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f 4iY W. A. LEE AND 1HJ.GII WILSON. | ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1SGS. yfVOLUME XV?NO. 52.
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The Proposed Constitution.
ARTICLE Iir.
EXKCUTJVE DEI'AltlrMKNT.
Soctioo 1." The supreme Executive authority
of tllis Stale fchall bo vested in a
Chief Magistrate, who shall be styled "The
Governor of the rflaie ol ?oouih Caroli? j
Bit."
Section 2. The Governor sha'l l>e elected
by the electors duly <]Ualili"d to voti
fur members of the General Assembly
and shall hold his oilice for two years, am. '
until his successor shall he chosen and 1
qualified, and shall ho re-eligible.
Section 3. No person shall be eligible to
the office ol Governor who denies the ex
istence 01 mo .^supreme utsuig, ui wuu .-n
the time of such election has not attained
Uio ago of thirty years, and t> lio, except
at the first election under this constitution,
shall not have been a citizen uf the United
Slates and a citizen and resident of this
State for two years next preceding t'.ie day
of election. No person while Governor
idiall hold any oilier ofiioe or commission
' (except in the militia.) ut:der this S ate,
or any other power, at one and the same
time.
Section 4. The returns of every election
of Governor shad bo sealed up by the
managers of elections in tboir respective
counties, and transmitted, by mail, to the
seat of gove umeiit; dinclc l t) the Secretary
of State, who shall deliver them to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives
at the next ensuing session of the teenorai
Assembly, and a duplicate of said retains
shall be filed with the Clerks of the Courts
of said Counties, whose duly it shad Ve to
forward to the Secretary of Sia'e a ct-ni
fied copy thereof, upon being iiouiied mai
the returns previously forwarded by mail
have not been receivt J ;?t his ollicso. It
shall be the <lu'.y of the K?erei.li"7 o! S:nte
after ihe expiration of *ev?.-n d; ys J.cm iho
day upon which the Vutes have b.-en coun
ted, if the return.! therein freni a:;y county
li?ve not been received, to notify li.e CK-tI:
of the Court of sai l county, r.tiJ order a
copy of the retnrxis lllei in h:s oiliee to b-.:
Jorwardi-.l for;l.\v.:!i. The S:\jeroiary ol
fcjtaie shall dehvoi the nturns to the >peu?
l:er of the House of 15,-j<r<:s% ntatives al
the noxt ensuing se si jti of the General
Assembly ; and during the ll.-it wiek o!
the session, or as soon as '.lie General Assembly
shall have organized by the (.lection
of the presiding t.JJL'iid of the two
Hnuscc, the Speaker shall open a:;d publish
thoin in tlie presenco of bodi Houses.
The person having the highs.-it number ol
votes shall be Governor; but if two 01
more shall be equal, and highest in vote?
'the Gencr d A-sembiy sh *11, during ihs
tame session, in the 11 - u.-o * 1 .''n-picseni'i
lives chose one of them Governor vii't
voce. Contested che'.ioMS for Guvernoi
tliall be delcnniiicd by t'ac G?;:ier.d A?BOiubly
in such manner ai thrtll be pro6Ciib<.d
by law.
Section 5. A Lieutenant Governor (thai
1>e cboson at the same limn, in tbo satin
marine!, continue in office ft?r ibe earn
jK-riotl, and be pissed of the same qual fi
t alioi s as the Governor, a>id shall i.v oj/ici
be President of tl.e Shinto.
Section . G. The Lieu'enant-Governoi
while presiding in Ibe .Senate, thall hav
no vote, unless tbo Senate be equally di
vided.
' ? "!_ ?! nil ,.l,n,r>
lM;cnon i. i iiu oLiuitu ........
Piesident pro tempore, to net in the ab
senco of the Lieutenant Governor, or whe
Le sbail exercise the uffiee of Governor.
Section 8. A mf?mb?>r of llie Si-nate, <
of tlie 11'Hit.e of Representatives, buin
chosen as acting Governor or Lii'iitcmin
Governor, shaSi thereupon vacate his sua
and another person shall Le elected in h
Blend.
Section 0. In casa of the removal of tl
Governor from his oflice, or his death, r
situation, removal from the Stste. or in
liility to discharge the powers and dut
of the said ofHoe, the same shall devol
f>n the Lieutenant-Governor, and the G<
eral Assembly fit its first session after t
ratification of this constitution, shall,
law, provide for the cafe of removal, "den
resignation or inability, both of the Gc
crnorand Lieutenant-Governor, dcclari
wbal'ofliccr shall then net ns Govern
and 6uch cfiller shall act accordingly, i
til such disability shall have been reuic
cd, or a Governor Bhall have bfCD elect
Section 10. The Governor shall
commander in chief of tho inilitiif of
Slate, except when th<jy shall ba called
10 the actual service of the United gta
Section 11. lie shall have the po\
to grant reprieves and pardon? after c
"viction (except in ca^es of impeach mi
in such manner, on 6aoh terms/and ur
4uch restrictions a3 lie shall think proj
and be shall have power to remit fines
forfeitures, unless otherwise directed
I '
law- It shall be his duty to report to
General Assembly iat ,the?pext regular
?i nil nnrilnnR rrrantprl l?v 1
wicti^ hi|l#t$ttffneut of eaclf
rftasofi? moi?6g4ifti* tbeitetoi- 1' ? t. 1
Section 12.. XIo sj??ll tcko c^r? timt
laws be faithfully exociAed in ojcrcji
Section 13. TJio Governor artd Lfeu
ant-Governpr sl^all, atstflted linae*frec
for their sferffces a compensation w
shall bo neither increased or dimini
during the period for which thejr i
have been elected.
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Section 14. Afl officer? in. the E.i
five Department .shall, when requiret
the Governor, give hifti information in
ting npon any subject relating the di
of their roiutfKLiyd cflicesjgjfc^
Sectip^'^BlPjrh# GoverTJer shall, I
ximo U> givo to the General Ass
I ' ^
| ?.a. miauik--W-?witfu ^ aMMi
My information of the condition ot' the
Stale, and recommend to their consideration
such meastnes as lie shall judge necessary
or expedient.
