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f gig ^ ^ ^ . - - ? ' ? I A. REFLEX OB* POPULAR EVENTS. "i ^ ^ ^ .a *i > !)" 'r 1 i " ' VOLUME XV. GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. MARCH 3. 1369. KO. 41. W II L 1 -1 ' I 1 \ O. F. TOWN E fci , L EDITOR. 9. 0. BAILXY, Pre'r. and Associate Editor. RuBscatPTiox Two Dollars per annum. AnvsHTiBauBRTt Inserted at tbe rates of ene dollar per square of twelve Minton lines <this sited type) or less for the flrst Insertion, fifty cents each for tbe second and third insertions, and twenty-Are cents for subsequent Insertions. Yearly contraots will he mnde. All advertisements must have the number >T insertions marked on them, or they will be Inserted till ordered out, and charged for. Unless ordorod otherwise, Advertisements wrill invariably be " displayed." Obituary notices, and all matters inuring to fa tbe beneAt of any one, are regarded as Advertisements. The Light at Home. The light at homo how bright it beams When evening shades around us fall; And trom the lattice far it gleams, To love and rest, and comfort all; When wearied with the tolls of day, And strife for gory gold, or fame, ZIow sweet to seek the qniet way, Where loving lips will lisp our name Around tbe light at home! When through the dark and stormy night The wayward wanderer homeward Aies, Mow cheering ia that twinkling light, Which through the foreat gloom he apiea ! It ia tho light of heme. He facia That loving heartr will greet him there. And aafaly through hia bosom eteala The joy and lo7e that banish care Around the light at homo. The light at home how still and sweet It peopa from yonder cottago door, The wear* laborer to greet, . When the rough toils of day are o'er I Bud is the rout that does not know The blessings that the beams impart The cheerful hopes and joys that flow And lighten np the heaviest heart Around the light at home. A Carious Trial in Italj? Beauties of Romanism?A Convert Case. The Florence correspondent ot the London Ncw6 writes: The Florence journals have quito overlooked a curious trial which took place ten days ago before tlie Tribunal of Correctional Police in their own city, and which lind for a result to condemn to twenty days' imprisonment Lcopoldo Fabbroni, tho agent of the I3ible Society in Florence, his two brothers-in-law to the same term ot imprisonment, a hackney coach luan eight dare' imprisonment, aind tho wife of Fabbroni to one day's imnriaonment. I'lio offense fur which these sentences were awarded consisted in the fact of the whole party having y?oive on the 16th of last May, to the Convent ot Monti Celii, and attempted to remove thence the eldest daughter of the wile by a toraaaer husband. It is altogether a very sad story, and illustrates in a too instructive way the proceedings of the old Grand Ducal rule in Tuscany, in matters affecting *he liberty of conscience, and the consequences which these proceedings have entailed even on mere liberal governments. i As long ago as 1856 there died in Florence a certain Domenico Barretti. As both Ike and Ids wife had become Protestants, the priests determined that the two little girls whom ho left should be separated Irom their mother. This was done, and they were consigned, in epite of all the supplications and remonstrances of tlicir mother, to the nuns of Monti Cclii. In the twelve years tiwt have passed eiuce the separation, they have, of course, been trained up to believe that their mother is a monster of heretical iniquity, and that their return to stAV under her roof would be incurring tlie risk of eternal misery. On the 16th ot last May the poor mother went to the convent to entreat her eldest daughter to leave the nuns and come and stay with her. The daughter refused; then they bado each other farewell: but at the lost moment, as if seized by an uncontrollable maternal impulse, the mother made a rush at her daughter, caught her up in her arms, put her in the hackney loach which was waiting at the convent door, and attempted to drive off. The nuns, with their pries, roused the neighborhood. *mv<J the girl was brought hack to 4>be convent. Such are the circumstances which lod to the trial of the 9?th nit. All the parties condemned have made their ap? peal to the higher tribunals. Thk name of the lied sea is dorived from portions being oovered with red patches, from a few yards to somo miles square, composed of microscopic vegetable animalcnlro, particularly abundant in the spring, and which dye the water to at) intensely blood red.? When not affected by these organic beings the deep waters are intensely blue and the shoal waters Shades of grocg. Don't Keep too Xaoh Stock. Said a fanner who does not take the American Agriculturist, to a neighbor who does: "You want more stock to make manure." It was an innocent remark, hut our triond is as fond of an argument as was Dr. Johnson, and replied : "That remark indioates a lack of just ideas on the subject. It is as absurd to say, I want more stock to make