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Mpffipq-i i;\sf ^ To)/A WWTWD) difiAla dSAly^^ U ^M-ilur'Udsijia TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM] "this mioxs op libeutt is :i-: t k n rt /v tj v i o i u a. rj oh ." [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE BV DAVIS -fc CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1859. VOL. XVI NO. 1. SHAMS. I.: . 1 This is emphatically the nge of cheap ' linery. We are all running away after ap- ! pearanccs. Instead of striving to obtain :, tin: best, we are content with the cheapest j imitation uf it. Wo have abandoned re- ', alities, ainl are grasping after their shadows. . We say, what is the lis* of paying a great > price for a sterling article, when wo can ! i something that looks jttst like ii for a ' , little one ? So wo take the sham and re- i ject the genuine, ami tlicn pat ourselves on i tho l>.*iek for our shrewdness and economy. | We have got the glitter, who cares fur ilie 1 2[ohl ? The old proverb is musty and be i Lind the age. We have run so f ir idiead of ; a . .Is fogyism in our iast way of doing things, ; : ns to have discovered that it is the glitter i wlii*:h makes the value of the metal, and i not the solidity and purity of the gold i w ithin. Wo have become wise as serpents, ! i according to the improved theory of wis ; < doui?getting the most for our money i rather than the best; and it is to be feaied < ' we are not always quite as harmless as i doves in our way of getting it, for our \ wisdom savors a little of the quality of I that which was brought to hear upon our ?. mother Eve. There is a terrible twang of \ deception about it. t We build houses with the brown stone , | fronts made of brick, and covered with \ painted and sanded plaster, marked oil r into chain blocks ; we enter then through i open or walnut doors made ot grained ] pine, and pass through vestibules lloored ^ with marble mosaic made of baked clay, ] and sit down on veneered sofas before scag- \ liola marble chimney pieces and mantles :i made of enameled iron. Over such man- j s Wfl ? ? ,-<t? -- 1 ? ..? tuiuuio id 11 units:*, tru- J tidied with elaborate# carving made of :i composition pressed in moulds and stuck t on with glue. In one recess we hanj; one hundred dollar water colour drawings, thai t is to say, painted imitations which cost live : > ?and in another, hands<tne I <? !; cases i t with tnahogauv faces and pine 1???.!ii?<, till- ' , ing the lower shelves with hooks and the . ; upper with richly bound blocks ot wood of j ; assorted sizes. i Just now, pictures are fashionable ; to i we go to auction and buy '* valuable <>ii i paintings," which are made at short noti.-c, ! by the quantity, and " car-fu'ly .< < !. cte-l,' j \ and sold at prices varying lY'.m t u to ' t twenty-five dollars, " indudh.g an ci?-gaut ; \ gilt frame." We have tlieni sent home. without any compunctious visiting.s of con- ' , science about tho smalhiess of the price ; j v for that is the artist's business, not ours; i and we call in our friends to admire lliem, i! {preserving a discreet bilviice as to their t v.v.1 j niiiv/ii mcy wiui isiicii urwor, 1 t that we begin lo feel a little utK-crtain j s whether they are nut puking fun at us. j , The next time we got into an omnibus | t tho uncertainty is removal?fur as we ! :i glance at the small gallery of a:t ranged | above the windows, we experience a slight j j feeling of surprise, of not the most ngivea* j t ble kind, of recognizing the hand of the I t artist, (or one one of the same school,) : i who executed the rcmaikahlo specimens s which decorate our wall. We find that our bargains have introduced to us an ex- i tensive circle of the very indifferent ac- \ quaiutances of their own class, which we > feel indisposed > c : v.e !- ;ri> to v suspect that it any b?.<"v f u-.;eti e?:e;ue 1, ! it is not the painter. j ; We scatter ui.iib'j st-itues mad'.- of painted iron along o r garden walks. We 1 ., drink our coffee on groat, oc??.r. <>.' imitation Sevres china cups filled fruii. s:! vercoffee pots, flanked by si'ver crc i'ti jn^K i j and silver bowls, all mado '_f pi: ' Al- I ., bata, billing in dining rooms covered with j j cheap carpets of Brussels pattern, and j > lined with rich oak oanelitii? made hv tin* ! & O J ~ ? J, paper hanger. We wear sliain cravats on t our necks, buttoned surreptitiously under t spurious Trout ties, around false collars M made of whito paper, and on our feet self j compressing Congress gaiters, with rcv.s of i delusive buttons in front, to convey the idea , that they aio fastened in tho legitimate | way. We display massive seal rings and } fob chains, and carry ponderous looking , pencils, which aro marvellous for the space , tho small quantity of gold