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1 1 Ti^ % - 1 * ^ ^ _ : % | . BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. FRIDAY. MAY 14. 1869. VOLUME XVII-NO. 3. [FMm A* UouitOB Times.] .Whm Is tie IleM Fatherland? A 8m to tbt Air of "Kailonal Song of Q?l away." ST MB8. M. J. T. J*J ?1 v .? <r mmmmrn ... .* Wliar* U th? B?bd Fatherland! l?'t Maryland I dear Maryland f Tfe? Und of Carrol I Tbonul Kiut McHenry' wall* and dungeon cliaioa f vw*va vu mvi vu uv i vu uv? uv? uv. Oar Fatherland's not honnded to. n. , Vh?N is the Rebel Fatherland I Ii't Virginia f dear motherland I Whare every vale's a soldier's grave, "Who died hie native land to save f C?j res-Oh not oh not oh no I ie. , - - in. Where ie the Rebel Fatherland t Is't Carolina f Georgia's strand t Is't Florida, with summer bloom V Or that vbkh hold* brave Morgan's toml Chosto?-Oh not eh bo! oh not &c. XT. Whew is the Rebel Fatherland V Is't Lonisiana's tropic land f The land which guards ocr Allen's grav? And Dreox, who loved, but oonld not sar< Caoaca?Oh no I oh no I sol Ao. V. Where is the Rabel Fatherland f 1W*T*' 1st MiMueippi's glorious land I Or Alabama'a faithful breast, On which bar bloody dead do wt f Ciom?Ob bo! oh bo 1 oh not Ao. VI. Where is the Rebel Fatherland t Is't Arkanaaa t or Miasonri land f - IMrio a till if blood and tear* baptized! Where erery breese bun groana and aighs! Chobcs?Oh bo 1 oh sol oh oo! ??. vn. Where U the Rebel Fatherland f Is't Teaneaaee the oppreaaed land f Whin aagala wateh Zoltieoffer'a tomb, , And shuddering whisper Brownlow'a doom] Cbobcs?Oh do 1 oh bo I oh no t Ac. VIII. Where ii the Rebel Fatherland f Ia't Texas land the Lone 8tar land! The laoief Wharton, J oh niton, Hood! .Goliad aad where the Alamo stood I Cbobvb?Oh bo ! oh no I oh bo 1 Jto. IX. Tbia U (b? Rebel Fatherland I Ok God in ItMvn blew thia land t AH landao'ar vhieh tlie BluaCr??a waved, Where patriot* bold the iaTadtn braved. Gsoaca?Thie ia our land, our Fatherland ] Thia ia the Babel Fatherland 1 ?K I T. Where - Boys in Grey " fill martyr grave, From Chespeake to Tampa's ware; From where the boars* Atlantic roars To Bio Oraade's qoiat shorts. Cbobo*? Tasia oar Uod, oar 8onthernlaBd, This, this oar ova d at Fatherland. ? Frocathe Southern CoHirator. Late and Thick Pleattag of Cotton. Editors Southern Cultivator : Everything in regard to the preparation and cultivation of the cotton piant tm AfiS emanated firom the pen oi Hr. Dickson, is in the writer'i opinion perfect, except his late planting and the crowding of the plants. The writer has panned precisely the same mode Of inaktog cotton for fifteen years?long before he heard oi Hr. Dickson,^ and hat rarely evor failed to make satisfactory crops; the only difference feeing in ths Bixe of the sweeps?the largest sixe he mentions are 22 inches. The writer nses them from 89 to 38 1aches** which do precisely the m&H liiai 0f -work, bat mors of il| in * given time, end conseqtieiitly abridges Isbor, end lessen a the k<BM pow?fwth? extfit draughl is a matter of little consequence. The great ettwamw^ftaUi* in nsing these mammoth W?4p* is, that thcj are notpftoperiy taader or if they are, they are not property set on the plowstock* $hey mastm? flat, sad nevei exceed Me>ineh iad?pth. tf they go deeper^ the mole trffl be nsed np.' II properly made/ and properly adjusted on the etoefci) thejr are a qua new They abridge labor/ Jesierf horse ,i i^ii , i -tat it i -- -* ar ?-?-* ??> r77' ~ '1 ' 1' T~> UU1 uDcoC^S|#y?*? to tht* ?ountorywhal the walVyplo^k t# th?. prmh^ ofthf ?w ?&$!. lifrtfrr - - ' :' **idm considers the home of the cotton plant, it is strange that he plants at this late day. The fact that ho makes - prodigious crops, planted then, proves nothing. It is an axiom in the vegetable kingdom that the longor any plant is growing, the heavier it fruits. Corn, cotton or any other crop planted late, has a tondency to produce stalk, with little fruit. Early planted cotton acquires a size and stamina which it can never attain if planted late. The writer can, in the dark, in the month of August, go into a cotton field and distinguish stalks that are planted first of April and the 10th of May, (if neither have been crowdcd.) Mr. D. makes his eotton rows four feet wide, and leaves the cotton 8 or 9 inchca apart, and from two to three stalks in a hill. This is one to every three inchcs. Mr. D. makes wonderful crops, hut it cannot be attributed to this crowding. Why make the ' rows