manure, as it would be to say, I want more stoves to make ashes. It I burn fifty cords ot wood the amount of ashes will be the same, whether I use three stoves or a dozen, and if I mm all the fodder J have it will make little difference, so far as tbe quantity and quality of the manure is concerned, whether I keep a large number of cattle, sheep and pigs, or a small nnmbe>'. The value of the manure heap will depend on tbo grain, hay, straw, and stalks used on the farm, and not on the stock." There is considerab 1 e truth in what our friend Bays, and we are glad ho has so far profited by the teaching of the Agriculturist that he realizes that the vaiue of the manure depends on the food, and not on the kiud of stock it is fed to. It is a great mistake to be overstocked." There is no possible advantage?not even in the manure heap?and not unfrequently the loss is very great. Better sell part of the stock and teed what is retained all they can eat?enough, at all events, to keep them in a thrifty, healthy condition. If the animal is not gaiuing, we are losing all the foou it consumes. By providing wartn, sheltered, dry, and cotnfoi table quarters, we can save a considerable amount of food, but after all is done, tho animal still requires about 2^ lbs. of hay per day, or its equivalent in straw, for each 100 lbs. of live weight, to sustain the vital functions and keep it from losing flesh. What we gain in milk, flesh, or wool, is derived from tho food consumed in excess of this amount. [American Agriculturist. A Nkw Swindling Dodge.? Pretended firms in this city ad vertise in tho country papers to furnish Alaska diamonds, equal in all respects to the genuine article, except in their intrinsic value. They request thai when rings are ordered, a ring already possessed by the owner may be sent them, in order that the size of tho finger may be ascertained. On receipt of tho specimen, they forward their trash by express, to lie collected for ou delivery. It the specimen ring should be worthless, they included it hi the parcel, but, if it should happen to be valuable, they retain it, and any attempt on the part of the loser t<o regain bis property, proves fruitlesa, inas much as no firms with tho title they give, are to be found at the address given. A case comes under notice from a correspondent of the jewelry firm of Messrs. Browne "& Spaulding, At Lexington, Ky., of certain individuals, styling themselves ** James T. Monroe & Co., Importers and Manufacturers, No. 195 Broadway," w1k> obtained a ring in the above manner, worth several dollars, of a lady in that place. They obtained $12.00 for the Alaska "diamonds" forwarded to her, but did not return the property sent. As no such firm is to bo found at 195 Broadway, the prospects of the lady for obtaining her ring aro indifferent.? New York Timc$. Save tuk Pkkisiiino.?A physician was once returning to bis boine, when he saw a little child in great peil in the 6trcet. Another in slant she would liavo been crush ed nnder the iron hoofs which were almost upon her. At great VAtlSl llintAAU llA J-v jn;i ii iw iiiiiidvii) nu I u9iivu iui( ward, and, seizing tbo little one, bore nor in safety to the sidewalk, Curiosity impelled him to look into the child s face, that he might see if he knew whom lie had rescued. Pushing back the little bonnet, what were his feelings tc see that it was his own little daughter whose life he had saved 80 he who hates to save the per ishing, often finds rewards he litth dreamed of. " Whatever tby banc findeth to do, do it with thj might,** Consumption Dr. Henry I. Bowditch, of Boaton, who boo made consumption a specialty of study and treatment, is contributing a series of papers on the subject to the Atlantic Monthly. In the second paper he says that want of sunlight is one powerful promoter of consumption, and advises all who have the first symptoms of the disease to keep in the sunlight as much as possible. The sick should not be shut np in rooms on the north sido of the house where the sun never shines, but should be allowed rooms with a southern exposure, and the blinds should be left open notwithstanding the fading of the carpet. Impure air of all sorts is another prolific cause and promoter ot this disease, and a perfect ventilation is not only better than medicine, but prevention and cure both in one. insufficient and improper clothing, tight lacing and exposure of >he limbs, all tend to pulmsnary disorder Poor food feeds the disease, and indigostion is one of its powerful allies; and, on the other hand, a generous, wholesome diet, regularly taken, tends both to extirpate and keep off the enemy.? Over study, particularly with children, intense activity ol the brain. care, prolonged excitement, fear, depression, gloomy emotions, all tend to develop the germs of the disease, as do intemperance aud excesses of every kind. One excellent thing in these papers is the fact that Dr. Bowditch throws the pitch of his largo experience of one-third of a contury directly in tlio