in '.heir ho.! w ! | bulk is made to fill. j j Our daughters v?i-a. expensive point adornments, (wo do no; know llieir nan;-?, ' , uor do w6 know much ahunt point lace, < :< cept that it is somo sort of net w?.k of' fabulous cost,) made of some more econ- j , omical material, and washed in some way , which is a groat secret, so as to givo them j the yellowish lint supposed to mark the i genuine article. They wear Canton crape shawls which Jo^n Cliinaman never Haw, i and Cashmere shawls manufactured at Pais- >, ley, and India silks that never passed tin: j Equator, and furs that would astonish the animals whose'names they bear, it" th??y could see them. "When tliey, (the dangh- i tors, that is) are married, we give grand weddings, displaying tables filled with ex- i travagaotly expensive bridal gifts, sets of gold and silver spoons, forks, fruit knives, , tea services, neck-laces, bracelets, <fce.,? touching tributes of affection from dear friends who are on our visiting list, and bare been invited to the ceremony ; and which, after the parade is over, are carefully packed up and?quiotly returned to the jeweler from whom wo hired them.? [This sham is goiug n little out of fashion I miu:? some imiisereet person e.\po>ed it.| l?nt (hcv still wear sham (lowers in tliei costly bonnets?that is, in 111<> little strai or velvet caps tliev u-ed to cover their line! hair when in the street?and sham l?rai?l L'l hair on their heads in front of the afor said bonnets. We scan tho performers at the op?" through lorgnettes, hired at tweiitv liv L'<'iits a ni^ht, with a deposit lor their >af return, as nonehalautlv as if tliev he!oiijje< ;o us. We ride a'uMil in oarr aires hire< >v the year, coachmen with velvet hat and, hii{ buckle, and a larj^e raped roa nelnded, all ??ot up in the must elahorati a vie. We huiM churches with stone from Mid brick >id?'S, decorated mi tlie otiisid< .villi carved stone brackets ami corniceliade of painted wo "I or cb?v, and on tin nsiile with wall paper panmds ami pain'e. eeesses, and pilasters and mouldings, 11 a I )t whose sli:nl. live uliviiro f-.!l il... ivay l*v daylight, and !?v gasdiyht 1 ?-?-??ii?? 'confusion worse confounded.'' We stiel ill manner of piaster ginieraekery "ver tin ,va!!s ami ceiling. We paint a deep aloovt jehind lhe pulpit, and then ni-utr.ili/.e tin tl'ect l>y putting a -sofa against the wai v lie re it i> ] >.? 111 i, so that when llie preacl r sits down he has the contradictory aj >earance of resting hi- head nirain-la wail vhicli is supposed to he ten f?-ei in Irs ear, and maintaining ail the while hi> iij ight |io-i:ioii. It confu-es our i l<as o >sopoitioti and perspective dreadfully.? >Ve also I'lini'l our notions of areliiiectura >ropo|(iou, onee treated with the ni"si nn I'arrantahle contempt. hv an or-r.iii fioni ii i new ehuich. which ttih intended l" !>? oiiielliiiii; beyond tin- ivurli v: c'liiii'isin i'lii.s 010:111 was s?? d?->i<jne;J as to leoum 1 column at ci-eh ll ink. supporting an i-ii ahlaturc across ti??* I >p of the front p pe'lotll'i'ot 111 ilite buiidiiig had takei wo Corinthian columns, as won dared under the galleries, and as the\ hhii 00 by several feel, had sawed nil' tlx halls lo (he ivoui>ite length, leaviti;; tln-u is broad ain! mj'.i.iIIV a*' Ivgvpi iau <- >iis 1111?. in*) 1 In-u pat them in their j.i.uo, >]? >:iiu>j >V tin.'!!' a'.'>ur:tah!e mutilation and < 1 i" 11?ily I be w In.!.- ?!- >ign. whieh, 1 > 1 >1 >?.*i Iv at lied out, won 1! have I?.r? i;uol enough ' \\ ?-U. v\!. 1 11 wij have built a church ve I ike our comfortable seats in il as at: Xjif.-ss tiai.i, Willi til'.- management o \ hit'll we have nothing lo do, aii book. il Hid lu-kcl^d, ."ltd Laving lie- responsibility >f our ariival in li.avv.ii to the ]-r. whom ve regard a:> a .-011 of engine driver, anil o the riders who take tin- place of con[uctors, and whose bu-ine-s it is lo j.iit us htougii safely, with as liitb- jarring or dis. 111! .1111-> of oi:r nap a- po>?ii?|i-, toilie ia-i tatioii 011 the hither batik of tin- ti. 1; 1 iver; and though we have l?-eii warnei] hat each in 01 intisi. rio>- Uii* river alone is In: eai), : ..it cn/i.v :111 I emu >rlnl?lv, : i.mt* w:iv will t? iroviil.'i) v.iiii.-)iii?v ur <it!i.*i I'.ir ffi-rviii^ n> >ver, ol lllilt tin: pahtor iilial i- the en^i'i.; liivei) will .?ee i?> it, :i11 ! at any rate t!> - < s n<> us<- in liotlii-riiti; about it iin'il -.v.. -jf.omewhero near tin: station. Then wo are eharitalde.? v.-rv. W v;i*< Doijcv to every iazv or drunken ia>eal, ?.i votuan \\ ill* a lot of hiied children, iha tops us in the street, ami distiii.> tin-:, villi a "real ileal ol <*ood a lvice ahou to woiic, ifco only we. don't show jvv or wliero to j;o ; Idealise on i- r?ie:, iiy toiielied !