so wide and leave the plant so thick in the drill ? There is nothing in the structure of the plant that requires this difference in one way and the other. There is no reason why " cotton or any other crop should be " planted wider one way than another, except that it facilitates the cultivation. Mr. D. says the strongest reason for this thick plantiog, is that it matures earlier. So far so good, but does it yield more? Mr. D. dwarfs the plant to accelerate its maturity. If the plant is at home, why use artificial means to make it mature? Why not give it ample room for its full development ? I can see no good roason ( for crowding the plant?it retards the culture, because there are so many more stalks to adjust, the bolls are 1 necessarily smaller, and consequently the pioking is less?the staple is not so good, because it has not the full I benefit of the sun, to elaborate its juices. Respectfully, J. W. CRAWFORD. Bold Spring, Pickens Co., S. C. fiaddtmlng Words. There are many euphonious words in the English language?more perhaps than in any other modern tongue > except the Italian?of which the sound bo harmonizes with the sense, that they charm at once the ear and the heart. The vocal body, so to speak, with which the sentiment is clothed, seems as appropriate to it as a lovely countenance to the possessor of a beautiful mind. "Homo," "Love," "Slumber," "Caress," "Welcome," belong to this category ; but it is in certain pathetic expressions tbat the agreement of sound and sentiment strikes us as most perfect. Poe said that "Never* more" was the most mournful of all words; Byron gave the same melancholy pre-eminence to "Farewell," and ' Dr. Johnson thought that of all phra' ees "The last" was the most touching. "Ane iast iooii"?"tne last sigh"? "the last of Earth these are certainly solemn and affecting utterances; hot we think, -with a late writer, that t there is more real pathos in the "gone" than in any other in the language. To nsd a Spanish, or rather Moorish, ' metaphor, it is "fall of tears." How 1 it appalls the sense and desolates the heart of the weeping wateher when spoken, ever so softly, io the chamber ' of death. Gone 1?it cots off all hope. 1 It vibrates on the air like the tone of ' a passing bell. Gone, forevtr!?what 1 foar syllables in any language compre ' bend so much of the mystery, and 1 desolation and Woe! "Gone!', Bays ' the lorn mother, when the dark angel has borne away the last lamb of her > fair Hook, ',and 1 am left alone, alone f" ' ."Gone r shrieks the distracted widow as she reads the name'of her heart's ' idol pn the death scroll of war. "Oh, ^ husband, that I had died with thee 1" y "G^nel" sobs the strong man, as he \ toties*, weak is an Intent;1 from' the ' solemn room where the wifc of hls j t _L-?! - 1 domhb neaoora ana pnlselem. Ah t it ' 4* a word of sorrow even when spo" ken of ihvkbltBt who mtj retorn, > bat) m applied to the nnretarning * dead, ther# la n? eWbomte ?enten6d | that ever wa? carved on tomb or jaonaaent?of!flU-of/grtjniae paihoe, ^ J 1 (SindMUpn Jnwfciai vm IUUW W1W '< Itevjp left w^tol-gonp to thi UtUr Mr" *Qd bop* Mkl taieva that r ire fthall ??*/ttepr*here there we p JNtJKKre partings and the hmgaageof - | ;|y3-^ '' ^ ' '" ^?frniih hi'hi a ' ' '!r ! The New Order of Things?Close Cultivation. The following extracts copied from the Rural Gentleman, an able Agricultural Magazine published in Baltimore, are commended to the attention of agriculturists, as containing good sound sense, which if practised at this time, must redound to the advantage of the Southern planter and farmer : We aro glad to observe that tho mistaken idea of " pride of acres" is being gradually dispelled throughout I the Middlo and Southern States, aud that tho cultivators of tho soil aro be| ginning to realize from experience mat small larins, with good tillage and a liberal use of manure, arc the surest means of success. And this result may bo attributed to tbo changed labor system of these sections, and tho spirit of their agricultural press. T?low, if wo expcct our land to yield abundantly, we must feed it well? feed it, too, before it gets hungry, and rest it ere it becomes weary, as an eminent English agriculturist once said. There is also a great deal in tho manner in which we apply fertilizers. Dr. Yoelcker, chemist to the Royal Agricultural Society, has established the fact that all manures are hotter applied upon tho surface, to bo washed in by tho rains, tlian turned