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% ^ t r "V? 1 ffMMMMMaaaMaaaammm^?^o>aaB-??a>4MF__?.TaaaaaaM_?_p.WH!*B?M^^*?MM?H**BBHHMHSH*HHHHH5^MMS?^^H^*MSHi* BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. JUNE J9, 18(58. VOTTTiwi? vvi-m n CAN Dm ATMS. Of Th? friends af ROBERT JONEH, respectfully ?nnoune? bitn m candidal* for the office of Tax Collector at the ensuing election. He ia the only candidate who has come <out squarely on the Democratic platform and liance has entitled himself to the unanimous support of the parly. MANY VOTERS. f&T The friends of Mr. M. S. INORAIIAM respectfully announce him as a candidate for Tax Collector at the next election. * far* The friends of W. D. GALLAHER respectfully announce him a candidate fSr the office of Tax Collector for Abbeville District, at the ensuing election* * 13?" The friends of CApt. W. S. HARRIS respectfully announce him a caudidate for Tax Collector at the n?xt election. The friends of WM. H. TAGGART respectfullv announce him a candidate for the office of fP. J r?.n.? * ..a. -1 a: Jin* oouccwr at mt* iicac CICCUUII* i Z5&~ Tho many friends of E. M. SHARP respectfully nominate him for the office of Tax Collector fur Abbeville Diiiirivt, at the euau.ing election. EST The friends of J. W. JENNINGS respectfully nominate him a candidate for Tax Collector at the next election. * The many friends of L. H. RUSSELL respectfully unnounce liiin a candidate for Tax Collector at the next election. * KT We are authorized to announce DA*V1D CRAWFORD, a candidau for Tax Collector at the ensuing election. * , The fries da of Capt. W. H. WHITE I respectfully announce him is a candidate for Tax Colleotor, at the next Section. I MILLINERY! ! LADIES are reppectfuy informed that I have opened tliia oy a freeb supply of the Latest Siyieof HATS, BONNETS. FLOWE113, FROSTED NTTIXGr, 1 RIBBONS,LACES, Wkich I am offering < VERY LOW iiUi. Call early and p>curu bargains. Jeanie Sclwarz. '" BECEIYED THIS IVY, a ftesh lot of Coufoctionery an'Fruits, at ^ MRS. CUWARZ'S k Fruit Store. * V May 29, 18G9.G t' ? d T^ntnTT i v ii ARRIVALS! j hiid. c. r sires, 1" SnOULDtS, I c Tieroo Fine I'^i 2 " a g Seek* BeR'? COFFEE, ti IB bl. C fie0 SUGAR, * ? . ^ Bbl?. ^ra SYRUP, / Ti?ro* #wli?? RI CZ, 250 Bu^l? Prima Whit# CORN, j <}() " " MEAL, j ? V q <aka Bait Country FLOUR, perJleLow for Caali, by *i THOS. EAKIN. J *y 15, 18G8, 4, tf 300 i BUSHELS j OP CORN s AND FOR SALE AT WILSON & HUTCHISON'S I 'MILLS* 5 . PRICE, j $1.2^ PER BUSHEL. Jane 5,1868,7?tf j PHffimX mo? WOBIS, Columbia, 8. O., 1 GOLDSMITH & KIND, Proprietors. . ALB kinds of Uill Castings, (Saw cod Grist., Railings for Hoyses.Gardent,Grave Yards, . Sugar Mills, Boilers, Machine works and Agri- . cultural Implements manufactured. Orders Are solicited and executed on cheap terms. T yarQor ratea are from FIVE to TEN PER * CENT. LOWER tbao formerly. Attention is specially called to our Buyer Cane Mills. WOOL! WOOll! WOOL!!! . Tht Highest Market Prioes PAID 70R WOOL, IK EXCHANGE FOB1 GOODS. THP wool rnirit be'ftee from b?r? cad/ofeign ( mil tor. Will taken ?itb?r wuhed ?r Dwuhod* MILLER & ROBERTSON. J?n? i, 186i, 7, l< 1 riVii "COST AR'S" Preparations EVERYBODY?Tries Them! EVERYBODY?Uses Them! EVERYBODY?Believes in Them! EVERYBODY?Recommends Them! "Coster's" Exterminators. For KaU, Homo lies. Ants, ?tc. "Coster's" Bed-Bug Exter. A Lii|<ii<)?Kills? 'Sure tiling." ''Costar's" Insect Powder. For Fleas, Mollis, luseetn, ??c. "CostarV Corn Solvent. ror v orns, uuiiiuiip, ?kc. ''Costar'a" Buckthorn Salve. For Cuts. Hnrtis, liruinee, ?fcc. "Costar's" Bishop Pills. (Sugar Coated) Dinner rill. Costar's Cough Remedy. For Coughs, Culils, ?tc. Costar's Bitter-Sweot and Orange Blossoms. l>eautilies the Complexion, fclukes ihe Skin fresh rud fair. jy ! 