>y the appea 11. of tliat \vy can't, we lealh i!i'i i. i ; that it is a jjreat deal easie i . ? ?;? people .miiiilics and three cen i.- , that; Io!!jw litem to their hoitiei ,nd see in'. . iuii of tlieir slo>v, am >nt them in a *.\ay to help tliMiiselv.-s.? kVo show the inast latujalde alaeiity in a isting all benevolent enterprises, and g< ill revives called to preside at meetings belt o organize them, with the greatest euthu iasm. Wo. rise* with overflowing hearts t< Make a few unpremeditated remarks, go jy rote iho day In-fore ; head subscription" villi liberal sums winch are not i<> he callo or, in order to induce ftomehcdv to snl cribe a similar sum, ami which is to In jailed for; furnish the leporlers of th morning papers with a copy of our speech together with the proceeding* of the meting and the names.of the officers. We turn up our eyes with edifying coi ii : ulionsue?s at the idea of shaving lei ^i?.r iNjnl. from a promissory note, and tun U em down again complacently and pricl tip our ears at the oiler of aground rent u mortgage at the same discount ; hcrausi you sue, that is a different thing; it is ilitl'erent thing ; it is a?that is, you knot ? there's a tliflWeiiec? when you take le; Bstate security, you?a-a a?it is so, y??i see?a a?to lie sure, 110 doubt of it ; noil iug could be clearer. Then wo write elaborate art rritiewin" profusely illustrated (by the aid of a Glo !?ary) with learned technicalities?such i breadth, tone, warmth, cliiaro si-tiro, pe xpeutive, lights, touch, foreground, muldl distance, atmospheric efleets, intersicte with a great deal of cant about handling style, execution, composition, i ealism, l?v ly bits of distance, <fcc., of the moaning < which wo liavo an accurate perception * school boys, with imperfectly develope mathematical organs, havo of what tii dreaded Potir Asinorum is all about wbe they have got through saving it "off lb book." ? * r\ - | Wt; gi-t up it I ? | >i 11 ;t I ion li/lct'i ir ; (ivi! hate using foreign words in 1C v j writings, l.nt no oilier won I express l\ j i'lea so well,) liaseil, witli regard to I - ' ii j m >n i In? advice of I).-in Swift?wasi i* ?In a friend, wit!i re?j-ird l<i tin: im-i <>f ilit! Ki.irli*h Peerage?' learn a | names ami then !?r.?v of their a--<| i- j anee an<l we descant upon their n I- :l II I discourse ! I e 11 v plal itll'leS ll|ioll I i want of plot, llieir lack of otigiiiaiiiv. I ' iuurtiastic denouement. or on ilie - ; liaml, of their '* independent nolile I l i tlieir 11en, niitr;iii111ieiI expressio " : thought, ilieir " finr.ue-iii^ p-.-lures < -> | licaill it'll.," * lie * t I'll I iIfll 1 ilelille It ioli O ' ! W iIIte|"s st \ le.' (vve ?-opv 111 i-s H?|, Verl , from a ncrt?pap'T crii i.-i-m ; what , * trn111fnI <lelineatioii' a st.vle with a I . it v au<l profundity llial almost il I I oiii selves into the itleil licit we are I ;i I ? j si*tiMa# j \V<- havo a <jrt*at many ?>lli?-r s ' : ailion-.; us; <rrav?-, th.in.jfirj'ni llH'll,. J ' m*V(;r s.-iv anvtliinij iM-raiisc 111? v in-v?-r '! any I hint; to say ; ih-ir jjiavilv ami i!" ? . t'uliii'ss l>c'ii<j <?f 11lowli.-si kiinl, i ji ' j no luaiiiK, lint only a ?!isi*ivut sili-iifp, 1 ! liv a s<*l**iiiii count -ii:uu*<: t" jjiv?* ' .ll'.'Cl ; ,|i.r?ifi,..l I1I0II. W! I ?!i<r|ilt> 1 . . ? : >i~ts in looking pompons ami tiroiioii " : lon<_; tai!<'i| \vo|-i|?, with a -otioiioii* w 1 . ol Void', ? al? lll;ltv<i to |ilo<illi'<> ;i It-ell ' i it si?( ? !fill aw<? in tln-ir li?':iivr< ? < !< ' ; ' ' writers, wliost- haiii-'S iioIhuIv ever j-a 1 : hoard, tinti 1 limy w?-i? title! i : U-U-ts on all tin* l?Iank wall*. an< 1 ' 11 1 wi'li a lloiiii-.ii hi liic ll i>li |?-i| ?-! -, (\v11 i -11 t lw*ili"-?-l Vi*s sliolil-i la iii^li rank in tin? list of on! ran'l stop to ?11 -? I willi tin-in now ' j ul.i.-li ilifv n|> l>l 1 in.I timinla.'i'> i-V tin* \aiil, Mlixili^ >ixti??'iilli ^lainlio-itv au-1 our own !? :?|- niuirt inutiili, i:i ill-* Ii11111j. i in-i im-r ; i.i... i j i> a li't-l. I ?? I.wli'.rli \\ t: ; tn-it^|i r 1 itIII- -jt 11-1* I-V'-II t ? cr Hill r I .\11< ?'. vvli'-n wo tiimli li"vv litl ' I i anv t!:ii *_j <ri-iiiim?' wt. Iicar ? <?t" 1 ti-w lliin^ w?! run s:iv " I!iii-. it- ?I* i ;s:i*i |iii;i'j- ? !?.? "???I lii'w vv?- ;ii< . staniU li ving lo 11>i<>\\ <iu>i into nr 1 mri - ?*\ i-s C"iiM*i<*iis ali lin* w lnlfliia! I j ' an* living ilii* m.imt tiling w it Ii ii>. iin I i <U;r is lliat we <-an <-v?;i I'.ok cacli <;tl j j ill** face without. I:iiiiiin 151 ! Fish ('nil'(re.?A ivin.-uU:iI !? mi* ' ; lias lim-u lalulv ifiv.-u l>\ 1Jr. Ci"i|Ui j tii<* l'aii* S.M-ii-t?* <rA<te!iinalioii, ut il 1 Milt i>f an ai!>'111 j>i to keep salmon in water |i >inii li.iviiijj no t.'oinncini 4 Willi tin" s.