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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C , FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1SGS. VOLUME XVI?NO. 29. mamm?????? ???rn+mmm?? One Link Gone. Take the pillows from tbo cradle "Wherethe little sufferer lay; J)j-$w the curtain, close the shottera, SJhut out every bcaui of day. Spread the pall upon the table, Place the lifulcsa body there $ JJack from off the marble features, Jjfty the auburn curls with cars. With its little blue-veined fingers Cros*ed upon ita ainhss breast, Free from care, and pain and auguiiih, jgt .Uie infant cherub rest. A Smooth ita little ebroud nbout Pick its boys from off tho floor? They, with all their sparkling beauty, If e'er can charm their owner more. Take the little eljQ?8 and stockings from the doting mother's sight, I'atteriug feet no more will need them, Walking in ?lie fields of light. Parent# faint and worn with watching, Through the long dark night of grief, Dry your tears and soothe your eighing? JUaiu a respite of relief. Mother, care no more is needctj To allay the rising moan, And though you perchunce may leavpij,, jit can never be aleue. Angels bright will watch beei<L? tt Iu its quiet holy slumber, fill the morning, then awake it 7?o a place among their number, ^cius a golden link is brrken In a chain of earthly bliss? Tlius the distance shorter making Twixt the brighter world and this. The Man-Eatlng Tiger, The craft of tliin particular tiger lmd nil oflbrts of the terrified natives to discover even his lair, Bullocks had been picketed in places frequented by hin>, hut lie would leave the :i uj;pouched carry off tin htrdsiunn. His trail had been follow e?l for miles, but he had such devjee: of doubling buck, nnd eluding detec tion, that the charnel-house to wljjcJ his victims were carried remained un discovered. Sixteen post-runners ha< been swept away in six months, th fatal spring hi ing made at one particular Wild in the. road. Once on native tracker hau caught sight c him drinking; and ue he boundei away into the jungle, he noticed llm lie wa<? pot as other tigers are, bu that Ins skin was of a dirty fude yellow. At the hoad of gn army < beaters the Old Shekarry took up th trail of vhra monster at a point whei a natjvo woman had been earned o pn tfcp preceding night. Taking a< vantage of every sign, such as marl in the sand where the tiger had lai .1 1 ..1 Ml. 1! ??! .. ! . A? uowu nib buu living vicinn i?j g*. ~ firmer gnpo, and lior Lands lit dutehft) tho noil convulsively, a 11 of dress or a few long hairs caught the thorns, tho trail was followed f miles. >. i lorigth wo distinctly heard grf ing sounds, like the gnawing of l>on< accompanicd by loud snarls ni growls. We made our way wi great difficulty through the dense v dprwood for about an hundred yart tlie noise becoming plainer and mc distinct as "we advanced, until at h we emerged into an open ghv Here, looking cautiously around, &jmd the noise proceeded from t jackals, who were munching and to ing the flesh from some half-strip} human ltoncs. # # # This> v eviijpntly tho hctacomb ftf the m cater, for I counted, from fikulls i romains of half-eaten bodies, ab twenty-thrco victims^ of both ee: as we could sec, from the hair, clotl brokon bangles, and gold and sil Ornaments belonging to tbo nal VO'robn. "Wo picked np ttvO mass silver b^celcts belonging to las victim, whoso fresh remains exhibi signs of tattooing, which wece re< .' uized by one of the villagers who with us. Wo _also found two [ liftcilf prnamonts, which; mark married women; and a knife, wl Che dkoby assured us he knew bcl< ed to a post-runner, who had 1 jtttted about a month before. 6touch from the decayed animal i fir was almost insupportable. Tigers, like alligators, like 1 high, and generally keep i decomposition uas commencoo. , j ing found this pleasant iair, the thing was to find the mati'-ootcrhin The jungle was systematically b& pnd all meaner" game was'sporod; though several tigers pinl tigr fell, the great delinquent * not Among the numbe'rl ' For .! daya.be was lost) bat at length ?ame that her bad beon seen skrf fu the neighborhood of the vi fcnd the trait being , immediately lowed up, it was conclusively pj that ho must T?e lying j>ardu neai identical bend in the road, whe many unlucky post-rufeners had pounced upon. - ' 01d fi^iel nOW adopted ft resolution, which stamps luin its something much more heroic than nn ordinary sportsman. He determined to dress up as a postrunner, and to go alone at