under by tho plough. You should study tho nature of your soil, so to know what manures to use. Now Peruvian guano has ammonia in excess, while tho Orchilla possesses valuable phosphates and alkaline salts?hence of great value when combined. A standard super-phosphate is the giant manure, oeing Done-phosphate concentrated with sulphuric acid, producing the soluble phosphoric acid? the chemical constituents of which absorbs ammonia from the atmosphere. "Rhodes'" is, we bclieva, recognized as a "standard superphosphate," and, being manufactured upon a large scale, cau be sold to tho farmer at a much lower price than he can produce it for himself. A (armAI* nftlArtl- - ? i ?. *M4 iuvi ouvuiu oticv-u ot?iJuuru illgrcdient8 and combine for himself?it being well known that ammonia and phosphates aro the leading properties to be obtained in sufficient quantities for agricultural use?the other ingredients of plant food being furnished by the soil and atmosphere. So much for man arcs. Another idea before closing. We contend that the dignity of agriculture should be recognized by the young mon of the country, who should adopt it as a profession. Avoid the crowded cities and towns, to engage in the uncertainties of commercial life. Remember, that if agriculture is allowed to languish, that being the true basis of the nation's wealth, dire confusion in every other pursuit must inevitably follow. Attend well to the fountain from which flows all onr prosperity, and we will hear less complaint about hard times and nothing to do. Finally, we urge upon young farmers tbe importance and value of credit ?which is equal to capital. Lot " a farmer's note" not be a by-word with banks and money-lenders, but representing tabstantial security. " Politeness o? Paul.?An old poet has quaintly called our Saviour "the first gentleman that ever breathed." Paul's politeness^ too, must not be overlooked, compounded as it was of dignity and deference. It appeared in the mildness of the manner in which he delivered his most starMinir and solemn messages, both to heathen and Jews ; in his graceful sale tat ions; in his winning reproofs?the ''excellent oil which did not break the head in the delidtcy of his allusions to' his claims acid services : and, above all, in the calm, self-pa?boaed and manly attitude he assumed before the rulers of hi* people -and 'tho Roman authorities, In the language of Peter and John to their Judgfcrf, thtere is an abruptaesa savoring of their rudefisherman lift, ' and Utter for the rough ftohoea of the Xake of Galilee, than ; for the tribunal* of power. ButJPatd, | while equally bold and: decided.'-fitr aoore gracfcma. H* K>Wef?fii? thtindorboit befbra'l&i 'fcflfefcAsy ere If laoDcbeeitHla *h*fVl#ftpolUb?<i'v U wall aa-powerfbl. 1 H1? wordi to King A^pfr*r-^WotfM td doithit not onlv thon. Hut dWii fauMi JMhcto | ?* >&* d?^w* b^Rhaoit ^ JSSSSffiaaSSStaJ THE GOLDEN SIDE. There is man j a rest on the road of lift, If we would only stop to take it; And many a tone from tbe better land, If the querulous heart would make it. To the aunny soul that is full of ho|.et And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth, The grass ia green and tbe flowers are bright Though the wintry storm prevaileth. Better to hope, though olouis bang low, And to kvep the eyes still lifU-d ; For the tweet blu? itv will ??nn noon J ? I?r When the ominous clouds ere rifted 1 There was never a night without a day, Or an evening without a morning ; And the darkest hour.aB the proverb goes, Is the hour before the dawning. There is many a gem in the path of life, Which we pass in our idle pleasure. That is fur richer than the jeweled crown, Or the miser's hoarded t? easure ; It may be the love of a little child, Or a mother's prayers to heaven, Or only a beggar's grateful thauks For a cup of water given. Better to weave in the web of life A KlMfflif an/1 rvAl.