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VOL. 3. GRKEXY11LK, S. C,: THURSDAY MORNING,;OCTOBER 5f 1856. " " ' ^ NoT^Z <?^e ^utrtljtrii dfrttrrpvisf, A REFLEX OF popular EVENTS *ronoiLB4usa ip, ipiaaoan, * EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. 60, rar?bln is advance ; $2 if delayed. CLUBS of FIVE and upwards $], the money Iti every instance to accompany the order. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted conspicuously nt 1 the rates of 76 cents per square of IS lines, and *' 5i cents for en oh subsequent insertion. Cor> tracts for yoarly advertising made reasonable. AOKSTS. E. W. Cabs, N. W. cor. of Walnut and Tliird-st, Philadelphia, is our authorized Agent. W. W. Walkk*, Jr., Columbia, S. C. t Prrsa Stradlrt, Esq., Flat Rock, N. C. v A. M. Panax, Fnirvicw P. O., Greenville Dist. William C. Bailkt, Pleasant Grove. Greenville. fC*rr. R. Q. Akdkrso*, C'odsr Falls, Grfcnrillc. i .1 i $rltdrii ^Dttrtj. Ibc ifeqH. Tiir. human heart!?no mortal eye llath seen its spring laid bare ; A beauty and a mystery Is all that reateth there ; In Love how silently 'twill brood O'er feelings not confessed ! A bird that feeds in solitude Tho younglings of its nest. 11 Its Hate is like volcnuic fire! We seek not of its wrath, Till bursts the labor of its iro Around our scorching path, lis Friendship ! Oh ! the blessed seeds It slrows in Tiino's dark bowers? That spring through Memory's bitter weeds. To crown Life's cup with flowers ! y , ,1 t The heart's Despair !?what smile Portray its gloom aright ? IJt is vise Hell of memory? 1 Unutterable Night. Its Holiness!?a tree whoso bloom Eternity supplies ; Anil flrwdtlnnr Ia ivlinut I>r>n?liA< ,%nma The birds of Paradise. 5 ** '' * ' ' ' '* * ' In every luimnn change, the heart Is but a living lyre, Where each fierce passion plays its part !, Upon a sept rate wire ; < But harsh and wide the tones will he, IVJulo juusino round them clings: 1 It never breathes true melody, Till God t?ath toOthed its strings. il?LI ? ! . i.;? HiisctUnnrnoG Ulraiiiiig. ; - Jfoto to ft i?C. i wrtycwiriitCAt. examples. i T4i? *?wl qnestiow of the age?the qncs- 1 tion which Is asked on all hands by pbilan- i throplmti?real or pretended?i?, bow are j1 the people to be elevated f The extent of < the popular ignorance, and of the popular' 1 debasement Resulting from it, has long been j i .acknowledged; yet evidences of the low moral! I condition of tlia maioiitv of the humbler or. I I ders-ofsociety secin to accumulate ri*? by.] ijny, in spite of nil thntisdono by the school- master and tbo Press to diffuse intelligence I and create the desire of improvement?we I are convinced that this Last mentioned thing, < the desire, the detenninnti^n to achieve in- i dependence and excellence?U tho grnml do- < sideratum, the oiic thing most wanting, to- I Ward* a satisfactory solution of the great I question. It is vain for the philanthropist and the preacher to cry ont, 'Excelsior! Ex- t celsofr P unless tho cry meet a rosponso in < the hearts of (boss to whom it is directed.? i Thero is no excelling without climbing, and ' nobody can ciimb without an effort and a > succession of etforta. What is wanting is t tbo inducements to mnko the necessary exer- ] (Ion... Let us see if we can supply some of I these inducements, not this time, by reason* ' tng oq tire subject, but bv the citation of < I some examples which by shewing that it is < possible for A man to raise himself in the so- j oinl and intellectual scale, may stir up somo ( nt IM tn Ul<lr.t at laaat a ??