Section 10. Ha may, on extraodintuy
occasion?, convene the'General Aeeetnbly;
and sboiild e'llier Iluuse remain without a j
[Uoritin !ur livo diys, or in ca*e of disa? i
.jrc'tnent between the two ilou.ics with I
respect to tlio time of a?!j >t;nii:jei;t, may !
;i ljuurn ;thein to tucli tmio as lie r:i:?y I
liiitil; |?r??j?er; not boyond the lime of tin*
uinual session thru next ensuiiifr.
Section 17. Iio shall commission all
oflio;rs of tin: Si.vo.
Section IS. There shall be a Seal of the
State, for which tno (.oneral Assembly at :
its first session, shall provide, and which
i ahull l>d used by ibe t., >>venior iliiciully,
and shall h?j called "The Great Soul of the
j State oi South Carolina.' |
Section 19. All grants and commissions
shall be issued in tlm name and by the an- I
| thoritv oi' the State ol South Carolina
| scaled with tho Great Seal, signed by the
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wovcruor anu couir.crsigneu uy ino oecretary
of State.
' Section 20. The Governor and Lieutenj
ant?Governor, before entering upon the '
i duties of their respective offices, shall take
and lubsciibo the oath of uillco as pro- !
i scribed in article two. section thirl v one of
1. . "
' this conclitutioi).
Section J21. The Governor shall reside '
at the capital of the State ; hut duiing the
i sittings of the General Assembly be shall
, reside where its sessions are bold, except j
in case of contr.g:on. 1
| Section "J2. Every bill or joint resohi 1
fi3n which Email have p.issed the Genera! t
Assembly, ixwpt on a qnfeliou of adj-iurninont,
shall, before it becomes a law i
be presented to Hie Governor, and' if he !
approve, ho shall sign it; il not, ho shall j
return it, with his objections to the House j
in which r, snail nave origuiaieu ; which
i shall enter tlic o'jections al largo on its
?Journal-, and proceed to reconsider it. It,
after such re consideration, two-thirds o!
the llou.e fbhll agree to pass i', it shall be
^ tent, together with the olj'iCtiot>?, to tl.e
?-hcr lluuse, by ivhiuh it shall be re con'
siJercd, and, if aj'prov::J by two-thinls
of that IIousc.it shall have iho Parte tf*
! feet as if it had fceon bigr.c-l l>v the 'J-jvC'
nor : but in all sui ii cases t!.c vote of both
' lloii>ed sillsll La taken by yeaa and najs,
j and ibo names of' the persons voting for
i ' and tl:o tlie bill or j.?int resolution
j,shali uo entered 011 the journals of botli
II uses ie-pticliv-ly. If a bill or "j?iiui
I resolution hiiiiil not bo returned uv the
Governor within three drtjs at'or its-hall
, I have been presented to him, Sundays'ex:
; ivptod, it shrill have the Kiunc force and
' ill.ft as if he l.ad fc'^ned it, unless the
t 1 General Assembly, hj' their adjournment,
r 1 prevent its return, in which ease it sh:tli
- not liavo such force find t fi -ct unless re
- ; turned within two <3Ays ufu;r their next
j meeting.
1 ' Section 23. There shall he .clcc'e.i by
e ! the qualified voters of the State a Coiupe
trcller-General, a Treasurer, and "a Seoretai
ry of State, Who shall hold their respective
o u!Vices for the tctin of four years, and
. whose duties aud compensation shall be
r, prcscribjd by law.
e i DR. DUFF ON TE5PERANGE.
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Tim I!av. T)r. Duff. nt, n. temnornncc
a f meeting held in Calcutta, asked:?
~ j "Whore, in uil tlio Bible, i.s Lharo any
n j express prohibition against tho habit
ual use of arsenic or j>russic acid''." 11
: is enough th:il tho Hsblo condemns al
" ir-unhM*, whether It be l!?at of oursei
l" ' or that of another. At'! in condomr.
' j i:sg murd r, it, ol necessity. condemn!
1:5 | tho use of any or all of tho-so mean:
i which naturally and inevitably loa
'10 to it. lias not the Bible, by it-j affece"
ting records of the monstrous clfocti
a" of indulging to excess in intoxicating
Ie3 liquors; has it not by iis oppress com
'vc laand to use God'e bounties withou
;n* abusing them to the effecting of per
^1C ; nicious ends; bus it not, by its terri
; bio denunciations against tho vice (
l''?' drunkenness, declaring, on tho autho
,v~ j ity oi' tho living God, that, no dmvlc
' ard shall inherit the kingdom of he;
or' I von; baa it not.,- by theso and. otbj
"" i means, stamped tbo seal of its ropri
j bution, with tbo) biost" tremondo*
kJ [?ovcrityi on tlio habitual uad' of ar
j substance, which, liko ardent spirit
involves tbo most iniquitous abuse
in (jod's mercies, lcadsito tho piost atr<
les' cious outrages against* all la\v; qumf
and divino, and more than anythii
oc' olso multiplies the boaven-forc-ylosii
ider an<^ opening vice of drurjkgnnes
Besides, the siibsla,occa nftw ;-Jctiov
J under tho namo di nrdcrM> fcpiri
could not bo forbidden by na^t ia t
J liib.e, bccaaso, wUwi it, waBi h?'i'U.tc
8 they wcro not known?not actual
?c>8t oxietjnt. i Xti< ti-uJb-i-wdf^ tbkt'for
fe-*?**<? Hi
^,^l?j$t&i? c r a jniyyt/?jfejJft til cofc..
" Tiatfb l&cn un*noVtf!^TTrc^^rftffb"
^l10 Ijgbt, ii> tbo P Icho
4 / ibta ffi^iOwgaSf? iqjtlfii' vi
. pursuit ~afl$r "a universal solvent wbi
ith. s^.^srt PstJWi?"
metals. Tbo golu producing eolv<
Ve? t^bey nov,?r iounU; but if>al$ad tber<
thoy unhappily stumblerd^cfa a tnis<
and Mniidnefs-prodacipy ingrcdio
:eca- ipLflV viinlv .wiibed to* turn nil i
1 hv I ? J ' '
" baser luoUUa into gold;..tlioy ro,a
w.^ discovered JJio process of convert
11,168 tho most 'nutritious substariees in i
tune into poison, and left *tbp ditjc
from cry &s a fell lega?y to their \vo-beg<
em- posterity.
