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/ 7 ' ' ' ~ . BY W. A. LEE AND IIUGH WILSON ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1868. VOLUME XV1--NO. 7. CANDI DATES. :Cfr The friends ( UOHEUT JON E S re pectftilly announce him an a candidale for the oHice of To* Collector at the mailing flection. -lie ia tlie only candidate wlio has come out aqnarely on the Democratic platform and heuoc 'has entitled himself to the unanimous suppxHVof the party. MANY VOTERS. Mr. Kpitctr :?Please announce P. W. GOOD WYX as a candidate for Sheriff, of Abbeville District at the next election. * MANY VOTERS. CSP" The many friends of Sir. I1ENUY S. CA^ON (the present incumbent, and who has held 'he oflice only hulf of the teim for which he was elected) i eVpccifully announce him a vandidate for Sltenlf of Abbeville District. The friend* of THOMAS MoALT.ISTEK, respectfully unnourice him as a Cuudidute for <)ue of the Uourtl of County CuuitniBiiouer* nt the ensuing election. * C5T The frien.ls of SAMUKL II. ERWIN ;eH|>e?tfully at)iio)ince iiiin a candidal for the .oftice of Commissioner of Roads and lSridgcs, -or Abbtvillo District, at thu ensuing election. * tS1- The friends of Mr. JOHN KXRJOI1T r??|?e?:tful!y announce him ao ? cnmliclale f< r (sheriff, of Abbeville District, at the ensuing election. The friends of Mr. M. 8. INORAIIAM respectfully announce him n? a candidate fur Tax Collector at the next election. * Cjgr The friends of \\\ D. G Al.f.AHER re poctfullv announce him a candidate for the office of Tux Collector for Abbeville District, at th* ensiling election* * The friends of Capt. W. S. HARRIS j respectfully announce him a cuudidate fur Tux I Col ector at the n?xt election. The friends of \VM. II. TAGOART respectfully announce him a candidate for the oftice? of " n:: t'ul lector nt the next election. * {3BT* The many friends of E. M. SHARP respeitfully nominate liim for tiie vtKce of Tux Collector for Abbeville District, at the euEu. il.ff election. tST The fi tends of ,T. W. JRs'NINOS rei|)?i fully iiomiiinle him a candidate for Tax Collector nt the next election. * Tbe ninny friend* of L. II. IIU^SELL respectfully announce him a cuiididute for Tax i Collector nt tlie next election. * rsr We ere authorized to Announce T)A- I VI 1> CXAWFOllI), a candidate for Tnx Col j lcctor at the ensuing election. * t^T The friends of Capt. W. H. Y.'IllTKf respectfully announce hirn at a candidate for I Tax Collector, at the oext election. "MILLINERY! I i i LADIES are rp^peotfully itifnrmed that j I have opened tl is day ? fresh supply ! ol the Lutest Style ot* j i UAT^ ]tONNETS, FLOWERS, FROSTED NETTING, RUiUONS, LACES, Which T am ofl'ennjr at VERY LOW rates). Call early and procuro bargains. Jeanette Scbwarz. RECK1YF.I) T1IIS DAY, r fresh lot of' Cwufeeliouery aud Fruits, at M.llS- SCIJ. WAKZ'S .Fruit Slore. Mnv 29. 1SG0, f> tf AT J. J. CUNNINGHAM'S, A- NEW SXJI>PLTr OF MILES' SHOES, 7 i a* iraoniltr < %%***#*# l Al piifillj ICUUbBU JIM). May 15, J8C8, 4, tf WII1T15, SMITH I CO. HAVE NOW IN STORE A FULL ASSORTMENT MlnFiMIl MADE 33Y T. MILES & SON, Philadelphia. LADIES who have worn- them know what thev are. Be filled before the assortment ef sizes is broken. April 17. 1808, 52, if ftlllfll For Corn or Corn Meal, 1000 lbs. Choice BACON, on the following Terms: J00 lbs. Bacon, aides for 15 bushels of corn* I-0 Iba. 14 j - ol meal. 100 lb?. ? shoulders for 13 buab. of corn * aA It . ? iw tug. " " 12| " of mealthos"eakin. April 17, 1M8, 92, tf ____ ififirsi ~J F yoo want aometaing nice, in COMBS. BRUSHES. PERFUMERY, TOILET POWDERS, FISUING TACKLE, Id abort, anything h) ttia Faney Lin*, OO TO W, T. PENNEY'9 BROS STORE. &fpi ?, 1, 1B68.1I'' win % iratm IN COMPLETE ORDER ,3pHf io,'51?tf' ,r ? t! ?- ? - i fi to, i i _ i- - i - - ? - - - ?* 1 - ** ? "COSTAR'S" Preparations EVERYBODY?'Trios Tlicm! EVERYBODY?Uses Them! EVERYBODY?Believes in Them! EVERYBODY?Recommends Them! "Costar's" Exterminators. K?r UaL-", ltoiit'litt*. Ants', A'C. I "Uostar's" Bed-Bug Exter. J A Liquid?Kill#?''Sure tbing." .'"CostarV Insect Powder. l'\>r Finn, MnUid, Insects, Ac. "Costar's" Corn SolventFor Co: us. Burnous, ?fec. 4<Costat's" Buckthorn Salve. For Cut*. I in nip, Bruine*, ?tre. "Costar's" Bishop Pills. ( u^iir Cuut?*d) Dinner Pill. Costar's Cough Remedy. For Cnunhn, Colds Ac. Costar's Bitter-Sweet and Orango Blossoms, lVaiiiitie* llif Complexion. Makes (lie Skin Iresli uud fair. !!! Uewnrp ! !! of all worthless Imitations L2T N one Geuume without "CoaiarV Signature. ?r J 60c. aTz?* kept by m11 Drutjpista. $1 sized st-ut by mail mi receipt. t>f price. X.