverty, and this apprpriation, although small, was a burden which was unnecessary to be placed upon the people at this time. Mr. Johnstone made an earnest argu ment in favor of the appropriation. Running briefly over the history of the institution he bitterly asked if the. grand old institute which Sherman and his ! scandal hordes would not destroy was to be allowed to crumble into dust by the sons of South Carolina? He rehearsed the arguments of the opposition and skil fully showed their narrow spirit and fal lacy. For the first time in bis experience in these halls he had heard an appeal to the black man to lend his aid to throttle the white man. The very air was lep rous with the suggestion, and ho thanked God that'the answer carno back from the colored man, "You shall not have my aid. I want education myself and will not put anything in the way of educa tional progress." The argument of the State being tun poor was was pusillani mous. The tux would be exnetly one cent to the inhabitant of the State, or five cenia u voter. Thc true spirit of the op position was opposition to education it self. It was the old argument nf the despot, keep the people in ignorance and I can rule them ; but tho people wero determined to remain in ignorance no longer. The argument that an election was at hand and the Democracy roust be prudent, ho would, if ho could, hurl back in thunder tones upon them with the re ply, they must be prudent. A party claiming to represent reform and a puri fied and efficient government was the last party in thc world to trample upon education. Mr. Simpson theu made his third speech of tho day in opposition to the ap propriation. This, he said, was but tho entering wedge to open tho treasury of the State. The previous question was then de manded, and. the motion to strike out the apnropriation of ?10,000 wna lost. Yens 32," nays 73. THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE MIMTA Mr. Wilson moved to recur and striko out the appropriation of $12,000 for the military. A motion by Mr. Tallinghast to table this motion was lost. Mr. McKissick moved to cut down the appropriation to $5,000. Red-shirts, he said, were tho prettiest uniform ever worn since the confederate grey was laid aside, and theso wouldn't cost any $12, 000 or $5,000 either. Tho motion to cut down tho appropriation to $5,000 was then adopted. Mr. McCrady moved to amend the sec tion so that it would read, "to assist com pa il ie' in maintaining their organizations," instead of to assist them in uniforming themselves. Adopted. A New Railway Feature. The novelty of a trip on the new ex press is enhanced by the serving of meals on board, a feature which was~necessary to save the time usually consumed by the "15 minutes for refreshments." On tha train from ?J?w Ynrlr fhn conductor of tho sleeping cars solicits orders for dinner while the train is tearing up the Hudson at the tate of 40 miles au hour. He presenta each passenger with a bill of fare and a blank. The former con tains several combinations of cold and warm lunches, the prices of which are 40 and 50 cents respectively. For 40 cents the passenger can order two large sandwiches, two hard boiled eggs, a cut of pie, bread, and butter and pickles, or one of several other combinatfous which include pork and beans, ham, a chicken win& Ac. The warm lunch, which is 10 cents extra, includes a piece of steak or other warm meat. Wines and ales can also be ordered at extra cost. The prices are surprisingly reasonable, the railroad con.puny hr.ving them under supervision. The passenger makes out bis order by simply noting on his blank the name of bb car, the number of his seat and the number of the combination lunch. These are collected by the con ductor. When tho train halts at Albany at about noon, waiters come on board carrying each passenger's order in a separate basket, which is arranged in compartments. Two napkins, knives, forks and spoons, are nicely stored in receptacles xor toe purpose. The wait ers arrange the tables in the cars, spread a cloth and serve tho dinners. Tho pas senger has tho lime between Albany ana Utica to banquet. At Utica the waiters clear the tables and disappear. This plan is said to work perfectly, giving tho highest satis I faction to the traveling public. JEFFERSON DAVIS, His Return from Europe-Not Anxious to Write st Now Hook-Ue Thinks Reconcil iation v. lt Ii tho SouUt far from Complete. ?Vtc York Herald. Mr. Jefferson Davis, accompanied by bis wife and