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GAUNT FAMINE..
It is difficult) to rccollcct a time
wbcn, as now, the cry of lamino bua
gono up from ho many different quarters.
In Algeria, the sufierings of the
Arabs have boo?:, and continue to be,
terrible, two hundred, thousand of
them, it is computed, having perished
from starvation. In parts ol I'higland
tlio destitution is extreme, ami
the condition of l.irg ? sections of the
people, always poor, is now m:>ro than
usnaiiy uepioiauio. ooiue 01 uiu districts
ol 1'tanve aro ncourged in the
same way. ]>?U it i:j in parts r>f OVrn>any
and Eastern Europe that the
misery and distress are most iiitensi1:t;?l;
:iv leu^t, t!to horrors ui' tho siluutihi
in those lvjjioud a:o brought
more homo. Lj the *cnso of tho European
puhl!'?. East Prussia is a marked
victim ol' this aw Jul visitutiou. It is
hardly concci-vablo that under such a
Government as l'russia, and anvjug
such a people as the Prussians, human
misery and woo could attain such a
height. In Western lVussiu, tho facts
could net, for a lon^ time, gain-belief.
For some time tho Government denied
their es.istcnco, or troatcd tho reports
i e -fr/wu nv<iirirot*<it I
lof.-, it could not have been ignorant
oi thvir truth?a truth which, it could
not I in let!, was a reflection upon the
character oi' t!se administration and
even upon the National character.
In one district, licrnibirmcn, there
are 1,'i/J llt'.lo villous and lOU/JOO
desiiiuto people. .Literally iL may be
said that nearly all these people are at
t!ie starvation p'?int. They are chisnilied
us small farmers who may bj
po.-sibihty, without aid from abroad
bo able to exi.st through the seven
| mouths till next harvest; laboring
i lann. hands heretofore subsisted b;>
their employers, bat now iicecssatilj
discharged j avd h.slly, Hinull trade:
puepie in the viihigen. ,01 iho pilGnM*:y
oi" sii (luring Homo idea mr>jT%bi
iorriiud from tho following taeouuL o
intelligent eye wiu.esse-:, whoso re
pertaj poars in the Uorlin correspen
denco of tho Xe'w Yoik 2'imcs:
| '".Chey (the villages) lay boforo.u
i like llie ibrsnkon dvvoLiu^.s ofagy\
i sy iribo, a?.H rcmindetf^uSnpf' a comc
! tory by their joac'v* and forsaken" as
I j?cct. There waa Lot- to Le discoverc
: a si??g!e token of the U!>:ial ,"!?b'gc
i Outside the huts there was noi a ^ue
j to bo fuuud, nor loss a tree, for cVi--r
1 piece or wood La 1 b:*on u.-;cd for fire
i Tlio huts themselves \vlr
( built of mud and covered with straw
i :i!id seemed to bo scarcely lit, lor cat
| tie, still leiss-i'jr human boiu^s. viler
, and tbcro even the roof fatraw ha
been partly removed to make a littc
(or the cow, which tbo proprietor b:i
! managed to keep alive. The parliall
i covered part of the hut i3 occupit
i by mon and cattlo. On cntorin
; abodes of tbis kind one would n<
! think it possible thut mon could lis
! there.
J ' Tbo barking of dogs docs not w<
| come you, lor ihosc poor animuLs ha<
I been killed and eaten Ion;; wince.
.Neither do you hear tho crowing
l the cock, i'or lie and bis wives arcgoi
! with the dogs. 2so human boin'g is
' ! bo seen iiuthc streets nor cvo:i at tl
L1 windows: and as oven at dinner-tit:
I | '
J no chiinr.cy is smoking, ono wou
^ think the village forsaken. On cnt<
ing more than twenty stub huts
5 una villago, wo discovered llr.it tb
' were tenanted. Wo found persons
both sexes and all ages, mostly i k>
etonsj even tho children bore de
H despair of stupid torpidity in tb
* f:ico9. ' A fow men and women w<
spinning oakum, furn'ished thom
ono of the committees, by dying wli
a whole family njay oaru Ihrco or It
cents in currehcy n day. The fli
} was our vmoilJcl* cflr'.h,' frctjacn
P" bo*1c^U jivitb \r?tcrttp. BUcU. o,.. deg
thulXlic barefooted frhlidron "wtbod
l* it up to their atildcH,j^i^,lba,Jaa
il> without a lire at a t^mj>crat ur (Tscffa
dcgreeqrjbtiotT Roror - Apr? tfie. jBatu
a" heat of .tie linjate is V^6 orilf!&im
heat, tho w'liclow is ea'rofufly "''clOJ
an4 tlio air is truly pe&liJontiaL I
wonderful hotVMflen eiti Jetctat-Fn h
' an atmosphere, for it i-J moro iutol
i> bUi VtojlfTtf/ptosty." Iir B(J)(no *vOf
1? lacea. wfc fobtiJ tfib; Dcorfl? ioatin <1
soup furnished by tho soup kiloh
s ' established- bp ;thu outlay "pf; flO(J
7n thalers n*Q*ptfo4oiJ 4bo\^o. f|
t8' not discover in ibis grutl a trac
fat, arStfpSdiv*8 lfcxluptibrf
vvus vvltll "Citf0irt6 jral-airtr
J OnlV aged poisons and children
*' ^iiUbti to i't; 'fthd iwo (timapBii
<H,? iOl^'|)i^adH^j0W<H(l>ar kTJa.
confciatin1^?6f'do*ofr morabcre d
this stuff with, hot water, to ma!
uuflico for all of thorny (Not <s\c
*'n picco of .brcacl la di&tribiit6d v^Ufi
ich ' '
soup. ,
3nt Tbe raisory which tbbs&Ayo ge
J f 1 mtm iaiw fcffe^todoxr* of tbfflff ?D ?
