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Mm ? _ . . _ _ " ? - " - " -ti- - . , . * --- ? . l_p? ?i BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 18(57. VOLUME XIV. NO. 46. DISCONTENTED ROBEBT. I "There's some fun in working in a place like that I" thought Robert, as ho peeped through the hawthorn hedge, into Mr. Lyman's boautiful grounds, and saw Christie, the old gardener, at his work. "1 lovo to cultivate flowers, but thore isn't much pleasuro in hoeing cabbages and onions all tho tirao." Just then, conscience whispered in his ear, "Tboro's pleasuro in duty, Robert," and the word "duty"?"duty"?"duty," seomed to murmur all around him. Robert was in no mood lu oiujj ttuu luih. Willi li i8 COnSClODCO, and so hie faco wore not a very pleasant took as ho turned bis slops towards home. In a fow yoars, the sunsot gates wide unfolded their gold and purplo bars, and the weary old gardener passed to his rest in the eweot fields beyond. Itobert was called to fill his placo, and for a while ho soemed contented. Ooe morning, Uobert was busy awoog tho floworB. It was a bright, warn day?a day to bo glad?but Robert was not happy. "1 declare how fast those woods do grow 1" he exclaimed, giving his hoe an angry jerk; "it takos all my timo : and wiih the walks to roll, and the borders to trim, and the hodge to olip, I don't see how in the world?" "What pretty flowera I Isn't Mr. Lyman kind to let me ride in this beautiful garded V and, "oh, how happy it makes me to hear tho birdssiug!'' Robort looked, and saw a little lamo girl?people eallod her "Lame Lucy" ?whose brother was drawing her slowly down tho walk, in a rough, clumsy, unpuintod wagon. As Robert was standing behind a little clump of bushes, Lucy did not see him until she was just opposite. Then abe emilod, and bade him good morning, and as she did so, the looked so baDr>v * A *> aud coltentod, that .Robert paused from bis work, saying : "Why docs it make you so happy to hoar the birds sing t" ' Oh, 1 tbiuk God is so good and kind to makn such beautiful things, ju?t to ploaf.o us, when he migbt ae easily bave made everything disagreeable. 'His louder mercies are over all his works/" repeated palo-facod Lucy, "and it makos me to glad and happy." Hubert glaDced at her poor, wasted, holplcBB form, and then at her face, so bright with chcerful gratitude ; udu utuuj ii? ue inougut 01 Uis own strong limbs, and unthankiul heart: "I wish 1 could feelcontentod always as you do, Lucy." "I cannot help feeliDg contcntod, when I think of my blessings?I h&vo so many things to make me grstoful;" and thon the little wagon paeaod on ont of sight. llobert took up his boo, and, for tbo first time, he seemed to notice that there was every thing about him to delight th? oye and ear. The roses, lilies, and baburnums wore their gayest robes. The boes, as they darlod here and there through tho flowers, made muiio with thoir hamming.? The birds gang joyously in the trees, overhead. Every tuft of grass, shrub, twig and leaf, as it bore up its twinkling dew-drops, seemed to say, "God is lovt." The gentle breeze, mingled with its freshness the perfume of the briar, and clover, and mignonnette, and whispered in a low, swoot tono, * praise ye the Lord!* And to Bobert'n j murmuring heart, a voice said "Peace! be still/'?Little Sower. Punctuality.?A punctual man is MMllvf A nAAV mO n On/I netfA* a W.^ M |WV? ?UWU| MUU UVVV1 <9 ui?u Vi doabtfol credit. His small acconqts are frequently settled, and ho never meet* with diifioulty in raising money W bay large demands- Small debta neglected ruin credit, and, when a man baa leet that, he will fiad himself at the bottom ot a hill he cannot ascend. Waits ok Hobsxs.?H. H. Howe, of Xobraska, informs the Kural New Yorker how to cure warta on horses: "Mix eqaai quantities of spirits of turpentine and aalphario acid, atirring alofajf tqo^bler and "afterwards bottle the mixture. Bab grease Around the base of the wart and then nmujf UHMIV1UO W ?UO Wftri WHO a Mtber odoo or iwioe a day j it will gnutoaUyefct tfaeta e<? 