daughter, returned yesterday morning from Europe on board the Bre men steamer Neckar, after a long and tempestuous voyage of fifteen days from Southampton. Tho steamers from t::c North ?ermau Lloyd call at Southamp ton on their way to and from New York, and Mr. Davis seized that opportunity on tho 2'2d of last month to sail again for home. Considering tho great space which thcex-presideut ofthe defunct Con federacy once filled in tho world's atten tion, but very limited interest appeared to be attached to bis return. Messrs. Derby and Tenny, connected with thc Appleton's publishing house, paid Mr. David tho compliment of awaiting bis arrival at the Hoboken dock ou the part of his publishers, but besides these a few of tho representatives of tho press were tho only persons there to greet him. To these Mr. Davis awarded a reception which sufficiently proved that while bis naturally kindly aud social instinct mako him pleasant, and even chatty, in an in formal conversation,'he rebels with bis whole nature at the first attempt to draw him out on a formal question of public importance. .Mr. Davis, as he sat on a trunk in thc cabin chatting with his friends, though be boro thc unmistakable traces of his very advanced age-be is a man of seventy-four-displayed yet much of that vigor in voice and gesture which would have only been looked for in a man much ' his junior in year?. His tall, gaunt, wiry frame, encased in a long gray overcoat, was apparently little bent, and bis char- ? ncteristic face, the heavily furrowed brow, [ thc deep set, light, clear eyes, tho sternly chiselled nose aud mouth, with their ( rather parched expression of sunkenncss and the venerable gray white beard would ? have indicated him as a mau of remark- , able force even to anybody who did not know that the lonely old wayfarer was Jefferson Davis. He thanked thc captain of tho Neckar for bringing him safely into port iu words of a cordial ring; in deed, bis voice was stroug cuough to j have been beard with good effect from t thc platform. Mr. Davis's daughter, a Blender, willowy girl of graceful manners, ^ just home from n school in Germany, , ?dded her thanks in that very pretty, , musical German which is never heard , from German lipu, aud probably never j sounds more charming to German ears ( than when coming from those of Ameri can girls. , "We havo bad a very rough trip in deed." Mr. Davis said, with that slow, , stately method of speech much iu voguo i among old fashioned southern gentlemen, , after Mr. Derby bad presented the news- < paper representative. "Indeed, tho Bail- ( ors say they have never experienced such ? weather." , "Did you experience much discomfort on the voyage?" the writer asked. "Not at ali," Mr. Davis respouded, ? rather briskly for him. "lam never sea- j Bick. Others, however, suffered a good deal. The cabin waa twice under water." ( "Have you enjoyed your trip to Eu- . rope, Mr. Davis?" j "Not very much," waa the reply, with , a rather pained expression. "I was not , very well most of the time." , "Where were you during tho greater , portion of your sojourn iu Europe ?" , "In France. T went over really to fetch my daughter from school in Ger- , many, but abe came to Paris to meet me . and I spent most of my time in Paris and Chantilly. Chantilly, you know is au ? old, little village famous for ita race tracks, and I visited a friend there." , "Did you take much interest in tho 'boom' in confederato bonds ?" "I did not hear much of it. My Im I pression is it was mostly confined to Lon don on the other side, and that very little , waa beard of it in Paris." Mr. Davis had thus far apoken with that measured, dig- ? nified delivery peculiar to him, but now bia stern features relapsed into a broad smile aa ho added jocularly, "1 did not invest myself." Ono could see from Iiis manner and form tho griu -with which bc shook his bead-apparently at the ab surdity of tho rise-in what a farcical light he regarded that already collapsed "boom." "Is it true that you arc going to write a new book, your last ono having been BO great a success ?" Mr. Davis laughed. "Did you ever hear of a mau who wanted immediately after returning from a hunt to go ou n uew ono?" "Yes, if it was a successful and pleas ant one," was the off-hand reply. "Do you suppose any of these passen gers ou the Neckar would like to return just now to Europe? If you ask them I believe they all would toll you they 'never want to go to Europe again as long ns th?y li vo I* Mr. Davis said