destroyer's path, to prevent his getting his iangs fastened into the vitals of tho system. Prevention is the great thing, and prevention, in nine cases out of ten, is possible, will we hut have the wisdom and the will to apply the proper precautions. Instruction of Qirls* The right instruction of girls is much neglected. Even in some of the best schools, showy acquirement are prefered to real knowledge. A lady who has written ui>on this subject makes some sensible observations upon the varieties of character and the diflerent modes of treatment they require. After remarking that in striving to destroy a fault we should be careful not to overlook the virtue that may accompany it, she says: "An impulsive, rash, self-confident character is also ac tive and energetic. A selfish, over careful disposition, contains the germs of prudence. An indolent character is usually crentle. and unwilling to oxcept provocation. A jealous temper is an affectionate one. Vanity is the exaggeration of an amiable desire to (Hoase.? And tho reason why so much good advice, or advice which is meant to be good, is received so badly by those to whom it is offered, very often is, that in tonching the fault, the virtue is touched also; and then tlvo natural instinct of Relf defence exhibits itself in the form of an excuse. Now, it wo wish to givo advice which will bo palatable as well as true, we must show sympathy with whatever is natural and innocent in the feeling which has been aroused, before we give a caution against exaggeration There sltould be a percep tion and encouragement of the good that tnay exist, whilst the evil is condemned which accompanies it. Atiikwt.?One who does not believe in the existence of God.? Such a creed can only arise from tuo ignorance ot stupidity, or a corruption of principle, since the , whole universe is filled with the moral and physical proofs of a . Creator. lie who does not look to a superior and superintending ; power as his maker and his Judge, . is without that coercive principal ( ot salutary fear which should prompt him to do good and es; chew evil, and his oath can, of ne* ; cessity, he no stronger than his . word. Masons, looking to the dan, gerous tendency of such a tenet, > have wisely discouraged It, by de, claring that no atheist can be ad! mitted to participate in their fra. ternity; and the better to carry 5 this law into effect, every candl I date, before passing through anv of the ceremonies of initiation, U r required, publicly and solemnly, to declare bis trust in God. A Cheap Smoke Honse. A fanner in Western New York gives tbe following as Ins plan for a good and cheap smoke house: No fhrmer should be without a good smoke-house, and such a one as will be fire-proof and tolerably secure from thieves. Fifty hams can be smoked at one time in a smoke-house seven by eight feet square. Mine is six by seven, and is large enough for most farmers. I first dug all tbe ground out below where the frost would reach, and filled it up to the sni face with small stone. On this I laid my brick floor, in lime mortar. The walls are brick, eiplit inches thick, and seven feet high, with a door nn nno 0M0 tfanf Tl?^ V?? v?.v DIMV V I WW ? IVlCt JL lie door should be made of wood and lined with sheet iron. For the top I put on joists, two by lour, set up edgewise, and eight and n halt -inches from centre to centre, covered with brick, and put on a heavy coat of mortar. I built a small chimney on the top in thg centre, arching it oter and covering it with a shingle roof in the usual way. An arch should bo built on the outside, with a small iron door to shut it up, similar to a stove door, with a hole from the arch through the wall of the smokehouse, and an iron grate over it. Tho aich is more convenient and better to pat the fire in than to build a fire insido the smoke-house, and the chimney causes a draft through into the smoke-house.? Good corn cobs or hickory wood aro the best materials to make a smoke for hams. The cost of such a smoke-house as 1 dcscribo is about $20. 4-v & Loko Sermons and other Tiiinos.?A lawyer who consumes three hours in arguing a question of law relating to the ownership of a barrel of apples, is indignant at his minister for exceeding twenty-five minutes in unfolding one of the great principles of morality7, on the observance of which the tolerable existenco of society i dejKMids- The judge who fills two hours with his 44opinion" on the right of the counsel to challenge a witness, grumbles at his minister because ho has prolonged the discussion of fundamental laws of human existence to thirty minutes. The physician who takes ten minutes to prepare tho medicine tor a headache, is nervously restive if his minister spends only twice as many in attempting to relievo a chronic headache. The belle who has spent?how long? in adjusting the bows of her bonnet, is remorseless in her criticism on the minis ter who does not finish his meditations on tbo character of God in 1 fifteen minutes. The fop who has combed, and |>erfumed, and waxed his beard and moustacho for un j hour, is mortified past endurance if the poor minister is not through his discussion of tho immortal Lito " inside" of twenty minutes. 