11 Beware !!! of all worthless Imitations paf None Gouuiue without Coslar*s" Signature. CiT" 25c. ard 50c. sizes kept by all Pruegists. CST" $1 sizes sent by mail ou receipt of price, fg* $2 pays for any three $1 sizes by Express. tsr $5 pays for eight $ 1 sizes by Express A <1<] rem HENRY R. COSTAR, 012 Broadway, If. Y. tW For sale by DR. Ei FAEKEE, Abbeville, S. C. pif And at Wholesale in all llie Cities and arge towns in the U. tt. May 2'J, 1808. C, 6ui wnni fmsi ii vvu vjuiMu: ^ ^ McBee Mills. OUR Carding Machines are in first rata order, and under tlie control of thntwellnovrn and competent manager, Ur< T. Y. 3?lDGES, who will ime every care to preen t unnecessary waste and to insure complete ali* (action. Our facilities are such that we can afford to lo the work on tka HOST LIBERAL TERMS, iad \Td can aafely promise to turn out prompty Excellent Rolls. If tha Grease is furnixhed to us, (any one lound of Grease to eight pounda of Woo],) re will Card Plain. Wool at CEN ENTS A POUND. X email advance on litis rate will he charged lixed Wool or for Collun aud Wool together. tar Wool will be taken from aad delivered t Greenville C. II. free of charge for transpor a lion. EST The following named gentlenen will ci ?s A gnus fur us in forwardiu^ Wool, to rhom payment may be oiade : P. It. SOXDLEV. ALLevill*. 11. M. CLAltK, Ookesbur}-, W. I'. ANDERSON, Green woo J, COL. DONALD, Doualds, J. J. eUIHLKY. llonea Path. T. C. LIPSCOMB, New Market, F. CASON, Ninety Six. iRADY & HAWTHORN, McDee Mills, Greeuville District, June, 1SC8. May 2'J, 18G8, C. if DECEIVED AT MARSHALL HOUSE CORNER," IEMT.OCK and WHITE OAK SOLE LEA TllEIt, r^ItENClI CALF SKINS, ^lNINGS and FINDINGS generally. TROWBRIDGE & CO. May 29, 1868, 6, tf WHELESSXCOT, Cotton Factors, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, (Corner Jackson and Reynolds Street*,) AUGUSTA, GEORGIA., ^TOREand sell COTTON and other JProJ duce. BAGGING and ROl'E furnished t market prices. IST Mr. Wm. A. Latimer, of Abbeville Diarict, South Carolina, has become interested riili us, and will devote his personal attention 0 tbe interest of bis friend* aud acquaintances. W. <fc CO. May 22, 1868, 5, lm BACON I BACON I ! 1 Choice lot of this article FOR SAI.E TVS' WHITE, SMITH & CO. 2?F" Cheap for QlsIi ! May 16, 18G8, 4, tf pf 'wmm iianmwki A. NEW' SUJPPLY . ' j ^ (jp'i. ,:iuitt pc^ crrnrc iniL^o oauw, it greatly reiscei prices. May 15, 1868, 4, tf UOOD WEAL and GRITS, FROB#Wi)*>n & Hutchison'b Mills, just r?ctived, and foriale by TROWBRirOE <fc CO. May U;.18C8( 4, tf ' ; - r? LEAKS IN THE HOUSEHOLD. Mrs. Ilaskoll, in hor rocontly isaacd Ilousohold Encyclopedia, throws to1 gothor soino of tho small leak in tho household ship, which wo copy for a douhlo purjioso: 1. To show tho men that their wiveB havo a. multitude of cares, of littlo ^details to look after?generally far moro itotns than occur in mon's business pursuits. 2. indicato to housewives details such is they porhapn may not havo thought jf before. Much is ofton wasted in I linilimr n?. mnuiin,. 1T ' ' wot**0 v/4 AUUOUtil^ IKlUitlD* U HlUijlJ watched tho cook will throw out tho water without lotting it cool to take off tho fat, or serapo tho dripping pan in to tho Bwill-pail. This grease is uwoful in many ways. It can be burned in lamps, mixed with lard ; or if no pork has boon boiled with it made into candles. When pork is boiled alono it will do to fry cakes in if cloanced. Again bits of meat arc thrown out which would mako bashed meats or hash. The flour is sifted in a wasteful manner, or tho bread pan loft with dough sticking to it. Pie crust is left and Hid by to sour, instead of used for making a few tarts for tea etc. Cold pudding* aro considered good for nothing, when ollon thoy can be stoamcd for tho ncxtdav. or in ease of rice, mado ovor in other forms. Vegetables arc thrown away and would do for broukfast nicely Disk towels [are thrown down wbero mice can destroy them. Soap is loft in water to dissolve, or more is used than is necessary. If Bath brick whiting or rotten stone are used much | is uselessly. Tho scrub bush is left j in water, pails scorchcd by tho stove J tubs and barrels left in tho sun to dry and fall apart, chamber pails al? | lowed tc rust, tins not dried, and ironI waro rusted; nico knives used for t cookinir in tho kitnhnn cii* .. D Utiv wi n^uuil O usod to scrape kettles, or forks, nscd to toast bread, liinsings of sweetmeats and skimmings of syrup, which make good vinegar, are thrown out; cream is allowed to mold and spoil ; mustard to dry in tho pot, and viucgar to corrode the castor; tea, roasted coffee, pepper and spices, to stand open and loose their strength. Tho molasses jug Ioobos tho cork and the flies lake possession. Swcotmeats aro openod and forgotten. Vinegar is drawn in a basin and allowed to stand till both vinegar and basin aro spoiled. Sugar is spilled from the I sack, and tea from tho cheat. D'.fT.