sunset to this, bend in the road, and tibide the man-eater's onset. Two or throe of his bravest "followers volunteered to accompany lum, but ibO 'offer Vras declined, for it was thought that the tiger might be alarmed at the prcs- j ence of several persons where he had been accustomed to see only one. Alter a "<>od sleep, and, we will ven t urc to add, a hearty meal, the Old Shekarry, dressed in native costume, and armed wfth a short double-barrelled fide, a brace of pistols, and a htigo knife, betook himself to the ill-omened spot. Hinging his postman's bell as J;jtt walked along, he gradually drew nearer and nearer. The issue jnust be told in his own words : "The sun had almost set as I pro_ceeded slowly down the road, and although I was perfectly cool, and as steady as possible, I felt cold drops of perspiration start from my forehead as 1 approached the spot where no uvuny victims had been sacrificed. I passed tho rock, keeping well on the lookout, and listening carefully for the slightest sound. * * * "Whilst ascending the opposite side of the ravine, I heard a slight noise like the crackling of a dry loaf; 1 paused, and, turning to tho left, fronted tlio spot from whence I thought the noise proceeded. I distinctly saw a movement or waving in the high grass, as jf soiiu;tliinrr was m:ikin<r its vav to J o o ~ / . | wards mej thou I licsml a loud purrI j ing Round, and saw something twitchj ing backwards and forwards belliud ii ( I clump of low bush and long grass, , | til/out eight or ten paces from me, and } J a little in the rear. It was a ticklisli _! moment, but I felt prepared. I step . I ped back a couple of paces, in ordei -j to get a better view, which actio; } I probably saved iny life, for inn rediate ! ly the brute sprang into the middle o j ' the road, alighting about six fee ^ ! from the place where I was standing _jI fired a hurried shot ere he sliouh j gather himself up for a second spring ^ and when the tnioke clcarcd away. rj saw him rolling over and ove t in the dusty road, writhing in hi ^ death-agony, for my shot had entcre< ^ the neck, and gone downwards into hi }f . eliest. I stepped on one liido, an lC ! gave him my second barrel behin .e t lie ear, when dark blood rushe jj- from his nostrils, a slight trenifl i passed over all his limbs, and all wi] JS | still. The man-eater was dead, an jn j his victims avenged." a 1 id ^ Curved Lines, in billow remarkable it is that throng ^ out the dominion of nature, in evei j<3 vegtable and animal form, a curv< outline is recognized. The Margin everj* leaf, the shaft of every tree[U_ and, in fact, every internal iudividn organ?represents somewhere 111 i >re interior a segment of-a circle. .The 18t are no straight lines anywhere, i side or outside. All the vessels c j | culatmg fluids are round, or at le.r wo Prcson* cuvvej of various diamete niLHUII^Jl IUVJ I1UIJ 11UI uu J*i n>? II. >cd appeaf to be ho. An exception Is i ticeublc in what is called by anatomi: ftn_ tlie longitudinal sinus ''which carr' ind ^e Wood out of the head that 1 ouj. been carried there by four arteri -CB It is nearly triangular, but its dir ?cs, tion is an arc of a cirplp. * ver Sound moves wavelets, wh tive are convex on fh<routc? surface,; t jive tor rnuning in ivaves, assumes e last mcnts also Of circles; the earth rci ited veson its axis which is round, i jog- the whole solar system moves m was incowprctjensible momontum roi jold Ihe sun. Still further, astronoir the believe that the starry Leavens, v iich the celesta! machinery of the >ng- ky fray, and nebula) of undejj icen worlds shining gloriously beyond The boundaries of that most distant 1 nil V?lfln(Vf? of our svsl lllUL- M'? |" --V -y Xcptjmo, arc coursing a vast ci ;hoir round a central {joint ofnniversnl t till traction, which may b<? the tlirbn [lav- Deity?thoCfod'^vho created andnext ftph tho destiny of alL ; lself. - . How-pleasing -the thought,' tha ft tew, .who formed the yastcel?!atialvau1 .'but, his wisdom, aud in^cguty Buspei eescs -iii- the circle of jthe hcflvcris the "was nlng hosts of night, ealjs upon some children t O mortal man f \&hy 1 news upQD. Ihe shores 6f.fleeting t: Iktng Look u^V Ah^dtj jn pure .wl'U* Uage, radiant with b$aqjs q? glory?1; f for- rouhd joflc-aniriOu* to minister tocoved' every want, J>o you'roenrn * - - ? MJ -m : mat your- miBiortuncs ro so fa#t flotving tears, for Jceud ip been time will coaao on'Urowings of r kftpry u?g an<l rocoive yon'uuto lutnBcli 5-;i . - :mi-' A * Lilies for Boys to Remember. ijt jirs. oace. "What shall I do?" My boy don't atan<l asking; Take hold of something?whatever you can, | Don't turu naide for the toiling or tosking: Idle, sofl hands never yet mad?i a man. Grnap with a will whatever needs doing, Still stands ready, when one w?