^Aii ? And to do God'a will with a ready heart, And hands that are swift and willing. Than to snap the delicate, minute threads Of our curious life asunder, And then blame Heaven for the tangled ends, And lit and grieve and wonder. The Peanut. Tho spi'ead of tho culture of the peanut since the war has been remarkable. Ever sir.uo we can recollect, a few of the farmers in the tieighborhood of our city have been in tho habit of raising "patches" to a limited extent, but they never mado more than they could put into one or two carts and send to the daily market in Norfolk. During ton years before the war a few went so far as to plant two or throe acrcs ; but still tho amount raised was bo inconsiderable as not to be entitled to the namo of a staple. One of the results of the war has been to change tho crops in this region. The uncertainty of labor haB compelled the farmers to cultivate plants thpt require less ground and less labor to produce a given amount of money. The culture of corn is not, as form ~ -!y, so exclusively carried on as to f ross the whole attention j of farmers. It is found to bo a losing business to put a man's farm entirely in a cereal that costs so much more to ! cultivate it in tho way of fences, manurel and labor than almost any growth that could be substituted for it. Moreover, t.hn r>if?*nna r>f African descent have an uncontrollable propensity for stealing corn in any shape, from the roasting-ears to the stores in the crib. It has been found that the peanut will bring far more money to the acre than Indian corn, and it has within the last tbreo years been introduced very extensively into tho counties from this city to Petersburg. The money received for the crop in this city has been during tho last year upwards of one million of dollars? far more than what was received for the corn produced on the same farms before the war. Peas of the best quality have commanded in our market $3 a bushel, and an acre well prepared will bring fifty bushels, or 9150 But this is not the best that has been done. A fine article has produced $3.15 and somo of tho lands peculiarly well manured have produced seventy-five bushels, or, in money, $230 to the acre. Now, these are not so large.sums by a good deal as are produced by trucks and berries; but they show that peanuts are a very fair crop, notwithstanding. The planting and raising are very simple. The light soil of the coun ucs soutn 01 james river seem especially adapted to it. This basto.be enriehed with lime and scrapings fVom the forests, Ac., with a moderate portion of guano. The lime should be used to the extent' of ton bushels to the ACTA. And- t.hn crnnnn at ahnnf rate of ten pounds to the hundred yards of the row*.- 11 The peorf should be planted Eighteen inches apart'and one inch deep. The season for planting is ahoot the first of Hay. The raising of this- plant is ex tromely well adapted, to the present transition state of our agrioulture. It ia sot absolutely new to oar Ifenq- < era, and tWgfriee it bripgs is so Superior to that produced by corn and mSSusimhm their culture,-* Grotottfingerofcnnot saaa&asasa asiiiMggw bu^irin&VrTg^iui^rVlr. The True Promethean Fire. When Sir Samuel Romilly visited Paris immediately aftor the first French revolution, he remarked: i "Everything I saw convinced mo that, independently of our ftature happiness and onr sublimcst enjoyment in thiB life, religion is necessary the comforts, and convenience and elegancies of lifo. Not only I never met with a writer truly eloquent who did not at least affect to believe in mil irinn K?t T ????? ?!aI WUV M. I1UVU1 UlUt Willi UUU whoso religion was not tho riclicst source of his oloqucnco." There is much truth in this. Even in things intellectual tho rule will hold good that piety is power. No production of genius will survive to the end of all things in which there is not something of Uod. Of all tho powers and faculties of the hnman mind, the noblest is the one God has crcated for himself; and if that reverential adoring faculty do not exist or bo by suicidal hands extirpated, tho world will soon cease to reverence tho man who has no reverence for God. Tho stateliest compartment of tho human soul is the one which, in creating it, Jehovah reserved for his own throne-room and present chamber, and however curiously ? !-i 1 v. VI guigcuuoijr lUlUlHOea the other compartments, if this be empty and void, will soon diffuso a blank and beggarly sensation over all the rest. Thus while the Voltaires and Housseaus of atheists memory are waxing old and vanquishing from the firmanent of letters, names of less renown, but more roligion, heightens to a greater lustre. So true is it that no man can long keep a hold on his fellow-man unless he himself first has hold on religion. Almost Sundown. When in collego, a young student, who subsequently became a missionary, deemed himself ill-treated by a fellow-student, and in consequence got very' angry. To the surprise and grief of bis brethren, he gave somewhat free expression to his feeliugs. No one ventured