- ' 1^,. WW wv >Mni?v nv ivrtPK ? VtVIUlD ilUU JJt*[SC* v#rtog Attempt. About hundred and fifty years ago, there was wooing about the garden and grouud* of tho then Dukoiof Argyie. a child of eight year* of age^-tM aoo -of the Duke's gardener. The little, fellow wae ignorant of everything but what grew in the garden or was to be ^tsn in bit father*# oqg*g*, nu poramhn-l no tneapa o(giving him an education ; but a servant of the duke's household took him in hand oat of compassion, and taught him his let torn ood the element* of feodjqg. Reading grow into.a, habit, and with the habit of readmrf ({few the de.?iro aud love of knowledge. iTnappenedihal wbilo the boy was thus stosiog Wie-tnUld nHU information of # u I - various kinds, the duke commenced huildin; a new wing to 1 lie mansion. The cliik looked on curiously at the work ns it pio ceedcd day by dnv, find seeing the areliiteel make use of Mile nnd compass to make hi: calculations, lie inquired the moaning of tlx proceeding, and then learned what lie did not know before, that there was such fi science as arithmetic ; nnd that lie might know all about it in books. lie managed to buy or borrow a book on arithmetic, and setting himself to work, thoroughly innMcied its contents. Ilcnting f-om tlx; builder? that there was another impoitnul science called geometry, he procured a book upon that, and soon mastered lluit also in like manner. His reading informed Itim tlinl the best la oka on this science weio wiitter in Latin, whereupon bo bought a Latin die nonary and grammar, and labored diligently till be bad acquired tbe language. Home ouc told bim that there were excellent scientific works in tbe French tongue ; so be got possession of a French dictionary and grnminnr, and successfully learned tliat language also. Tbe curious part of tbo business is that tbo boy did all ibis while learning his trade as a gaideuor under bis father, between the ages of eight ami eighteen, and without suspecting all along that lie wan doing anything extraordinary. He was eighteen years of ago when the duke coining into the garden one day, saw a Latin copy of Sir Isaac Newton's celebrated 'Prineipia' lying on tbo grass.. Conceiving that it belonged to himself, be gave orders that it should l>o carried back to tbo library. The young gardener stepped forward ? 'Your Grace, the book belongs to me.' 'To you !' said bis Grace ; 'Jo you understand geometry?Latin, Newton ?' 'I know a little of thorn,' said the youth with an air of simplicity nii-ing from a profound ignorance ot'bis own knowledge and talents. Tbe duke, an accomplished man, with a turn for tbo exact sciences, commenced a conversation on tbo subject of mathematics, lie asked bim several searching questions, and was astonished with tbe force, the area racy, and the simplicity of bis answers, lie then questioned him on bis past life, and learned from tbe lad's own lips the details given above. There was nothing likehoasting in the young man's nanati\c, and no apparent consciousness that Irrt deserved praise for what be had done; it only seemed to bim a natural consequence that whoever could read might loam whatever lie choose. His account charmed the duke, vhodtew il.A ? ...v mmvuiixi nJii' jamais ironi ooseiniiy, ami provided him wiili an employment which left liiin plenty of time f?>r the cultivation of tlic same genius for music. for painting, f?>r nrchitccliuc, and for all the sciences which Jepcud on calculations and propmth ns. Suclt is the history of the youth of Edmund Stone, the well known mathematician, lie lived to an advanced age, prcseiving an unblemished reputation and tendering important scivices to science. Among the ivoiks which lie left In-hind him are n Mathematical Dictionary,' ft 'Treatise on Fluxions,' another on Euclid, and another on the use of mathematical instruments, lie died in 1708. In the year 1090, the son of a carpenter named Harrison, of Foulhv, in Voikshire, lav ill in bed, unable, to niuvo about. He was a child of six years of age; and nmotig the ndulpjeuees that" were* offered him to \\" Idle' tway the tedium of sickness, he chose o have the woiks of a watch laid open upon Ilia nillow that ho l.ii.rlil timrl- iia nicnt*. # As lie grew up ho-received very Jit-! lo education, and war put to learn )iis faiher's trade, working with him in tlie carpenter's alrop and at tliehoircs of his patrons.' i\a he had no iiroc for study hy day, he made: iine by sitting up at night, and W.3 io the mint of wiitiug out in full whatever he wish- ( h1 to learu thoroughly. Clocks, wa'.ohos, | ind wlteel machinery of all kinds, had more dinrins for him than anything e!