-ijt is don?j Another to seize; and then still pursuing In duty your course, find the victory won. Dj your beat for to-day, tiust God for to morrow ; Don't be afraid of a jest or sneer; I Be cheerful and hopeful, and no trouble borrow Keep the heart true, and the head cool and ciuar. If you can climb to the top without falling, Do it. If not, go as high ns you pan. Man is not honored b> business or calling, Business and calling are honored by man. Aikf.x, Barxwf.i.t. District, S. C., 1 Thur.ii.hiy, September 10, 18ti8. ) I am satisfied that forming in this country "will pay, and that more enjoyment and luxuries can be had, with ' a given amount of labor, thun in any Northern State, I am acquainted with. For 1113' part, 1 have hyd enough of cold weather and being frozen up from four to six months of the year. As an illustration of the opportunities afforded for enterprise, a Northern family who settled here last year, \ planted largely of green peas this spring; although the crop did not I fuiMt full otinitirli litiu limni ?' ? ' plisliod to demonstrate the praetica! Jjility of making money by such en! (erprises, sonic of the peas selling in ! New York at $4.25 per bushel, and ncU 1 ting on an average over $2 per bush1 el. Beets, potatoes, cabbages, &c., ! have frequently been brought from ' the North, and sold at a profit here. ( Why? Because farmers neglected to j store such articles for winter use. i The owner of the fyriji J have purc]||tecd saved a few turnip* last win. ter, and sold them fpr 83.50 per barf.rel. But little attention lias been t I paid heretofore to diversifying pur..: suits, the people being content to 1 tread in the old beaten path. ;. It is astonishing how few articles of 1 j.r>otillicni manukiCLurc uue linus 111 rjtho store for s:i!c. The mediants s j visit Xew York and lay in their enil j tire stock there. It is evident that s j the cost of transportation alone would ! sJtbrd a handsome profit on very ma d j ny articles, and the cost of living and d i making the articles need be no grea ir : ter than elsewhere. 15 Of a great many articles the rav d materials are found here in abundance What is needed js t}?c capital, indius tiy and tact to make such articles a are in demand and bring them propel ly to the notice of the consumer. The combination of advantage oftlii vi'einity admirably adapts it for man ufacturing purposes. The numerou J' creeks and streams alFord cheap an ;(* ample power." Its connection by ra: ot with the commercial centres of th i Sumili nlVmvl ? Uomn Vtiftvkof nrotoete by the cost of transportation froi lts the present sources of supply. TIi re raw material is at hand, and th n~ }?ricc of unskilled labor is much chei ir" per than at tho North. The at tei lst (ion of Southern people never liaviu ls.- been turned in this direction, goc 3W openings are -afforded to Nor the i 10* mechanics who can command sutftoiei st? capital to work with. As un exni ics .pie, canned fruits and vegetables a ms brought from tho North, and lar/ ics. quantities are sold throughout tl South. These .fruits and veg<5tabl can certainly be "raised a$ olieap ich here as there, and the flavor of t iva- fruits, sueli as the Straw berries,.peat eg- es, &c.,'aro decidedly supeiior to the i:oi- raised in i(H>ld climes. Jsty not. re* ind onable to suppose such pursuits woi rith afford a large margin for prof und What is needed is capital fund Cut lers prise. . "tl? Immense 1 eds o? th^Bnest kaol pil- or eliitia mkI oIjivh rrrn firmnd ne<l ^his ne'ghborhoodj pronounced the competent authorities to be the t - ?f .yet-^buuU on. thU continent, rtnd rii tern, jiivg those of Korope. These depa ircle xvill somoday l>e a sonrco of nnt I at- wealth, antl afford cmploygiontf 0 ?f thousands ~of operative?, adapted con- Hiey are to making all varic|ie? ' crockery and eartlvemvnro." -TLrW t he> elate of wares for which, as" thy wo ilopeud almost' entirely on udod rope, into the j ,b1u of New York thq year ojiding 1 hi* 30th June,amounted boild $5,382,330* The -protection affoi imo"? by tho pireeKJht tariff at d the. coa; ?nil t^4>ortatkop^ umloubtcdij tovov coinage tho erection ofvfttctOri?a ] your vrhci?e the raV material e'anbo pre vvw eti in amy qupu?*j?yv> *?