all this in a humorous strain,as though tho cfiorla in cident to the production of bia last work bad reudered a long repose from literary labors to him most welcome. So far so well. Rut now a political question was broached, and Mr. Davis was soon on bia mettle. He was asked if he knew the recent uewa, and was told the speech of Senator Davis, temporary president of the United States jtenate, expressing his desire to leave, politics as soon as his great object, the reconcili ation of tho south and nortb, was accom plished. "Well, that would be enough for any ono man to accomplish in this world," Mr. Davis remarked, sententiously. "But don't you think it bas been prac tically accomplised ?" "1 should think not, to judgo of thc legislation for the south and the nortb in recent years and the want of harmony be tween the two sections." "I suppose you take a livelier interest in tho subject of tho reconciliation of the south end north than in almost any other. May I ask you, therefore, how you expect that work to progress under President Arthur's administraron?" "How can I te'.l ?" Mr. Davis replied with sudden warmth : "I lack the oppor tunities to inform myself on thc public men ofthe day wbo have a voice in the administration." With great emphasis be added : "I havo shaken hands with political questions, and, moreover, I never allow any man to pump mo." Mr. Davis dwelt with special vigor of voice on the word "pump," as though it was^ the ob ject of his particular aversion. "I think a timo comes," said tho former president of tho confederacy, "when ev ery man may wrap his mantle round himself, as I nave done." This last de claration bad a ring of thorough dignity in it. and Mr. Davis, drawing himself up to his full height, turned away. Mr. Davis started by train during the afternoon for his home in Louisville. The Albany (N. Y.) Prats and Knick erbocker says : "Tho largest following we know of to-day is tba', of St. Jacobs Oil ; for where St. Jacobs Oil is, thero rheu matism ls not." - There are $13,000,000 worth moro assessed property in Tennessee this year than last. ?.Undo Says." s [We wish our friends, especially the . boys, would read the following mauy }' times over, and never forget tho wisdom " that it contains.j j1 My uncle is a woodman ; he is now ! getting au old man. Some people say he is cross; but I do not think so. Trouble a and toil may give to his fuco a thought- " ful look sometimes ; but I know ho has a a kind heart. Of one thing I am certain, ho has got a witto head. Meet him when ever 1 may, ho hr.s ul ways something to say. If you would like to hear of Home of his sayings, I will wri'o down ?onie of them for you. " Uno day I saw him '.rilli an axe in his * hand, standing by a branch he hud just ! cut from the o'd oak tree, when he be- 1 gan : If you set a thistle seed, there will )' spring up not one or two thistles from it, * but tweuty or thirty ; and it will bo just the saino if I set ono sin. Oue sin, he J frays, hus been known to bring forth a J hundred more. The farmer ought to ^ take caro that no thistle seeds aro sown ' on his laud ; and you ought to take caro ' that m ins are sown in your heart. 1 Unctd says that a boy seldom looks " forward unless it is to a holiday ; when j ho is well, hu seldom dreams ol bciii? ' Bick ; when he hus money, ho thinks it B will last hiiii for weeks; and when tho 1 sun shines, ho almost expects it to ?bino 1 forever; but ho says wo should bo ready J to endure patiently, as well a? to enjoy * gratefully. "Shall wo rcccivo good at tho hand of God', and shall wo not re- 1 coho evil?" (Job ii. 10.) Undo says that if tho traveler once 1 leaves tho turn pike road in a part of tho 1 country that he docs not know, ho may | wander nbout in lanes thc wholoofthe 1 Jay, mid when night comes get stuck in u 1 bog at last ; ami that if 1 venture to ?j wander away from the path of duly, ' I may loso myself in tho cross-roads of ' L-rror and vico all my days, and at last fall f into thc pit of destruction. It would bo 1 un wiso in a traveler to quit tho toll-gate ( road, when, iu doing so, ho runs such a I risk; and it would bo very weak ami eery wicked for nie lo quit duty's path 1 when my risk is a thousand limos greater. ' Uncle says ho had rather read the ' Hible, and never look at any other book than read every other buok in tho world, j iud never look at thc Hible ; for thia ' reason : Other books aro tho books of 1 men, bul tho Iliblo is tho book of God ; 1 mid as man's