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The Redemption of Lands Forfeited to
the State for Non-Paymen of Taxes.
[From the Aiken Tribune.]
Iu our last issue of August 30th, we published
a letter from Comptroller-General
Hoge to Hon. S. J. Lee, in reference to the
redemption of lands sold for the payment of
taxes, and forfeited to the State for the
want of bidders, and remarked at the time
that it was the intention of Mr. Lcc to test
tho soundness of the Comptroller's attitude
on tljis subject in the Courts. Our own
views of the matter coincided with those of
Mr. Lee, but as the subject was somewhat
obscured by the amount of legislation which
has been had on the tax question for the past
? . ? fA t\AofnAnA nnir
lour years. ?u uvaiuuucu iu ponjiviiv uw >
expression of opinion until we could q^nbrace
the opportunity of critically examining the
questiuu. This wc have done, and the enquiry
ha,s satisfied us that the. Comptroller
is wrong. In the first place, "he'.secms to
labor under a misapprehension of the law
when he broadly asserts that such lands cannot
"be redeemed, and refers to section 108
of the law of 1868, alleged to have been
amended by act of March 12, 1872, and
confirmatory of his opinion. Now this section
does not refer to forfeited lands, and
was never legally amended by the act referred
to; and it is strange that Mr. Hoge
should so believe when he had befttfe him
the Revised Statutes, in which thts very
section, as well as others, of the tax "act of
1868 were adopted and matfe the law of the
State by act of February, 1872, and of 4brcc
by the provisions of the tJonsiitution Art. a,
Sec. 22, Tit. Ex. Dep.
At the time of the passage of the act of
March 12, 1872, no portion of the tax act
of 1808 was of force,* as of that year, and
therefore, when the Legislature by- Sec. 1.
of the former, sought to amend Sec. 108
and other sections of the latter, it attempted
to amend a statute that was no longer the'
lawo^ the State, having become nullified by
the^e-cnactment and adoption of its provisions
in the Code of Statute law, made
thoJaw of tbe State ity the act and in the
juS&ke r beforest&tedTjTlie Revised Statutes
embody alLflfe State laws of the State of
force at the^Jzne of the final report nf tlse
Commissioners, by virtue of A. A. March 9,
1869, passed in pursuance of Art. 5, Sec. 3
of the State Constitution. The next report
was made November 28, 1871, so that this
Code contains all the law of a Statutory character
in force up to that date, and made so
by A. A. Fobruary. 1872; and in legal contemplation
these t*a>ute3~>it *<? b?i*<l
as havin"- been passed at the same time.
"in construiug a revised Code of laws, they
are to be considered us contemporaneous acts,
parts of one entire system of law."?Black?
m rtl'.l i?,p 1,1 j ? p.
WCU On 131 Allies, uio. r rum ana aiici
the re-enactment and adaption of the Revised
Statutes, the tax act passed September
15, 1S6S, ceased to exist as the law of the
State, but its provisions were made law by
act of February. 1872. Pamphlet acts, 1872,
pp. 37.. It will be clearly perceived, therefore,
that the Legislature, in Sec. 1 of the
Act of March 12, 1872, ignorantly amended
an act that was not of force, and that the
only law io relation to the assessment and
collection of taxes and redemption of lands
now of force, is by virtue of the Act of February,
1872.
Mr. Hoge refers to the Joint Resolutions
of 1872-73 as explanatory of the intention
of the Legislature, and as a correct criterion
of construction, but as it is the proviucc of
the Courts, and not the Legislature, to interpret
laws, there is nothing in this view of
the question.
The point seems, however, to he settled
by the following citations from the Revised
Statutes and legal decisions of the Courts :
"The County Auditor, or his Deputy, shall
attend all sales of delinquent real estate,
made by the Treasurer of his county, etc.:
and if any parcclwas offered for sale, and
not sold for want of bidders, or shall have
been bid in on behalf of the State, he shall
enter it on record, A." See. 20, Revised
Statutes, pp. <y.
"All real estate which has been, or may
hereafter be, sold for taxes, assessments and
penalties at delinquent sales, under the laws
of this State, may be redeemed at any time
- 1* 1
Wttil)II IWO years iruui, jiiiti aim, nuv..
ale, tic." Section 2t?., id., pp. 80.
