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ro* tbi 90VT8KU iinwim,
"'The Learei of the Laurel*, put under
the Pillow, was said to prodace
true Dreams."
by Lavas evil.
Bees use my soul was with falsa dream*
abeads.
That turned swsoisleep to lortnrs nod wild
dreed,
?'?- . I i e i.u ?? u?j
tjpvu m iwni imi A IBIU ihj i*wau?
For I whilom had heard old dronmcrt say
That whoeo sleeps eo laurel leaf or vpny.
Shall haw# true d re Mia from oat 8leepV
palace fray.
When slumber touched mine eyee, her ?H,
war car
Plan bad driven beyond (he almost star.
That gerna Oriou'a shining belt afar.
And thus I dream: Within a laurel grove.
With fruitful rioee and rosea interwove.
Three walked together?Yoalb, aad Hope,
and Love.
Love sighed aad snog with a moat wiaeoote
as ton,
Hope reached sod plucked the laurels freak
and green.
While Youth wore rooaa walking lithe be
tweaa.
Hope bore a cheerful spirit, bright aad
. strong.
Youth listened evermore to Love's sweet
iong,
And thus they journeyed cheerily along.
But, are they thro' the grave did hallway
fare,
They met tall Fame, who. In his bead did
ern States.' Such a change in our
policy and practice cannot be
wrought in a day. Thia la no reaeon
why an effort ahonld not be
made to introduce a change. Aa
a in e an a to thia en I, we anagest,
that parents should etody ?Iteely
the characters of their sous, and
direct them ta thoee pursuits, for
which they eeem to hare greateat
aptitude, liaeetna to hare been
taken for granted, heretofore, that
all mechanical talent and inrentiva
Knina had been monopolized by
e Yankees. The hiatory of the
leta war pnt an and to thia (hllacy;
A raat amount of mechanical tab
bnr
A trumpet, that with loud and joyous blare.
Shook all the dewy grove, and brightly
hone
On hie proud breast, a alar whoae beauty
Una
Rivaled eweet Beeper on his anre throne.
?
Pane drew me with that star upon hie
breast?
Hit glittering arms, and hie lordly crest,
To gaze on him?forgetful of the rest.
That star, with marvelous end dialling sheen,
Illumined all the greve of lanrele green,
Blinding mine eyee: so, whea I turned
aga n
To look upon that trio bright and fair :
Lot all was sbanged and ruined?I saw
thera
Only sad Love with cypress on his hair I
Fsbjs had given Under Youth a heart oI
stone.
And Hope, with all her laurel leaves waa
gone,
Leaving wan Love to alng his songs alone 1
Mechanics Heeded in the ILeeon.r
?,- o.-ti.
UltVMVU Ui UIO OVUMI*
From a well considered article
in the last Abbeville Banner, we
make the following extracts. Tlie
writer shows the folljr and stupidity
of the policy heretofore pursued
in depending upon the North for
superior mechanical labor, and
proceeds to urge Southern parents
to develop? mechanical genins
whenever found in their sons. He
then administers a just rebuke to
the false pride and narrow prejudice
against mechanics always existing
to a greater or lesa extent in
Soutborn society, and npon this
point we desire to hare our readers
benefitted by his illustrations
and sonnd reflections:
Experience teaches that we
should foster the mechanical arts,
at least, to the extent of supplying
our own wants, and csase to be so
entirely dependant npon the North
nt bat been buried at the South.
Our present necessitous condition
demands that all such talents
should be developed and applied
for the benefit of society.
A very strong and a very gen
oral prejudice iiee in the way.