-ft" ?' ? p.iy? f??r miv three $ I sizes bv KxpreSS. IS' ?5 pays for eight ?1 sizes I>y Express I A<Mivs< HENRY R. COSTAR, 012 Broadway, N. Y. tsr f< ir sale by DR< Ei PARKER, Abbeville, S. C. csr And nt Wholesale in all the Cities and large towns in the U. 6. May 29, lbHi^ C, (itu WMCJIS! McBee Mills, OUR Carding Machines aro in first rntf order, and under the control of that, well k own and compcti-nt manager, Mr* T. Y. BfllDGES, who wi!l tise every euro to prevent uniirCcbsai-y Waste aui] to insure* coinplet? satisfaction. Uur fauilHirR r.r<? such that we can afford Ic do llie work on the MOST LIBERAL TERMS, and \vo?caii (safely promise to turn out prompt>y U7* 11 j "*ra jcixceueni moiis. If Om Orpa-'C is furnished to us, (**}' oot(ii'Unil of (Si case t? e;ght j'OUuda ol Wooi,) ?o wiil Curd I'luin Wool at TEN ENTS A 3POUN9. A niitU advance on this rule will he charged \V'iol or tor Cotton and Wool toir?-ihrr. ?3?"" Wool will lie thken from and delivered at (Jrecnville C. fl. free of charge for traufj>or tut ion. ZSf- The followinp named pentbien will uci us Agents fi-r us in fi.r?u;tliug Wool, to tvhiim payment n-ay be made : I>. H. SONDF/2V. Abbeville. II. M. CLAUK. Cokesbary, W. I*. ANDEllSON, Greenwood, COL. S. DONALD. DonaMa. J. J. SJilltLEY. lloneu Path, T. O. HPSeVlMIi, New ilatket, F. CASON, Ninety Six. ftflnnvfr nflwrnnim u?mv a uu uaff iUUitlli j Wutiec Mills, Greenville District, June, 18GS. M.iv ?9. 1-8OR, 6. tf RECEIVED at "MARSHALL DOUSE CORNER," Hemlock and white oak sole lea THF.ll. pBENCU CALF SKIN'S, JOININGS and FINDINGS generally. TROWBBIBGE & CO. May 29, 1868, C, tf WHELESS & CO., Cotton, 'actors, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, (Corner .'ackson and Reynolds Streets,) AUGUSTA, GEORGIA., STORE ?ud b?11 COTTON' and other ^Produce. BAGGING and ROPE furnished at market price*. ear Mr. Wu, A. Latimer, of Abbeville District, South Carolina, has become interested with u?, and will devote his personal attention to the interest of his friends and acquaintances. W. A CO. May 22, 18C8, 6. lm IN BANKRUPTCY. ASSIGN ICES SALE. BY virtue of an onler to me directed i'suirf; out of the Uoiied States District Court for the District of South Carolina, in the case of GABRIEL SCHWARZ, Bankrupt. I will sell at public auction on Sntutdsv tii'i June text, at the Auction room of Copt. H. S. Kerr, at Abbeville, C. II., ip the Stat* aforesaid, the personal properly of the said Bankrupt, consisting of Dry Goode, Fancy Gooda, Yankee Notion*. Hats, and a flock of Mi Hilary Gooda.?Alao, sundry Note* and Accolnts belonging to the Estate of said Bankrupt. Terms oath. J AS. A. BLACK. AuiffMOt Msy 27th, 1868. BACON! BACONTl A Choice lot of this article - \ f *. FOR SALti BY WHITE. SMITH/& CO. , + .1. r"l f ^ ' ft-vv v/lit;up IOF \Jfl3Il 1 . # May 16, 1868, 4, tf ,, . " ' ! ?? i j > . j^ilnlj 'It GOOD WE A!, and OBITS,1 ' t; FROM Wilaon A Hnt chiton*? Mill*, jn?t rectired, mod tmr by , ' A in * , tROWBttrt^E A do. , 'May 18,1868, 4, If *j THAT /jAWSUIT. BY MRS M. L. ftAYN'E. "I gavo Lawyer Marks twenty five dollars to-day," sad Jiiram SIuiWj tying the straps romd tho old pocket book he was exauining. ]!is wifo sigbe*; sbo was making over stockings icr .Ellen and Kitty, bor two eldest g'rls, who needed ho many things. I ilor.'t boliovo any woman ]iki;s to make over old clothes, even though ?ho can mako them look "auiaist as wool's tho cow;" but Cho wear does not p-.iy for tho work.? Mrs. Shaw thought of tho expense of hiring men lor the harvest, and help to coik l'or them ; of tho potato bugs, those great fat, hidoous things, that wcro innking such havoc in tho fields of all they wanted ard must want, and do without, that JLiawyor Marks, already fat and sleek, might grow fatter and sleckor; ft was too bad that lawsuit between Iliram and neighbor West, all about an old well that did nobody any particular good, uui, luueeu, Bccmcu i j11 01 great liarm. Mr. Wont used to smolco his pipe, and read the loc.il paper, on liiram Shaw'b porch : and Airs. West and Aire. Sliaw were intimate friends, hut now they wero forbidden to speak to each other by their respective husbands, though they indulged in neighborly courtesicB on the sly. llirum and Mr. West glared ut each othor, without ppouking ; whibtlcd fiercely when ihey saw the cattle in each other's ^riiiu, and did each other all tho injury they could, besides going to law, utid all about that old well that was claimed by both, and didn't belong to either, as tho strip that divided tho two lots w;is rnRi<rv<nl for nn filing if ever that part of the village should become a city, a contingency that belonged