"Kaeh tract, or lotofland, <r part thereof,
which shall be offered for sale by the County
Treasurer at any delinquent land sale, as
provided for in this chapter (Id) and not
old tor want of bidders, shall thereby become
forfeited to the State of South Carolina,
and thenceforth all the right, title, and inter- j
est of the former owner therein shall he vest- j
ed in the State of South Carolina, and shall
be designated by the County Auditor on the j
Jist of delinquent lands as "forfeited, and
transferred to the State of South Carolina, j
and charged with taxes and penalties as if
the same was purchased by a private individ- j
ua), and returned by the Treasurer as delinquent,
until sold as forfeited real estate, sec. ,
91 IA A-2
"The ('ounhr Auditor shall enter in a sub-!
stantial book, Ac., denominated the Forfeited
Land Kocerd, a list of all real cstato forfeited
to, or purchased in behalf of the State according
to the provisions of this chapter,
(J3), sec. 35, id 83.
In the ease of ail lands purchased on behalf
of the State under the provisions of section
18 of this chapter (13), the County
Treasurer shall, in the nauie of the State, enter
upon and take possession of ihc same and
may lease the same, Ac., and subject to all
the lights of redemption in such ease provided
for by law, Ac. Sec. 13, id 81.
"Any person who shall have rented lands
under the provisisns of the foregoing section,
42, shall at the expiratiou of the time during
which said lands were redeemable by the
OTigiuftl owner, be deemed to have acquired a
V right
of pre-emption t?? the same. See. 43,
id p 34.
The above citations from the Revised
Statute? are sufficient to reftuc the dictum
of Mr. Iloge, in regard to the redemption of
lands forfeited by want of bidders; and also,
upon the generally accepted doctrine, that
tax laws arc to be construed in favor pf the
taxpayer and against the State.?Why lands
forfeited to the State, should not bo governed
by the provisions and equity of the Statute,
which, in general terms, give: the right of
redemption in all sales of delinquent real
estate, we arc at a loss to understand.
The following citations from legal decisions
may not be amiss in this connection :
"General words in a statute are to receive
a general construction, unless mere is something
in the statute to restrain their operation.
?12 Georgia Ilcp. 527. .<? Shipley 308.
"Whore a statute makes no exceptions, the
Courts can make none.?25 Miss. Rep. 571.
"The exception of a particular thing or person,
or class ni'things. from the general words
of a statute, proves that in the opinion of
the Legislature, the thing, or class of things
or persons, would bo within the general
elause, but for tho exception.W12 Whea
138; 12 Johnson 290. 11 Johnson 391.
Statutes arc never to he construed to
work injustice.?7 Johnson 495, (T.
"Revenue Statutes are to be construed
most favorably to the citizen.?Rlackwell on
Tax Titles, 027.
"A statutory power derogatory to private
pmperity, ought to be construed strictly, and
not enlarged by intendment, id 028:
Without intending this article beyond reasonable
limits, we will say. thai in our opinion,
owners of delinquent real estate sold under
the provisions of the tax law, contained
in the revised statutes, and forfeited for the
want of bidders, have not. only the right to
redeem, but have within two years, in which
they can exercise this right of jedemptinn.
Then: is no authority in our law to controvert.
the positions we hav# taken, so far as
we cart seo^tVAdd, as all tax laws are to he
construct in favor of the taxpayer, it necessarily
follows that the right of redemption in
all cases belongs to the citizen. Why the
State should be preferred to individual
purgaasers at delinquent land sales is more
thatrWe can comprehend, and we hope that
the Courts of the State, organized under a Republican
form of government, will affirm the
doctrine of reduiption whenever it cymes
properly before them.
What the South Needs.
view s or hon* a. \v. j
A vast deal-of the property of the South
is fictitious She receives vast sums f?r her
cotton and her sugar, yet she is no richer
for it; she lays up no stores ; projects of new
commercial enterprises, Loth in town and
country, is very low; and well nigh unsaleable.
As the South is almost exclusively
an agrieultunibcountry, the low price of real
estate conclusively demonstrates that her
prosperity is more apparent than solid.
No doubt much of this depression .in the
price of real estate is attributable to the 1111
reliable character of the lebor which we are
forced to use, and the necessity which wc
are under of employing two laborers in order
tn ?.<>t il?o labor of one. vet the fundamental
7 n%
cause of the present state of affairs must he
looked for elsewhere than in our system of
labor.
It grows out of several causes. Chief
among these is the want of confidence, which
leads moneyed men to hoard their money instead
of putting it into active circulation, or
investing it in commercial and manufactur
ing enterprises.
Secondly. It grows out of the absured sacrifice
of independence an comfort to t he growth
of cotton and sugar. Our cotton and sugar
crops are thrown into the lap of the Northwest,
and we are no richer by the exchange,
since we are stripped of our money buying
that which we should make. The downfall of
slavery, was, in itself, a prodigious revolution.
History, full as it is of revolutions and
vicissitudes, furn shes nothing to parallel it.