-i. Tin- experiment wa* 1 at S'. (Jili'iila, Ileal Si. Cloii.l, w lie I lias Miri:<:-1 ii I v fal'iieil on | ; ~t'nal operations on a veiy ex eiisive | Ttio jioinl cl.o<. ii |'.,r II..- ?-i uuei * ; ijiii?lion is ot" .-mail extent, ami is mij ' j l?v a small >ln-ain of 11?? ii water, Mill ' to t'oini a cascade. I'uree years :ij* * ! iiti >il was i- liiv.v emptied and cleai.ci 1 . I : At'ii! an ! M iv, 1 S,"'. s--*i-i;ll t:.o 1 " * J boiii 'ii. only I w 111oi11 lis ohl, \\?-1? | -* 1 in ili.- 11.*imI Willi iron', sii< I. iiotwi It* 1 ill^r ill" v..I irit fl?- uatlll-c ul til'- i ?: 111 ; t K sain'oii liave prospered w. ii t 1 \ I'l-w Week> airo. III lilt- p|e?e|n;e of til 1 j IH'ror. W ll?? I 'ik'-s Iffeat Ulti-li-81 111 lllij 1 fn-ai pio-inr'i 'ii of li-li. if ie? tliaii I 1 ' , kllo'jjraillill' S \\ei.?!il ~?i111 - 11 kvas Ci ' ' I V one liaill oi a in !. I ji - |v>lllt i>' ; Sill'l'l i-lll_', II M ' o?|e si it I", licit ll * , fai more a*l->i ti . ! iliai f.-ma i j iiioii was full ol I Ie ,n|iU I lial ll ? ' >?.*veial ejji?s so hioliiv ?1? ?? i tlia I | were oil tin* point of l>eiti?; < :niili-d. j results, wiiit-!i hear the stamp ot a s tii'iiv, prove that s;ilnii>n m ay In* |>n. t | nml ieaie?l hi fivsli water p>?mls, 1 | similar eircmiistaiiees l<> tlio-v I?\ ' i trout are now so suece?fiilly muliipi > various waters around Pari". Tlie <1 us ire to ' kill time,' U one ? I strangest of the inanv i'>iiiir ii|.iMiiuix 11tiin;iii nature ?s i-oniinii.ii!\ j. ?--i-n i We l??v?- lilt*, ami ?ee n tlvinir from ui! _ the most naiuftil regret ; vet, aiv .1 i4 1 constantly wUhin^ its ll'i^li! nmru , No mall devote* to .?.me |irofital>|i pose more than one fointli of tin* i through which he lives. Thousands awa\ thiec>foiiitii> of their existem-i II ( imagine that lliey are only disehaijri 1 I ?* ;?;of nature, when they are real dulling. ami musing into greater sir | a m ?st ruinous hal>it. Manv are tin' j ficial ai<ls wnieh men employ to aeei y ! t e lliylil of time. Some drown tln-i j 80* in tin* i|c!ii ioii.< excitement of tht ! clip, ami in 11 -11 \' levels waste mi I pr-ciotis hour. Others resort to 11 C i'UitiUi lit of the fii-iiiioiis page, and when too late, that the same agehev lii'liiPil llu'in tn ' Ir ill tinii*1 11L.. S ? 1 B souts. Ooul.l cv<*ty man In* always pressed iviili tlie fcoleum I'aol dial liis ? ort, and the labor which iu? on?r|it (j ?:omplii?1i great, h? wotdd more tluui il r his presfiiL rate of inbJKqliial attain u and material progr^s. A Fact Worthy rrf Notice.?Bv ? is up flliurlis or plants at thin liiye, jy'ith (j of Ilieir own soil about ilia.-ro^u e placing ilioin upright in n cyltar TititU ibfcr, then transplanting intofru n teeing with asoluiii.n of-liall HW pili >0 sal ttramoni* to a pint of i'aNi'watoi will Have ftTmmer flowwri io winter. > ' / 'ti nt's, , /'ruin tic Wnvirleif .1 f'iii>iziiie. n^li-li ; YOUNG T.OVfc'S DREAM. iliu i .III ilex ! ,:v MAKY I. I'CKIXOTON. . j I iiln i- 'Sli.tiiii-fnl, itii.l tliisistlut final t]|?-it "|? romaiue, el n.-iint hk?, ' lit. I'm I 11 wil.| fur !iis ,..iit> ?' ??i!11 li.ink uf iulioilii tlifir 'fl!" '' ** **?ivvii.i.. 11is slnli'lv tlu ii 'iiKVi-. Wlii-w ! -.1 intii.-ii !oi liiu I), i f'liMnn-v.' Lou,.| As ! liiii-ln il sj>i':iUiiijj I ros it ?f lli?: filial Irltir in iiiy Ii.iihI, ai ,f tin* I iiTiiilI tliv |i:?| I ilii- iiii.lill'-i'otict* watclivil il i i.. ... i. >:ii mi. "'"-* ;i Kiv lii> letter came I li;?tl licooir irr:iv 1 '' 'l' ' liis silfiii'.'. and had wiittun |\v lade sw.-ci ;i<Ijfclivf.'s, tliicklv >| ilkiii" w''l' v I:i?u-iti??ti murks, :in<I in?' ; wilii 'oil ?l.*arV :ti) I ' aia's,' mili) 1 li nns i'""! ;li i' Jn!? - K >11 niu?t iliiul win, 'ivii ix iuicij M'iiou ; liiil, (liank l,;,v,. I'Ji'l ii : i I11( fur Ids i, I?I ' '''?* i?ll'*ii'l ng i-jii-lic nitil I i i i i,, r ?ii-_r '<> III" -lit.'. | 11 ?s?i'i| tin- Iic|j>|(;. b.K-k l'M- ?'"s?ls, ISIld muttered, li "f !? c-u-'laii-M., 'If mint* a 'ilur.i^lii-. ih.it l.r.atlic, they arc woi ni-iiig . ,,1,1,|,, I X..vv, t? :i'l<T, I Icihivv vtui are < j,,, ,,| : t i??ii, ,ttnl I will lalfl '"'"a lil? .. .\|dauatiotl <d t'llu above | !! ' XV <l|' j -I* ,, I x?-?-> <lii jjly wild; I can't I an <> ami |'i"|n-r l.rliavioi new- " | -tcii.-i at in*.-; \ ;! Ici nic ti j-,. ' ' } v\av >>l con^ol-ii !!, tlia! I am ; v ,Vl. ! n ?*?11 ; I'lii a!;i? . I in in llic ui.01 : ) m.H-l . II I. lit ! oii.-s ' "? , IV !.a?t Mimm.-I, I wu I !ul <>l Iiiii. ai.il I i-, I ii*. I .I..,, :ini) -iilit ' l!'"' w,?oii<. I ml iU-i's ' imi-l iici-iU walk t-.*ivi ! ' "O, aldl llll'll JHUi-l ici? a ir\ I li;t> acro? a jui'Mlf. which moilc have } > < < 11n'_r [li.-a-o'l inV <l<>^ "ii*allv. ! vim.* l-.a.i. <! w ill |]n?fi>j ami, f?>i |,; I lll? colli Ill-Ill.I, * Tin HI sllall IIMt 11.>vv j A:''.' I -tiaiiilit way !?. : ] ?-?( ii|> al an*I j 1?!