to rebuke him, or to remonstrate with him, while he was uttering things very little adapted to promote the edification of the hearer. Towards the close of the day, a judicious friend was passing his room. Pausing before the open door, he said in a significant tone, "It is almost sun down." The reproof, so kindly and delioately administered, was felt by | his erring brother. The divine commandment, "Lot not the sun go down upon your wrath," was called to re1 mflmhranno TKa auv itui uauvu ui passion was exchanged for that of conscious guilt. It is our duty to arouse the conscience to a perception of wrong doing, and to a sense of guilt. To do this successfully, and so as to secure beneficial results, requires wisdom. Wisdom seldom prompts the direct and stern rebuke. It never assumes the attitude of aproseouting attorney; it never allows tha rebuker to assume an air of superiority. In the example given above, the rebuke was indirect, and by means of an allusion to a passage of Scripture. There Is nothing comparable to Scripture in power to convince of wrong doing, and yet much depends on the skill with which it is applied. When bluntly or bois- . terously presented, it is more likely to repel and harden than to convince. Thx Best Book.?We have tried many, but we give it as oar confirmed experience after twenty years teaching, that children are fur more inter, ested in the Bible.than any.other book we have ever met. with, i They teem "naturally to crave after.truth; they will ask coneJ^ijtly when yon read to . then?, "Is it - true ?" And once con* vinced that the; Bible if God's un?r- < ring word, they become deeply inter- : ested in it. The boy or girl that - can read the story of the Cross with tuadimned eyes; .iffhave jetito -find. ' And th? little child , that tJbe history / of the Creation ffeiltrto lhiereBt,mvi*t be sadly deficient, te*c^ its beautiful i iestons to them. . The Jews wm tcomwsrided to paiiii tTxe^''fo?'fchedcor facings; -It is better than1 air"t& S! Little Feet and little Hands. ?T OLXKH mum, Little feet and little handa, Busy all the day, Never staying in your playing ( Long upon your way. Little knowing whither going. vviiiu w uiu, |i rM\ l | Bring th? sweetness, in its flestness, Of the early flowers, 1 All the blessings and carcssings Of your sunny hours/ Little feet and little hands, What awaits for you f Sad to morrows with their Borrow81 Clouds, or slcies of bluef Will the plo'isuteB come with treaiures Ere' glad und new t Nerer tarry feet that carry Little ones along, 1 May thry bear the darlings wher? the j Air is full of song! Little feet and little bands, 1 Ye are wondrous fair I Ye are straying in your playing From a balmy air I Gontiy blowine. never knowing ? W - D Any thought if ca e. To its breeze*, if it pleases Him who guides our way. May yoa wander, over yonder Wbere they ever play And no smiling orbiguiling Woo again to stray I A MonrwR'a prwitjn m*m ? MU II AiU/t A gentleman was once visiting a 1 cottage, where tho mother of the family was a true and earnest Christian. ; During tho conversation he remarked how happy she must be to sec 1 every one of her children (and there were eight of them) so early brought to the Saviour's feet, and following 1 him so closely In their daily lives; 1 ana no inquired wnetncr she bad adopted any peculiar method in their religious instruction. The poor wo- ' man replied that she had only done what every Christian mother ought 1 to do; but on her visitor pressing her 1 still further, she continued with much humility: 1 "I think I may eay I never fed my 1 infant children without praying in my 1 heart that God would give mo grace 1 to nourish them as inheritors of the 1 kingdom of heaven. Whilst I was dressing them in the morning, I used to beseech my heavenly Father to 4liAtM _f*V *v~ ?1? m?1 vivvuv vuvua ffibU buo XUUC Ui v/uribv0 righteousness; when I prepared their meals, I asked God to feed their souls with truo bread from "heaven, and to give them to drink of that living water, which springeth up unto everlasting life; when I took them to the Lord's house, I prayed to him to sanctify them, and to make them temples of the Holy Ghost: when they left my side for school, I followed them with my eyes, praying that their lives might be like the path of the just, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day; and in the evening, when the honr of reBt arrived, I used in silence to ask their heavenly Father to bless them, and