It suddenly put an end to the far iiimti in
which the South hail slumbered. and throw
her white iiihuhitants'on their own resources;
it swept away her labor system and foisted
an entirely different one upon her; if it
pitchforked the late slaves into freedom
and citizenship, it also revolutionized
the condition of their lute masters, and imposed
now burdens upon them. The exigency
demands steady pcrseveremc. rather
than dash; energy; instead of indolence;
cool-headed ncss rather than fiery passion,
and that sternest and homeliest of all virtues,
eeonomy, instead <>'' the open handed profusion
of tin- olden time.
The first of the grave duties devolved on
the white inhabitants of the South is to force
the South into the new channel marked out
for her by the downfall <>f* slavery.
This new channel is a change in the entire
commercial, agricultural and industrial
system of the South, sous to attract an influx
of white population both from the North and
Europe- to open new avenues of commerce
?develop* our latent resources?utilize our
waste and unproductive lands, and keep our
money at homo instead of enriching the
Northwest with it. To effort this mighty
change we must make up our minds to tli<>
fact that slavery, with its customs, habits
and traditions, is stone dead, and is ineapa
bio of resurrection. Leaving the negroes t<.
work out their own destiny, we must arouse
the white men of the .South to the necessity
of putting forth uew energy and activity in
order to escape from the ''slough of despond"
into which the war precipitated us. The
negro race never will be replenished and recruited
from the jangles of Central Africa;
and so, must depend on its natural increase
I to keep up its present numbers, while the
J whites will be increased by immigration from
Kurnjip and (lie Norlli. provide.!, we use the
means to attract population. Tli% preponderance
of the-negro race, then, is accident
and tempoiary. It will gradually coiroct
itself in conforming to the laws of natural
increase. Our duty then is to address ourselves
to the task* of cutting loose from the
customs, creeds and traditions of the past,
and adapting the policy of the'South (o the
wants of the present, and demands of the
future. Tn one word, wo need a now commercial.
agricultural and industrial "departure"
far more than a new political "departure,"
since political charges exert little influence
on the prosperity of nations, and only
amount to putting out those who are gorged
with public plunder, and installing in their
places a half famished class made terribly
voracious by long abstinence from the rich
morsels stored in the public crib. What
the .South needs is a change in her whole
commercial", agrfcuIturnTTrnd -ln^^tiiul 5^
tern?which involves in irrrehange in the
habits and aims of her people.?X. 0. Times.
Diversity of Labor.
National and individual prosperity are in-'
timatcly and inseparably connected It is
possible for a few individuals to be possessed
of a large amount of property in a community
or nation, in which the multitude are iir
a state of abject poverty. Such individuals,
however, cannot he regarded as in a prosperous
condition. Their property, it matters
not in what it may consist, does not
contribute in the highest degree to their
happiness and Usefulness. Prosperity, iri
the civilized acceptation of the word, is dependent
upon the elevation and improvement
of the condition of the whole. The real
condition of a community must be judged
of by the condition of the majority; and the
condition ol'thc majority is determined l>v the
extent ofdiversity of labor hi which the masses
are engaged. If there is any onesingle thing
which, more than any other, marks the advancement
which a community has made in
rovilivif inn it is ltu> ovfciif In uluell tllC
several members are engaged in diflir refit occupations.
In the nature of things it i not
possible for a people, exclusively eng.i in
a occupation, over to become either
rich or refm*l to a groat degree.
This declaration is capable of a historical
demonstration. The lowest order of th?* human
family which exi: t in the most d' -i aded
condition, are exclusively devoted I lite
pursuit of a single occupation. They arc
all li: hers or hunters. I'ovcrh ami ms cry
are visited upon these people. So hmir as
they remain exclusively tishcrs ami hunter
lecttial, can overtake plaee amongst lliedi.
Their condition ifTmt a little, if any. ahovc
the wild beasts wdiicli inhabit the I'm -1 in
common with themselves Amongst mere
advanced savages, we find some individuals
engaged, th a limited extent, in riy rieitlluml
pursuits. The horse and the o:: are domestieated.
and rude instruments arc invented
and used by them. A - (he human family
advance from the lowe t condition of bar
barity to the highest decree of civilization,
wc find that every stage is marlfod by a
greater diversity of labor than the one preceding
it.
A nation resembles a family. Tn f.i -t .1
nation is simply a large family composed of a
mmilmr nf utii-ill -t* 1111 i 111 < In ovnrv Wc't L
ordered family there arc a multitude <f offices
to be tilled. Kacli individual men b-r
has its particular duties to perform. So
is in a nation. Civilization, instead of decreasing
our wants, increases them to a nn.sberlcss
extent. T>iversity of labor is necessary
to meet this state.of things.