' thfit. lib wflnt. litn fi MHUL1' Thrt v
;ry ?i -f - ;-*rr <":? T
. taken moaoy <wUh ikepi^andigiu
lh ,
.. 6p?al iv: tUalor Ui?y oxpAQjaa-to t
|D toontb tdpffivT' lan ^Village a
'a- de?Puirke motbor, saw a hungry
ov. with a'piccto'of carrion in its m<
juo Sho iaii, rosolntcly, after ,l)ira,
wlicnn&ho had'saccecd^d in
i .. 1 * V '1
.. n.?i 11 . nfc1 1 1 t'nfc
tho covcted doticacy, who foil into a
kind of eestncy on her knees and
thanked (Jod that lie liad sent her
food for her p:>or children.
lu Austria, Poland and Xlussia, on
i her wostern frontier, tho famine is said
! to be as appalling as it is in K tst l'rtis
| -i:i, a report which can bo easily credj
iled. ]f there is such misery among
j L'ru.ssian.s, how. in districts of contig
j iious country, exposed in t'.ie huiuo
j way as llic l'mssian districts, can t!ic
! rase be any butter'! Under such :i
1 (.lovornmcnt, and among sueh a pcoj
pie as the Russiano, it is <piilo likely
j to bo much worso. Jiutof the mUory
I of the people in Russia, thero is boI
d"in any record. As these pe -pie live
j like dumb beasts, they perish like
: ihum, and ol' their starvation by thouj
sands and all the ineor.ceivab'o suiVeri
ingd which prcc*de starvation, the
| world outtido has but suiall chance of
1 IcnoAing any thing.
BOOKLESS HOUSES.
"We form judgments of mcu from
little things about their house*, ol
which the owner perhaps never thinks.
Flow era ab-mt a rich man's house
Hi ay sign:! y only that uo lias a good
gardener, or lliul h<i has refined neighbors,
and does what ho sees them do.
But men arc nob accustomed to buy
bonks unless they want them. If, on
visiting the dwelling of a man of slot
der means, we find that ho contout:
i himself with cheap carpets arid ver
i j plaiu l'arni Lure, in order thai ho uiu}
, i purchase hooks, ho rises at or.ee ii
- | our esteem. Books are not mado lui
* furniture, but llicro is nothing cls<
f that ho beautifully furnishes a house
? The plainest row of hooks tliul clotl
r or paper ever cover, is more signifi
* cant of refinement than the mos
* elaborately carved etuyere or aide
- board.
jGrlve n. konso famished will
- -books rather than furr.iture! Botli
1 if you can, but books at any rate! 'Jl<
' ?pend several da} s in a friend's housi
- and hunger for something to reat
while you are treading on costly car
? p^L?, anu sitting upon luxurious euain
and sleopiiig upon down, is us if ou
>" were bribing jour body for the sak
~ of cheating your mir.d.
^ Hooks are the windows throug
j winch the eoul looks out. A houi
without books is like a room withoi
V ?
I windows. I\o man has a right t
"P his childron without Bur
? rouna:n;? them with bocks, if lie b;
' the means J-o buy tlicm. It is a wron
to his family. Children learn to rea
j "by boing in tho prtscuce of book
^ The love of knowledge cor^cs wii
rouding, and ^rows upon il. Ari.'l tl
love of knowk-dgo in a young mi:*
^ is almost a warrant against tho ir
J'?./.../.ttnmnnl- r.C r.n o=?/-v r. a nn/l t.
iUllUL v;AtitwuiLuu vi aiiu >
ftcc8- - ? . , .
;c Lot us pity Iheso poor rich me
who live barrenly in great, bookie
?1 houses! Let us congratulate the po<
> that in our day books aio so chej
ihat u man may every year add
hundred volumes to Lis library for tl
? pi icj of what bis tobacco and bis be
!1C 1
t0 would cost bim. Among the carlie
ambitions to bo excited in clerl
rie
iib workmen, journeymen, and, indec
umongyill that aro struggling up
?v_ life from no.bing to eometbiug, is tli
. of owning, and conMant.ly adding '
ev a library of good books. A lillle
J{ biary, growing larger every year,
j an honorable pari of a young ma
^ ( history.
it is a man's duly to bavo boo!
eir r . A
library is not a luxury, bat ono
^ tho necossarios of life.?E^iscopali
ieli
jur Iiibee Important iiiiNoa.? lb
a'or things to lovo?Courage/ gentlon
tfy und affection. ->'
??m?. Three things to ad mi ro?Jntollcc
t-HV- al*pov/e?7 dignity-and gracefulness.
>lfes? r-^:Th?eQthii|?8 .to hale?Cruelty,
rral *TT5?an6o attd Ingratitude.
iraJjj- 'Xlu^-thipg* to dolightic?iiea
1 of/ franknpaa und freedom. ' 1
^hroo things to wish for?Hoa
l^is friends a,uJ a cheerful spirit,
ueh Th'reo ;lh i ngs . to pray for?Fa
lor- peace and purity of heart,
til* '? /Ihrco iike-?-Cordiftl
^tii ^ood Jiumgjr and, aurthfulhcs".^ I
on*, Throo things to avoi(i?Idfen
,00(H loquacity and flippant jesting.
3Uiqj xurco : 10 ruiwvyiu?vj
so of I books' good frionda and good hur
|jon ^3 <Wir? fWngsto contend for?IJ
roy. tirf~ii6nhriy nntl'M^a,
ar*. Thrfco things to govern**-T?iti
W& iwpyn ana wwhwte
rBHjP g* 10 tbirtft )^iiM
ilato death and veternity.-i(
io't
jnt ^?" .