keep them safely in his everlasting arm9." And truly this mother was rewarded for hor patient waiting upon God, richly and fully rewarded. O tbatr more mothers would remember the infinite and awful influence they possess for weal or woe 1 This poor woman began from her children's very birth to brayovor and for thom, remembering how fruitless are all efefforts, and labor, and motherly tindernoss without the help of God's Holy Spirit. And it is in these first, earliest years of her. child's life that a mothers influence is most impor- 1 tant. Then she has a power in wtyeli * l.i 1 i_ J' !. J i n t . i_ ? i?v?r yenra ia ueuicu ner. , one i* is. who has to answer the .first infant c questions. When her little one looks , up wonderingly into the star spangled " sky, and askswhcTriacle those bright * things up there', alia has a precious f opportunity of talking to the little Creature of the great And good Father who dwells above that bine sky, fcnd gires its all that: we enjoy. As * the little mind begins' to unfold,' the . mother can tell of tfcit Jesus who war _< born in a manger, Wtod who dledTon c the cross; and when she tenderly MMuitlili IliM mlllriiv- ' K? - brn fattt li^O^^NtlA?^lbia: to \ fc*u& Um Vft?*4fe?t WiWt'bht* \ Mm? to tar to Mify l?af*?dt? fl f'jjjMf ... :' -*;.' A Doo Story.?A gentleman possessed of & noble Newfoundland dog had trainod him to go market with a basket and a picce of monov tn r?nr. - * ? r ? chase tho morning steak. The money, with a towel, was deposited in the basket and Bowser, with much dignity and thoughtfulnees, would trot off to the butcher's stall, and the man of beef, understanding tho arrangemcut, would take the money, deposit the steak, and.the dog would trot home : Turning a corner one morning on his way from market, he came npon two dogs fighting.? With tho same feeling that will make tho crowd of human dogs throng about a prize-ring to see two other dogs pouud each other, Bowser paused, and for a second looked on ; then, and " went in." lie whipped both, but while so engaged a hnngry hound stole his steak. Bowser pickcd up his basket; tho loss of weight told the 6tory. He Btoppcd and investigated. Tho steak wnH irniift ami il>n J"~'" ? .. ? Mitvi buv pww4 uug o >vwry comical. He looked in every direction for the lost meat, all tho while half growling and whining as if talking to himaclf. Some men who saw the affair and knew the dog, watched to see what solution Boweer would make of the difficulty. The poor fellow was for a moment in doubt, and then, as if an idea had struck him, he set off for the market again. The little crowd followed him. They saw him approach the butcher's stall, but instead of marching boldlv ud. he 9topped and looked wistfully at the meat. At last, when the butcher's back was turned for a second, he Beized the largest steak on the block, and ran home with it. Correct Style in Writing and Speaking.?Wo quote from John Stuart Mill's account of the style of the anoient writers : The secret of the stylo of the groat Greek aud Roman authors is that it is the perfection of good sense. They never use a word without a meaning, or a wpru wuien aaua nothing to the meaning. It never entered into their bhoaghts to conceive a piece of -writing as beautiful in itself, abstractedly from what it had to express; its beauty must all be subservient to the most perfect expression of the sense. rh? perfection of workmanship is inly visible in the absence of everything which distracts the mind from tho main purpose. It was only in the iecline of aiicient literature that or* aament began to be cultivated merely is ornament. Even descriptive epi :het8 were one of the corruptions of ityle which abound in Lucan, for initance. The word had no business there unless it brought out some featnre relating to matter in hand. Ornament for the sake of ornament defeats the very purpose of the speaker t>y calling off attention from the main )bject. This is the first grand lesson n composition to be learned from the classical authors. How an Alabama Plantib Saved us Cotton.