*e; and to I he construction and improvement of these 1 lie directed nil his energies and experiments.! With this view lie plirxied tho study of arithmetic in ita higher branches, and he 1 ?aine a good practical mathematician, lie! nvariahly embodied any new idea that! truck him in n new time piece; and by a icriea of trials in this way attained lo a rounder knowledge of hi* subject than was posessed by any preferred herolcgist of his 1 lime. i In tho reign of Queen Anne,a reward was iflered by the government for tho discovery I of n successful mode of ascertaing the longitudo at sea. Harrison's attention was' .1 _ Ik. 1 '?? 1 iimmi i-u inu sunjrn, and lie llfld tliO ftlllt'llion to compete for the twenty thousand pounds which was to reward llio difficult achievement. Ho first produced a clc tlc whoso movements ho expected would be proof against irregularities* of climate and the molion of a vessel. An experiment inado with it during foul weather on tho river Humher, shewed that ho had calculated rightly ; and he brought tho C?o(Ji to London, and submitted it to tbo. members of the Koyul fiodety. They gato him a certificato "to tho effect that his machine1 promised to perform with the necessary ciMCtaesn. In coMerjucnce of this, a trial whs roide on board a man-n war hound for las bon, and succeeded -?* well, that tho Hoard of Longitude warded Harrison ?'>00, nnd -- ... r; encouraged hint to proceed. How be did 1 proceed?how lie abandoned (be clock form.' j and lunde bis chronometer* in the shape of i tj I??r?re waihe*? bow lie finally compieie.l all I difficulties, fniilv (nitilled (be conditions re ' quired, and receiver! the ?20,000, and en-! 1 joyed the faine to bis genius and ]?crscvor-, i ancc?most pcp'.H know, and those who do j t not can easily learn from tlie pages of tbe I I Bingrnphicnl Dictionary. William Gilford was llic son of a dissipn 1 1 ted and abandoned man wbo bad no care ! I for bis offspring, and wbo closed a vagabond ! ' life by a premature death. His widow sobn : i ( followed him (o tbe grave, and at 12 veurs I !, of age young Gilford was left alone in the! world. During bis parent's life be bad I II known nothing hut poverty nnd wretched-1 I ness in their worst foi in?, nnd after their dc- I I cease bo was bound apprentice to a shoe-) ' maker, wbo proving a bard ni;." 'vrannical j : | master did not much better bis lot. The boy's singlo ]>osHe?fiou was ono book, aj 'Treatise on Algelua,' but ibis was a sealed . book to biin, owing to bis igiiorauce of the ! elementary principles which would have enj aided him to understand it. Happily His. i j master's son bad a copy of'Fcnning's Intro-j daction,' and through rending this l?y i stealth, Gilford was enabled at lengh to i 1 make oim of his awn volume. 1 Icing w illi-j I urn jn'iis, iiik ami paja.'r, or a farthing to! . puieliaso them with. Iio hit upon llio plan i of beating out fragments of ft-athors with his ! luiuiiner, and wot king the problems upon ' tlioni u ith a blunt awl. His progress, tho* ' slow, was solid and real. A ludicrous hluu | dor on the part of a painter, at length elicited his dangerous talent for satire and versification ! which lie exercised ?o cleverly as to win the | nd mil a! ion of the whole town, and, uuhap> pily, to excite tlie ill will of bis master, who ' scatche?l the lad's gartel, pounced upon hi? little lihrnry, his paper and mathematical I diagrams, and rigorously foi hade all further 1 application to study. The ciicumstaucos. which threatened to overthrow the lad's ' prospects, and doom him ignorance, proved i the cause of his eventual prosperity. Mr. j Cooks',ev. a surgeon in the town,-being struck with the vigor and solidity of the young man's productions, visited him, heard j the particulars of his hi-tmy, and imuifdi- . Jatily raised a subscription for tho put pose j i i f buying up his indentures and releasing j liini from the tyrannical slioctuaker. 