kuowlcdgo ?shut ignorance j when compared with God's knowledge, ' io tho wisdom of all thc books of men is 1 but folly when compared with tho wis- 1 loth of tho book of God. 1 Uncle says that a bushel ol' wheat wilt iveigh moro than two bushels of bran ; 1 ind that a little modesty is worth moro than a great deal of conceit, rie saya .hat ahoy who is modest will loam twice vs much ns ono who is conceited. The modest boy will always bo wiser? than he appears, while tho conceited will not not know half what he protends to .inderstand. I must strive to be modest, md watch ngainst self-conceit. Uuele says that it requires moro stead iness and truo courage to despise tho laugh of bad companion, and to say No I when tempted to do evil, than it docs to march up to a cannon's mouth. He says hundreds, who arc not afraid of bul lets, balls and bayonet-, have not courage enough to resist tho derision of their thoughtless companions. I will try my best not to bo overcome by a laugh ; iud I will learn, if I can, to say No! when asked to do evil. Uncle says that forgiving au injury ia bet ter than avenging it ; and that doing one i;ood is better than intending a hundred. I wonder if I shall ever bo as wiso us my uncle. Ile says tho first step toward wisdom is thc fear of tho Lord, and that the second is much like it. Undo says that, take the year round, where we have one hour of pain wo have len of case, and where we have one misery we have at least a score of mercies. If this bo true, and I have no reason to doubt it, where I thank God unce, I ought to thank him a hundred times over. Uncle says a boy will do more good in ono month by correcting his own errors, than ho will do in years by finding out tho failings of otheis; and that ho will get ?nore knowledge by studying his own heart, than by watching all the people that are around him. I must examino my heart a little more closely than I have done, and take more care to correct my errors. Uncle says there are a thousand wnya to eternal death, for every sin is a road destruction ; but that thero is only one way to eternal life, for there has only been offered up one sacrifice forain, oven our Lord mid Saviour Jesus Christ, on the cross. If I forgot everything else that my uncle say?, I must be sure not lo forget this; and must ask for tho Holy Spirit of God to convince me of sin, and lead me to believe in Christ with all my heart. Uncle says that the strongest man grown stronger, the wisest man grows wiser, and the best man grows bettor, by often going down on his knees. If this bo tho case with a man, I suppose it must bo the case also with a boy. I remember that thc Hible says, "I'ray without ceasing," "Ask, and il shall be given you ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, nod it shall bu opened unto you." Uncle says that wo cannot do one an other half thc mischief with our teeth, thal we can with our tongues; and that wc often lie a knot with our tongues in ii minute, that wc cannot untie, with our teeth in a year. He says I ought to repeat three texts ol Scripture every day of my life: "Whoso keopcth his mouth and his tongue, kecpeth his soul from troubles;" /!?..__: no . \ MT*,,. -ti , .. . i ? IUV, AA., --J,/ .iii.) mic vi ul u nutt man shall npeak, they shall give account thereof in tho day of judgment ;" (Matt, xii. 3ti;) and, "Set a watch, O Lord, be fore my mouth ; keep the door of my lips;" (I'snl. cxli.) I must try to do it too. Uncle ?ays a rogue robs nobody hall so much as ho robs himself ; he may de prive another o' a watch, a gold ring, oi a purse of money ; but ho deprives him self of his character, of his peace, of hil life. I wish all rogues were aware o: this ; for some of them might beconu honest. "Honesty," after all, "is th? best policy." Uncle says that ho meets with many wh< eat too much, drink Jo much, and alee) too much ; but that ho has never yet inc with ono who prayed too much, red hi: Bible too much, or praised God too much I feel sure that undo is right in this, anc then I ought to remember it. Uncle says tht-.t cheerfulness is liko i servant entering a dismal room at nigh with two lighted candles ; and that mel nncholy is like another servant cominj with two extinguishers to put the candle out sgain. Truo piety, ho says, shouh always bo cheerful ; for, however brigh its prospects may bo in this world, it prospect in the worldfthat is to come ar still brighter. Undo says that a Iliblo, a Sabbath, house of prayer, and a throne of grac arc better than a sceptre, a crown ; throne, and a kingdom ; and that he wh possesses them, and makes good uso c them, is much richer than an ungodl king. Uncle is a good, man ; what h ivy? is for my good ; and if I neglect misc enough snail I hnve to regret it. Undo says that when a farmer sows eld, ho scatters thc seed freely, becsu e knows it will not all come" up; an i like manner, when he gives me advic 0 given it mo freely, because ho knot lat I shall forget a part of it. This cling very wisely. However, I will r lember as much of it as I can, and te ll I can remember to my companion*. 