1 have tbv taken them oft a horse's cock when a* lange M a egg." *% j* lv , . ART OF CONVERSATION. I?ov. N. C. Bart, in one of his lottors from Europo where ho is now travelling, draws a contrast botweon tho Americans and Europeans touching thoir habits of talking. We would bo sorry to seo our people become a nation of talkers?loquacious as tho light Italian or tho volatilo Frenchman; yot we may bo liable to just citicism for being too reticent, and cspociully for our nogloct in cultivating our powers of conversation. Most Amoricans talk but little; and when they do talk ; it is in such a way that evcryDouy is giaa wucn tticy quit. A LOST ART. This prompts mo to say that the facility for conversation witnosscd in all thoso continental countries is amazing. It is in marvelous contrast with wbat wo seo in our own country.? Take any company of half a dozon intelligent men, be thoy French, Gorman, Italian ; ar.d probably five, if not all six, will be roady, pleasant, impressive talkors. Whatever may bo the theme suggested, each will give his views and seok to maintain ihcm, without awkwardness or cmbarrasmcnt, who unuesitating utterance, and willi a force which securos attention. And not only bo, but they uro bkillud in the art of conversation, buing uniformly conccurBe?avoiding offensive rewarka ?giving opportunity for others to speak?abstaining from interruptions, and commanding their tempera. H iw different with us Americans. !Not otie in six is a good talker, nor one in u hundred. Conversation is with us 0110 of tho loat arts. Wo are a uation of oratora, cf course. Almost every mother's son of us can stump it wiiii spread eaglo eloqueuce. And occasionally au Amoricati can bo found gillud with the faculty of mouologue. Givo him a company of li.stencrn, and iho whole fiold to himsolf, and he will discourse ad mil ably. Thus would the late Gov. AlcDowoll, of Virginia, whom 1 have heard in private talking by the hour almosi. without a pauso, and perhajtB aa eloqently us ho ever talked ou the floor of Congress. But, as the rulo, whan our oloqucnt public bpeakers come into a parlor, they are struck dumb. Off their legs they are out of their wits. And those vvhrt /Irk nnf ,.ntf i(rn4n .1*.^ %>V MW V.UI11 V uvv ^(UUiiu t'(Ul[UUUCUj soldoin acquiro the art of conversation. Our companies do not mcot on any conversational level, and tbo mombors of these companies are not prepared to como forward and severally givo and take in tbo conversational round; so wo dissolve into litLle knots and goasip. Tbo difference betwoon us and tbeso people is that wo read and they talk. Tho book and tbo newspaper bavo, with us, usurped tbo place of conversation. 1 am sorry that theao people do not read more, and I am also sorry that we do not talk better. N. B.?Be it understood that tho Q^rVrTA * i * . uutsvv LnuiuiBUit)uiu JUL0QU0C1 io apply to tbo ladies I Musn, ou Hastt Pudding.?Salt the water sufficiently, and when boil? I ing, etir into it sifted moal until twothirds as thick as desired; then for ! the other third uso coarso wheat flour, and boil a few minutes, stirring all tho time. The secret of m&king corn meal palatable, whether in puddings of any kind or in cakes or corn bread, lies in cooking it thoroughly, wo thiuk. Whethor pure meal, or part meal and flour. WO adviao to mir ihfl haat.v nnH. I , J ding very thin, and then cook it down by at least half an hour's boiling?an boar or moro improves it. While about it, always make a large quantity, so as to be sore to . bavo a full supply to slice up and fry for broakfast. It is economical, and is rolisbod by almost everybody.?Agriculturist. To Kmp Rats from Eatino IIab nkss.?A writor in an cxchango says: "1 have a retoodv that has cover fail ed with me. It is simply tailing the ratt regularly, i do this by laying salt on tbo sills and tics of tbe stable, if that is tbe piaoo thoy most frequent ; but in faot, ibey will hunt for it. It will occur to any farmer that sees this remedy, that harness is most oat where the greatest amount of j sweat has dried, in indication that I salt contained in it is all thoy want, HEAVY BH0E8 FOB LADIES. When the colobratod physician, Ahernothy, died, report