11 ore After Business nouns.' The road which the man of business travels in pursuit oi competence and wealth is not a macada mized one, nor does it ordinarily 1 _ M a! ? ieaa uirougu pleasant scenes and by #M*ell springs of delights. On the contrarv, it is a rongh and rugged path, beset with " wait abit" thorns and full of pit-falls, which can only bo avoided by the watchlul care of circumspection.? After each day's journey over this worse than turnpike road, the wayfarer needs something more than rest; he requires solace? and deserves it. lie Is weary of the dull prose of life, and athirst for its poetry. Happy is the man who can find that solace and poetry at home. Warm greetings from loving hearts, fond glances from bright eyes, and welcome shouts ot children, the many thousand little arrangements for comfort and eniovmeut that silentlv toll of thoughtful and expectant love, the gentle ministrations that beguile us into an old and easy seat betore we are aware of it; , these, and like tokens, of afTection and sympathy oonstitute the poetry ot?life. Think of tliis ye wives . and daughters of business men. The Rev. Mr. Wakefield of the > Universalist Chnrch in Owatonna, ' Minn., was recently presented \ with a watch-guard in which every , lady member of his congregation was represented by a hair. A Startling Initanoe of the Justice of Hsaren. Tho retributive justice of Heaven has never been more clearly shown or exemplified than in the fate of the judge and jury who acquitted the murderer of tho laments Bolmeycr. The circtiinstances surrounding the cane are too well known to justify a reheatsnl at this time. Briefly, a brutal beast, bearing the name of Brown, in cold blood and without tho {.lightest provocation, assassinated Bolineyer, on a public street in Dayton, in broad daylight, in the presence of numerous witnesses, for the only reason that Bolmcyer was the editor-in-chief of the Dayton Empire, a Democratic paper.? Brown, being fearful of the just indignation of the p e o p 1 e of Montgomery County, prayed for a change of venue, had his case trausf rrcd to the loyal County, n r a - - oi jut ami; alter a mock trial, ? was acquitted by a jury organ- < ized for that purpose, by a loyal ? court and sheriff, notwithstanding ' the proof of guilt was incontest- ( able and overwhelming. Thi6 ' was the judgment of man. Now ' witness the judgment of Almighty J Ood 1 Every juryman on that panel that acquitted Brown of ( ti?o murder of Bolmeyer, has . since been bereft of reason, met i unnatural death, or committed sui- i cide, and as a fitting cap-stone c to this arch of retributive justice, < Judge Parsons, who presided over the tnock trial, died a few days since, a horrible death in I ho Lunatic Asylum at Dayton. Verily, those who "sow the wind shall reai) the whirlwind.* [Zfncyms {Ohio) Forum. Gkoroia Statk Qcarrifs.?A correspondent of the Banner of the South, writing from Polk county, about fifty miles froin At lanta, gives a glowing description of the Uharlee Valley, near the head of which lies Van Wert.? The projected railroad from Atlanta to Memphis, will pass through it. Among the mineral products of that region?slate, marble of various colors, lime, grind and whet stones of the finest quality and in the greatest abundance, are found in its immcdiato neighborhood. The slate has been o]>cued in a few places, and worked since the war on a very limited scale, with a profit of fifty and one hundred percent, notwithstanding the crippled condition of the coun try ana the heavy expense ot c wagon transportation, over a rough road for twenty miles, to . Cartersville, on the State Road, . which had to be inenrred to reach t the markets of the country. ( BsKnivK.?An emblem of indue ' try appropriated to the third d??;ree. This is a virtue ever held t n high esteem among the craft, , for our old charges tell us that , 44 all Masons shall work honestly on | working days." There seems, t however, to be a more recondite i meaning connected with this syin- i hoi. Tho ark has already been > shown to have been an emblem < common to Freemasonry and the 1 ancient mysteries, as a symbol of { regeneration?of the secoud birth ' from death to life. Now in the ' mysteries of the hive was the type ' of the ark. 44 Hence," says Faber. ( 44 both the dcluvian priestesses and , the regenerated souls were called , bees; hence bees were feigned to | be produced from tho carcass of a cow, which also symbolized the ark; and hence, as the great fath- , or was esteemed an infernal god, i honey was mnch used both in fuueral rites and iu the mYsteriM." Pbof. Swket, of Providence, II. In n well known pedestrian and rope walkor, is to commonco on tlio 1st day ot June next, the unparalleled feat of propelling a velocipede, of his own manufacture, a distance of 8,000 