-r- ' ' | ont saucos aro mado too swcot, and ; both sauco and sugar aro wasted. Dried fruit has not been takca care of in season aud bocomcs wormy. Tho vinegar on pickles looses strength or leaks out. and niclflna hoonmn onft r 1 w?.wv?mv OVSAV* Potatoes in tho collar grow, and the tho sprout aro not removed till they beoomo worthless. Apples decay fur want of looking over. Pork spoils lor want of salt, and beef because tho brino wants scalding ? llurr.s become tainted or filled with vermin for the want of right protection. Dried beof becomes so hard it can't be cut. Ckeeso molds, and is eaten by mice or vermin.?Lard is not well dried in tho full and becomes tainted. Bones aro bnrnod that will make soup Ashes aro thrown out carclessly, endangering tho promises, and being wasted. Servants havo a light and fire burning in the kitchon when they aro out in tho evoniner. Brooms are never hung up, and are Boon spoiled. ' Carpets are swopt with stubs hardly 1 fit to scrub tho kitchen, and good new 1 brooms used for scrubbing. Towels 1 are used in the placo of holders, and 1 good sheots to iron on, taking a fresh > one eveiy woek, thus scorching noar- ' lyallin tho houso. Fluid, if used, is < left uncorked, endangering tbo house 1 and wasting the alcohol. Caps are left from lamps, rendering tho fluid ' worthless by evaporation. Tublo 1 iinen is thrown carelessly down and 1 is eaten by mice, or put away damp * and is mildewed, or tbo fruit stains ' washeded in. Tablecloths and nap- 1 kins ueod as diah wipers; mats for- ' gotten to bo put under tho hot dish- 1 osj teapots meltod by the stove; in 1 these and many other ways a careless ' and incxperionced housekeeper will ' waste the hard earned wages oi her husband, when sho really thinks, becauso sho buys no fine clotbes, makes ' tho old ones last, and cooks plainly, ' she is a most superior one. ( How to Kekp Meat Fa*aw ? Simply immerse it in buttermilk. This will keep it for several days, when the milk should be changed, and fresh milk substituted. In this way beet, veal, etc., oan be kept for several weeks, and it will be asswoet and fresh at the end of that time as when first put in. Our buteher furnished ua with the reoeipt. The whole neighborhood is now saving its meat in this way. It is equally effiacious in the hottest weather. . A Role yon Talkers.?No one who wishes that con venation should be pleas ant to hit neighbors at well as himself, should speak more than two or three sentences at on&e. However much he may have to say, it will be all the more agreeably said for giving others the opportunity of assenting, illustrating, qualifying, or even contradicting. The ball netjds to be relnrned by the opposite player to make Vively game, h \ I * j. - - LITTLE FANNY'S PEACH. Lif c Fanny camo bounding out into the garJen whero Aunt Rosamond was sitting undor tbo grape-vino arbour. "Seo what a largo, nico poach 1 bavo," sho said, holding it up in bcr chubby baud. "Isn't it ??plondid. Mamma bad just two of thorn, and sbo gavo them to Freddy and mo. "What did poor mamma do '{" abjecd Aunt llosa, as sbo went quietly on i. 1 i - - - witn ucr uroicncting. 1 <'0, mamma dosou't liko such things," said litllo Fanny quito seriously. "Why do you think so, my dear?'' ".Because sbo always gives everything nice to Freddy an J 1110. Soj*ou know sbo can't liko thorn very much "I do not know that at all. I am sure sho likes ripo, juicy pcachcs vory much, and 1 know that, now sho is not well and strong asBho used to ho, thoy are vory good for her indeed. It is not becaupc mother dont liko and need such things, Fanny that sho gives them to you, because she loves bcr dear litllo children more than them, and loves to sco them pleased and happy. I>o you not think it is a little sclbsh to always take her nico luii>?^, cvun wnen wno id so kind as to give them to you? especially when , she needs them so much ? Should not you begin to tako somo thought < for your dear mother ?" Fanny saw plainly enough Iho point of all theso remarks, but sho i looked hard at hor nico yellow peach beforo she could make up her miud i to givo it up. j "It will be nouso to ever make an offering tbat is not done cheorfully. It would civo mother no nlonBiirn But it sho really lelt her littlo daugli- < ter actually wished her to enjoy tho ! peach herself, 1 know it would give ; her moro plcasuro than tho finest j fruit in tho world. It would fshow I that her child was growing moro un- i selfish and more