Employment in the workshop has
been regarded in tbia State, especially,
as degrading. In our early
years, nothing was more shocking
to the tnembers of the old families
of the State, than the idea of one
them learning a trade. It was too
decidedly plebeian. It might be
known that titty were gamblers,
, intemperate and l ccntioos ; bnt,
they did not lose caste. To handle
the trowel or the iack Diane, how
ever, was death to character. An
intimate friend ofonr boyhood, belonging
to an old family, whose estates
had dwindled away, not wil
ling to lire poor, in order to fea6t
pride, determined on becoming a
brickmason, having noticed the
great sncceea oi the father ot one
ot onr classmates, who belonged to
this class of citizens. His eldest
brothor remonstrated vehemently
against this determination, and
said to him : u Do yon suppose
that if I meet yon in King Street,
(the fashionable promenade) with
a trowel in your hand and mortar
on your shoes, I shall speak to
you I" He replied calmly, but
firmly: 44 I he day will come,
when yon will be glad to have a
room in my fino h ick house."
This as we happened to know, was
literally fulfilled. TliiB incident
nerves to illustrate the feeling that
has prevailed in this State with re
gara to boys learning a trade. We
confess, that to ns, it has always
seemed very Billy. We have
known a man to affect superiority
over the mechanic, who built his
nice mills, though his own father
laid tlie foundation of his vast fortune
in selling half pints. Mixed
liquors was decidedly more aristocratic
than mixing mortar. Different
eves certainly reanire dif
I rerent ' glasses. Parents should
teach their children that
" Honor and fan* from no condition riao "
Even in this State nntnerons
cases could be adduced to show th t
mechanics share a pretty fair
chance for wealth and position.
Let a few suffice. Jonathan Ln
ens, who amassed a fortune and
was made a Baronet by George
IIL for im vicing r'ce mills into
England, was a millwright. His
next neighbor, Thomas Bennett
who became very wealthy and was
made Gotemor of the State, was
also a millwright. Old Mr.
Schnierle was a carpenter, and acquired
riches by his indnstry ; but
this did not prevent his son, the
General, from filling the Mayoralty
of Charleston for years. Many
inore sueh cases we could cite, but
it is unnecessary. These s rve to
show that despite the strong prejudice
against mechanics, many
imvc ribtjn superior iu 11, biiu imve
com Del led the redact of those
who, in early life, may have rofarded
them with disdain. We
ave suffered in this State on account
of tliis prejudice. Oor pres
ent condition demands that common
sense should govern. Our
youth should be taught that there
is dignity in labor; and they
shonla be encouraged to lay hold
of the trowel, the plane, the sledge,
the loom, or any instrument ot art
employing the wants of society.
They should be encouraged to regard
manual labor, as not adverse
to the acquisition of tame, as well
aa riches. Sir Christopher Wren
was an architect. Stephenson was
a machinist. Franklin was a printer.
Hngh Miller was a stone
mason. Elihu Burrit was a blacksmith.
What man is there in
South Carolina who, however befuddled
with notoina of oaste,
Anl/l n/J W. ?k!l...t.J -? !.
nvwm ??v* w vauiiiiiaicm ? ? >?
prospect of his ton securing a reputation
similar to that of these me
chanicsf And to what does this
thing of casts amonnl t We know
a rery aristocratic family i? whieii
is ooinmingled the blood of a tailor,
a tallow chandler, and a dealer
in paltry. But they are none tin
worse for their hnmble beginnings
In the reconstruct ion of tbingi
, among as, mechanics are very
much needed. We most hare ail
'< sorts* f shops, and all sorts of work
1 men. Let the boys among tie thai
hare an aptiiade for mechanics, hi
; encouraged to I corn some trade
Let proper attention be showed t<
1
them. Let thorn not he excluded
from society, becanse they bundle
tools. Let reading rooms and libraries
and evening schools be es?
tablished, so that. Tike Miller and
Bnrrit and Franklin, they may
improve their minds, and he fitted
to occupy hitrh positions a boms,
as abroad. We hope yet to see
the day when South Carolina shall
not be dependent on Yankeeuotn
for axe helves and broom handle*.
One of Society's fiiMsa.