'Mld's Companion. Tho Sin and Folly or Scolding. 1. lt it u tin against (toil.-It is ev nd only evil, and that continual! .avid understood human nature and tl iwofGod. He says, "Fret not tbyst 1 any wise to do evil. That is, nev et or scold, for it ia nlwayH a sin. tu cannot speak without Trotting i ?.olding keep silence. 2. lt destroys affection.-No ono ev id, ever can, or ever will love an habit etter, fault-finder, or scolder. Hu undi?, wives, children, relatives dome cs, have no aifectiou for peevish, frctfu Allt*flndero. Few tears aro shed ov< ie graves of such. Persona of big oral principles may tolerate them ay bear with thom. Hut thoy cens* ve then; more than tho sting of nettles ? the noise of musquitoes. Many an lias been driven to the tavern^ I iasipitalion, by a peevish, fretful wi li any a wife bas been made miserabl i u peevish, fretful husband. 3. It i? the bane of domestic happiness. ftetful, peevish, complaining, faul iding person in family, is liko tho cor tiual chafing of nu inflamed nore, Wc tho mun, woman or child, who ia ci ?sed to the influence of auch n tempt another! Ninetenths of nil domcsti ?als and unhappiness spring.; from tb: urce. ' Mrs. D. is of this temporamen io wonders her husband is not moi nd of her company ; tbnt ber childre ves ber KO much troubie ; that dome: :a do not Uko to work for her ; that sh innot secure tho good will of youn .onie. The truth is she is peevish an L'lful. Children fear her, and do nc vc ber. She never yet gained tho al ?tions of a young person, uor ove ill, till she leaves off fretting. 4. // tic/cats thc end of family govcrr? mt.-(?ood family government is th ending authority with affection so as t cure respect and lone. Indeed this j c great secret of mauaging young nee c. Now, your frotter may inspiro real it they always mako two faults wher ey correct one. Scolding^ at a chile cering nt a child, taunting a chi!-: juting a child as though it had n olinga, inspires dread and dislike id fosters those very dispositions, fror rich many of the faults of childhoo oceed. Mr. ?. and Mrs. F. aro of thi iss. Their children aro made to mint but how ? Mrs. F. frets at, and scold ir childreu. She is severe enough upoi eir faults. She seems to watch then order to find fault. She aueera a em. Treats thetit es though they ha< i feelings. She seldom gives them ; mmnnd without a threat, and a long nning, fault finding commentary. hen she cuides, it is uot done in a dig Qed manner. She raises ber voici ita on a cross look, threatens, strike em, pinches their cara, slaps thei iuds, &c. Thc children cry, pout lk, and poor Mrs. F. has to do be irk over pretty often. Thou she wil id fault with her husband, because b >es not full in with her ways cr chim ith ber as chorus. u. fretting and scolding make hypocrite* ?As a fretter never receives confidenc id affection, so no one likes to tell ilia tything disagreeable, and thus procur r themselves a fretting. Now childre luccal ns much as they can from sue irsons. They cannot make up :hei iuds to be frank and open-hearted, o i-.hands conceal from their wives un ives from their husbands. For ma ay bo brave as a lion, but be likes nc come in contact with nettles and mm ii toes. G. lt destroys one'? peace of mind. Lio more one frets the more he may. . etter will nlwaya have enough to fr? i. Especially if ho or she hos lt imp nf order and neatness largo dcvo icd. Something will always bo out c ace. There will always bo some dil imewhero. One will not eat righ ok right ; he will not do these thin; i as to please them. And frottera ni ?lieraily so selfish aa to have no regar r tiny ono'a comfort but their own. 7. Il isa marl- of a vulgar disposilion. unu persons havo ao much gall in the ..position, arc so selfish, that they hav > regard for the feelings of others. A lings must be done to please then hey make their husbands, wives chi .en, domestics, the conductora by