<'-m?iii?, sitni- -?;-iii*r.:!lv f> il IiinkII run j !I"* t;i*>nin|, t i,i> viin:-. su a vcl -ni I i.<- -Ii ; Hi'-. A- I'.ci-.- Ii.i'I lii i-ii a lino ?! lln-\ j infill In-told, lii?i r?;:ii|i-:- lllav Well wuii | I lint my I'li^ii! pink law n miU'.-k.-.! n-r in whui in iln/>i. lu'ijiiciit contacts w Mill orii'i'll till I*. ,.oll, , Wi-ll, al'ti-r a while, I saw otic I |.i ' lar,y beautiful vino? the hltu; i.*\ ( | trailers?th.U I <lii! much wish to li--j.ii I ""'I '"'"'hwiili 1 couiuie iiccl ? iit iMoii I i"?U, white i. y ilujf, (lniiiijr nri'i.* ' " y:,,ly at my Iihi'Is. v : ii-?' 111 in- i i >li iiiiif. ami mi melons H- AI. i-iciil I.i-tween inv tlrcss ; ild.hi tiu-lii*s, I r.uin.l ni\.-cir on tli m-.I e uiii. I -at 111>w 11 to iu-,1, for uiv ast ri! in ii. i n t- 1 -.?ni?*. .-mil in a <h-Lri*e <lai '!?.: <1 0 ;*'i hi iiv hiii.-s I 1-annj n?*nr huinir c i a-- t " i Ii- i.-liy.' i -J iii^i-iiug tin? In-alliy of { iii<- li-.i-l. I .mi.; ;i-ai.?j ' On.'i-, while. till i-iiisiy faiitiin<r i.a.-, -i | " > !* _ < ali-,i-mi I'onm-l. I tin -tail!- '"ai-ia ?!i:i|i!?iliy if : ill- twijr> III ill , j; |, j ui I * . i-n'i ci-ii.i11 )' it. |,;, | j "NOW, J'l*|'\,' I >i?i'l, (f'?r I til > Km 1 h'l" a> if li?? ?- >n UI iiii<h'i*?lniii ait-' >"" wiiili* I leap < It r??iit> i *200 I :i1"' fcriim that { lorioiioiy I ...... I. i I Villi*.' v,?v j ' w i-ai w v iloub!!? ??. If -a!- A?v;iy 1 went, lllrkly, or 111 iw i iMiighi the vine drillIv in my liuu i lli< * w,i?'',u v'1"' ' ? wen.' alike <>1 1'In-e vvu,,l'' l,ut M"'1 ',s I iiili.-n M' 1 si",ku ll",s to >1 u>-< <1 * <lnl y t>u ever <-x|cci mi,I, r v our 11n ?i res> licUvt iviii h ?? : v?*ns ami t-arili, a veiilablu i< il ill ?' Off ! 11 ! <> i> <> li!' grow It >\ inpail.ei it-ally. N'.w, Ji'l'l'y. ' t-tiuiiinuftl,' tlo \ ivi-ii-o ,a| j,,,l>w .. |iat l?r?'iij?lit me t?.> tl,:s . ii-.ii V ' w '' I I ??,' In; whined, ei Ia|>"'' We ll, 'tis iJm? same that generi '* I"" | \;ne> |>i-M|?lt; u> my iiii"a-*y position ni._j ii.r Miiiit-iliinjx I>cy??mI ilieir i s',,4'l' |}iii,Mi. Sjn r.il please nil llic vitili '' i.r wnii a 111 111c111, alnl I'll bieitk tl l!"' Ml.' i 1? w i how ? Incu ow f iiiqui 'Ug'h ,|,,n!.| niul v. ' V\ all alid m?',' I Kiiid. I?<rat?* 'Sine enough hi a uioiiniH I di 1 s,'n ilovsii, ' all >t'?inhlii;,' 'iMoilhl ha' wine Wt.|| I||V t|ijrniiy if I- lm<l remain my n <11(11 an mioii jis 1 touched (ho g io I'll- j?lit>ok thi* viiit-spiiHlnlly, saying-?' lli'd. >iiuale; I'll * Dm my' s'enlei whit'li J ,-uf ?horl, lor, on iteming my' hen 1 lh?'ir a young man leaning Hgiiin.sl 1 "n and liia huighing fiioe fold ir life is |lo had" h6iif<l my previous . o tone- tiuu.. < * louhle Gathering i?)y vines in iiH.'Uis |,iriioij?ilHii|igly Hud, hut ahui- for m; ifauw retrea^i T I didn't geti rflarfe Tikin a' ^ tuet ??M in MW* i feM 8trikiftg;^ipy Jfa24 b (Had a^diugj^iuokH^. mud pud<Ue. Thi . ufiji, Whtd^Klucit fnufifgfcr' tljkn :?' ftyVi af hliuued me;?*nd, ere t <* ?nCf,QU giiiMnj feet ^10 ?trarger ?U?od lift *.\ pr#fferi?g hi* I'refuttfd and sprung to my feet with wonderful alacrity. Are you hurt, lady ?' ho inquired kindly. ' My feeling are,' I answered, snappishly, winding j? [ Kl, moi l died, 'hat I've literally turned ' j Mark iti the f.iee;* ami pointed neivou-ly at hride; . ?,y tm,,l 1.,-griiumed features, then took to ein<jme j ?,y |s again, ai.<l run for a pond ilia' siMer* sj?aikl?'<! in the sualinht. hut a few rods distrial ot j tarn. I |i.-ar?l the st ranker laughing, and j this accelerated my already locomotive ? with J id pa?s ! j spi .| down the gently sloping hatik? |ier, and j ;,(,d -.topping on tlie sandv heach, I slip-tumlile j ,,!} ,?y jr,ii(.is; hut I had stained inv j stockings so hadlv with the mud 1 thought ie wea j j quite useless > remove the.n ; so, usck?s!it'?l*> : jnjr ,ip in?';irt*-, 1 waded off wl.ejv the rinlcN'd , water v\a? deepest and coolest, and I care rlarded ^ f?;jy wa.-hed 1113' face to remove the veil 'mat;- * 1 )i;l| eoncealed inv heanty. (?) k me a I 1 ..i .i. i 1 .... 1 ... ... 1 * , I >|fi?i^nvi HJUIHI, JUKI J'ij> Willi odne>s . water until I wa< tired, then prepared to j>0iusiil. ; XV;ilk up a-lioie* hut what was titV honor I " much- ; vvlnMi 1 1m Im*!iJ tin* stranger silling doss tiling : with my hoiuiel in way his hand, which 1 had left hy the le i??*t i rock. ils Unit j [ oven I>1 it-It when I mad" this j v ; I was too provoked and itidij*r>n tip- mint f, > \- that; so I merely glanced at him, you a < HIKj walkciI to tnv gaiters, which, l?y much iroceod- j patiei.t |>rtliiiilT? i succeeded in coaxkiiig to ! cover inv Wet, soiled stockings. I called j * ? ~ hear to j inv <!<>:*, reached mv hand for my houuet, ir eter- : |>:ii.-.| u> start for h-'-.i\ II y?'in j > | saw vutir bonnet,' lie said, apoloji?**tii |?r?