said that, besides a will of sotno intorest to his heirs, in a pecuniary point of viow, thoro was found among effects a sealed onvelopo, said to contain tho secret of his succese iu tho hoaling art, and also a rulo of living, tho following of which would ensure longevity. A largo prico was f aid for iho sealed P.nvolnno It. tojir fniinrl tr> r>r?nfnir>i only tlicso words: " To insuro contin-1 uod hoalth and a ripooldago, kcop thoj head cool, the system opon, and tho; feet warm." Dry feet arc warm foot, goncrally, if. tho system is healthy. To keep the; system healthy tho circulation must; bo good. Tho circulation is not good without exorciso, and oxorcisocan only be roally valuable whon walking.? Riding in a carriago is no exorciso at all; it is moroly inhaling tho air.? is very well as far as it goes, but the lungB aro not in full play without tho individual is walking. Horseback cx erclao is very good, aud is an improvement on carriage riding, but it is notj not tho kind of health-creating play of tho muscles nature demands. It is action?action of the entire body? and walking only will procure it. Now tho ladies of Europo, particularly of England, understand this iLing. They walk miles por day, and if any of our pale beauties desiro to know how the English ladias keep up their fine color, clear complexion, and auporb butts, we tell them it is bj outdoor exercise; walking in tho opon air; filling the lungr* willi puro oxygon by rapid movement on a sharp Octo-| ucr uay, wnen mo sun shiuos brightly and tho clrur blue sky is abovo. This is tho secret of tho rich blood of the English women, and tbeir almost uni ve really fine looks ut.d matronly beauty ut fifty, when at lhat ago American women are pale, sallow, und wrinkled. To enjoy a walk thick solos are needed. Stout, well-fitting calf-skin, Uigh gaitors, neatly laced, will always " set off" a pretl-y foot, and improve a homely one. To guard that sonsilive portion of iho human frame ffnr . \ liio solo of the foot is keenly sensitive to tho chaoges from beat to cold, or dryness to dampness/) tho boot sole should be thick, and as woll made as human ingenuity can do it. Then, oven in most weathor, or in a rain storm, tho foot can bo protected ; that insured, all is well with the body. ENGLISH ELOQUENCE. There is a very general impression in America that English eloquonco is oi the alow and stolid kind?a mixture of 6tammering, coughing, and torpor. If, indeed, a traveller might take tho style oi speaking prevalent in the House of Commons, and still moro prevalent in tho House of Lords, as representative ol English eloquence, this impression would be very just. It is almost unparliamentaiy to be fluentit is Father derogatory to one's crodit for statesmunly moderation to spoak straight on without hemming and haw ing; and it is quite unlordly, beoause smelling of a professional aptitude, to march through a long seutenco without losing tho wav. wiLhontfltuinblincr over Lindley Murray, and possibly the Quoon bersolf, without the speaker com ing out of the sentence at last nearly where he went in. Bat popular eloquence in England?the eloquence of the platform and the pulpit?is a very different thing. The most distinguish; ed preachers of the metropolis?Newman II all, Spurgeon, Noel, Capel Molyneux, Dr. Cumming?speak not only without noto, but without hesitation, ana display an inntantaaeous command of varied and fitting diction that would bo romarkblo even in nations more celebrated for their flaonoy. The same i? true of the political orators and popular leotnrors of England. The euccesaful ones do not read; tboy spoak. Tbat oloqnoace whioh go*s on papor orutcbos, that oloquonee which I cannot swim without Iho bladders ol manuscript, is not much estoomed horo; and Iho men who sway English aadienoos do bo by a atavelous faoiiity in extomporanooua speechj by sentences that rash like a torrent, by a manner quite as impassioned as any to bo seen among the fiery children of tho young Itepublio.?Indejnndent. ' A CHILD'S IDEA OF A CHILD'S PRAYERLittlo Nollio, who was only four years old, no sooner saw work laid aside, than ebo ran to her mother's kneo and claimed a Boat thcro. Mrs. Loo lifted hor to hor lap, and went on busily thinking of hordutios and carcs wKIIa qKa mnlrn/l knuonlt ?