iniles in thirty days, averaging 100 miles per day, for a wager of $5,000. During the trip, he is to ride the velocipede 150 miles in twenty-fonr hours, and one trial wilt only be allowed. Tas Ims oss thinks of hi* troubls* and trials, lbs fswsr sod lighter they are. An oooes of hops in the bean will outweigh a ton of cara in the hand. A Advertising Tested. Ad Atlanta paper, in the coarse of an irticleoo the value of advertising to husoes* men, says: A merchant in Macon, who had been luccessful for years, concluded at the beginning of one ysar that he would try he virtue of advertising. That year he pent eighteen hundred with the prin* ere, aud his own testimony is, that be lid three timet the amount of businessa hat he ever did before in the same englh of time . lie still keeps his tame and business prominent in the >apers, and tinds his profits steadily ncreasing. Other merchants in Macon, vitnessiug the success of this home, allowed its example, and now the ilaion papers are among the best patronzed in the Stale, and the business men >f that city are among the most subs'.an* ial in the South. We happen to he able to testify to he truth of this statement in every paricular. For the size of the place, there < more advertising done in Macon than n any other city of the South, and ?ence her extraordinary prosperity ince I lie close of the war. The name >f nearly every merchant and buaine?s nan in the city is to be found in her dai? v papers; not occasionally and contained into the smallest possible space, is if the parties were afraid somebody eould find out where there are, but regllarlv, systematically, and prominently, ind in many inslancea with an apparent luregard of coet. They know what hey are at, though, and go into the pa>ers and stay there because it payt.? The result is practically demonstrated n the rapid growth of business and scuimulalion of fortunes.?Suv. llepubli an. A Rouavck or the Cuban Rebel.ton.? An American citisen who was n the Theatre of Villsnueva on the ivening of the 22d ult., and witnessed he riot and massacre in the streets of Havana that evening, rays: " A veiy reautiful girl, the daughter of Aidant*. >ne of the w ealthiest and most noble of til Cubans, wore upon her left breast he American flag, with the inscription, Long live the Republic of Cuba* up>n it. When that stirring song wns >eing sung, the whole audience rose tttd cheered this young woman, and aa ihe rose to acknowledge the salute? ill eyes were now bent upon her?a ow, mean, cowardly Spaniard rliol her villi a revolver, killing her instantly.? Two A met ican gentlemen occupied the k>x adjoining 8enorit* Aldama, whose tames I do not know, but one of vhom, seeing the pistol pointed at Ihe oung lady's breast, drew hia revolver, tod a second after the Spaniard had ired, blew the top off the head of the -owardly assassin. Instantly the whole beatre wae the scene of the greatest refusion, and the Spanish troops oshed ia and Legan firing upon the nasses of the huddled, unarmed, inuoenl men and women." Ch(?kons Doomed.?The Sport, a *arie journal, Announces that the great diet of the French capital have rleermined to abolitb chignons. M The iliaracter of ike head vl'e??," it aayt, ie 10 undergo an important reform.? rhe command hat gone forlh that alte hair and wigs must be repudi* ited." And not only so, but ladies ire always to appear as if they dressed'1 heir own hair, for, * when the work of v professional is manifest on their reads, prestige ceases. In the day irae the hair is to be simply plaited ind confined in a net?in other words, nstead of assuming a pyramidal form, l is to have a tendency to fall like that >f Niobe. In tbe eveuing, it will only >e necessary to put on the head a srown, or a wreath of rcses, of ivy, or of some creeping plant." The 8port tdds; " All is over with false hair, Jecked with gilded or metal arlie'es.? Henceforth false hair, at best, can only t>e tolerated as a detail, aa a modest luxiliary?it can no longer be the prin sipal or tbe only ornament of the l?ead." A Toron Case.?In Arkansas, El acr jvnapp, wbtie baptizing converts r.t a revivnl meeting, advanced with a wiry, sharp eyed old chep, into the water, lie asked tlie usual question, whether there was any reason why the ordinance of baptism should not be administered. After a pause, a tall, powerful looking chap, with an eye like a blaze, who was leaning on a long rifle and quietly looking on, remarked: M Elder, 1 don't want to interfere ini this vera business any, but I want lo? say that is an old sinner you have got hold of, and 1 know that one dip won't do him any good. If you want to get the sin out of him you'll have to anchor hiui out in deep water over night.'* The wrinkles observed in some free* running outward and upward from lha corners of ths eyes, are said, by l>r. ltecfleld, to tndica' probity or personal truthfulness. Persons with this sign largs. according to bim, are t o ed for always keeping their promises, aid for doing as tbey agree to do. i