-??) .0109 r the found colore*! ochr? in great yjyi d*o -and ofu *qmdijV fttltjr e<Jua) to noi'Ti- FrencJj, Xho importation -iof oc \ l??t year amounted to 5 OO0;OOO poi a ' ' Kr The buhr in this vicinity is quite a curiosity, being formed of marine shells which have become silicified. Experts have pronounced tho? quality equal to the French mill stones, and the quanity is inexhaustible. The mineral resources of th's section have never been properly explored and investigated ; therefore it is probable that a scientific examination would bring to light other valuable matcri. als. A county with a glorious climate, fruitful soil, and rich in mineral deposits, a courageous and intelligent population, and having facilities for f>r reaching the markets of the worlds rapidly and cheaply, must progress, unless too much legislation?Federal or State?unfortunately stops it course.?Extract from a letter published in the New York I1 ivies. ^ m HUMAN PROGRESS. The JEibmhurnh Review, in an exceed ingly valuable article on ''Salem Witchcraft, ' gives the following characterization of the three classes of men who exert an influence, favorable or otherwise, in all matters of scientific researeh affecting the pro? grcssof the human race; "The spectacle piesenled now i<? of the game three sorts of people that appear iu all satiio, iu all literatures, tince the pursuit of truth in any mode or direction becHtne a reoognizod object any where and under auy conditions. Leaving out of view the multitude who are irrelevant to the case, from having no knowledge, and being, therefore, incapable of an opinion there is the large company of the superficial and light minded who are always injuring the honor and beauty of truth by the ltsvily the impertinence, tho absurdity of the enthusiasm they pretend, and the nonsense the}' talk about eotue, uew thing*. Ni period of society has been more familial with that class and its mischhf?making than our own. There is the other largi class of the contemporaries of any discovery or special advance, who, when they cat absent themselves from thescene no longe look ai d listen, and beud all their efforts L< Knlti t Imir rrrsm iii t r>*?iniianul I ly succeeding 60 fur as to cscapc any di j reel admission that more is known thai i when they were born. These are no uhi mate hindrance. When Harvey died, n I physician in liurope above the age of fort 1 believed in the eiiculalion of the b|ood but the truth was petfcelly safe. * * "The very small number of persons wh ' are, in the matter of human progress, tl: suit of the earth, are they who can endui to see without understanding, to hear with * out immediately believing cr disbelieving : to learn what they can without auy con " sidera 'jn of what iiguie they theineelv & uhall ninjie in the transaction, and even be uuable to reconcile the new ptjcnomei wijh their own prior experience or concej s lions. There is no need lo describe ho t- ; rare tliic class must necessarily be, for eve s | one who has eyes sees bow near the pi d sious aud ihe prejudiees-of the human ben :i i?_ t _ii . m it._ e < u ne to encu outer, xueso are iue lew w p unite the two great virtues of enraestne d temper, composure,audcheerfulnoss thronj n whatever perplexity their inquiry may i tc volve. It is remarkable that, while t ic world is echoing nil round incessant ft- with the praise of the life the man spe it- in following truth wherever it in ig lead, the world is a!wf\vR resoundi >d idso with tho angry passions of ni n who resent all opiniouS which are 1 nt thpjv own, mid donounce with fury n- with malice atiy , countenance giv re to mere proposals to inquire inserts go directions which they think proper he reprobate-" es ; 1 ly- A Patch Farm House, he ____. ;h- Tho-^armors' brtj'.s and girls we i Amorrca, I am Confident^'would 1 \h- I to ge wit^ me into a Dutch in >hl | Iiousol Stable, and boose, artd ds it? i at*n iiiuIap ftia ann y.inf. Tim Kn er* which wo viMt stands on tbo.banl the canal?the water in the canal lin, most on a level with tho ridge poh in One of the dairy maids has b l>y out to tho canal to wash her pans est dir-hes j and. she is now taking il ,'al- back to the bnose, drawing them 1 Bits little cart. Look at her eboosTT-w old en ouos, turning up at tho toe Id fov erkatc^?fclurop, clump, clump; thoy as ue she steps. She has a bonne I ^ of carious tbat 1 will not attempt.to ia a scribo "it, but o? just such a pot yet those as worn by her grandraol fiu- Some oi tho cattle ar? in tbp ft )0H blutiVelcd to keep them warm,, the Xgirl witb red cheoks and Hi i eye?bpeas the door of the stable, ded takes ? >l<nfg ^.tfce stalls to 4m t of oaWi??