'i llis j .liberality was not thrown away. In two , yens frotn the time i f bis release, ditfoid t had prepared himself to enter tho universi j tv. The same kind friends sent him to Ox- j fold, vher? his fine talents and finer indns j1 I try, enabled him to support himself. lie: i gained the regard of Euil (Irosvenof, who I j became bis patron, and made him tutor to | | his son, with whom he made the tout of! i 1 Kurope. On his return to England ho de J j voted his life to liteiature, and from that time to tho day of his death rose in favor | and popularity with the j uldie, and gathered honors* and emoluments rarely enjoyed V.. 1 i* . I '* * I i<\ uicMMifis t>i ui?' moral v pmiesMon. i ih* , shoemaker's npprt ntico achieved a repnt ition j of the lirst rank ; bt-'ainc the companion of i I nobles ami statesmen, died in opulent cir-. j cumstnnccs, and was buried in Westminster j J Abbey. Hero, tlicn, nro examples of men who!] have risen from the very lowest condition ofj | I life to reputation, honor and emolument.? ] | Were it desirable so to do, we might in | crease the fodr to fotly, and in fiat to att in 1 j definite amonhl beyond that, by extending:' rocarclies nmbhg the biographies of tho liv-' ing, and the above narratives show there is ' a way, because a rcsolti'e and determined 1 will wills to make a way for itself and gath-! | ers fresh strength from the eonflict with op 1 posing obstacles. If it be ftbjeeted that, of ' the above examples, three, at lea?t were ' helped onward to the goal by otbei hands 1 AC wcttld reply that all three of them had ! i really won the prixa before they got it; that ! ( Slono in hi* garden ; Da Val in hi* forest,! t and (litVord in hi* cobbler's stall, bad nl ] ready fought nud won the battle with cir | j cumstances, and were worthy ot t!:o guer-C ilon they receiwd. Whoever will strive as' llicy strove shall assuredly rise?not, it may i well bo to honor equally conspicuous nnd ' remarkable?but to a higher level than that v from vvhieh they start at the outset. Vet let us not be misunderstood. We ad-! ' ilueo the above examples as proofs of what * luay l?o done bv the dilipent use of tlto fae- j I allies pi ten to us by our Creator ; not as re-! s commending our readers to aim at social < I elevation, as tho chief cud of self culture. A 1 > higher rnotivo should sliinilxte us in the'( 1 race; and in viewing success in life, we ( [ should ever remember that if purchased at ! s tho cxpcnso of tho eternal interest*, it i* ( J bought too dear, it is well remarked by tbo writer of 'Successful Men of Modem Times,' and the remark ought to be kept 1 in view by the young reader?that 'bo who gains a crown of glory which never fades ( away, and who is admitted to the participation of pleasures which eye hath not seen 1 and ear hath not heard, nor ilia heart of f man conceived, is After all the truly success ? fill man.' Grave Joan.?-"Doctor, if 11 ' go on getting no better, what shall I be good ; 1 for when I gut to Australia?" Doctor.-?"Why you'ro jn*t? the man wcj' wnnt to begin' a graveyard with." 1 *' 9 n 0 J Ik (j e o 1 o o 0 T c 10 j Must persons will recall the circum- 1 stances to which tliesc words relate.? ' The disciples of John had been depri- ' ed of their Master. Tothe malice ami hatred of Herod, he had fallen a vie j tim. They saw themselves bereft of their dear comforter and friend ; ens' ! out upon tho world like sheep without jH a shepherd, comfortless and alone, broken hearted and dismayed. Overwhelmed with CJ'ief, they take np the body, as it is sanT, bnry it, and then j go and tell Jctsiui. There is one consideration connect 1 ed