far in the future. Neither of tho men was rich enough to go to law but prido ar.d passion mart b-j fed and nourished, and having brought themselves up to such a pitch of enmily, they nero dotcrmiued to do all the harm they could. Mr. West had but ono child?a little K'1"^?who had teen a grcxt pol with the Shaw farail}', until the well feud, since which she had boon forbidden, on one side, to notico thoni, n..A I > 1. .?IIU W1IVJ | |>V WILLI iiUl J UlUU^Jll when the slcrn fathers were absent, no attention was paid to tho matter. On tbo night lliram paid out the twonly-fivo dollars to the lawyer for foe*, ho felt moro annoyeil than he cared to own. A lawsuit is the worst nightmare that can seize a man, and he did wish the well had been dried up, before ever he bad ecou it. To tell tho truth, bo wanted tho friendship of hia old neighbor back in his heart, and his money in his pocket, instead of in a well, whero it was gorg. lie wanted to see Mrs. West corning in socially to chat with Sarah, and thcerhcrup; ho wanted to get rid of that miserable, unhappy feoling that hunsr over him ev<ir Kinnn thn first quarrel. "But I won't give in," ho slid to himself, "it was just as much his quarrel as mine." llo forgot that ibo wisost and beat was the one to concede, that humility was tho brightest jewel in tho cirelo of virtues. Thinking thus, ho saw littlo Annio, tho only child of his noighbor, toddling down towards the old well, At whoso base sho often played ; be did wish sbo was poiched on his knee for n minuto, as sho used to bo. Sbo was youngor than any of bis own, and just that sweet ago when children are Dost loveable and amusing. , lie watched her furtively as she swung horself by tho rusty chain that bold the iron-bound bucket, her dimpled hands tightly knotted into tho groat links. He saw, oh, dreadful sight! tho littlo plump iorm suddenly disappear over the well' curb, as tho windlass, set in motion bv her weight - ? ' - o turnoi rapidly, carrying hor down, down, into tbe fearful depths, dashing the little bright head against the stono sides, with foarful vclooity. Mr. West eat on' his back stoop, braiding a whip lash; his wifo Was by, engagod in sewing. Tboy , \yere talking over.lhe most unpleasant find oxpcrifcivo experience of their lives^ that luwsuit. "I'd drop the matter, entirely, said Mrs. WeBt, "before it ruins us. What signifies an old well in comparison with the comfort? of two families?" "Bridget is right," answered her husband. "Shaw had no business to claim what was.mine before ever be came here. Whorn's Aniifn?" "Annie," said bis wife, "I suppose she's at the front door, playing." She was tbe'Ghild of their old <Jf -a^o, and tbey doted on her* ? When I got the suit, as I know I shall, and Shaw bas a mind to come r^oad and bo civil, I'll let bygones be bygones." "I don'f think winning the suit will wske him foel any bettef,' bdt 1 do I wish it had never come about at ajl. If women wera to aot as foolwb ovet a little petty ." ; Bat the sentence was never finfoh< ed; fbr at that momont noigbboi Shaw buret into the room, pale ai death, with littlo Anuio in his arme, apparently doad. Tliero was a sccno of wildast confusion ; but Mrs. Shaw was there with hor help and sympathy, and soon they ? had hot blankets, and bags of ashes, and botlles of hot water, and all other known remedies applied, and with si deep nub littlo Annie opened her eyes and know tbeui all. But 6hc wus tnuo.'i hurt; her head was badly cut, and thb bright curh had all to bo taken off, anJ sho wasan invalid for a good many days and nights of wearing pain. And the old path through tho fields, that had grassed ever sinoo the lawsuit, was worn down again, for Mis. Shaw and tho girls wont back and forth many times a day, and never another word was hoard about tho lawsuit, and the two families drew water out of tho well, as they always i had dor.o, and renewed thoir old inI torcourso. But farmer West never looked at tho well without thanking God in his heart that ho had saved his child, and his own self respect, and taught him to value a true frieud and neighbor abovo a rod or two moro or laruJ, or tbo possession of that which camo so near becoming tbo grave of his dearest trcasuro. The old woll is closed up now, and liltle Annie plaj's about it without danger. "Wo both wanted llio well," said Hiram Shaw, "and yet, how strango that wo can both do without it." "Because, liko a groat many other things we crave, it is not necessary to either oi' us. Wo havo both sunk money in it, now it is past harming us; but 1 think wo havo found out tho i uso of tho ndiu'O, l' Truth lies at the lotI torn of a well." SHALL I DANCE OR PRAY? JonnicS. was a pprightly, affection atogirlol fourteen years, and possessed of a conaidetablo share of nat I -I /A- -1 i uii?i jjuuuiujhm. kjno uay nno com-j ! plained of being sick, and her fevor ; ! becarno so alarming that bor Chris- ! 