>twMuy*?i3C eon* etandinj ' en-" their- jcrfys, or tying down che< tuu'D thai* cads,,fastened with rope hj fMMiilAflV. Amtell AAiJi 1 w. ??v?vw nro has her Uu dra^si op to' the ct iciy, bjH OQfd and palley, eo that in the their tolls grow straight ap int hros air 1 l)ioro pre grtoat luba flile4 a'ridij ?iU?, and curds, and vrUoy j-4her< / "a A firc-placo !n tho stable whoro they scald tho milk, also tho choeso press. Wo enter a Illtle room and seo tho pots of butU*/ and rows of cheosfl? not snch groat ones as tho Vermont and Now Hampshire girls turn out, I but chooses almost tho sizo of a 64pounder cannon ball, not quite round, but lileo tho earth, flattened a trifle at tho poles. Thoy a^e kept for months and years even, and never Icbo thoir goodness, it is suid. | w e go irom tuo stablo op a short ! flight of slept, into tho kitclion, and eoy, "Good morning" to Iho farmer's wife, who coartseys liko a littlo child. Sho ahows ns over tho house, draws aside a curtain, and shows tbo beds in tbo reccsses along tbo wall liko a berth in a ship. An old clock?its brass weight and pendulum as bright as sand and soap can mako thom? ticks in ono corner. Tbo good woman is drinking a cup of c&ffco, but if you were to ask bor to write out tho word for you in Dutch, it would read "Kuffij," and sho would call a railroad a "Spoorwog." Sho takes great picas uro in showing us hor treasures in tht Wfrnnl." rnnm n ItnttAon vv?** w ik/u*vc*i4 VI WHO flL'UL'M mahogany, Bet off with bod mounl< ingp, with carved feot liko lion's clawi ? with rowa of delft china dishci around tho room nndor tbo coiling? old ware, cups and suueers whioh hei grandinoibor used, which sho wil hand down to her daughters, and thej : to thoir children. Everything is s< | clean and nico that you are almos afraid to bp in tho room.-?Z?ostoi 1 Journal. The New Yoik papers describe a ne> , and very ingenious time-keeper, which i j known as the ''Kennedy Electric Clocl , I The running gear is of the arrapleat r ! Spring*, weights and winding are dispense , witb. Tliu mechanism oonsista of a pen B dulum holding two msgnctp, and one whe< . moving the bauds on the dial face. TL , motive power is supplied by a weak g*l r vanic buttery, the curients from wblct 3 transmitted through two coils of wire, ac |. ' upon f>teel bar magnets sot within the pei . I dulum ball. Ouo of the wires id charge n ; positively and the other negatively, aii . ' they are placed near the bottom of the cas 0 so that the ball of the pendulum Rwinj y nto an open space in the centre of oitbe coil. When the peudtilum ball reach * the positive coil it becomes positive char 0 ! ed ; it is repelled, and,swinging ov$r ?o tl i0 negative cuil, becomes nega'ivuly charge q and is agahi repelled. It is thus driv< from side to side, a3 long as the currcnt ? electricity is kept up by the battery. T nlternate charges are uiade and brokeq ' M aifimpleslide bar moved by a wjra pin i 1 * t 1 1 __J1 mi to me peiiuuium rou. 1110 oniy attention ( ia clock require* is to have a spoonful of ac )_ placed in the battery about twice a y< )W The company also maktf cl- cka which Ty not require even ibis attention. They i is- intended for banking houses and otl ijg permanent institution. Tho wires are c L-o tended to the ground, one passing lliroii ggt a piece of zinc and the other ihrougl t|j piece of carbon. It ia fiaid that eevt in. clocks can be made to keep exact time ha Ipng dutancoa opart by wires extcuded ft ly one . nt ? ?y Japanese Fcnerat.s.?"Whertdei US takes place a priest is sent for, v cn offers' up prayers/ friends asaeiu l0* all women dressed in white'garme or and hoods, white being tlie color < en blamatie of mourning and death. 1111 The tablets with the deceased y Sons name carvcd npou.it in figu resembling Chineso characters, is 1 pared dqying the owner's Hfo til after death the priest gives an a< tionul name, Svlucli is also iriBcri on the sisak, or tablet. The ftim ike <fCHerally itake3 placo An honr w irm befoi-o sunset. '.flic body is placet Afy a sitting postnro in a coffiin sba 1090 liko a tub! a white wand ami a pc i powdored charcoal, with Sonus ] ' a' are placed within, the antiseptic 3* deo-dorising ]troperti08 ^eff those ' cen' stoncc# have been mode use of ft an<* long fipip Jby the Japanese. ?0m grave is mado circular, and the 'n a side is smoothly plbgte'rod with i c>0(?' tar and a superior kiud. of lime j c0 a cofllu is deposited within, slab stone;ore.placed a/cress, apd a