>?'! "nt~ 11: - a - ,, ....w WMV 4 wuvu uwioiiii auu i.1 VJllIU VU and fro. For a timo, Nollio amused licreclf very quietly by winding a string in and out through herfingors; but presently she bogan talking to herself in a low tone : "When I say my prayers, God says,' Hark! angels, while 1 hear a little noise.'" ller mother asked her what noiso was that. "A littlo girl's noiso. Then the angels will do just so (abutting her mouth very light and keeping very still for a moment), till I say Anion." Ton'# 41.;. ? * - ^ T AUU I vuio <* otvuub liUUUgm I x wondor if tbo cbildron who read this story of littlo Nollio have ovor thought how wondorful it is that God always haars thoir prayers. Ho is surrounded by thousands and thousands of angels, all singing and praising him with thoir goldec. harps; and j'et, through all iho music and all tbo praises, hoars the sof'toot prayer of a little child kneeling by tbo bodsido. Ho must bo very loving and very kind to children. We should think that ho would sometimes forgot, and bo listening to tbo boautiful sounds in hcavon, instead of to the prayer of a little child But he Bcvor does. Thcro is novor too much sint?ini? or too mtinv prainea there for JLHua to bear a little girl's noiao. Do you not wondor that children do not pray to IIim much uqoi o and much otioner than they do ? ? Child at Home. IIavs a VciU'ose.?The young man of this ago who starts forth with a purpose will always find assistance, however poor he may he, no matter what his ciieutnstances. If he ia a young man boun<l to mount, he will he recognised. Open your eyes aud look about you. "Who are the. men of this ago?men who shine out like diamonds n( nnro&l Iticlnr 9 A rn -c , !-L w. ???>. i??w vuvj *11 vii ui mgo, aristocratic birth and fortune? Not one of them. Nearly every name upon that scroll are those who have risen from '.he humbler walks of life. Among them wo find a Washington, "first in peace, first iu war, and (list in the hearts of his countrymen ; the printer, philosopher, and statesman, Franklin; Bowditch; and Lincoln, the rail-splitter; and Andrew Johnson, the tailor. What docs this grand galaxy of natnea prove ? It proves tho truth of the statemont that, let a youug man begin life with a purpose, and energise that purpose, he will beconao great. A great many young men are dreaming of becoming great, waiting for a shaping of circumstances, or hoping thai something may turn up. But men will never become great in that way. It is step bj step, reaching up to the high points, and by heroic manly labor, that men can reacb that 6ublimo height of wisdom. Such an one is always 6uro of employment. It is not dress that makes the man. The great want of the age is the recognition oi worth, not dress; brains, not canes nor moustaches. Going clothed in beautiful raiment, smeliinp <?f InvArwlnr un.l H/i? n-o . O - ?"W not the men of the age. The coat is there, but tbere is no man inside of it. The age wants manhood. Society is looking after men in the spirit that a man looks after a horse ; all the good qualities are necessary, and it is only such that oan show a good pedigree that are wanted. Tbe aristocracy of blood must giro way to the fresh young blood of eDergetio manhood.?Index. Tanby, and its Value.?M. DeMorogues announces that this plant (dried) is excellent sbocp food, and tbat, when fresh, it makes capital litter for domestic animals. Its peculiar balsamic odor most effectually drives away flea*. A lapdog sleeping on a bed of fresh tansy, is immediately freed from these vermin. It should be renewed when the leaves aro quite dry. This soems a bettor* application oi tbo plant ?han following the example of our grandmobbors, and making it into cakcs. Good Farming.?By manuring and careful culturo, Dr. Cloud raised 5,? 