1 j lian mother could not Bay anything j : Lu her about her soul j but when tho I danger was past her mother eaid : i ' Jennie, I am glad you are getting bettor, and that God has not callcd [ yoti away during this sickness, for I j don't think you. wero prepared." "No, mother/' she answered, "I : don't think I was, but I ought to bo." Shortly, after this some of her j friends, a littlo older than horaolf, : were becking tho pardon of their sins, ; and sho was pcr*uudod to join thorn j and sought for the same grace. They | nearly all belongod to one Sundayj school, and tho superintendent would occasionally call on theso serious I scholars to lead in prayer in tho Sun ! day.echooi praj'or-meetinga. Jonuio i soon, fur tho fir^t time, responded to ; such a call, aDd while beariarj this cross ; her sins wero pardoned, and 6ho felt 1 Pho was a child of God. Tho Bible ! then bceame a pleasant book, and 1 j prayer a delightful employment. ! Tho good work wont on, and many ; of her young friends were converted : and Jennie was so faithful that tho ; minister, and tho oflicors of the j Church thought she with otbera, was : worthy to bo received into ita momI bership. ller parents had long been j Christians, but sho consciontiously [ choso Church relations with a differ! out denomination from them; yet 1 thoy deemod it a privilege to go to tho table of tho Lord with thoir daughter, though among strangers, the first time she approached it. "i^vcry grace lue ijord gives he tries," and so Jennie found it; lor soon there was to be a sociablo, to which eho was invited, and many of her companions were to bo prcBent. Sho thought if sho did not go thoy would eay, "O sho is very religious;" and on tho other hand, if she did, and should dance, which she know was to bo ,tho amusomont of tho evouing, oihors would say, "I don't sco any difference in Jennio since she professed religion, for 6ho dances just like tho rest." Beside, tho sociablo was originated by the brothers of Ibis circle of fomale j oaug converts, and thoy bad persuaded ? number ol their bisters to be present. And tbon it was fixed for tfett night of the weekly Charcb priTy^r-lneetlng, whore they had loved to be foaft^ Ronnie and ? . i e* 1_ - - -i | nor motner ouen counseled J^ugotner, I and so she said 'Mother to wbfcsb ddyou say go?" The mother sided with the daughter's convictions, and Jeamo,'' with two other of those friends, wiant to the prayer-meeting. After this sh#grow in grace faster than over, and her loye to Josus prompted her to do everything she could for him; and as she felt sho could accomplish more by writing roligious letters to her friends than by conversation with them, she wrote a cumber to snob as ebft often met. ' '^Now everything seemed' to go on' _ .i_^ . ' ? > pienBunuy. fntbe fallneaa of spring time of Saat year she wb? invited to ti?it loved oces afar off city. Bat she - "frftB taken stok again, and grew worn so (oat thai when a seoond ini vitation came, accompanied by a - ? liekot for the passago it, l'ouud hor 80riously ill. Ilor mind ofton wandered, but when bho bad lucid muinui>lt< alio would abk for tho Bible lo bo road naming sumo portion, and onoo dosig natod that beautiful and lo bor appropriate, twenty-third psalin, Twice when calmod down from the raging of llio lover, alio broke out in a clear voice and cbautod a hymn oi praise. Though blio desired greatly to tako Iho contemplated journey, it was Clod's intention for her to visit J .be heavenly eity, tho ".New Jcruuu ' lem." is said "Thoro is a turning point in every persona life," and with Jennie it aoerned lo bo tbat time in the bloom of youlb when aho was weigliN ing tho ^question wbethor Bbo should attend tho Bociablo or tbo p.ayermeeting. And now that sbo ii^s been long ouougb in bouven to havo seen and heard many of tbo woudroua rovointions of Guds glory, do you thinlc, reader, thoro can be any donbt in her mind which way she should havo answered the question, "Shall 1 danco or shall I pray A WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE ON VESUVIUS. An adventurous lady who has aacended Vesuvius, and braved the dangers ot an approach to tho crater, writes tho following sketch of her exporienco to the Philadelphia Bulletin : "A half an hour of fatiguing jour ney over a desert xnoro dreary and temblo than