The Washington correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial
writes:
A beautiful woman is A beautiful
memory. Let her burr ner
elf in a nunnery, and we will ?os
sip about her etill she is dead, it
we can only catch a glimpse of her
cap and veil through the grating.
Sitting the other uight in the
theatre, there was pointed out to
me for the first time the once famous
and fashionable Adele Douglas,
the woman about whose beauties
and graces the young ladies of
every city in the country beard
and talked; around whom, ten
years ago, polite society here cir
cled like an eddy. As I looked
toward the seAt indicated br
a friend, I saw a woman dreaded in
plain black, with a Roman matron
cast of face and head, still fine and
graceful-looking, with the full ten
years npon her celebrated bcaufy,
and suggesting, it only as a faded
ribbon calls up a forgotten roi
mance or a by-gone fashion. Not
observed more than the ordinary,
she sat there quietly, looking not
beyond the face of her husband for
the looks and smiles that in the old
time made her eyes the centre of
every assembly. The contrast of
the picture with the one in memory
rccallei her romance?ns real
and vivid a one as the best out of
George Sand.
Your ladv readers of twenty-five
remember the nnme of her family
well enough. It was that of Cuts,
an old Southern "took here, that
by the rule and grace of chivalry
was accounted good, though none
of its members ever grew to much
wealth or urwminon'-e, and Allele's
father held for his life time notli
ing more than a respectable position
in a govern11 ent department
here. Her mother's family was
|MK?r, and ran back for a getierati
>n or two in the district. So the
daughter's fortune, as the S|>anish
say, was ihc dower of beauty, and
not much besides. But this she
improved with grace and manners
anu a tolerable education at the
Catholic Seminary in Georgetown,
and came out upon society here a
commanding courtly aired, conquering
belle?the rarest thing ever
happens to girls born in Wash
ington. She starred a year or two
as she was. Theft, when hearts
enough had melted, and knees had
gone down like stubble before her
stateliness, the elegant and powerful
Douglas bent too, ar.dske lif ed
him up with her hand. The ''Little
(jiiant " was the pet and the lion o!
the Senate, a prince in wealth and
Kwer, and she was of blood royal
the gift ot beauty.
It was a coalition that Washington
" High Lite " could not resist;
so Adele Cutts became the elegant
Mrs. Douglas, the Douglas, the
queen tvananie of society, the
glass of fashion into which the
polite world locked for ita
manners. Douglae and Breckinridge,
who (gnarrelled during
their last days in the Senate, were
Damon and Pythias then, and
built side by side tor their residences
the splendid row of build
! ings in tbis city, since more fsmona
for the residence ot Grant, and
now of Sherman. Mrs. Donglat
gave her receptions there. To b<
admitted to them was to be in com
| nany ; to be secluded was not tc
be known. waive of her dain
tv fan in thna* riava miMit Iiavj
condemned yon from tlie ton m
effectually M the patrician. Ro
man ladies turned the gladiator tc
death by their thumbs* The queer
of u Douglas Row " made no pre
lentiooe to wisdom or brilliancy
but senators and fhreign minister)
hare scarcely found since in th<
gay capital a reception room ?
I graceful and attractive as beri
She received everybody there, aix
I never a breath of eearfdal blaw ov
er her (air reputation. She wa
. enviable. When the lay eick ii
> bar luxnrions borne, the town wa
In commotion at over stricken
empress, and Franklin How, the
capital and hotels, vied with etch
other in wending condolences and
kind inquiries for her health.
She was not less the eentre oi
society in her Western home.
Every bod j gave her receptions
when e came to Chicago. Don*
Iks* bride. Some one has dvecrib
od her to me standing, one of the
first nights, among the ladies of the
dressing rootn, a head taller t*taa
any other, nonchalantly drawing
on her bids, preparatory to the
parlors, her magmficenee admired
ny all. Her fine taste - modulated
everything. From a poor girl aha
went into enjmment of the rich
senator's wealth step bv step?
nothing sudden or oicarre. All
this was a romantic episode of five
years. Then she became the wi?iow
of Douglas. in proper mourning,
with tne episode behind her.