tei 11 ^ woodon strflcture is erected it.' At the cud of fifty days, the *en\ scribed sepsim of mourning, this i ..hop. gloved, tbe anccstrnl tablet raise eldB' its place of honoiywith the;temj , and ojJTfK"*'- flame? Of tlitf' dcce the tyUor iA guilt oba^ciwrs, eivgi X ' * fey " wing On? of the. clergymen 'of SprWi Her* idio i? in ^eb%bit~o/ Hiding "idi" e<r? noUmm,' wasfrily *p?k* of.: Atou litfn^ "here been brought op' on,th* ) time eide-nh." A-rotber cLfgyeeo, wl a. the tb? Mtte habit, gtve a jateten vrarj ?icb among Im heater*, "who bai a is ft foot in ibe grave . and (be o.tber ail % , ' *" jti'-- -V ' ' ' How She Did it A young mother surrounded by a group of rostless, impatient spirits, i was onec tlio theme of ail miring remark in the circle of her acqnaintnntanec, on ^account of her wonderful calmness and patience. "Jtow Mrs. Gale can get along with her five noisy hoys, and her husband always absent, and yet never seem put out or worried, passes my comprehension," said one of her nearest neighbors. "Does she govern them ?"?was the reply. 1 ?1.a knen't ?I.a uu> viii niv in . iiv/ ; liiivy iuiou 1/ imv slight list faculty for that, and besides, they are all uncomonly strong-minded, -while she is naturally timid and yielding. 3Tor authority would have little weight with -the*)), I fancy." "How does sho manage tliem?" "That I cannot tell you. She doesn't RCem to try t<; rule them much. But they all love her, .and appear sorry tci grieve her; and though they art full of spirit and naturally turbulent she keeps them from any serious out * breaks. I confess X don't understand ) it." t Possibly, had Mrs. Gale's neigh ? bors put the same qnerries to hci 3 children, tho mystery had been solved 3 ' Mamma," said little Edwin, om - morning?tho youngest and tli< r brightest of tho busy group?"main I ma, I n't asleep always whon yoi j come to bed, though 1 keep my eye i shut and lie still. "What do you whi> t per ho long in your dressing room for >t And who is thero with you? I go up lust night and peeped through tli door, but I couldn't see anybody." v His mother told her boy of he I nightly errand to the nierev-Heat. an ho repeated the story to her brothen ,;I could Ijave told you myself, ^ was the reply of Jamie, tho oldest < tho hoys. "Alother prays just so ovi ^ ry morning, before we are up; 1 foun her at it. And sometimes when w l_ got very wild and out of sorts, yo ( know she slips away for a few minut< ,j. and prays again. I followed her sof ' ly once or twice to see what she wei ^ up staii*s for; that's how I came 1 ^ know it." "She's a dear, good mother, and ' don't mean-to trouble her anymore i orvkyxwl Allf iltA CiW'Allrl kftn 111CI14\1 p8 j more willful ami passionate than tl | rest. And to liis statement ami p?i J poso they all gave a tearful and rea< ,0 I assent. It is not pretended that the ' promise of amendment was strict 0j- kept; but their mother had gained l)0 new hold upon their hearts, and th< |i4j, learned to watch for the sweet ai on peaceful countenance- -which b jie brought from the place of prayer. Htf *^*'*?77 :-ar Boys, Turs?IIom> ' On. do Hold on to your tongue when y ire are just about to swear, lie, or spc ler harshly, or use auy impropor word. S- ILold on to your hand when y gh are about to strike, steal, or jlo a t? n wrong. :ral Hold on to j'our foot when you ; 1 at on tho point of kicking, or runni om away froi^ s^nly, CU* pursuing 1 path of error; slinnae or crlmo. Hold on to your temper when y ith ar0 ttnSrS> excited or imposed upon, rti?A o n nrin* hi \Allf VAI1 ho j |}jc Hold on to your virtue?it is ab< nt(J all prico to you, in. nil times and pla< )m_ Hold ou to 3'our good character, it is, and ever will bo your heat weal Ilold ou to your good name at tiiiiCH, for it is much moro valuable Jrc you than gold, high plates or fashi ac. able attire. Hold on to the truth, for it 1 hed HCrvG y?u and do you g oral etornity. two i ? -* ?i i? Vermin Exterminator.?As i>cd h?W8Cfl nm' gardens' aro always m or le*fl infested with vermin, it is .1 ,*'0* Crtlielees satisfactory to know 1 limo benzoin, art article sufficiently ? and knpwn us a detergent; is nb lens sub- crtci?ns a8 ai* ?gcnt in insoetii Two .dropS are sufficient to nsph ^ ft ato (ho roost redoubtable pest, 'li *he boetlo, eockchafer, spides, slug, cf > in- pillar, or other crecjang thing. 