imagination can possibly picture, with Pompeii, Ilerculanoum, Torro del Greco, and dozens of buried and ruined cities and villages painful-1 ly oppressing our sense of tho supremacy of man's ingenuity over natural accident, and inepiring a dread of tho awful fiery monster wo were so recklessly approaching, and not in tho least modifiod by tho fact that soveuty-fivo thousand souls wero actually clinging to their old homes on tho mountainsido, down which rivers of fire rolled and Eurged, upheaved nr.d turned in great blocks of ciiinson paste, as if the cauldron of boll wore boiling ovor, aud sctlciug victims bo yond its limits. "Now wo dismounted; our skirts were tied closo around us to prevent their being torn off by tho fcharp edgos of bard lava, and with a guide to drag us by the hand, every one of the partj' being furnished with a stout stick, we started toward tho lakes and streams of liquid fire. At overy step the heat became more intense. We were passing over lava that had rolled down only twelvo hours before. Wo dared not pause an instant, or our feet woro burned; if we stepped ono inch aside from tho spot pointed by tho guide's staff, wo must plunge ouj feet into fiory paste; sometimes tho crust undor our feet cracked; wo sprang from it, and sulphurous flames issued from tho crevices. At last, 1 found my strength exhausted; my guide, porceiving it, cried out, iCuuraye Madame) avunccs plus loin!' '.Not a step,' 1 answored, and all scenes ap peared to roeode, when a glass of bright wine flashed between my eyes and the light, and 'Drink! it is the wine of Vesuvius 1' "Wo were so noar the flowing lava that our faces wore all crimson with thohoat; but wo dared to remain while coins were thrown into it, and thon fished out with tho metal sticking to them; eggs were roasted, and on the place where we stood, holes were made, only one inch deep, through which papers were lighted for the gentlemen's cigars. ''Soon we returned to our ponies, began the descent, and will never forget thAt awfullv pram) crpnn t A hlnrlr mnnnlirin sighing, groaning, breathing out fire and amoke. Ruined cities, new villages, illu! minated by its flames. The snowy tuountainp, reariog tbeir white peaks to the clouds tliat caught the golden glow of Vesuvius, find broke into silvery light as the full moon ro*e triumphant, whert the volcano sunk into gloomy, smoky darkness. Naples, beautiful white crescent city, lying at our feet; the bay gleaming with the thousand lights that lay like a radiant coronet on the dancing waves} th6 deep blno belt'of the Mediterranean 6tretch in? out, an illimitable line, beyond, and I 'awe struck, weary, and subdued, poudering oo the Mnjesty that 'rides on the clouds, and holds the t>ea? in the hollow of His hand !"?Evening Bulletin. Removing Stains.?All cloths subject to bo stained, such as table linen napkins, children's clothes, towels, etc, ought to bo examine! boforo being. put Into any wash mixture or 'soap suds as tbego render the stain permanent. Many stains will yield to good washing in pore soft warm water. Alcobol wiH~ reraovo almost "any discoloration. Almost any stain or Iron mold, or tflftdow, may te' removed' by dipping' in a moderately Strong pftrio apid, tbien covered with saltand kept io the aon? This ,may require to be repeated many times, but with us has novor failed. THE CAVE OF MACHPELA1I. 1 lluv. W. L. Gage, who is furnishing an interesting Renes of articles on "Studios in LJihlc Lauds" for the ASubba'.h at Home, has (lie following in the March number: There is no doubt whatever that the (>hu- o where Abraham and Sarah, ls^ac and llebekali, Jacob and Leah, were buried, is now sacredly guarded within the mosque at Hebron. It is one ol those (daces which are equally revered at the | present time by Jew, Mohammedan, and! I Christian ; and there has nut been a year ) nor n day since the time of Abraham ' when tliat rock tomb has been exposed to desecration, or when a guard lias not beon set over it. From the time when A bin- | ham purchased it, down all the centuries of the Old Covenant, it remained in the hand* of the Jews. The Christians then : gained possession of it; then the Mvham medaus grasped it; but tho patriarchs, es peoialiy Abraham, were beloved iu their eye?, and it BiilTercd no detriment. The | Christians held it again for tho little season in which tho CrusaJ?rs were victori ou?, and then relinquished it onco more in'o the hands of tho Moslems. Those hold it to day, as must bo taid to the shame of the Christian world. There is but one race which should possess anJ keep that hallowed totnb?the Jews themselves. It