>|M*r (-ally, * and hioutjht iltoy??u; hut your cool niiiaiivi- ! |?,hl-iiess quite chills me.' ' < )f colli-e I -liouM he coolly polite, < I>iihi | j\,. ju^t coiu<! out of ilie water,' was my started jiiovokinu ivplv; * hilt voti had no business, not -_ro sjr< tl) j,;t u? i|,e hank and watch uie on the a s'e|> | ik'*.1 ' ;,l' j ' Kxcum' me; hut you appear to he I"" j at much at home in the water as a lWs, ^ s;iw j hence my desire to see your play ft: 1 i':*|*tiinij ......i ' ; i |'(, w 11it*ii class of llio tinny tribe do you ':"r ,i,,: . think 1 belong?' ; ltc.il! v, I cannot tuil, lie said, mus> :n-ly. ,,m : At i!>is retort he laughed so merrily that "n.'-"H! ' I quite forgot my iinyrv feeling, :iii<1 sat suiiii- j ,|,|VVII ()I1 jj,,, |,,g (l, xvc.ivt* inv v.ieiitli. A illi t.ie i |-,w moment's silence followed, ami then the stiang?*r said. pailicu- ' Wiicii I started out sketchig this 1111>i11iult, I had no idea of finding cr? . niirhtfiill, a wiidwood ilower for n oompan" 11?intf a ' ? f | | *11 . the as , Your mind ati'^cfi, sir,' I said, gaily ; At last, . ;l moment ago I was like a fish: now I prools personate a Ilower; hut ilo me the favor tci iml tin- u.|| mu V\ hich wild Ilower ty pi lies me most ,e Mini IU|iy, entl.ad He was sure he couldn't tell which to ,oll>? 111;(Mi nic to. as there were many beautiful .ip-iziil. |,|(lSS,??Sj htii perhaps I would give him ''=> 11iv idea on the subject. lli-? evident in teiuiuii was to qu a me. I nudded assent, myself ami replied, u^lii 1 ' l'ertiaps, when first you saw me, ie. loie>t, there mi-jlit have been a vision of tlow ei>, called bouncing lj'-t, brought before ked to \on.' I me.) H'* laughed, but made no reply. I a lost h sp.i, e, t" go h"ine, ami lie gave tin; his name, ami caulit'ul I'obiely a-ked mine. I gave it and then .)> )> and I ran yiiily in the direction o'* tin i I lltllftl ||9T ?*. Tim next day, with some hilling or ihu kilv. rand I"1' oxcusi!, Jules Ellington pic Js ; I.til sciilod liiiiwcll at AniiL Ellen's ami spt-nl > <1 inaii;; hour wiMi us in aim I'm piea>ant sit I i 11 ?j either; "" ii- Tliv ii?*xi day'and the m-xt hum came, iitnil ?i' came to look upon him a> to *? ? " visitor. lh' the acrompli.-doul lmj tlio '^?*iifI'-ui; ii ? toniit 1 something novo 'allows, -""i I?!'?-"?*? ' ? '! '* sor.ii'ty of his * wild flower,* as l:e persisted in calling mo d Jep ,l?,l?'h i j thu horror of my utiromniilic ii* lure. ou wir.li One morning wo were all together?mv perilous mini, Jules ami myself?win n lie, somehow spoke ot 11is first introduction to me, anil icotirag my aunt said, laughingly. ' I never can hnngiue what Mr. Elilly ele? liu^t' t! can *<'e nhout my wii?l, romping i?striv nif v, to make liini wish to cultivate hei reach.? &'!C|tiair.taii>*e." in down J uk s made sonm gay reply, and Aunt own inv ! Eiicti mined to (iiei'or uiy opinion on the Subject. red Jep ' I think,' f said, gl:un:mg*'queflrly at Jules, 4 dial lie was pleasvii will) mv ?giliiy, iiuii iiiltsii.U to hcikJ me to the liar <1 come ?"?! family, to perfect my gymnastic cilnca k'e been tioii.? i'cl(liu>; Oli no! lie was charmed will) inr in roiimt, 1 gfiiuoiisiiess and ?iinp!icity ; and Tie went Von ob <? > until I biughed in his /'ace, and told HO wild him, by way ot 'punishment,'lliat I sh ->tild <1, I c-s leaf? him with Auut Eliun while 1 ran a tree, do.ton to the lake. io tliat, I wa? away out ou-the pleasant sheot of f>nvirtm- water, leisurely patllljing shoreward, when Jules Ellington appeared on the hank. My ' ' I llfMllirlll lliilirva o(ww?.l{|.. a ^ .x mm*, i pwiiii"""";!' """f" -|?v-cunjr iu n t iw^ly cl?mnX-;*foT, h*> #oou ?? my lijjlit l>oiU roun^ d J <U(fij, ,ed covo along Hiore, lie caught rtty i? under' haud, U*4 me u> a immsy. seat, and told Jo**"; but I doubled his niticaViiy, *i>d Sfcf feim ?>..' * , b^hv. fjjttii fro ??id; ^fh#b I *$*!& *W>1^^l?wed, and not U? ft*' ?ff mi Awnltertod.,1 liwl tto uin^rfeigbv. '+!;* , ,.v J| i * Wo shall sec,' I said emphatiI cally. ! AikI I did hoc. reader; so also have j you ; lor six months alter his return to the Icily I received the letter of winch I pave , you an extract at the commencement of this jsketch. | Now, to have been f ishionahle, I should have pined away, and never have tried to i look spruce again. lJ.It, 11 nr-unantic. thiny ' that I am, after the Hist sheck had pass ed, I don't find my appetite for Aunt Ellen's nice cake and pies diminished in the least. ! I have a peculiar faculty of throwing ! care and tioulile to tiio wind, :'s nasilv as I i can toss mv lo?r cabin sun h'tiinet in the J air. I can j?e? over difli'-uUics ni readilv I as I can h*ai> a def*i? dilrh. mid for this I fart I mglit to l>t! very thankful. When i vi-.it?n h rtil.lil>:s.-.lv s\v..