1' mcrh- rats cyfid- mice, decamp more from th? sprinkled -with a fow drop) ? benzoin. A singular fact connc 8- the application of benzoin is, that rnpo- bodies of tl>C insects killed by it oyer come so rigid (faft their wings, pve- oto} wiU break 'rather than fcei |a; '. touched.' Next dtay, however,- v .the heriaOln ha? evaporated, >u] " to ucaa Is.' reBHX'cct, i>onrf ." ? ^ . ^ as<*?> '-.To CftR*, Son* IWoat.?Tak< ftyed whites of two eggs and beat I ?1*1- i_;. ?_ _ i-.. V,. _i. :A? wjih uvu nuwiujin ui n irnu 01 . grate in a littto nutmeg, and a pint of lukewarm water., JftV gfleW, and drink often, Repeat tliopwx to i,ia tion tf necoBsmy.. . v . L*rdV ' rtrtttrdfeo jkg ;0?"4 ip had k/now' U? Biofcr ling t? ***** i ^oe a^0At W&W- p#r**o!^&. Ut*n^~*lO>0 *> woapaM. ,-r .." ? "' %1 V - - ,. I*" ? ?. I '. * X " '" % ' *. ' , ^ , ** . ' -' ' ' NEWS STIMUff ATiV I New Orleans, Octobcr 26.-?A dis turbance, ibo origin of which it is difficult to discover, occurred lust night. A number of Clube, both negro and Democratic, were parading the street* in various parte of the city, the negroes being very noisy and disorderly. Tbe I'icayuno states that tho negroes commenced tho disturbance, abuciug tho whites and marching in thoir rear. The iirst shot was fired from them, wounding a white man, and tho fight soon becamo gen* oral. It began on Canal-street, be-1 tween Carondelet and Baronne, whero a number of Bhols wero fired. Tho Gght continued for tbroo blocks, wbon tho negroes fled. Tbe Virginia colleges for both sexes . aro at present, more numerously atteni ded than in any previous year. At > tbe Univursity of Virginia tboro aro > ovor five bundrod students. At Waeh, ington Collego, ovor which General - Loo presided, tboro aro nearly four I hundred, and at tbe 'Virginia Military Institute over two hundred and fifty. - Uinory and licnry, in Washington r County, openod its fall session with . nearly tbroo hundred. Hampden e Sidney has nearly or quito one bune dred. Randolph Macon, at tho latest i- accounts, had about sevonty fLvo, and II daily accessions wero being made s Richmond Collego has largoly ovei i- ono hundred. ' Auburn.?Socrotary Soward ad dressed a large meeting and defended c Johnson's policy. Ho disapproved tho course of tho Radical party; h< r would not take tho sword or put it in to another's hand to undo what hat j- bcon done, oven if unueccsssary 01 unwise; bethought the distrust o Democrats felt by a large portion o c' the poople ought to bo roppocted ; hi d says bo confides in the llepablicai 0 party, who saved the "Union and abol 1,1 ished slavery. lie boliovcB the euc nnsn n( f Un DainAPrifa nnnlil Hnlfti restoration of poaco and harmony. ^ Further details from California rc[ L0 resont the earthquako which have ti ken place there ub much moro exten Hive and ruinous than at first repot ' ted. A wido extent of country wn ^ convulsed, and many towns ontirel '1C ruined, others partly bo. Clouds < 11" dust and steam and volumes of wat< ^ issued through fissures in tho earth i 5,1 many places. The custom house i ^ San Francwco is a complete wroel and tho damago dong in tho city estimated by some at $2,000,000. ] '1<l tho Siato of Nevada tho bhock wt c scarcoly felt. Columbia, S. C.?Robinson's Ci " 'j^usjjeijforjjaod to c^lightod audieno ? in tlffr^Taco. Such a gathering hi 011 not been known in this city for mar a day. One of tho ehowmon undo . took a piece of Bharp practice, liopir ou to escapo fefce disagreeable duty n?~ paying "his hotel bill. Oa being aj proachcd by the proprietor ho prott lro ded to ho deaf and dumb, shaking t n? head and giving forth discordant gi ;^c tural sounds. Thereupon tho prop etor knocked him down, knooking o 011 two teeth. The showman immcdiat or 'y regained the use ot his tongue ai ears, paid (1)0 bill and wont on 1 )V0 way?not rejoicing. '5*' A Now York letter says: "A G? for ... ... ^ man paper this morning contained jj advertisement announcing that fil ' ^ men were wanted at No. 198 Broi - way, at the rate of six dollars j 0nV week. At 8 o'clock, when tho at< until ftnnnrf!. Lfanrn nnrn nnl, Inftn th five hundred men gathered about I 1 door, and six policemon, club in bai wore wholly unequal to the task keeping buck the' crowd, which our oreatred every moment, until at lore 0't-iofck the advertise* acnounoed il ICYjinl the quota was filled. . tvcll The Lancaster Ledger has b< shown a letter from one of the Ma landers.wharecently visited that pi iq il a tour of inspection, which eta iter- that a company of fifty had alrci vci? boon, formed for a ti ip South, and t ftny they would leave 11 age ra town at eted Che l5th'of November, iost. And t - the 'sojaeof-.tjbe geatfotnon who wore 1 be- boonpleof months