whic leir spleen and ill nature aro discharge! Toe to tho children who are exposed I ich influences ! It makes them callot id unfeeling, and when they grow u icy pursue the sumo course with the: vu children, or those entrusted to the anagemcut; and thus tho race of (re rs is perpetuated. Any person who i the habit of fretting nt their husband ives, children or domestics, Bhovi thor a bad disposition, or else il reeding; for it is generally your ignt nt, low bred people that are guilty t ich things. Donn Hun OWN WOIIK,-Dopa bi ,vn work ; does Bhe? What of it? any disgrace? Is abe any leas a trt oman, Jess worthy of respect than si ho sits in silks and satins, and i : vai " fingers that never lebor? We ?Btenc i a person tho other day, who, apeakin : a newly-wedded wife, said, sncerinj . : "Oh, abe does her own ".ork." Ti ords and the toi.o in whi '? they wei tiered, betokened a narrow, ignob lind, better fitted for any place than )untry whoso institutions rest on hoi red labor as ono of tho chief come ones. They evinced n false Idea of tl uo womanhood of genuino hobilit bey showed the detestable Bpirit isto or rank, which a certain class a ying to establish-a caste whose so luiidation is money, which is the wea it kind of rank known to civilizatio [ind, manners, morals, all that ente ito a good character, aro of no accou: ith these social snobs. Position ?eir stilted ranks ia bought with gol nd every additional dollar is nnotb mad in tho ladder by which elovatii i gained in their esteem aud society. / PUZZLE SOLVED.-Two Irish mt ere poring over tho news of the ci apera, and, coming to tho head "Ls it" and immediately following it "Vc: latest," one said io another: "Ah, sure, Tim will you be after e lninin' what this means?" "Arrah, bedad," said Tim, "an* tl iv self that can explain that to ye. Su io latest ia what cornea in timo to 1 rioted, and tho very latest ia wh ames after tho paper is out." - By breaking off a kornel or tv om a good, hard, regular-rowed car >rn it can be ascertained what kind of )1 it bas. Choose for seed corn soi ?rs as bavo small cobs. Take the mi' lo grains for tho seed. Two Brave Farmer Boya. There was a picturesque scene recently ou tho bl nil" above Hovious' Beach, near 8an Francisco, where lies the hull of the wrecked Alice Buck. The white sand of the narrow strip of bluff, aud thc whiter broad lino of surf, were dotted with strands and drifting pieces of the wreck. On the accessible portions of the beach gangs ot men were collecting the drift wood and keeping a lookout for the bod ies of tiie missing sailors. Ou the bluff were scatiered about men, women, and children from the neighboring ranges, idly watching the men at work below, and earnestly talking over every incident of the wreck. The shattered hull lay hist beyond tho breakers, only a fow pro jecting pieces above the water denoting ita location. The incident most talked about was the saving of tho lives of three of tho wrecked crew by two young men, Silas Hovious *..d Frank Unie, each aged nineteen years, sons of neighboring ranchers. Tho story of their adventures is one of simple heroism, that should gaiu for the young men some suitable recognition. It seems that twv. of the sailors managed to lench tho shore unas sisted, and found their way to the house of Hovious. When they had been told tho story of tho wreck, and were beiug warmed and fed by Mrs. Hovious the boy Silas and hi? father ran to the edge of tho bluff, whero Mrs. Hovious and others soon followed. Sometime before any human form was distinguished in the surf pitiful cries for assistance were heard. Silas, at last, by standing on the edge of tho bluff and looking dr .,n its ?hundred feet of almost straight si?^j. discovered a mau clinging to a plank and being tossed about in tho breakers. He tole; of his discovery but nono of the men dared to attempt tho descent of the cliff to the forlorn hopo of rescuing the man. Silas, after waiting a moment, said : "Mother I can't bear to hear that man's cries,'-' and beforo he could be stopped, threw off his coat and swung himself over the edge of the bluff. He was iiis! jntly joined hy Halo. Standing on tb 1 bench, Mrs. Hovious told tho rest of the story. "How those boyB got lown there I don't know," sho said. "You can eoe for r -ni rsc If that a goat Cv Jdn't climb there. But somehow or other they reached that narrow ledgo of rock you seo down there, over which the Traves break. Frank Hnlo picked up a piece of ropo thrown upon tho rock by