-!)t away l?v j reality's hand, I shut my eyes awl ? dream i n<i- in. . Sin'h lessons as llio above does not i strengthen our f?it!i in human nature, l>nt ! opens our <*y<ts ?o llio fallacy of trusting ill appearance*. My heart i-? still beating its Voting Love's Mareh*' ami I'll l>i<! you adieu, reader, to listen to the gay mu sic. TIMBER AND ITS DECAY. The proent eentuiy h.is liven matlced by very active timuiiy into llie nature of wood, the structure of Hint's mid ce'K the derangements on carpentiy am! ship buiid; i .i.~ i . -> -J- > mi;, ?inu hhj niwui; * i removing uie evil. There have been many curious lacis ascertained concerning the qualities of different kinds of timber, and especially in relation to its decay. The explanation uf dry rot rimy be stated as follow* : aSl trees contain within their pore? a kind uf aitai men, which contributes to the sustenance nf the<;iowth; i>111 when the tree is feile.;, aud'the trunk and branches converted in'o ! timber, this albumen becomes an evil, in i stead of a good. When the albumen is moist ? which it always is heforo the tiin her is seasoned?it has a tendency to enter into a sort of fermentation ; if this stale eomni'Micc*, the nlhumen Incomes a favorite re!i icrtaii: minute a::iui:t'.s, vtIio foiihuitii h..r<- for themselves invisible passages through the wood, to attain the object of their search ; these passages admit I air and moisture, which so act upon the chemical constitution of tho nap as to afford a kind of .soil in which minute para silica! plants grow ; these p'ai.ts, .sprouting out, force holes for themselves through the wood, and appear on the surface as dry rot. Attempts intiumciahie have heeu made to tiud out some chemical mode of piotectin<r timber from ruinous decay. Sulphate of iron wis uoon rocoinmenooM, ni?o suipiwiUof copper, as a stoop pres~i v.\tiv t.f wooilCol. (Ji.ngreve proposed the adoption of it coating of oil of tar. Afterwardj, a n.odo was brought forward of extnteuin; the air from iho poios of wood am! f?>n-ii??r chemical agents into tho poros thus vacated, l!i- n can11) a mulitnde of proposals lo'vi'liiiif tin* substance to bo employed?wl.alo oil, oil of birch baric, uudacla'd Ii:n<>, pyro, ligneous iic>?1, ote. But the a!l>umon cannot be driven out ; ami if Jii??<>, it has a tendon 5 ov again to absorb moi.-ture. Hence, chemI i>is have recommended, ami practical men ; iiave adopted, modes of rendering tli? al, bmneii insoluble, by combining it cherni calh with some oilier substance; being made insoluble, it defies moi<iuro. ? A Word to Hoys.? We liinl tho follow? ! ing "word to boys" in our exchanges, and I paiticiilarly recommend iis |>eru-al lo our young readois. Get it by heart lails : 4 Who is respected I Ii is llie hoy who ' co- ducts himself well ? who is honest, di!'I eriil and oIk-lielit in all It r-. tin ' boy wlio is nuiking an effort continually t;> ' respect his (VitluT, and obey liiin in what? 1 cvei lie may direct to l>e dont*. It is llie l>ov who is kind to oilier littk !>r>vs, w!io ' respects age> and never gels in|.? difiieul'.ie* , and qtiairels with hi- e<>m)>:iiii<>us. It is I the boy wlio leaves noelJ'oit untried trt improve liitiisuii' id knowledge and wisdom very day?who i? busy and attentive in ; endeavoring to ilo good acta towards oth? eis. 8liow me a boy wlio obeys his |*. wlio is deligi'-tit, who lias r??sj>??t?t l'<.r :? . who always lias a friendly >is. and a|i|di(s himself diligently to get wisdom. a ml ?lo good towards others. ;.nd if !?? in not respected ntul beloved l>y everybody, ilifit tlier.- ; ? iio riueh a tiling ns trulls in thU woild. R.-inC'inbor this, lilllo boys, iinil v??n will be respected by others, and will giow up and become useful men. A Marrying Woman.?The New Orleans Crescent says ;.41 The Marrying Woman is initio again. Last summer we mentioned ihe circumstance of a German widow in the tliiid district marrying her litili husband.? A month or two afterwards we published that the ladv was igain made a widow bv the death of her fifth bv yeWow fever. We have now thai fclie is again a wife, hav ng ?alsvii Imr sixth Vvsful- husband in ? difwfrtrm. a lew <Jay:?'agtf. forbear re toVhichthh wedding ha* ,U'>vn v The people'V>rot\nd "look upon r' * ' * dead mnn rare before i^TiVntir's ovp>, and aay that the wedding ? ????? A GOOD ANECDOTE TIlO follow illlj )tllitlMII<r fc.k?*tol? of llio lfi.-iiiTioi in which ail irascible President of j old Cambridge was once moll:fiu<J by ? ; mug of ll.p, is troin llie jhjd of 44 Jack Robi insou," the Boston correspondent of llio j New York Times : ' 44 Apropos of 1'urlcr, whose name 1 have just taken in Vain: I heard u good College : story, the oilier day, which I tuny as well I set <Jowu lii-re. Purler is an iiiMitution in j Cambridge. He is u person of varied sicj complii-hinents, ami keeps ' a bouse of call.' j None like liim to brew heshop or mingle a j ilrnndy gaff. But liis efaf il'ctui'rc is flip, i It is reported among the students tliat (ra! nyniede, wlcn dying?rhecaiise its nil tiouj sense about Cauyuieda he'nii immortal, ho ; left J ii pit it > scivit-H, married I J?