-?An intelligent planter n Alabama entirely escaped the ravages of the caterpillar last year, although it destroyed the cotton upon )very other plantation in his coanty. Elis crop was the finest be ever raised. Che caterpillar came up to the fields )f his next door neighbors, but they' lid not cross his fences. >f this was, he Lsued the sternest >rders that not d single bird, except -he j*y, should be killed upon his plantation, nnder any pretext whatever. He allowed little willow groves o grow lik his fields, and to them he tent a sack of oats every morning, vhioh ware scattered upon the ground. Che birds 'fed upon the oats and rwaraad- fa> thousands around his Utdt. ' Thw rtliWn^natiut tVi a I>n+?nn |j. And hence, there were no eggs, here were no eatorpill&rs, there were 10 Iftryflt'. bat there ?M ? blooming I ^rdexMiln tho midst of a blighted vilderness. it There is no evil without te remedy'?there i? no dieesss withTelegraph.1 - t "c^j ' ,v . ni-M' tit ; iWitt'o-.Srft Bkjlmm#p ACTXS PvM>i*?#rMk W Wm>& RTben tii^brwwii?tS?oPO?gk^??kH ^ dry* b*r? W?*of Rppj?? ptws ffTMri'lfHlf IftfTtt tuoMaMBur mft ws???r"> ?'tv7^ iT ^ * ??1?mmrmrnrn Brutal Treatment of the insank ik Massachusetts.?The Massachusetts Legislative Committoo which is charged with the investigation of the death of Parks, at the Taunton Lunatio asylum, happened a few days ago, upon a bit of now testimony, of just such a character as ! furnishes Charles Beade with the material for "Hard Cash." Patrick Milan, of Bcadville, a former patient of the asylum, testifies that he saw i the struggle between Parks and tbe ati tendants: three men hold down the vie [ ti in; of these three, Young was kneeling . on hie breast, choking him and striking him with his fist; Lamson was I stamping upon Parks' breast with his j heel, and kicking him on the side with 1 all his might, waiting for a chance to 1 hit fair between the struggles of the victim, who hollowed as often as , there was any broath in his body, j When Parks was completely exhaus| he as taken to bis bed-room, where ! the witness make public such doings? He did Dot dare. Ho bud kuown patients to be beaten for making com; plaiute. One day, Keeper Charles Acorn required witness to bathe, and upon his refusing, knocked dowa and kicked him so severely that he was still lame from the injuries then toceived. He had also been kicked and bruised when he was in a straight i jacket. The counsel for the asylum cross examined and bullyragged the witness, but failed to discredit his testimony which was very clear. Important Disoovxry.?It has been ' said that the conqueror Timour, who was the terror of Europe and Asia, in the fourteenth century, carried immense numbers of valuable manuscripts, the spoils of many libraries to Saraarcand, in Bokharau the place of bis death. The Hungarian traveler, Vambrey, who visited Samareand a few years ago in the disguise of a Mahommedan dervish, could hear nothing of this collection and doubted its existence. It was hoped, however, during the recent occupation of the place by the Bussians, something might be discovered in regard to the _ . . a vtr * - - ? iiwuuBunpw. tv e nave learned or no sach results being attained, and, if the .London Spectator is not misinformed, a Dart at ImiI aP th? mntli _ x ?VJk AUUVIU have been found in ?tores of the India House at London. It says: "Oriental scholars all over; the world will feel their blood quicjcen at the news that the library of Timonr^ collected in the course of his conquests, has been discovered. Among other treasures are documents of extraordinary value connected with the biography of Mohammed. The discovery of this ohest may probably cause a large part of Eastern history to be rewritten." ? " * : , . Coring Poll-*vil.?James Seafield, Fairfield, Maryland, says: I Bad a horse that was pronounced incurs* ble of the poll-evil, as the horse* doctor had given him upto'di*. I thought I would trv an exnerimetat. 1 laid open the swelling with * kniffc, and forced it to run j after it Lad ran twenty-four hours, I washed oat the incision with soap and water and sprinkled quick-lime into the cavity. This process of washing out atodZliin* ing 1 repeated every twenty-f&ur hours for about two weeks, at the end of which time the swelling had gone down and tbe.tore healtfd over. 7 This I did two years ago this pretfsfeiTlfo-' vember, and there is too sign'of tb*> return of the poli-eviL X 'would advise a trial. r . ...u .< k, . ii. i mj> i* i . i i ? -i t. 'tV , Tnum and tbs yTh?i fluence pf temper upO? muoh consideration.Habit* &qtua+. uiuubqcbs or m-naiure, mil coxniqunl iaaqib^ , the speaking, voice, That ttar* t ly exist Amiable.tctnefc it M"in tu^' ibunded oj&iob. : iano deoeption; H 3s I0lypm&;-tk+] index of the mind, decoting moral qualities; and It i?*y b? r?Joa*rk?d that tba low, soft tonw <rf glmtW awl amiable being,what^AMir awi^