But widowhood, De La Rame tells
us, is the best cosmetic, and she
emerged, two or three years later
from her weeds, upon the arm ol
her second choice of husband, a
quiet, soldierly gentleman, from a
quiet department bureau here in
Washington, and stole off with him
and her htart?they say?into a
quiet, beautiful home, and wc
catch glimpses of her now a days
faintly and rarely.
Her home is an elegant ono,
petite and cosy, a gift of Douglas
to her mother, and not far away
from the palatial one she enters so
often, long years ago, with her
more lordly, but, perhaps, not
more loved companion, rassing
it sometimes in the evening, you
catch the glimmer of soft lamps
tliivinnli oIasoIv ilffltrn nnrlniiig
""H" V,WV
We "vcill not tear tliem aside
though they say that behind them
are beautiful children playing and
more happiness than ever the
stately, courted Mrs. Douglas
knew.
?
Cuba and the Fxllibnitera.
From a letter to the New York
World, dated at Havana, on the
19th of June, we learn that the
Grapeshot expedition of Hllibustcrt
has come to grief. Of the 100 and
more fillihusfers landed upon the
const ??f the District of Baracoa
the 8nntiago papers announce thai
most of them have cither beer
killed or captured in the monn
tarns of Las Cachillas ; that the
captured, some twenty five in num
l>er, are on their way to Santiago
and that preparations were being
made in that city for their cxecu
tion. Governor Latorac having
resolved to have them all jshoi
witliin twenty-four hours after ar
rival. One half are raid to be Cn
bans and the other half Americans
Germans, Dominicans and Mexi
cans A private letter from ar
English resident of Santiago give
somewhat different particulars o
this fillibusteriiig expedition froor
thoso of the Spanish papers. Ac
cording to it the vessel that land
!. ed the men waa the schoouei
Graoeshot, from Puerto Plato, or
the worth coast of Santo Dotnin
go. The number of persons land
ed was 120, composed mostly o
young Cubans. Giiadanavaya, thi
place of debarkation, was a mos
unsuitable one, being some twentj
1 five tniies from an insurgent camp
1 in a p-Ttion of tbe District of Bai
' acoa, jroorlpr supplied with wate
1 aud provisions, and with but fe>
' horses and carts near at hand, s
necessary for carrying the arm
' and ammunition brought, to th
' interior of tbe island. On the Ski
' a few hours after landing, forty ma
' were sent off to establish communi
| cation with the insurgents, whil
' the remaining eighty tarried nea
1 Guadanavaj a, as guards over th
1 war material of the expeditioi
' The first lot, according to he lei
* ter, had never been attacked b,
' the Spaniards, but the second \vs
i torcea by * superior nnrubor t
1 soldiers to abandon Gnadanavav
on the 5th, and take refuge in tb
> Cachillas Mountains, where the
1 were followed, and nearly all ki
* led or captured, losing all the w?
* material they had with them, coi
1 sitting of four mountain howitmn
? 800 Remington rifles, and 60,00
> cartridges. The Spaniards did ik
L annihilate the eighty fllllbnstei
a without eoneiderable reeistano
losing from forty to fifty men i
killed and woonded in the sereri
* enooontere bad with them.
i In New York, a few days sine
* ibe authorities, learning that
large expedition wa* about to sail
i for Cut>a, arretted its commander.