* Don't de a Loafkr.t?Young, mnu,
"tlAB attention. J)on't tw a loafer; don't
loafer's company ; don't hang about lo
place?. Better work than sit .around
nMo. afWr*flky^ ~bir stAnd about corners with
W<jb bands To your "pockets. B'ettoc for
Tiad o?? hotvUb?better fur . your own
so as P00*8, " litiBlIo ubout if yoo mean lo
p. . nnytbip/gf to-btt?lU nboqt for. Mai
po&rpbysicfati Las obtained a real pi
Lvoa byj'tfiiig jifier aqimaginary one. A
poof of^tlaak paper tied w.th red tope, c:
-dotf toffee * Inwyer's erip, may procuce
tiia-ffret ?a*e,-*n?l make bis fortune/I
is the world I to him that hath sh'i
and iriffi'iL' .'lOnii dr#iimin<p imd rnmnlni
piling tp busy nuj yuur chiw.?*$ .1
* , 'j<
- -'.. -.'. -.-^
OLD NEW JOKES.
This is tho title of a paper contributed
to the Argosy by D:- Doran, from
which wo oxtract a fq.w passages i
"<Fhcrp is nothing new undor tho
Ptin, and that well-used remark was
, probably, itself without novelty when
j it bcc.uiio ptii t of tho chronicle from
i which wo derive it. There is nofhj
in?jc new tinder tho sun, not even our
nr?r nur kf niMi?y twit* tww
! legends. They all come to us.* uioro
I or less, from the East.
\ "Wo nscribo to Thcodoro "lloolc
! the merit of mischievous originaiity
j in the 'Werners street JLoax,' wherej
by he brought a llioti >.md or two ol
poo pie, besides hon es ami .carriages,
ictoone Bir-.ot, and malting toivard
o;ic huuse, atone and tho same moment.
.Now, the honor of originality
in this matter belongs to 0110 Ciphisodoru*,
who advertised for thousandj
of day laborers to repair to a certain
street in Egypt, at a certain hour
Tbid wag oijoyod from a secure hiding?
place all tho 'fun' ho expected
ilroru witncflhing tho confusion in a
, I narrow street caused by crowds ol
i j disappointed men fighting their way
, [out against crowds of hopeful mot
. ! fighting their way in.
1 lk'l'ln>i>n is Kcnri'i'lv it mnrlcrn illnc
tration of witty or humorous Iribl
i simplicity which is r.ot, at least, a.
old as tho 1'iantomc philosopher o!
j Alexandria, liicrooloa, who lived 11 v<
centuries before tho Christian cr:i
At th:it early period men laughei
, at the simpleton who resolved neve
r 10 go iti the water liil ho had learnc
j to swim j or at him who wished himsolf
as epcochless as tho sick mail fron
i ! whom he could obtain no reply, in oi
. j dor that ho might return tho invalid'
t, inciyility: or at tho other who al
- tempted to keep his horso nlivo with
oat food, and who failed just atthc
^ moment of sucecs by tho obtilinat
( bfcuto; dying. Greeks laughed, Ion;
j ' btforo Ifiishnicn, at th^ir rcspoclivcl
: alleged felloW-countrymnn who eat
>
i I ricd a brick about :i3 :i sample of th
_ i house he hud to sell. Tlfc Jlibermu
, who .shut his eVea beforo a lookin;
3 j .
0 glass, that he might see how he look
c od whoa he was aeileop; wh
bought ft crow, to test tho trut
^ of hid assertion that tho bird lived
couple of centuries; who in a shi;
,c wreck, o!un^ to an anchor, to bu\
lt himself from drowning; and who ri
0 marked to a friend who reasonab!
denied lho asserted fact of his repoi
18 ted death, that tho fuCt hud befl
& vouched for by ono who was raoi
ll* worthy of crcdit than ho who denic
a" it?-that Hibernian is an old Greek
"'l modern guise, and tho (Jreck, as
10 tho story of Amphitryon; is bcliov<
" into bo debted to a Hindoo predec<
1flhor, who may, prob:iL>ly, turn at
l' 'Chin, chin /' to orfgiual inventor
the story i'u Pokirt.
n, "Thero would roally seem to
33 ! nothing now j tramwa^j avo 1'juod
Jr I Tucbcs and idomphie ; the bailo*
lP | Hies iu idea through many a classic
a story tho telegraph under anolli
he form, ll.iihed intelligence Iroin o
tr district to another of tho aiicio
!st world; and oven our choicest class
CtJ? cal traditions have various horn*
id When lCuropcans lirst aivived aino
iQ New Zcalanders, they found llcro a
at Lcander a local legend, with t
i ?
Lo> j rdigbt dit'erenco thivt it was the la
who dashed through tho ilood to mi
>s the dusky lover, who quietly held I
"'ti lamp to guido hor to tho trusti
place.
k*. "There is something very singu
in tho way in which errors still spri
un- up, like woods, on the spot whero I
original soed was sown. Not raa
reo months ago, tho Time? corrc&pondi
ess >n I'ai'is commuriicatod to that pa]
? - p i n 1
Uio tranhiauon 01 a loner wmuu i
Lu- j'Ja^ appeared in a French, pcovim
journal, an an illustration bt the b
ar_ plieity of tbo moderd Gaul.
sample vyas aO'ordod by a letter all
uty odly "written by a soldier in hosjjilu
hie coltrnel, who had eont- tb'O if
1th, of his father's doath. The 'sold
opinio was to this effjet: 'Colonel
lith thank you for tho death of aiy fat
It's an inoident, like any other;
jHy) us hope, howovor, that it will bav<
; . bad conscquonees. . . ; I havo
ess, brokon my Jeg, with which I li
tho honor to bo your very obed
food servant!' Now^ this sample of-t
nor. <5rn Fronch simplicity anu numo
on- ob old as. tbooldost French jost-b
and tbat will givo it an ago of aqv
^or, centuries."
Lilfa Cullen, ifi arocorttpasl
' address upon Ireland, says that
po^tifatioh1 has been Icssrifled by
lioi)8, her ^rado is bad, and with
l^eep I^Hod 400,000 hotraes liaVd
?fing appeared." Hef continues: "V
I day Iho most abject poverty abounds
y*Qi have been obliged to paji? to c
y?ur countries about 30,000,000 of m
have '^o*fodiog ia !
?m %.* a*
a tor tne necessaries 'Oi me, v
uient f5W)0r]y nero Abundant)^ suppiifc
quue ouc fruitful soil/'! J.'t- vm-j >
rfiei * V. ?