with the Saviour's life upon earth ?ids trials, his temptations, and hisl sorrows which the Christian is t<?o apt to overlook. It is this. Thrbnglt these c trials and temptations?tho very same j which the Christian experiences at the present titne?he lias been madeYor us !x a more perfect intercessor and sym-ji pathiser. To this the apostle alludes,1' when he declare?, h\Vo have not an | high-priest which cntmot. he tonchc I j with the feelings of our inlinnities ; but c was in all points tempted like as wc ' are, vet without sin." In trouble and affliction, the desire of sympathy is one of the most natural |( feelings of the hair an heart. If the soul can but unburden itself to anotb- s er, and as tho little hymn so sweetly ! and so emphatically expresses it? ''Fill our fellow crenI lire's ear With the sad talc of all our ear," v it seems a most wondrous alleviation \x to Ihe burden pressing upon our heart, j | Wo sec it exemplified in the little, j child, when, with its littllo heart, throb- ir bing with grief, it runs to its mother, N and burying its face in her bosom, jr tells her all its little sorrows and tron-1 bios. We see it in sterner manhood, when { to our bosom friend we unhesitatingly pour out our whole soul; not that he v hath it in his power to remove the j . source?the occasion of the trouble? js but simply' that wc may experience his sympathy, which we feci to be a . panacea for our grief, nlfeviaiiou to our dcepost 60rrow. ,, And oli, liou* is this alleviation heigh-j f tencd, when \vc know that that friend lias been through the same furnace of Jj iflliction?has experienced the same y trials, and safely outrode them nil.? i ,, Oh, then with what freedom does thei^ soul throw open all its secret chambers ' a - unburdening itself most fully, that a full flood-tide of this alleviating! . sympathy may flow through it. Jhit let us suppose that our friend jH has not only experienced the same .. trouble and trials, hut possesses that within himself, which can entirely oh- ( literate the source of an affliction?the Hood of sympathy gushing from his ., benevolent soul, entirely washing away i^j I ho seeds of all our misery and dis- ^ .less. Willi what earnestness would !fj inch a sympathiser?so benevolent, so powerful, ho cherished and loved by is. IIow wo would flee to him at all 1 ? imes! IIow continually would liis ' ^ mage bo impressed upon our heart.? j(j fn his society, how greatly would wc .. leliglit. U Now look at Jesus Christ. Is not j v* ill this temptations, that he might he ] :ome a more pertect sympathiser in , j. hose very trials, and temptations.? ft', [Ic k:iew the human heart. Jle knew jLJ is fondness for sympathy, lie knew I u \hat a comfort, what a powerful and '^ sheering instigation in all his trials.1 j. lie thought of a powerful sympathiser I vould he to the Christian, and He j ireparcd himself accordingly. 11o . (] lonored the feeling. He iuuT respect; o it. lie adapted himself to it, and j or it; and those that take away a s! lyiupathizing, all-powerful Christ from | p >ur religion, think not that they arc'..' isolating one of the strongest demands j" f our nature. Wo appeal to every n Mu istian, if the waut?the desire of a Jj ympathisev?all benevolent, nll-pow- j irful, in a work so momentous as the ;al\atioii of his soul?opposed as he s by trials. s; " Joiim, how's your ma V* "Feeble incugh ; I've got so that I can lick her iow, and have my own way. You don't ice mo going errands and doing chores is I used to.' . A recent Dublin newspaper conains tho following curious advertise ,t nent I a " 1 hereby warn all persons train A rusting my wit's, Fllen Flannogan, on Iv my Recount,a* I am not mnrriaAto iter.' , . j I) f l l| C 1) C 6 of q y C to g f) 0 [i c i\ A school teacher nud. who has been nigugctl a lonj; time in li s profession, vitnessojl the iulluence of a i;ood news >a|Kir upon tlie minds of a family of dnklren, writes to the editor of the )?