Colonel W. 0. 0. Uyati, and several
of bit subordinates . On Wednesday
night, wbeii an United
' States Marshal named Dnwley was
taking Col, Ryan to jail tn a car,
riage, the prisoner indooed his captor
to go with him in aaareU of a umui
to go on the bail bond of the former
Not finding the man at the
, bote), Ryan said he must be just
around at the Oaalnoj corner of
. Houston and Mott streets, where
iKs r.nKsn > MAsnlts Kovo mann
>t?v w will vv> w?? v uiaviv
their headquarters of fate. The
carriage was driven round, and,
on reaching the door, Ryan sprang
out and rnsbed up stairs, closely
followed bv officer Dowiey. As
soon as Colonel R? an entered the
room in the Casino, the men cheer
ed him. Seeing Dowiey, they seised
a blanket, which they threw
orer his head, when Rvan, aided
by the men, proceeded to tie his
arms behind Mm, gait him and tie
his feet together They then took
him np stairs to the third story,
and left Mm in a small room.
After tliis had been accomplished,
Ryan, under cover of the darkness,
succeeded in getting his men
, together, and cm harked, with a
, large force, for Cuba.
Let's Have a Drink*
An Absurd Custom?Drinking
i Between Drinks?Ask y<mr
Jbri> nd?How the Germans and
BYenoh Do Jt?M Bob, let's go
in and have some Boots."
The redieulons, absurd Ameri.
can custom of "asking," is respon
aible for seven-eights?mind, we
say seven-eights, and mean it too?
of all the liquor consumed in this
i country. Abolish that custom to
i da}*, and where there are eight
I barrels of liquor drank now, there
, would be but one. Wo believe
i this, and beliove it can't be gainsaid.
Wo appeal to any number
oi ormKers lor their opinion of the
matter. To this custom wo owe
, one 4i di inking between drinks,*'
j whicb some wag, with more truth
5 than poetry in his sou), said was
the only tiling that hart, or words
I to that effect.
What a ridicnlons piece of folly
it is to go in such a place, if in a
| mood for liquor, ana to n6k five
or 6ix acquaintances up to drink
with yon ; yet it is done all the
[ time, and by parties who perhaps,
t wont the money for stockings.
But not to do it when your ac*
quaintances are about, is to be
1 looked npon as 44small potatoes"
, and a few in the hill.
[ Take the following as an illustration
of a delightful "fix," liable to
. arise from this absnrd custom :
, You feel in a mood for a glass.
- Yon go for it. M et a friena just
i as you arc abont to go in a gin
? mill, and yon 44 ask bim." Enter
f and he comes npon a group of four
i or five of bis friends who have just
entered and are conversing for a
moment. Yon are introduced all
round by your friend. Where are
yon now, with a dollar in your
pocket and five or six follows on
your hands, only one of whom yon
t ever saw before, and morally
b bound bv custom, and impelled by
t false pride, to ask them to join
yon iu a social glass ?
5 Yon can't get out of it , they
'* know you come in for liquor, ana
r as vour friend introduced you and
didn't invite, why you must uo the
? honors, and you sav yon are glad
to see them, (an infernal lie by the
6 way,) and ask them up. It yon
U are known at the bar, all right \ 11
n not, tou have to bofrow of yoot
l* friend. How's that I Porhapa
0 some of tbe party might ask you
r some time, but the chances are,
? they wouldn't know you from a
1 baked apole. A most absurd,
I* dead fraud this "asking" in con
*' noolln. i:>.n<v. TV. .V
t iimiiuu nun i iv^uui . i/u wo Wftj
A coax* prevail ou acauaintancee U
'f go in and have necklace*, glove*
* or boota with ua f " Come in and
* take a bottle of win# with me,'
y men will aay, and take yoo bj tb?
' arm and in you go. l)o they evei
r eay, i4 Come in and hare a bal
t- with me." Are you continually
i, urged to oat things t Do they aai
^ yon to take poeket kniree, leac
pencils, hair dye, tooth powder
* paper collars, or nmbrellaa will
them f No, thia u a-king w bnai
n neaa hi oonflned to liquor liberality
tl or a custom, rather, that extendi
itself to no other article, it we ex
a, cept oysters and oigsrs, bat ii
a these it is limited.
n I. . | f
Take * j>?rtj of six Germans,
who go in for their lager. They,
sit down, and eaoii on# or ink# what,
lie wants, and pays for what he.
drinks. Ha isn't forced apd bantered
because he don't take more.