ago, contempit log?, sottling in I/ancastor County. s1*e*i better day is dawning:* pplc. Isabella, of- Spain, ?s,in'prstty c for table circumstances, . peocnia 1 even tf *b? never soes ber tbi o tl?o again. Hwfortune is stated by tl them vvho jkqoW to. be considerably < 35**?. invested, to say n mg of the crown diamonds, of < N^ip. mons value, which she manage ^ eefcd'pff or carry away vfith her v ?he fled (VomSpaiq. ' bklo- A UctImH in 1iftv6 ct aobd, I problem pf perpetual moVu ka to ri^ic. machine produces electr wecif fwblch eanae* motion, and the m \u '.urn gonoratee cl etr icily. A young gentleman residing in Culpepper county, recently caught a catfish weighing four and a half pounds. Inside the fish was found a gold badge about the size of aa oldfashioned silver dollar, which had inscribed on it, "Major It. B. Stanley, 1st .Regiment, 2d Brigade, Sixth Army, Corps, U. S." One WilliaraJBishop, of New Ha von, moved by tho example of Mr. Helm bold, baa soot to Governor English $80,000, to be exponded in aid of tbe Democratic national ticket in that State, and particularly in tbe city. Nrw, who is prepared to "see" Mr. Bishop's $80,000 and go $80,000 better ? Tbo vote of a man having one-sixtoenth negro blood in bis veins was rcfusod at tbo late election at Indianapolis. lie has sued tho eleotion officers, claiming $5,000 damages. In Sontb Carolina it would have been tbe best qualification ho oonld have had. Heavy floods are reported in Chili Thirty persons wore drowned. Unnatural phenomena continue throughout .South America. At Tuloaborana the heat of the water was so great that the fish were cooked. St. .Louis.?Eaporls have been re' onivfld tiav*a flint. Ann Jninoa ITinHa mcmbor of Congress, and Hon, James 11. BrookP, acoompanying him, were assaulted in Monroe County, Arkansas. llinds was killed And Brooks wounded. ' The Domoorat has a dispatch al^ tributing the outrage to Domoorata. i The Republican has a dispatoh repro son ting that Hinds had split the Had' ' ical party, and attributes his death to ^ Radical opponents. f Tho .Kmpcror Francis Joseph has j juat sent to tho Popo, as a mark of filj ial dovotodnoss, a magnificent Roman Missal, on which the bost workmen of Vienna had been engaged for several p. years past. The cover is ornamented with precious stones set in gold. Texas has had a plague of gras3hnnnerfl. Thav oamo in clnndn that _ stretched as fur as tbo horizon, and r. obscured the tight of the sun, eating ^ ovcry green thing in their course. y A farmer In Eastern Massachusetts )f has made a net profit of four thou;r sajjd dollars on bis onion crop this in year. Some of his neighbors are ory. in ing that they did not plant acres of k the healthy esoulent. is In the case of Tyler vs. Defro^g, to in rccover possession of proporty sold is under confiscation, the court confirm* od Dcfrees in possession during Ty[r. lor's life. The opinion was delivered 08 by Judge Carter. Tho casottas heard is by a full bench- ., iy Washington.?Bauer's motion to r- dismiss units fuminnt, Him in ig more, as a breach of the Congressionof al privileges was denied/ and the trial ?- will pronced**. ?n- Troasory employees who resign aro allowed one month's loavo of absence 't* with pay ;jothers on the black Hstt who porsist In their efforts io remain ut in their places, will be summarily dismisffed. " 'ftA coirfrSclhas been made in Paris 116 to bay np all tho old paving stones fbr the'purpose 6f Shipping them r- aorods tho Atlantic, Co be osbd to pava an the streets of Baongs Ayres and Monty totfdeo.. 1 - '.* ^ Richmond, VA.?Tbe Journal pab >er lishes the o^ciul statement of the >re State Ti^asfrrttr for the past year, *n showing there'was on hand October 'l)0 1st, one hundred and seventy-three D(*j thousand dollars. , ^ .n_ Tho Republicans roake the follow "(X *n8 estimate of their majorities: Pennjjat sylvania, 18,000 j Ohio, 22,000} Indi- ? ana, 25,000; Nebraska, 2,OOC}, 50rt One of the royal generals in Spain iry. recently condemned a child only five ace years old to be"6hot<m ihe son of a led wW.-;' ' idy Tbb Texas cattle fever hue again bat made#ta appearance in the State of > oat New York. The aqiftiala had been ,bat brought from Obio. ' ?ere A dispatch was reoently sent from itod JJoston to Smyrna, Asia Minor, in two "A boars and ^sweaty-mi n ates. TheGdvefbmcnt of Meekleobarg """ wants > au>p to em:gration, r"y? whic^Vt oajl* a ''growing e?.' 1 * rono * V \T r r tloie over - loth ?ac- 14 ' % * Li - q a to ' ' ' vhen ; .; , : 1 >WeA ' - . ??ty, ' otion. - -~v