*den9bur?j Xcntivel as follows : i have found it to be a universal act, without exception, that those cholars of both sexes, and of all aj;cs, vho have access to newspapers at mine, wiieu compared to those who lave not, arc? 1. hotter readers, excellin?r in promneiation and emphasis, and conseincntly read more understandiiij*lv. 2. Tliev lire hotfor cihiIImv #n??l -1?? ino wonfs with more accuracy. U. They obtain a practical knowlidgo of geography, and in almost hall' he time it. requires others, as the icwspaper has made them familiar vitli t|ie location of the important laces, nations, their governments ami Icings on the globe. 4. They arc better grammarians, or having become so familiar with ivory variety of stylo in the newspaier, from?thc common place advertisenent to the finished 4U?d classical oraion of the statesman, tl?e more readily jomprchencl the meaning of the ext, and consequently analyze its con traction with accuracy. 5. They write better compositions, ising better language, containing more learly and correctly expressed i leas. iliose young men who have for ears been readers of newspapers, re always taking the lead in the delating society, exhibiting a more cxensive knowledge upon a greater vaictyof subjects, and expressing their iews with greater llneney and dearies* in their use of language. 2 01) I c C Jo i i/e tu lr 13. 1 hit how arc we to learn to be goou vivos, you may ask, while we are yet carcely more than children i Wcanwcr. Begin now to keep your drawl's, boxes, desk, &t\, in perfect order ; lever put on a garment with a hole in i, v? Iivu |?usai??ic it) | IX'VCIU U, JUKI icver descend to hunily prayers and ho breakfast table until your whole icrson, Irani your flossy hair to your trie foot, is perfectly neat and clean., \"e would aU<? advise every. luunir j irl to take care <?!' Tier own bedroom, j jr if vpu learn how to arrange one lepsrtnient well in every respect, yon an at once know how to overlook r. vhole house, however large. You must take care to abhor, with ill your might, dust under your lied uid bureau, as well as upon thorn; alvays hang up your dresses and shirts in hooks, instead of leaving tlicin on tacks of chairs, and pray do not have battalion of shoes kicking about, un-j er your bed, but put them in any i ag or hand box that you can get for ! 10 purpose, properly paired, and not 1 *ith one mate, and one odd one." ' Perhaps an additional inducement I >r taking care of your own rooms will e tho last, that to throw up the win-' ows and make your bed, dust, sweep ' our apartment, will give you a love-' healthy bloom upon your cheek, 11 u*!i ?ill 111 f\ nrtcmntlru lit tliA 1 VII *.. ? ?IV/ woinvuvo ill IIIW ? *_/! I\| J mid not impart. If, our dear young i tdy readers, you will take our :ul\ ice mi begin at once to overcome what rer disorderly habits you have, yi?u ill in tiie end grow to be women wlio | ave the will and ability to impart an ! n:ncnso deal of comfort and hr.ppi-' ess to whoever may have the good >rtunc to marry yon , and we are sure J iat you cannot, imagine in this world more gratifying destiny, nuWx. m- J eed, you are horrible, gorgonized, rung minded females, or heartless,] kshionahle dirts, who not. knowing! hat real love i*, spend their empty | Vi?a ill liliiL* Iiki* liPf-lMKipS if f? iVnof ii in w n r ; \ " t4VV * , ml degrade the highest attribute of igir natures into a foot-ball to be! ickcd about one lo nnotlte". "Good morning, Mr. Smith ; on the ick list to-day ?" " Yes, sir ; got t-lio ague," " Do yon ever shake {"' "Yes, shake like thunder." " Wlren do yon shako again i" " Can't say when ; shake every day. Vhy do you ask V "Oh, nothing in particular ; only I bought if yon shook bad, I'd like to luinl by and see if you could not shake bo fitteeu dollars out of your pocket t'liich you owed mo so long." Mr. Smith sloped. l? MIJIU 1 J- Jr^?HCTT.I J IH1W ..M1 Pcki.mno.