considerate of tho I happiness than others." I Tho struggle in Fanny's bosom was a short one, and then, with a glowing face, ebo went bounding back over the path she had come, and folding up tho peach in her mother's -hand, sho begged her to eat it right away. "Indeed, dear mamma, I cannot bo so selfish any more, as to take everything nice from you. We'll share and sharo aliko'?and this is your suaro now;' ana men alio danccd i away again as happy as a lark. I I am Buro thero was a pleasant bird- < noto Bounding in licr mother's bosom too. I n -a* ( THE STOMACH AND THE MIND. i t Much of our conduct depends, no doubt, upon the character of the food we cat. . Perhaps, indeed, tho nature of our tneald governs the Dature of our impulses more than we are inclined "to admit, because none of us relish well the abandonment of our idea of free agency. Bonaparte used Lo attribute the loss of one of his battles 1 Lo a poor dinner, which, at tho time, dis- ( Lurbed his digestion ; how many of our * miKilldfrmP.nfB li/iro mnnn nf "? ?1-lit*-- 6 ? j?o J uoiiucr- | ate errors?Low many of our unkiudness- c es, our cruelties, our acts of thoughtless- ' tiess and reckleasiless, may be actually c owing to a cause of tbo same character f- c We eat something that deranges the con- * Jition of the system. Through the stom- ? ich nerve that derangement immediately c iffects the brain. Moroseness succeeds 1 aiuiabillity ; and under its iuflaonco we do c that which would shock our sensibility at " any other moment. Or perhaps a gastric v irregularity is the common result of an s over-indulgence in wholesome food, or a ^ moderate indulgence in unsuitable food. 1*1.- i; _ (? . t * - - 1 ane uver is amiciea. in ttm allliclion the 1 brain profoundly sympathizes. Tho torn- ' per is soured; the understanding is nnr- ^ Lowed; prejudices are strengthened; gen- c erous impulses are subdued; selfishness, ^ originated by physical disturbances, which v perpetually distract the mind's attention, becomes a chronic mental disorder; the a feeling of charity die* out; we live for ^ ourselves alone ; we have no care for olh- t ars. And all this change or nature is tho c consequence of an injudicious diet. I A Few Words to a Father.?Tate t your son for a companion whenever you t conveniently oan ; it will relieve the alrea- I' Jy over-burdened, anxious mother of 80 > much care. It .will gratify tbo boy; it .1 will ploase the mother; it certainly ought t to bo a pleasure to yoa. "What mother's t eye would not brighten when her child is fl fondly oared for ? And when his eye C kindles his heart beats, and bis tongue 0 prattles faster and faster with the id** "nf t going with father," does she not share her 3 little boy's happiness, and is not her love fl deepened by her husband's consideration, t so just, and yet too often so extraordinary t d It will keep him and you out of places, t society, and temptation into which separ c rately you might enter. It will establish 1 confidence, sympathy, esteem, and love b*- g tween you. It will give you abundant and 8 very favorable opportunities to impart in- < struction, to infuse and cultivate noble principles, and to develop and strengthen ' a true manhood. It will enable him to <(soe the world," and to enjoy a oertain liberty which may prevent that future licentiousness which so often results from a sud- > den freedom from long restraint, '* ' r*0- / mmm - ' - 1 "-! -1? ? gHWBggg CALIFORNIA. Tho following is a copy of a letter received by a gentleman of ihia District, from Dr. II. II. Toland,an old resident of this city: San Francisco, March 28.I was pleased to hear from you, as I always am from any old acquaintance from if w.u.uvm. ii you wero a larmer, and not a business man, I would encourage you to como to California. Tliis is the beat agricultural country in the world, and if you havo weans enough to buy a farm, you can make not only a living, but a competency in a low years. So many persons arrive hero every steamer, that it is almost impossible to obtain a dt;3irab!e situation in this city. I havo a large ranch on the Sacramcnto iliver, upon which 1 I?avo art agent, who has been in my employ for fourteen years, and to whom I am indebted for almost everything I have. Ho has charge of all my business, and I do not think I could dispense with his services, without groat pecuniary loss. Good land can bo obtained at one