a wave, aud tho boys together throw ono end of it out to tho sailor. Ho made a grab for it, and tho back current carried him out of rench. The next wave brought him in almost to their feet, but ho missed the ropo again. I was afraid that be would clutch at the boys' ankles and drag one of them out with him. I begged ci thc men standing about to go down there and help tho boys. One man standing near me was him enif a sailor, but none of them dared make the attempt. I saw thc man in tho water being carried to wards the boys again, but once more he missed tho ropo. I became nearly fran tic then. What with fear for the boyB and desire to soo the poor man saved I scarcely knew what to do. Of course, I wanted my boy to do all he could, and seeing him standing down there with his s companion, calling to the man to keep r up courage, I hadn't tho heart to say a word against it. Onco moro the waves r brought the man in looking more dead 1 than alive. This time the boys took e hold of the middle of tho rope, and each e threw out an end. ' The sailor caught the ropo this time, but tho hoy? hadn't strength to pull him out of tho water, and hu hadn't strength to'drag himself up to the icdgo wh-jro th<?y were standing. But the boys, somehow, crop along the slippery, steep rocks until they reached that spot down there where the beach be gins. Then they dragged him cut of the water, and he was taken up to our houoe. We thought for a long time ho would die, but a warm fireplace and hard rubbing with rum brought him around at last. Tho boys brought two more men up to tho house pretty soon after that." It was evident thnt Mrs. Hovious and a young lady with her, a Bister of Mrs. Frank Hale, were very proud of their "boys" achievement, but that their excusable prido had not allowed them to overdraw the danger of tho adventure was evident. The situation, as the Call reporter saw it as he listened to tho story, was evidence enough of tho difficulty and danger the young men had faced." Silas and Frank, being interviewed by tho reporter, proved to bo as modest as they are bravo. When asked, "How did you manage to climb down the faco of that bluff and along that ledge?" they nnswored, "Oh wo just kinder cl 11 mb alongsomohow, We didn't think much of how we were doing it : we only thought of that sailor in the water." it ls IO ie o ?1 g 5* I >c ro lo a li r io ii ro lc k n. rj nt in d, er >n Fon THE JOURNEY OK LIFE.-Never ridiculo sacred things, or what others may esteem assuch, however absurd they may nppear to you. Never -.how levity when people are engaged in worship. ' Nover resent a supposed injury till you know the views and motives of the author of it. Always take tho part of an absent per son, who may be censured in company, so far as truth and propriety will allow. No vor think worse of another on ac count of Iiis duelling with you on politi cal and religious subjects. Never dispute with a man who is more" than seventy years of age, or with a wo man nor any sort of an enthusiast. Never effect to be witty, or jest so ns lo hurt the feelings of another. Act with cheerfulness but without levity. Never court tho favor of tho rich by flattering their vanity or their riches. Speak wini calmness und deliberation on all occasions, especially of iuose cir cumstances which tend to irritate. IT'S ALL, RIOHT.-A c.ti/en of Detroit entered a Michigan avenue, Detroit, grocery the other day and said he want ed a private word with the proprietor. Whon they had retired to the desk be begun : ? ''I want to moko a confession and re paration. Do you remember of my buy ing sugar here two or three days ago?" 7'l do " "Well, in prying for it I worked off a counterfeit quarter on the clerk. It waa a mean trick, and I carne to tender you good money. . . "Ob, don't mention it," -eplied the grocer. "But I want to make it right." "It's all right-all right. We kttew who passed the quarteron us, and that afternoon when your wife sent down a dollar bill and wanted a can of sardines I- gave her that bad quarter with her change. Don't let your conscience trou ble you at all-it's all right." "Indian Department," Washington, *' C.-I am anxious to introduce Dr. Bull s Cough Syrup among my Indiana, having used it myself for sereral months, and think it ono of the finest remedies I ?ter found. I assure you, it ls the only thing that ever relieved me of a protracted cough, brought on by exposure while on tho Sioux Commission last year. A. G. BOONE, Agon,, ibr P?nete and U & Oom'er.