898 pouuds of cotton to tho acre, oil poor piny woodlandpin Maoon county, Alabama. By tho Banfe^syBtom Gonoral Dunlap, of Missisappf, picked five pounds of cotton by weight from n , ttinglo stalk. It does pay to farm wen, anywhere, whether in a new or old country. """' " "" r iii ; . EXTRACTS FROM BULWEB. Novor cliuso a lio, for if you keep quiot, truth will eventually ovortako and destroy it. Never trust a poison who eolioits your confidence, for in all probabilitv * he will botray you. If you want to make a fool of a man, first, see if 3*ou can oaeily flatter him, and if you can succeod, your purposo is half gained. Sccuro tlio approbation of tho aged, and you will onjoy the confidence, if not tho lovo of the young. Our affections and our pleasures resemblo thoso fabulous trees described by St. Odcrio- tho fruits which thoy bring forth arc no sooner riponod into maturity than they are transformed into birds and fly away. I5y examining tho tonguo of the patient, physicians find out disease of tho body, and philosophers tho dieeaso of tbo mind. There is nothing that a vicious- man will not do to appear virtuous 1 Ho loves nothing so well as his mask. I have known persons who in four weeks have not changed shirts; but who havo novortheleaa put on a clean daily, that they may appear cloan. A man of an open character naturally discoveroH his faults more than his virtuos?the former are not oasily forgiven, because the lattor are not soon. Cato Ihe cider was wont to say that " tlio Romans wcro like abeep?a man wcro bettor to drivo a flock of thom , than ono of tbcm." Tboso wbo arc easily flattered, are alwajs caaily cbouted. Manuring.?Thcro is no operation on the furin that begins to pay like this. Do not, then, grudgo the lime required, and tbe labor employed in this slow and tcdions operation. Gather from every quarter the materials for increasing 3 our coming harvest. Wherever ibey may be acceseible, commercial manures should be Ireely employed. It will pay. Cotton seed, if partially rofted, shonld bo used late, as their virtues will soon be exhausted. If used fresh, they ought to bo applied eo soou us to pruvent their sprouting. As to farm manures, when lmulcd lo the field, they should bo immediately mixed with the surfaco sail, or if laid in heap?, covered with a coating of earth. It always pays to work over manures in the yard, throwing them up its heaps, and covering with rich mould, letting them lie in this Btate !o ferment, until needed for application. They net like nitre beds, and the supply of iertiliziuK mattor is larmilv increased fiom the atmosphere. Gather from every source, leaves, trash, bedding materia!, swamp muck and sea weed anil otbor material, for increasing tho plantation supply of manure, ns tbo most important business of the farmer.? Southern Cultivator. Don't Cultivate Ordinary Land Without Manuue.?JRecollect, it costs you on oar averago soils, ton dollars or more to lnako an acio of corn with hired labor, and fifteen or moro to mllce and gathor an acre of cotton. If you do net look closely af1 tor your hands, it will cost you a good ' deal more than that. Now, every acre cultivated, that will uot yiold crops worth at least tho above amounts, will not only bo no profit, ' but run you into debt. Larger crops ' still, are reqnircd, to obtain a piofit on hired labor. Lands, then, which 1 will not yield such crops, wo must lot ' rest, or manuro them sufficiontly, or we lose money. At least half of our poorost soils, hitherto devoted to corn and cotton should bo thrown out to ' rest, and tho balance nnrirhnfl. How I long will it lako to cxhauBt what littlo capital wo havo loft, if for ovory acre on which wc can make a net profit of ton dollars, wo continue to culti| vato five, which laok from three to [ ten dollars cach of mooting tho actual > cost of cultivation. There aro fow 1 land* which will not yield a profit, if ' commercial manures are judiciously ' applied. Tomato Wink.?Superior wine from ^ the tomato ia now manufactured. It is , made with no other ingredients than the * pure juice of the tomato and sugar, and 1 very much resembles champagne?a light [ transparent color, with a pleasant, palata. ble flavor. It can be made equal to the best champagne. " 