dollar and a quarter in greenbacks?land that will yield from 12 tO 30 bushels of wlinnt nor onro in/1 there is no difficulty in obtaining reliable laborers. This is not a country infested with negroes. It belong* to white men, and Southerners are in tho ascendancy.Independent of tho mines, it is tho finest country in tho United Slates. Beets are as large as a Hour sack, cabbages weigh 45 or 50 pounds, and I havo gathered 91 bushels of barley to the acre. Any person who is willing to work, or ha3 the means to buy and stock a small farm, can mako a good living?tho laud is bo exceedingly fertile. I have a farm- of 12,000 acres, and am now preparing to plant 2,000 of wheat next fall; and if you will come, I will rent land that will yield 30 busheU of wheat to tho acre, for one fifth of tho proceeds, or yield. Four horses, worth $40 a head, with a gang plow, will break five acro3 a day, which should be done in tho spring, and the wheat planted before the first rain in the fall. Having no rain during the summer, the wheat is removed from the ground by a header, threshed and bagged in tho field, and sent to market, without incurring the slightest risk of being injured by rain ; id consequenco of which, California wheat commands a better price, both in New York and Europe, than even that raised in the Tennes6oe Valley. In Lbe Southern portion of this State, grapes, almonds and Granges, are as fine as in the tropics; and oven there, tho inhabitants are not afflicted with fever, which is so distressing and dangerous in tropical countries. Corn, barley, oats, etc, can bo raised there abundantly, hut wheat is liable to rust, which sometimes is injurious, aud Jiminishes the yield. Should you conclude to come, I will rive all the assistance I can, to enable you 1 .0 obtain information by which vou can ! nake yourself comfortable. I am, yours ruly, U. H. TOLAND. ?.Phoenix. , ? * ? VENTILATION. Tho groat importance of ventilation n our sitting and slooping rooms, in >ur schools and public balls, is not lufficiently appreciated. It was well let forth in a rocont loctnre by a Clevslahd professor. It is startling to earn the amount of carbonic acid emitted from tho lungs of one person, >r from a singlo gas burner; enough .0 poison tbo whole atmosphere of a jood sizod room in a very briof periid of time. How many persons think hat winter tcmporaturo demands tbo occlusion of fresh air to make their partracuts warm and comfortable, vhon the fact that in the cold season 70 consumo moro oxygon, and conequently exhale a greater quantity of bo poisonous carbonic acid gas, should oad to. a dircctly opposite course. A icd-room in winter requires moro 'cniilation than in summer, and the ton-observanco of tbis faot will reality account for the awful diseases to vbich frail humanity is subject. Wo wonder if any of our readers iro aware of tho poisonous exhalaions incident to a congregation of heir "fellow cit'zens," in ball rooms, barcbes, and lecture halls. If they I flKTA nnt. fill! *7 fha trnnf I .?*? W *vv*M?y WVMUIUW*VV? vuu Ttiov IIU' >ortanco of thorough ventilation, let hem take theBo undeniable facts tome to their serious thoughts. A terson in health has eighteen broathngs per minute, and thirty-five hogsheads of air pass through the lungs in wenty-four hours. Oi this, from hreo to fivo per or about two md a half bogshoads is exhaled as larbonio acid gas, and thus one peron would render two or three hogsicads of air unfit for breathing Again, jet every person anxious for the pre- , orvation of his health take oare that ho windows of the. dormitories are Iropped a little, even durinor the win er Bights. There is far loss ' danger >f taking eold than there is jof inhaing the. noxions atmosphere, which taps the health, uoderminos the oonititution, and embitters life with sofbringund disease that might have seen avoided. . , . I % f \ / .1 ? .... '' i > ? Prealic* speaks of Ben. Wade as havig hirt cheeks distended with oatbSf like a buirrel'a with a hiokory nut* - j tin ?iiniiw.! ?' i TIDE MARKS. It was lpw tido whon wo wont down to Bristol, and tho groat gray rocks stood up, baro, and grim, abovo tho water j but high op, on all thoir sides, was a black lino, that Boomed dry, though it was far abovo tho water. "What makes that black mark on 11.? 