ought, indeed, to be freely open fo the Gentilo world ; to those who, though not of the Abnharnic lineage, yet revere his memory and accept the fulfilling of his i faith ; and yet it is owed to the Jews, that it be taken from those who hold it now in their foul and unseemly clutch, and give to the descendants of the ancient patri archs. Happily, the strong arm of the | British government has wrested within our dnys what assuredly would not havo been given, and the l'rincc of Wales, accompanied by a small aud chosen parly of friendu and scholar?, has been permitted , to go as far as Bome might consider it i seemly under any circumstances to a<i- i unco. It is true, they did not onter the ( cavoit9elf; the darkened s!irine3 which hear the names of the ancient patriarchs ( and their wives, and which are jealously guarded by the Moslem keepers, are directly over the tomb; yet in that part of , the mosque which is called tho Siuine of i Abraham the royal parry saw a hole about j , eight inches across, which leads directly I j into the cave below. Every night a lamp is lowered into the vault, but it is with- ] drawn by day. Tho original entrance is closed by masonry, but was doubtless on the Southern face of the hill, and so situated that Abraham, as he sat under his oaks, could took fully into it. Tho student who may wish to trace the architectural history of the mo?quo will find it lully detailed in Kilter's work on tho Holy . Land, Vol. III. pp. 305, ct sq.; aud no one can fail lo be instructed by the graphic narrative which Dean Stanley, one on the Pricce of "Wales' party, has given of i the royal visit in 1862. It is not to be forgotten that the great earnestness to ponetralo the cave of Machpelah is peculiar, it would 6eem, to the Christian nations of the present day. Tho pasha of Jerusalem, who yielded the right of entrance to the English party, expressed wonder at tboir curiosity, and said that "he bad never thought of visiting the inosquo for any other purpose than of snuffing the sacred air." Yet it mny be doubted whether, in case a strong curiosity should prompt a Mohammedan to dcscend, he would dare to, for Quaresmius tells us "ibat easly as the seventh century it was firmly believed that if any Mussulman entered tbe cavern, immediate death would be the conseQuence." I tiU6t. however the f?rowin<? A ' ? O o weakness of the Turkish government will allow of eren more perfect exploration. It is not too much to s?y that in a good measure of probability, the body of Jucob, embalmed as it was in E^ypt, is in as per- < feet condition there to-day as are the mummies which are disinterred on the Nile; and it may be the first layers of the masonry still to be seen at Hebron were laid by Joseph himself on the occasion of his father'* sumptuous faueral. That this is no idle fancy is shown by the wealth and power of the man, whose futber had been a Hebrew ebephord, but who bad < wrought out his fortune with such signal success in Egypt. Here Joseph had'become habituated to magnificent sepulchers, as well as to sumptuous" sepultures; and after that costly pageantry of burial described so btrikingly in the closing chapter of Oenesis, it is hardly to be supposed that he would fait to-designate with some architectural memorial the simple rock grave -which his great-grandfather purchased, and which lor three generations Lad lain in its original rudeness. Excessive Exercise.?Tboao who have gone through the severest training become in the end dull, listless ' and stupid, subject to ndmerous diseases, and in many instances the ultimate victims of gluttony and drunkenness. Their unnatural vigor eoldom lasts more than five years, it was especially remarked by the Greeks that no one who in boyhood won the^; ntiixA fit. thn Olvmnio frames ever dis? linguisbed himoelf afterward. Toe three yearrf immediately preceding seventeen are years of -grout mental development, an<L nature cannot at tbe same time endure any severe taking St the pbybioal constitution. Frudehde, therefore] especially at tbis critfb&r period of life, must ever go band in hand tfitb vigor; fortheovila of excess eqnal, if not oat weigh sby far, the cvHs of deficiency.?Jltrald of lltallh. " 1 ? . THE END OP FOUR GREAT MEN.fi Tho four groat personages who occupy the most connpicuous places in tho history of tho world aro Alexander, Hannibal, Cieiar, and Bonaparte. Alexander, afior havinir climLcd Lho dizzy heights of liis ambition, und with hid tirnplcs bornd with chttplctn dipped in tl;o blood of countless uiii!ionH, looked down upon a conquered world, r.iid wept that there wud uol another world ibr him to corquor?sel a city on fire, aud divd in a aoono of debaueh. Hannibal, after having, to the astonishment and consternation of , liome, parsed tho Alps, having put to flight tho armies ot the mistroas oi tho world, and slipped "three bushols of golden rings from tho lingers of tho slaughtered knights," and made I- . i* - " * uer lounuauons quake, ilod from bid country, being bated by ihobu who once exultingly united bis natue to that of their god, und called bim ILina, Baal, died at last in a foreign country, by poison administered with bis own baud, unlatnented and uu- | wept. Cfu<ar, after having conquored eight hundred cities, and dyeing bis gar- ( r."