Such : or? pne buodr^Aud Aov<
dl' ninc ocean steamers belonging t(
oing; port of Now York, with an J*gc;r<
, . toiggo A
^
THE bTONtt HAND. |
We wcroon a pic-nic. It was in a
jrovo on ft bluil'ovcrloc'king tho oooun
-a fine, cool, b'.uuly spot in a hot
Bummor'u day. Jiogcr aud 1 Htrayod
away irom tho party to a email bouch
oclow tho bluII' to pick up Hbulls.
Whilo wo woi'o hk'ppiuy on tho rocks
;ind our pycUots," Iho tidj c:tme
in and il-jOMol ^loe p.trip el land by
I which we c;ua<.'. What chould wo do?
t Thcro was no boat to tako us oil*, at.d
| t.o way of cf-crapo but to climb tlio
j .steep bidj oi' the bluli" fronting the
[.sea. Oh, il hx-ked so stcoo, so h'gh.
i Could we climb il? We thouted to
I *
! our friends f'.itjve. T!i"y caught sight
, of us. 3d wh.it euuh! they do i Tlicy
; had no ropes lo hold out lo a.;. The
tide ea:no t.oaivr u::<1 maroi. JLo.v
biltoily no n-pcnteU coming! \VS:y
; did wo not stay in balety on tiiu biuil '!
' . Tho lido bogan to curl round out
' j very feet, ai.d s;alo the hill wo must.
At tlio ]!r?t step the sand guvo way
bcuuuth our tread. 1 caught, hold ol
tho bushes growing among tho rocks
^ Tho twigs broke, and the rocks camc
1 tumbling down.
r ?
1 began to cry with fright, wlier
! suddenly a man crept round a rock
1 i "Here, child," ho Bald to mo kindly
i "put your bund in mine, and dou'L b<
I aiiaiu. i put my nana in bid slroti<
1 1 kind hand, ari l tl;o very ' oucli ol" i
' gave ino courage. Up 1 >vent ove
' tlio rook-?, drawing ino af'.er hlui?uji
3 up, up. ll" Uie sail d gave way, I ha<
hint to cling to. Up, up, until h
* landed me safely on the top; then h
I went down and drew up Itoger. llov
' I happy we wore, how thankful wor
| our 1'riends, especially when we look
II J cd down ai.d aaw the tido coveritij
" j the spot whero wo blood. The kin
s ; man wa.-i a li-dierman, who Haw ou
" ! danger and ran to save u?.
"I llow sweol to tako hold of mother
i band, arid wixllr by bcr side. lLo\
c I good to have fathers bund throng
S ; dark, 'strange, and dangerous) place:
y j There is another Hand still strctcbu
I out to you, and a voico which say
0 1 ''litre, my child, ])Ut j'our band i
II tniuo, and don't be atruid." Do 3*0
know who? It is tho Jjord Je.-u
_ You aie trying to climb to heavei
It ib bard Climbing alone. Your lot
keep slipping buck. Tho things yo
" hope will help you, don't answo
u They arc not strong enough to hoi
|> you. What can you'do? If yo
ry stay where j'ou aro you will bo los
Js Then that sweet voico whisper
"Here, my child, put your band i
v* mine, a:id don't-be afraid." It is tl
f- precious Saviour s. He sees your da
in gerund hastens to save you. Pi
rc your hand in his. i>o not let it g
, Keep last hold of him. JJy his s'u
'' you can go u]) tbu lull of dillicult
III overcome all the hindrances of tl
in narrow way, and reach heaven, th;
id j happy land.
is- j -My children, put }"Onr hand in J
; ails', ut;d don't let go.? Winning Won
of j MUSTN'T ALWAYS TAKE PE0P1
be| AT THEIR WORD.
J "O that I wcro dead!" cried t
t) : b&liOnc'l.
"I'r!on't wonder at i' I'm Euro, doai
or
; said the on.f, siUin" with her c\
11C I ' *
t fixed on the c.TgO. '
. "To be penned up h^rc from d
C;j to day, while all my i'rieods are i
p? ijoicing in tho sweet sunny cky, a
j the flowers," said tho bulllinch.
ll0 "'low distressing," t-aii tho e
j ! with much feeling.
>0, ''And j-ist to Lc allowed now r.
jiu then, lor a fow minute.", to try 1
?.f, wings by a flight round I he room."
? "More mockery ! a oiucl iusult
jar call thai,"said the cut.
illir ( "And aa to singing how car
* ? Off
Lbo fcmK' .
n^T "flow, indeed?" said the cat.
ont "This piping song that I bavo b(
lor drilled into, not a noto oi it cor
iad ^'om mJ' heart."
Bjaj "I never could boar nn}'thing t
un didn't como Jrom the" heart," naid
L'ho cat demurely. ! '
Qfr_ <;0 that I wcro dead!" eaid
ball finch.". (ili'u
mKnl. r/iiir vorr hrisf, fi ie
3TT8 ? "*
iers'i -^ur y??? dear/' 6aid tho <
. y '"and us tlio door, of your engo i
bor little Jjjur, I sco you have only to e<
lot out and?"
^ n0 "And what?" asked tho bullfincl
just "^Vhy# doarost, I would, howc
iavc ^ '^y losing"! Poon put
icnt otit misery," said tlio
no<J- Pl'cparir.g .t? spring; upon which
r j8* bullfinch Si't up a i-crcam of such
00jc ror that his inistrees flew into
oral rootn> nn(* Puss wos g'a?* to Qsi
down btairs.? Ths Leisure Hour.
;otal Thirty-five days of. consoct
"hdr r.'iin In Now Zealand, daring tho
mil- wint<ory bavo caused a, veritable '
in a lftgo>" involving an iminonse ami
dis-' ol 'damage. ' f.n^ . / >'?' ft
? - ^
^ 'ltr ?1 '!.? ?A/1.iatrllin. has aec
^ ** UOlUDj tUU jicu^dw???, --- - -? ,
'. . pliahod tho unprecedented^ tub!
onov walkio? 103. in twon.ly"
1806, hour?- -' ? ' 1.
rhlch ThePopo IieCb. deereed ihat "
dt>y Viyeif with extratfigant head-dr
^ *' '}* shall be admitted to- the <
*/:' munion."