--Tip.vcl1ing in a stagcc< ach, Professor V --got into an argument with a fellow traveller about duelling, the necessity of which iho professor strenuously denied. Tba. other stoutly maintained it, and insisted that there were many cases which could be decided only by a duel. u 1 deny that," said the Professor. J 11 Poll !*' e.\claime<l the other, 44quito j clear I Why, what else can ton do.?. Here are you and I talking together, Jand suppose you ami I get into a warm , argument, and 1 sav to you, 4 Yott lie !' what can you do then ? You must 1 light mo; there's no othci*remedy." 1 441 deny it," replied tno Professor 1 with provoking coolr.c&3. i 44 Well, but what can you do?" I 4* Why," he again replied, 44 if you js.iy to mo 4 You lie" 1 should sav, 14 Yon prove if.' If you prove it, I do I lie; if you don't prove it, it's you that lie. And theic is an end pf the matI O... " 1VI ? ? - - ? ? Tin-: young folks of Ashland, Ohio, are "warring with their wishes*' in a rather humorous way. The Time# I say s: i 4 A society lias been formed among tlio j voting ladies of Ashland, having the 1 immediate object in view of inducing the young men to abstain from all inj toxicalingdrinks?even ale, hcer, wine or cidtr. A provision of the society ' debarring young ladies from associate ' ing with those who refuse to sign the | pled ge, having become public, sorno of the young gents refused to sign, 1 protesting against such action, and I formed another society, which rej -.pares of the young ladies, to make them eligible to "good societyto al>and< n hoops, paint and Alabama silk. AVc have not heard whether the two parties design nominating candidates for P O the Presidency." Hie girls arc tight?stick to tlio pledge. The voung men are very un| reasonable. Vv'hat would some of tiie .ladies be without hoops and paints? ' There would not bo enough of them ' for the "fellers" to court. l?y the way, what is Alabama silks? [?Sum'vxfct/ Reflate**. "Voting man," don't you know?? "Alabama silk" grows on a cotton (plant ; it was used at New Orleans by I General Jackson tor breastworks.? j ;/ 1 ' j;i < <' CCl(IUC/ Anil many of tlio ladies have usod it here for the same purpose. A Occ.d Ttei.k.? A man who is very rich now, Wiis very poor when he was ahoy. When asked how he got hi* i riches, he replied : " My father taught l me never to play till my work was finished, and never to spend my money until 1 had earned it. If I had | but one hour's work in a day, I must do that the first thing, and in an hour; and after this 1 was allowed to play; and I then could play with much more pleasure than if I had the thought of ail unfinished task before my mind. 1 early formed the habit of doing everything in time, and it s?xm became perlectly easy to do so. It is to this I owo my prosperity.'" Header, go and do likewise. \ T* . -- m ?* - jA.vr J own.?Chicago is a funny place. It is original in more tilings than otic, lieceritly a man committed suicide there l>v drowning. ThelK?dy could not l?o found, hut tlie coroner,not to be cheated out of his fees, held en inquest on his hat and jacket, found on the bank of the lake. Verdict? uTo::ltd empty." "T s \y, fiicnd, is tlicre iu\> tiling to about Iiqio asked :i Kentucky sportsman of a little hov. boy?"Wal, nothing just about hero, stranger, but the schoolmaster is down tho bill, yonder?you tnonglit p??p hint over." ? > -' Tf yo;; ever think of warning widow," said an anxious parent to bis heir, "select , tia w 11asa lir.l lni,li??.t * .......mm nnn millg ; WWU I* the only way to prevent her throwing hi* memory in your litcc, ami making annoying comparisons. "Kven that won't prevent it." reclaimed a crusty ohl bachelor; "she'll not only praise him, l?nt say hanging would le too good ' for you." \ Thev drcas ei?ol out West. A young lady, being asked if she would wet.i hat b(?unet to church, replied, 6l.e wouldn't wear anything else ft -2 ' The sea of matrimony is often rli? tilrticd by 4 squalls.' 0