?cntB in the blood of ono million of ( bis /' es, alter having pursued to death thn on.'v rival ho had on rmth wou miserably assassinated by thoso ho considered bis dearest irieuds; and in , that very placo tbo attainment of ] which had been his greatest ambition. ( Uonaparto, wLoso mandates kings ( ind popes obeyed, afior having filled | Lho oarth with tho torror of his namo ( ?and after having doluged iluropo , with tears and blood, and clothed the world in sackcloth?closed his days in lonely banishment, almost literally j exiled from llio world, yet w hero he 1 could fcometimes see his country's ban- ( ncr waving over tho deep, but which 1 did not and could not bring him aid. : Thus these four men, who seem to \ 3tand tho representatives of all those t whom tho world calls great?these i four men, who each in turn made the I carih tromblo to its very centro by i their siinplo tread, severally died? 1 ono by intoxication, or, as was sup- [ posed, by poison mingled in his wiuo I ?ono a suicide, ono murdered by his t friend*, and one a lonely, exilo. "Ilow 1 ti... i?> Mtv WUV Ull^UlJ' 1U1IVJI! : ] MANURING MARKET GARDENS. 1 All successful market gardeners agreo that it is useless to attempt to grow good crops without a yearly ap plication of manure in largo quantities. Henderson's Gardening suye:? "it isagravo blunder to attempt to grow vegetables crops without the i uso of manures of the various kinds, t I nevor yet Baw soils of any kind that had borne a crop of vogetubles that t would produce as good a crop the next soason without tho uso of ma- : nure, no matter how rich tho soil may bo thought to bo. An illustration of 1 this caino undor my observation last season. Ono of my neighbors a mar- < ket gardener of twenty years experience, and whoso grounds havo al- i ways been a porfcct model of productiveness, had in prospect to run a sixty foot streot through his grounds; thinking his land sufficiently rich tocar- , ry thioughu crop of cabbage without manure, ho thought it useless to waBte money by using guano on that portion on which tho stroot was to bo, but on each side, sowed guano at tho rato of twclvo hundred pounds per aero, and planted tho whole with i oaily cabbages. Tho effect was the mostrcaikod I ever saw; that por- , tion on which the guano bad boon used, sold off readily at ?12 per bun area, or about S2400 per acre, both 4 price and boing more than an average; a but the portion from wbich the guano had been held, hardly avoraged three dollars per hundred. The street occupied fully an acre of ground, bo that my friend actually lost ovor one thousand dollars in crops, by withholding sixty dollars for manure. Another neighbor whoso lease had only ono year io ran, and who also unwisely conoluded that it would bo foolish to wasto manure on his last crop, planted and sowed all without; tho rosult wa9, as his experience should have taght him, a crop of inferior quality in every article grown, and lots on bis eight aoros of land, proba> bly two thousand hundred for that season." ^ About Honey.?To show that honey-bee*, instead of boing an injury to farmors, are a benefit to them, the fact is cited as well known to obser ving bee-keepers that when we have a fine yield of boney from tb* back wbeat or tbe orchard we bave a corresponding yield of grain or frail, unle*s prqaiatarely deetrqyod by'frost, or other, oauao?, Therb are season* when bees work very little on backwbeat, an&tke result. has been, with scarcely an exception, a mall yield 6l ' grain, jo |;many parts of .Russia, someg)if%a$Ats have hundreds of bee hives^ and really make more profit of their Woes than of corn. In one locality the number ot hives was ta-' credible; a* single parish forest, it is 1 said, posBCBsoil five hundred swarms. Honey is said to posaoss bo great rostorativo powors that in some instan cca, at the point of death, when r.!i Htitnuljinla and tonics had failed, ?.i tablo spoonful given every ball houi haB rallied and saved the patient.? New England. 