'jn v ? t? 5 ' ~ mu lutiwi x ut-Kou oi my lrionU. "Oh; that is tbo tido mark," sbc replied. "Every day -when tbo tido coraes in, tbo water rises and risos, until it rcachcs that line, and in a great many years it bas worn away tbo stono until tbo mark is cut into tbo rock." "O," thought I, "that is all is it? Well, 1 have seen a great many people that carried tide marks on their luces. flight in front of mo was a proLty little girl, with delicato features, and pleasant bluo eyes. But she bad somo queer littlo marks on her forehead, and I wonderod how they came to bo thero, until presently her mother said: "Shut down the blind now, Carrie, tho sun shines right in baby,8 face." "I want to luok out," said Carrie, in a very pcovish voice. But hor mother insisted, andC arrio shut tho blind, and turned her luce away from tho window. Oh dear mo! what a face it was! Tho blue eyes were lull of frowns instead of smilos, the pleasant lips wcro drawn up in a ugly pout, and the queer littlo marks on hor forehead had dooponod into actual wrinkle*. "Poor little girl," I thought, "how bad you will feci when yon grow up, to have your faco marked all over with the tides of passion j" for thcso ovjl tempers IcaVo their marks just as surely as tho ocean does, and 1 have seen many a face stamped so so dooply with self-will and eovotousncss, that it must carry tbo mark to tho grave. Tako care, little folks ! and whonovoryou give away to bad temper, remember tbo "tide marks." m ? CLEANING HOUSE. Clean bedsteads thoroughly in March or April, with salt and watery dust them with Persian powdor (gonuine) or apply corrosive sublimate with a feather to every crack and crevice, and "you will not bo haunted by vermin. In cleaning closets, first romovo every thing from them, and hang tho clothing out to air. Sweep, dust and scrub them well; fill up holes, it thoro aro any, with a mixfnvA nf I' ? 1 ?m>w v? vuiuiiuu vi iiuiu unu puny, dust Persian powder upon all the ledg09 and into the interstices, and you will bo free of roaches, motlra and bugs for tbo summer. In cleaning rooms tbo samo rule applies. Clean well, fill up boles and crevices, dust powder round tbo ledges, and moths and mice will disappear or take rcfugo in the cellar, whence a good cat or a little chloride of lime (used dry) will soon dislodge them. There is no need for any bouso to bo troubled at all with vermin. The proper means and a little care at the I right time will nrevent infinite annnv. I w a - - ances afterward, and much destruction of proporty. Hcmombor, eoap should novor be used upon grained wood; cold tea .cleans it best of anything. Never iron lace window curtains, and bo oareful not to make them blue, with indigo. Stretch them upon a mattress to dry, pinning down carefully tbe extreme edge of ovcry point or scollop. In starching clothes, mix raw starch with water and pour boiling water upon it, but do not boil tho starch. It will take about half the usual quantity. Stir it round with a little end of spermaceti caudle to make ib iron glossy. # ? The Dangers of Benzine.?Our lady readers, says the Journal of Chemistry, should bo informed that the liquid called benzine, which they use so freely for removing grease and stains from clothing, is a vory dangorous article. It is one of tho substances distilled from petroleum, and is highly volatile, inflammable, and, when the vapor is mixed with air, explosive. We have been much alarmed, upon visiting neighbors and friends in the evening, to observe a phial of this fluid standing in oloso nroxiinitv w A ~ / with a lamp, or gas flame, and the odor pervading the room. A. very small quantity is capable of doing irreparable mischief. The contents of a four-ounce phial, if overturned and 'evaporized^ would render the air of a moderate-sized room explosive; or, if ignitod, a'whole family might bo sorioasly burned, or lose tberf ltv^gfrom it. It shoold never be asedfch the vi oinity of a flame; and it Is importam to remember, that thrdttgh tho medima of the escaping vapor, when' the phial is uncorked, flame will leap to it -through a space of several feet. Benzine is often sold under various fanciful names; and therefore, any article prooured. from druggists for removing oil or grease from fabrics should" be' handled with ike utmost care. - - * ~ r?w^p?i? ??mmmmmm?????? The AVondeus op Seed.?Is thoro upon oarth-a machino, is thoro a pal, aco, is thoro evon a oily, -which contains so much that is wonderful as is inclosed in a single little