>nty- t*' f ?'.* '
> tlio Don't talco too much,interest ii
Jgato affaris of your neighbors. Six
i n wmri r^i-niifiMffili
r 1 1 ?=
INFLUENCE" OF NEWSPAPERS ON
CHILDREN. *
\ &
A school-lcaclier what.*' IJcnJi onjoy^d
tl?o bunciil of u long JJjructjce of 1iih
profopsion, and bad tfa%cb|pd cloecly
tho influonco of nowqwi^jSrs upon tho
minds of a family g(^?ft'il'dron', state?
as tlio result of liw obsorvution that
without oxcoption, thoso scholars o
I?.mK i ..:i l.,. .
wwvil :il?U Uil ?\ ilLF IlilVU
ci'sjj to nownpapor.-i at home, whor
omparedto thobo who haVo not
arc:
1. Better readers, excellent pronun
, eiation, and consequently road mor<
, undeiMkiindingly.
I 2. Tlu y arc hotter f pel lew, and dc
lino wo;<Is with easo and accuracy.
o. They obtain partial knowlcdj*
in geography in almost, half tho tiin
: it requires other.-', ua tiio newspaper
' h:avo made them. familiar with tii
I .location o{ important placed and na
tion*, their government* and doin^
| 4. Thoy aro bettor grammarians
lur, having become m laminar wit
! cvory variety of stylo in tiio nowspa
per, from common-placo advertise
1 ; meats to tlio finished and classic:
| oration of the statesman, tli>?y moi
j readily comprehend tho meaning <
J tho text, aud consequently analyze ii
' construction with accuracy.
L Thoy writo better composition
v using better language, coiilaiuii
> more thoughts, still more clearly c:
' prossod.
15 | From those simple facts three ioc
0 j portanL things can ho deduced :
1 j 1. Tho responsibility of tho press
1 mppiying literature which bhall
; both healthful in touo and likewi
j unuerotandingly expressed.
2. Tho absolute necessity of perse
al supervision of a child's reading I
his parents.
3. Having once got a good, able }
^ nn mntfni' pifin ilun 'f. h
| H?V., .. w-u ?
i j^rud^o it a hearty support.
* COULDN'T HELP IT.
3>
n
u In a ccrtain town on the Tcnobsi
s. river, lived two worthy men, lieig
' bors and frici.ds; but tboy could nei
agrco on political questions. In d
v pute ono daj', ono of tbo disputai
d lo.st tompcr and called tbo olber "
u ar," "fool," ?knave," and so on. T
t- was bia weakness. Ho easily 1
H' Belf-control; then was ver\* abusiv
I II
??.7 ll * % % f/'.l Mi 4 lin A.i/inci An
10 j U/ul t/ci.ti/ y ty/c/tttt.fr. v/?j btiu vjv^uoivii
n- j ferred to ho was bo chagrined at t
it oxbibition ho had mude of passi<
i that ho soon called upon Ins noighb
! penitent and purposing an apolo:
: We give, in substnneo, the apology
nt I "1 a in ashamed of myself for bei
so abusive in my talk to you.
think I should call a neighbor a
lriond 'liar,' 'fool,' and 'knave.' I
-J2 sorry, and I havo como to apologi
j Forgive mo. 1 know not why it
i that, i.? my talk with you, I Iobo
j j temper. But the fact is, you alwi
; talk so much liko a?jackass 1 ct
jholpii!"
Many good men have weaknesse;
I character or manner which seem
| solutcly incurable. Wo hoard o
| ccrtain brother who constantly m
c~ : himself a thorn in the flesh of his
11 Jew church members by bis liabi
j nsing slang talk and coarso colloqu
> j iijni3 in his prayers. In vain
I cliuich repeatedly expressed their
n : approval of his uncouth phrases,
nv I , . r,... ,
" ? lar lroiu ucin<t siiciicou. iuu uucuu
O I
j j brother was only grieved and alu
ted. . At last a committee of tho d
cone went to have a final talk v
bin., and so judiciously was tho in
? viow conducLcd, that a happy i:
60cmcd certaiu. 1' ray or closed
sen . . . . ..... .
neH visit, and tho disciplined and peni
member led tho devotions, when
^ ^ most tho first sontenco curno out:
Lord ! I bcsocch tbeo, holp mo
those dear broLbron to hitch horses
tho 0c^ur'n? Watchman and Jiejlector.
nds Tiie Grease and Tallow Tre
lat; China.?In China tbero grows a
s a known as tho Grease Tree. It is
)ine ihat largo forests of this vcgotabl
bricant arc to ' bo found there,
ii. they form the sourco of a considei
jvor local traffic. Tbis treo not very
you ago wa3 importod into India, and
cat, said the experiment of cultivate
tho ihoro has provod quite euccei
ter- Dr. Jameson, a chomiat in tho
tbo jaub, has propared hundred wei
capo of. groase from tbis particular
and has forwarded, on trial, a po
of it to tho Punjaub railway, to
Hive its qualitios tested as a lubrica
past The groase thus obtainod, it is
"do- forms an excollenl tallow, bui
[>unt with a clear, brilliant, and whito
emitting no unpleasant odoi
smoko.
om
c of A largo oavo has boon explored
-four Bentooville, Arkansas. -Ono ohe
. * is,600 feet wide, Md. 800 feet
The pave has been explorod tc
^r?" distanco of nido tnlloa.
esses } 7 t
com* /
Thecornor-stone of* new
Rogue, on West Fourteenth street
ii the ^iarth avenue,, ,New York city*
. por lata on Friday, with imposing
t lT^nicJ?/oonduoi9(Lb^lRabbi Isa
'J :
1 SWEETHEARTS AND WIVIiS.
You aro all apt to complain (wrilca
a lady addressing her own hex) that
lover?, when thoy beeomo husbands,
canuot unite the two characters. You
lay this mostly to tbo mtii's charge.