1'urmer. WHTTEFIELD'S POWER. A striking feature in "WhiteGeld't preaching was singular power of detcriplion. The Arabians have a proverb which say a 'Lie is the best orator who can turn itm&n'i ears into ayes." Whitefield soemt to have l.?,l ~ 1:? r ?* * ? ? unu n jicuuntir IJICUliy OI dOltlg tlUB. till sod to draw such vivid pictures of tho ihings he was handling that hia hearts could believe they actually. Baw and hoard them. ''On one occasion," says one or bi;j biographers, "Lord Chesterfield was nnioiif! his hearers. Tho great preacher, in d-.>~ scribing the miserable condition of an unconverted binner, illustrated the subject by describing a blind beggar. Tho night wan dark nnd the road dangerous. The poor mendicant wnB deserted by his dog near Ihe edge of a precipice and had nothing to lid liitn in grouping his way but his staff VVhitfOeld so warmed with his subject ind enforced it with buch graphic power that the whole auditory was kept in breathless silence, as if it sa.w the movements of the poor old man; anl at length, when die beggar was about to take the fatal step which would have hurled him down Lhe precipice to certaia destruction, Lord Obe3tcrfioId actually made a rush forward to savo liim, cxelaiming, aloud, 'Ho is gone I lie is gone !' The noble lord had been so jntiroly carried away by the preacher that ijo forgot the whole was a picture. Tiie Trade for a Farmer.? Every young man who moans to be a armer, ought first to learn Bomo mc? shanical trade. "\7o would rather earn the carpenter's and joinor's than in}* other, as it will oftener come into lse on tto farm. That farmer who inderstanda this trade has many advantages over ono who does not and aas to run for a mechanic for overy ttle jf>b required to bo done on the arm. Even if ho work bnt a short .iino at tho trado, eay ono BoaBon ony, undor a good mastor, be will find ibo knowledge of great benefit to liira, many times. If a young man is robust and healthy, tbis trade in connection with a good practical education, sufficient to qualify him as a teacher of a district school in the winter season, is about as good a start in lifo as any young man can havo who is not furnished witb a capital ready to bis hand, and tho rare faculty to know how to use it. Provkkhs for IIomh Usfc.?Person ;vhose social position is uncertain, always icccpt invitations. A boar remains a boar, though bo sleeps >d silken bolsters. A close mouth and open eyes never did my one barm. A foolish woman ia known by her fi? lery. A* rich child often sits ia a poor mother's lap. A rich man is ntver ugly in the eyes of ?g'rl. A slothful man never has lime. A spot shows most on the finest cloth. A small cloud may hide both sun and noon. A thief thinks every man steals. A bog prefers bran to rose*. After Christmas comes Lent. A wreck on shore is a beacon at tea. Act honestly and answer boldly. Adam must have an Eve to blame (or lis own faults. Advice after mischief is like medicine ifter doaih. Advising ia easier than helping. A woman who loves to be at the winlow, is liko a bunch of grapes at the way* iide. -? ^ ^ i i Croup.?The season of the year having low commenced in- whioh this infantile disease is most prevalent, the following ex* ract from the Medical Gazelle of Paris, is >ublished for the benefit of those mothers .vho usually treat croup without the aid of i physician: M. Mangantene, after oberving the effect of sulphur on the ordium >f grapevine#, was led to administer it ia teveral cases of croup, lie mixes a teaspoonful of sulphur in a glass of water, ind gives a teaspoonful of this mixture ev> 3ry hour- The efleet is described as wonderful. The disease is cured in two days, tho only symptom remaining being a cough arising from tbe presence ?f loose pieces of false membrane in tbe trachea. M. M. Bays he has followed this plan io seven cases, all being severe, especially the last in which the child was cyanotic, with roll* [ng eyes and noisy respiration. Small Farms in Europe.?There it little in Holland, or Belgium, or Switserand, or France, which . a large English farmer would call good farming; there are no Bteam plows, few thre&aing machine*, none .of that vast apparatus, which wa foolishly suppose indispensable to good farming; battheraia, in all these ooun tries, a more minulQ, a more careful cultivation of the soil, and there ia also, that which should he the principal object in all farming?a larger amount of produce from the land, larger quantities o( food fer the people, whictt tbtained wltho l xhaeeting the soil. 2 ?? . - - - irtol