seed?ono grain of corn, ono small seed of a troe, picked up, perhapH, by a sparrow for bor littlo ones, the smallest of a poppy or bluebell, or evon ono of tbo seods that aro so small that they float about iu tho air, iuvisiblo to our oyes? Ah! i ihero is a world of marvol and brilliant beautioa hidden in each of theBO tinv Boeda. About a hundred and fifty years ago the celebrated Linnaeus, who was called "the father of botany," reckoned about 8,000 different kinds of plants, and ho then thought that the whole number existing could not ox ceed 10,000. But a hundred years aftor him, M. do Candolle, of Geneva described forty thousand kinds of plants, and he supposed it possible that tho number might oven amount to 100,000. Well, have these 100,000 kinds of plants over failed to bear tbo right kind of seed ? llavo they ever deceived us ? Has a Bocd of wheat over yielded barley, or tho seed of a poppy grownup into a sunflower? Has a sveamoro trco over sprung from an acorn, or a boceh trco from a chestnut? A liltlo bird may carry away the small seed of tho sycamore in its beak to feed its nestlings, and on tho way may drop it on tho ground. The tiny seed may spring up and grow wiioro it lull unnoticed, a magnificent tree, under which tho flocks of tho valloyH, and their shepherds may rest in tho shados.?Rural New Yorker. m ^ WHO NAMED OUR COLLEGES ? Wo find that a largo numhorof our colleges havo received their namcB from some prominont men who havo liberally endowed them. A great many bear tho namo of tho town or stato in-which thoy are situated. Wo havo looked up tho following list of some of tho most prominont collegos <?i uur uuumry : Harvard Uollege was named after John Harvard, who in 1G38 loft to tho collego ?779 and a library of over 300 books. Williams College was named after Col. Ephraim Williams, a soldier of tho old French war. Dartmouth Collego was named after Lord Dartmouth, who subscribed a large amount and was president of tho first board of trustees. Brown University received its name from Hon. Nicholas Brown, who was a graduate of tho college, wont into business, became very woaltby and endowed the college very largely. Columbia College was called King's Collncffl till tKn flnon r\f 0_ .... VI vuu ITOl IU1 independence, when it received Iho namo of Columbia. Bowdoin Gollego was namod aftor Governor Bowdoin of Maiue. Yalo College was named after Eliha Yale, who made very liberal donations to tbo College. -i Colby University, formerly Watorville College, was named after Mr. Colby of Boston,-who gave 850,000 to the collogo in 18G8. Dickinson Collogo received its name from Hop. John Dickinson. lie made a vory liberal donation to tbe college, and wa9 president of tbe boarf of truflteos for a number of years.?College Courant. Lost Time.?Lot any man pass an evening in vacant idleness, or even in reading some silly tale, and compare the state of bis mind wben be goes to sleep, or gets np next morning, with its state some other day, when be has spent a few hours in going through the proofs, by facts and reasoning, of some of the great doctrines in natural science, learning truths wholly new to him, and satisfying himself by careful examination of the grounds on whiuh known truths rest, bo as to be not ooly acquainted with the doctrines themselves, but able to show why he believes tbem, and to prove before others that they are trne, and he will find great difference between looking back upon time unprofitably wasted and time spent in self-improvement. He will feel, ip one case, listless and dissatisfied; in the other, comfortable and happy. In tho one case, if he did not appear to himself humble, at least be will not have earned any elaima to hisown respect; in the other case, he will enjoy a proud consciousness of having by his own exertions become A wiser, and, therefore, a more exalted nature. - .il? ^ '? - '* ' Jhtfoiris the Lip*."?