-!set up | an inn with his savings, and died at a good | old ago?it is reported that Craiiymede left i Porter the recipe for making both nectar ! and ambrosia, which recipe he surreptitious ! ly copied Iioiii Jm.o's receipt hook, and l Porter, improving on the id-.-a, conceived j the happy t!n-uy!it <>t' mint'lmg h'ltli divine I materials, am! producing sin i'lctfabie bever! >;?re.?something which should combine the | elements of-the supernal meat and the R'.ij peruni < 11ink?a harmony of solid and fluid, 11.. .v ' - 1 1 - . .. siiouia conn mute us j celetitial flavors. IJe carried out the idea. He mingl-d t?.? ambrosia and llie nectar, and nli Oil\uij.us turned pale with envy, for l.li" result was flip Wi'li such u clii-sic origin. it was not to In! wondered at thai under graduates, who | are notorious for tlu*ir love of onthological i mutters, sl.ould fiml themselves attracted to Porter's, and there refresh their reminisceuCcs of Oli\ni|?us with draught of the divine I leverage. In fact, such was their devotion to this branch of classical study, ! >iml .so inspired did they, frequently get? j ;ii.-;.ii.-d even to the Pythonic pitch of j beifsg unintelligible in their speech?t tit the matter attracted the attention of the President of the (Jolletje?a venerabln gentleman of the peiind, whose name I ; have forgotten. Ueartles-a nnd ignorant | persons, entirely misconceiving the spirit in ' in whieh the utidsr-j^ra?luaies visited Pori tt-i's, repc ted to this worthy person that tho sitideiiis were in die habit of getting drunk j evei y UiiflitH.il liiji. It nr.lbt bo to. j The President puts on his most authoritative vvi;m< 1 sternest < oiiiiteliance, and sallies out t>< blow uj) the c!:tn?iual Purler, toe U-n?linyf his students astray. First of all lie thinks, in older (o be able to speak more exclusively, that ho will taste this noxious beverage with his own lips. Then there can lie no mistake. With mtnh dignity h? eiilt-16 Port?r's. He is greeted with respect. lb' interrogates Porter :? 'Sir, many of the under graduates eomo ii.I understand?' 1 A few,' modestly iha landlord. 'They come hero 1 :>< .:3.'iiiiy, Mr. Portor V 4 They drop in ' :? > and then, Sir.' 'And tli-y drink a i iu;vera-o called Flip, fiir ?' ' Sometimes, ! -ir.' ' They drink a great deal of it, Mr. 1 |\.rt. r V 4 Weil, sir, they do take consid! I.I.. ' T1 I ? x .nv. y-.'.t'I'unu on 11, t>ir. l'or'i ho di: vi-rt I'.Tivi remained silent, j Make nil! a?a Hip,' ut length says the [ venerable President, still frowning and in1 dignant. Potior, whose sang froiil haa never for a moment forsaken him, deploys I all ill* resources of l;i:i art. Presently a superhuman flip, with an aromatic foam, which Venus might have risen from, creaming over the edge of I he tablet, is the result of his efforts. lie handr. it rc.*peclf?My, and with some anX' ietv, to the President, on whose face judicial thunderclouds have been gatheiing.? ; The T*i ?:?It: Males it gloomily, lie pauses. : \n> '%*! ' ;j'. The thunder clouds have iiot ! .. . f. r?.1 i: : '< ; in I1U-II' I U>IH1 f > v i iljii I IllligS. rolll'l', TO; *. await* i! < outburst. Tlio President ' yn/.i o wiiu.lt linjjiy at his tumbler. A gen* ; eral eiiiuHi.nl expression senilis to glido ! over his r.n'i-, ami smooth the frowning ; 11row9. 'I'!:" lip* re!'X anil a smile seems About t<> !!? iifu tiiu glass mice more to his lips, heaven a sigh, ami puts it down. It is empty' 4 Mr. Poller,' he ' ;he students get drunk on this sir V ' Poller 811-n tli.it ihu.storm is passed, and. 1) >'< 11y iinnwers in the affirmative. Sir,' j 9 i\3 the veneial'li: man, walking gnnely. j awav. ' Sir, 1 don't wonder at it 1' > lie fas nM an Ainvmy in the World" i ?Hasn't ? Well, we are sorry for him, tor he has mighty little character wlio has no ni\(;iiuu?. He is nobody, v\rho hat not |iiuuk enough to {/at an enemy. Give us rather, as our ideal of virtue and manlinoss, one wiio has candor and fearless love for the thing ho sees to bo right. njai> of earneHt purposes, slrons; will,.and love of principle, for hi* own sake, miiHt^aVa enemies. But this ao fur from being iM^ isto Him good". ' The strong tree U mora deeply rooted and fastened in the soil, by the blast, than by ilia summer broeze.? A man never knows bow much there- is ii> him until he has confronted and braved^ opposition. * The way the Money Goet.x?Thefott of a thirteen inch alia", as it' flies'through the air, is two pounds tun ahilJ a) At each t-Xplosion there go^s two gnintffeu,