Do'you think it it} their faulte.ntiroly ?
I ain disposed to Hay no. 1 xvill toll
you why. IJeJ'oro marriage j*ou tako
> the greatest pains to elevate yourf
. selves into gudde.sse?, a<.d de.-uo to bo
. worhhippud aecos dii-gly. iLt-n, esj
| peciaily ilu>se |ios;eshiug tuipurior ic|
iclloetual qualities and rclincmont of
'? I nature, lavor theso views and treat
you as something nearer to heaven
- than themselves; and lo! no sooner
0 has the honeymoon passed than your
husbands discover, l?y impereeptiblo
hut Mire decrees, tlint you :ire ( though
!* iu somewhat iiiL-rior ratio to themselves)
of tho "Ciirth, earthly I' Jlape
py the woman who has tho wit to coi.?
0-i '.i hc thatj in her married life, the same
i halo shall .surround lier in her hus?
r i band's eyes that existed lei-re their
0 union ! The thing, in tho intimaev
- of common place,every- hiy iite, may
s. ; he difiic'iit, hut il is by no means im,.
possible to achieve. Your own neg?
j' lect oi all those cares and aits by
whieh you won the lover causes com"
roonly tho earlier estrangement oi'
5- husband.
il How frequent is the spectacle of
.(j neat, scrupulous maidens, who, when
, i they become wives, neglect their perJ
sonal appearance j and who, if asked
^ why they do bo,- would answer, "Oh,
I'm married 1" showing plainly that
s, their care and tiimuess formed uo
1(r part of thoir natures, hut was a trap
. spread for the lure and destruction
v~ of 1110:1. Proltv Mis. .Spider! when
your careful, liuj sj?u:? wob caught tho
t- credulous fly, your oi'joct being eifoc?
led, good-by I'catue.-sS, good looks,
care and lxlinemenl. What inoro had
in you ia the world to do? Yourunfor?
lunate husband iicids the veiy qual?
sc iLies which most likely iuilucnccd his
choice have vanquished, "hko tho
)r_ baseless fabric ol" a vision," at.d which
to paraphrase the pool, "leaves but 11
wreck behind.
)a- PRUNING ORCHARDS IN WINTER.
i0?
The question is often asked, although
becoming well understood by
good orchardis'.s, "When is the Lest
time to prune?Winter or (Summer? '
_,o^ Ii is often wrongly answered. Thero
,j j ar e two advantages of pruning in
cr j mid-summer, or during the period of
R_ i rapid growth?and theso arc, cluckiitaJ
'nS tho growth of tho treo when too
i;_ luxuriant, and allowing the wounds to
hj8 hcul ovor moro readily. Tho invariabio
tendency of pruning a tree whi!o
'0 Srow'nf5i 13 retard iti vigor. If tho
rc. amount of foliago cut away bo slight,
jl0 the effect will not bo great; but if the
Jn j pruning bc> considerable or severe, a
01. I formidable check will be given. ?S'amr,y
iner pruning may bj adopted on thrifj
ty j-oung tree*, when tho object is
ng merely to remove a few useless or
To straggling shoots, and to givepymmoind
Lry ?f form. Hut if the portion to bo
am cut away is largo, it is better to wait
;zc until growth ban ceased in Autumn, or
js olse perform the operation ourly iu
my Spring. It is true, tho wounds heal
over moro perfectly, for the reason
that tho cut surfaco dries moro quickly,
and tbo now lip of wood covers it*
b of or partly covers it at oncc. But this
advantngo is at the expense of growth.
{ a In all cases whore it is desired to
adc irnlv-u t' vigor, so far as this can bo
jc]_ done by mero pruning, it should bo
t of porfoimed after tho full of tho leaf,
ial- ;lnt^ before the swelling of tho buds io
t_l,e I Hiring. Willi quite liardy irccs it
(]i3. j bo done in Winter; hut with
i those inclining to be tender, and which
;n v are always mado uioio bo by the ex,ua.
cision of tho limbs, it should bo deferoa_
re'd until early Spring. Any ono who
kith | entertains a doubtful opinion on tho
tcr_ j subject of Summer pruning, hid betjsuc
1 lcr llT ^l0 experiment. Let him
^jl0 i prune one 10.v of trees in Winter, or
Lont early Spring, and tho next row in
ftj_ June.? Country Gentleman.
?'^ Oats Ground and Unoroiwd.?It m
and gouerally admitted that there is no belter
*?* or moro natural grain for the horse than
oats, and they uro extensively fed throughout
the whole country, and usually in nil
E of unground state. Tho reason of this is
treo probably Owing to the fact that but lit?
said ll? trouble is required to feed them so.
|0 ju. Vet every one knovve that oata giveu whole
and particularly to au nged animal, pass
rablo through in large quantities undigested,
long giving 110 nutriment to the body. Then
i ;s lljflt porlion ot the grain unmnsucatcu
ig it Jins done no good, ami son?e loss attending
asfal. Wo must therefore conclude that at
Pun- 'east one third loss grain givon in a grouud
ights 8lftte would do as much or moro good.
treo, The experiments of some of our beet
rtion chemical physiologist go to show that
have niixing of Baliva with the food is of tho
nt,_ utmost importance in effecting easy digeseaid,
l'on? When grain goes into tho stomach
rning 'D a whole state, it is not affected by the
light, secretions 13 then made at the expense of j
or the animal's conditioh. Tbon, if oata, by
passing through the digestive lubes of a
undigested, injure the animal, it is not
I near natural to supposo thqt ho could perform
tmbor more labor with less grain when lie gels j
high, all of the nutriipent from the quantity fed!
\ the A apan of horses that require twelro
quarts each of uogrouod oats per.daj,
would consume two hundred and eighty*
flyoa* two bushels. Estimating it at ono tliiKl
,, near 'leas, would melee a saving of u\miy~ovt^
was busbele; and at oUty fivocent* per bushel
core- would amount, ha cash U> about dotaoB.
?) # for the trouble of grinUng. " .*
> . ' ' ;
jjflfc ifr' ? i rn'-'t frfe.niMII%iifl.ifli^rikirfatei