1 IS SALT NECE8SABY FOB BTOOX. The California Rural Horn* Journal says: "Somo oightoon years since, while living at Tangier, in the empire of Morocco, wo sent into the interior of tho erapiro to purchase of a tribe of Bedouins, who were iamouB for their choico and tare stocks of barba, or Arab horses, one of their fine barbs for our own uso, -which wo wero bo lortu> nato as to obtain alter not a little ma* Doeuvering and diplomacy. As a mattor of course, we made a groat pet ol him ; and almost tho first thing we offered him, as a condiment to his feed of barloy and straw, (the universal food of the horses of that country,) was a handful of salt; bat, to our surprise, ho would not touoh it, but turned up bis aristocratio noso at it, as 11 ho felt a big disgust at such, to him, un&avory dose. On making farther inquiry, and experimenting with sevornl barbs that wo owned subsequently, we found that neither the Moora nor Arabs over gave salt to their horses, cattle, or sheep. And yet there aro no borsos in the world oqual in healthful vigor, in powers of endurance, or elasticity of movement and robust constitution, to these samp A U I ft * * * iuuu uurnuH. ?jigncuuuritx. Plow JDssp.?In urging de*p plow* ing, we are not advoo&ting that it shall i be done with turning plows, exeept whore vogotable matter is to bo eovorod, and thon the plow should set just deep enough to turn the grass or weeds. All deep plowing should be dono with long, narrow plows, or sab* soilers, which will stir the ground, no matter how deep, bat leave the fertile aerated soil at the surface, where it now is- In most of our heavy soils, to turn thom ovor ten inchcB deep with a big Northern turn plow would ruin them for ton years. When we can grow clover, we may safoly turn it in deep enough to cover it. Sow it again with wheat and clover, and enough spocial manure to make the eocond crop, and whon this iB turned in, in its turn, the soil is fillod with vegetable matter to the depth of bIx or eight inchcs. Deep plowing at the North, whoro heavy swards of grass and clover are turned under, and abun> dunt stock of all sorts gives plenty of manure for surface dressing, can safely bo dono, in a way that would destroy, for tho time, tho cropping oapacily of much of our Southorn soil. [Southern Cultivator. Saving Seeds.?Bo suro to soleot tlioso only of the largest and from thj most perfect plants. Leave out tho small and light seeds. This system pursued with regularity for a few years, will bo Bure to produce superior results. With parsnip seods, save the crown tufts only; wilh cabbath, the prodaot of tbo middle collary only of the seed stalks, disconnecting tliora from th& outsido and separating the light seed with caro. All seod should be rapidly and thoroughly dried.. When dried 6lo\vly a portion of the seed in each capsule will be found to have softened. Never loavo them hanging on fences during showers, for if tho pods are moistened, the color and qality are suro to bo injured by the next (toy's sun.?Southern Cultivator. ^ To Kill Cookboaohbs.?Mi* equal quantities of red lead and corn meal with molasses, making it about the consistency of paste. It is known to bo a certain exterminator of roaches. A friend, who was troubled with thou* sands of them, rid his house of then} in a very few nights, by this mixture. Put it upon iron plates, and set it where the vermin are thiokest, and m III An K a! n I it n m *ia1 nna m( 4 U bUV/ YV 111 PUVU UWIJI IUUIUOOIVUB; TYUU' out fartber invitation. Be careful not to have any article of food naor where you set the m?*tQre. Neutralizing Poison.?-A poison of any oonoeivable description and degree of potency, which has been intentionally or accidentally swallowed may bo rendered almost Instantly K. U.. 1? i iiai iuiWDo, uy oiuiyijr Dwauvwiu^ i?wvi gills of sweet oil. An individual with a strong constitution may take ijearly twico the qaantity. This oil will most positively neutralize every form of vegotable, animal or mineral poison with whioh physicians and ohemists aro acquainted. ,v > ft i. fcvl -J >y *. J-' > A ;-j .fAi. kki. , , *\ '^fci'