-InceBsantly couraiog tbroa'gM'hebodv. the blood, as it. arrives a*, the various givea iteolf up to thejr/fiHtu* loci; where moeclois put pf ^repaif, muBole is renewod from where Jbooe if wanted, bone ia. renewed; cartilage, brains, nerve*; jriflcWBnck from ibis noble flaid tbeir rd?toraftwn, ae orig- , inally, from the..same beantifal arid overflowing cornucopia, th?ir life and sabatancepj STfee p^ojtfmate object Of food is thoa to nonrisb tbe blood/ It I is beoapie tbe blood bangers and tbfrol?,ibfet we feel impelled to eat ! and drink ^ the htmgerof the fltom1ach ia jonly the 'Vofeo with which it clamofl^'*Itfceiftoo#t woudofnt UVAU.JU ^JL f 1 V/? ft substance in nuture, for tbo sako of tho blood everything in ' nature subsists. Light, heat and electricity, animals, plants and minerals, all, In some way, subsidise and minister to it.? Man is man only by virtue of his blood, and nature is chiofly admiralli as supplying ils ingrodionts. Whorovor in tbo human body there is most blood, thoro is greatest vital. energy, and vice versa. And in exact proportion to the declinc from tho standard I H.i.iunby una quality required iu it, I ia the departure from tho body of health and vigor. NEWS SUMMARY. "An old maid says, the Abbeville merchants are dear boys." A tract of land containing 330 acres, with a mill on it, was sold recently in Rockingham county, North Carolina, under execution, for $330. The first grain that went down tbe Mississippi consigned for sale on original thip~ pers' account to a European market Las been sold in Liverpool. The association for the prevention o gambling, in New York, ha* reported igbty-nine clerks to their employers aa having visited gambling houses. The Intelligencer croyrs over the result of tho Washington City election which, at the worst, is a gain of over two thousand voles since last year. France receives from Switzerland nearly 2,000,000 gallons of absynthe annually. In addition to which an enormous quantity made in Paris is sold as the veritable Swiss production. London is astonished by tlie performances of a young lady from Batavia who accomplishes the useless feat of playing two airs with each hand on the piano-forte, and sings a fifth simultaneously. A prairie farmer in Illinois advertises for contractors to break up 4,000 acres of prairie land for three dollars an aci%? houses and lumber for stables furniihod. The advertiser has a 40,000 acre farm. A /-I ?-1 .vn uivuun ?jju| vjreel07 (aid z "Probably General Grant can afford to bo a deaf and dumb candidate, but this country cannot afford to oleot a deaf and dumb President. Chief Jnstico CLaso eays bonds notes, &o., drawn in tho robel Slates daring the war and paying in 'tho loyal States, are illegal, and cannote re covered by law. A lady has bean expelled from a church choir in New Y?rk for reading novels in service. Oa gentlemen who retire to a grog shop between performances, no reporL j ?? It is said that every description of piper, from the common to tbo finest, can bo made of the okra plant, aod that arrangements are making for its manufactory. Prussian novelists ara petitioning tbo authorities to prohibit the circulation iu Germany of American newspapers, printed in German, which republish their atonaa without authority. The Agricultural Credit Society of France reports thn tot?il mn?omnr.? ~r t tVIHVMV VI fund* throughout its branches, for 1867,'at about 1035,000,000 in gold. ? .t. -* The largest Roman Catholic Cathedral in the United States is about to be erected in Brooklyn, N. Y. It is expected to ooel $1,200,000. r T ?* The Albany Argut saye: "The system at Washiogton it to govern the North by falsehood and the South by force, and to pillage both sections." r. A duel was fought in Savannah* Ga., on the 3d instant, between two negroes. One was killed. The statistics furnished by the commia aiuutjra ui DUIigmv'QQ 8DOW IU6 number O passengers brought by sailing and ?team vessels tills year, to the 27tb of this monlb, to be 695,552, against 82,802 for the tamo time last year. Tbe paper-hangers and paper-maker* art much excited just now with newt of <b9 invention of guttapercha paper^ which, for durability and iunrperviousness, surpassea all previous attempts , at fabrication of * clamp resisling medium. It is to be propared for paper hangingr , ' The question of -suffrage in eaoh SUta B^ldngi to the State, and Con^reaa has no tntiborUy, whatever, .to interfere ^jih ot Control State la we and regulation! ia regard ,to suffrage. l .;?? VO ... .1 "?' . ^7: ' 9 ::.. ii i A,phy$icjan ofBreslau announces to the ^icadenoy of Sciences in Paris, thqt ho has snccecded in illuminating the fiW.iUee pf the living human'body }>y means of elqc'ricity, ?o oa to render their interior visible to the physician. We suppose pny licfans' wilt be "reading our hearts*' pretty Moflj atthis rate of icIentiBc pro^rest. * -n,-i-i i* i