The same with English men. French-.
men and all other people on the
face of the globe, except Americans.
Ton know how it would be
with six vf the latter, did they go
in fix- lager. There w old be thir
ty six glares drank, or paid for, if
not all drank, because each most
ask" the others. Hnmbugt
Folly I
Imagine a case like this, did the
"asking" question extend beyond
the confines of liquor. Hie two
gentlemen walking np Broadway.
One is attracted by a fine display
of bottles -no, boots, shoes, etc.,
in a window. "Bob, let's go in
i.... ?1 1- >? ?
wm u??o nnio uiNjig. XII II1UV
go. "Take hold, Bob." "What's
your fancy f" "Thank yon, Tom;
but I am not taking boots just
now." 14 Oh, get in. Take bold.
One pair won't hurt von " No,
excuse me, Tom." " Take something,
Bob. Take home a pair of
boots tor your wife. Don't see
me do this thing alone." Bob
comes down and takes a pair ot
boots. It's no nse. Who cau
withstand Tom's appeals.
Ciucap Railroad Travklixg.?
H- T. Peaks, Esq., the General
Superintendent of the Sonth Carolina
Railroad, is now issuing
"Green Line" certificates which
entitle the bearer to travel at half
fare, once ?acli week, over the following
named railroads: Louisville
and Nashville, Memphis and
Louisville, Nashville, and Northwestern,
Nashville and Chattanooga,
Western and Atlantic, Bel ma,
Rome and Dalton, Maoon and
Western, Atlanta and West Point,
Montgomery and West Point,
Georgia and South Carolina Railroads.
This is done under an agreemont
entered into at the "Green Line"
Convention, held at Atlanta in
March last, and tlm 44 half fare "
nriu ilorvo io ovtan^n/^ fn all svAaa/vna
?* iiv^v io wavviiuuu w mi | ovuo
traveling 44 for the pnrpoee of soliciting
business." The cost of
traveling is in this way reduced
one half. We are glad to see this
new movement, it is an indication
that onr railroads are bent on
giving all the help thev can to onr
people, who nin-t do their part by
working actively to extend their
trade and make known the business
advantages they are prepared
to offer.?Charleston News.
Uskfcl Hints.?R ch cheese
feels Bolt under the pressure of the
finger, 'lhat which is very strong
is neither good nor healthy. To
keep one that is cut, tie in a cloth,
and pot it in a cool, dry place. If
mould appears on it, wipe it oflf
with a dry cloth. Flonr and meal
of all kinds, should be kept in a
dr^ place. To select nutmegs,
pnek them with a pin. If they
are good, the oil will instantly
spread aronnd the puncture.?
Oranges and lemons keep beet
-wrftimAri f*lr??A Iti tnfV anH
laid in a drawer of linen. Bread
and cake* should be kept in a tin
box or stone jar Soft soap should
be kept in a dry p'ace in the cellar
and sbonld not bo used till
three months old. Bar soap should
be cut in pieces of a convei ient
1 size and laid whero it will become
dry. It is well to keep it several
weeks before using, as it spends
fast when now.
s * m
Anrtfats. ?- Give all animals
plenty of clear eool water. Particularly
give horses dr.nk at every
stream on tbe road when travelling
and after bard driving. Give
tbem, as soon as coo), all they will
drink. Cool water, not ice water,
isjgtx>d for men and beasts. Givo
all aplenty of it.
A hoo owned by Mr. J. M. McElheny,
New Hudson, Alleghany
eounty, New York, fed exclusively
t apon whey, weighed 687 poanos
t dressed.
I The flies in Kentucky are dec,
troyinp the tobacco crop. In many
1 sections ot the State the crop has
been entirely destroyed.
__
t
? The President has removed
: Frank Blair, Jr., and all the Pai
ciflc Railroad Commissioners, excepting
General Williams.