Hy diversity of la^or. it is not meant that
every individual must be < ngaged in a multitude
of occupations. 'J he attempt to put
such a theory as this into practice must ever
prove futile. Nature is opposed t<> ;-u<li a
theory, and forbids that it ever be .put into
practice. In well conducted manufacturing
establishments, the principles of diversity j
labor is jmt into practice. The simple I
thing it. Composed of parts, and each laborer
has his own part to make. Jl'it he a sin e
factory, one man eutsout," another -'elo
another''tils," another does omething el?o.
ltVfl ?l ell. ki li'Kkil)'. I 11 l*i kl I < i 11 ? I'll!lli>: *1 til i V < * 11
...... .. ...... 1 1 - .. I
ol' liaiuls lie litre if is coiiudi-led. Tlii i I
what is understood by diversity of laJn.r
Kxpericnec proves that such a sv leai i:' the
only way I hat rapidity of execution and p>r
feel ion offinish can he attained. The res ill
is that tn each individual tlie profit is i.m. J. 1
greater than were one lalm-cr rcijuiied |.
hoe in ami finish any paitietilar piece ,.|
work.
Tin; civilized a;'peel ol'thi- tjueslinn ci?;n
mends it ell'to theserious e<.ti ideialinn id'in
Southern people. Wo are a ei\ilized p. op|o I
hnt onr eiliz.it ion. if the in:. of our mi
zens is taken into considerate n. i not ol a
very hiph order. I nh ss ti wind laUir
system id'the South is revolutionized. it i
difficult to understand liov. we can ever
' i ,.r
IIIUKC ;iliv '.'I (.Ml .11 1.11IIHUH 1 III l III; .111. I'l |
civilized lil'e. In fuel, flicre ! a greater
probability that wo will retro rade. I ntili
.-\-t?*ni of diversified lalmr is established ii
(lie Suntli, permanent recnj itioii cannot,
lie altaiimd; the resources ? (lie country
never can ho developed, tind the nia>-es if
<?ur people never can become l! >r? n;*11ly civilized
and enlightened.? 1 ?? /. / ///< /.' / '/> /'.
' , " " ^ 1
t<YMNASTIC I'Kltl iHtM.W I ol' A
NAM ite 1.1ST'?Opposite the \N 11 stable a
Mai net street is a hoarding li <11 ; IVci|Uoiited
by a number of street ear r.-'fiductors ami
drivers, and among the huardthere is a
young man named Leslie, a cmlm lor. lie
is much addicted to somnambulism, and in
his abnormal condition he sometimes per- i
forms teats which would tax the skill of the i
most practiced gymnast. Night before last,
while in a tit of somnambulism, his perform-!
ances were witnessed by two or three hund-j
11 '? ' I ?red
vrsohs. His room is in the tliiril story" ^
of Ilk' house, from which access can begM|e t
ed I > the roof. On the'night,
betv een eleven and twefvo o'clo^k^^c /fctfe
nhsufvod upon the roof in his nfj^ttfresS,
troiilr through a scries of performances of
the most unique description, a sort of tumble, t
of acrobatic, military and pugilistic maneiyB
vers astonishing to boholjl. and especially W
in viw of (ho dangtfrqdjrlocality where they
took place. No man fflF.hi? ordinary cond??
tion of mind would he ntduccd to attempt
the performance) of such feats in suih a place.
A ngi-flap somersault from the .edge of a
pnrujwt wall sixty feet, ftj^h is something
frightful -to contemplate, yjjfcthat was among
the minor feat* of this worn! erf ill performer,
rerunning up and down the parapet,
"of two or. three of th^adjacejit houses,
Climbing around the chimneys bh tfte outer
si*!?, dancit^; hornpipes on the ridge-pole.
tlie" caves with lii.s legs dangling
over; that sort,
ho.tijiished up with a performance brrstack*-wiref
walking 'on the. fire-alarm. telegraph,
thofwires of which passed over the building
adj'ining his boarding lrbuse. the
ptrBrinancc of this feat, wly^^juj^jft with
as ilheh apparent ease as;^ 'w^hliTwalk on
thefsidewalk, the spetjlatArs below'wore in'
brojfchlcss suspense, expect in cry moment
to lie him fall to the grdiitid and be'doshed
to liccca.- After crfntinfting this exercise
fori few miuittos, he suddenly jumped on to
tlni'roof of the house, sprung up from tlichcc
to 4iatnfhis own'platfc of abode, which Was
si\]or eight feet higher, anil from thence
took a flying leap into the wihdow of his
own room, which was open, and the pcrfoamano?
was dosed/ Every one was afraid tfti.
interfere while it wag going on, lest fatfu 3
iT-.-iU'Lri might ensue, hut as soon as he enter- "
?1 bis room, several of his acquaintances
rusted in and found him lying on the hod
sleeking soundly.* Tie. was with difficulty
awakened. and appeared entirely unconscious
of jwhat he had been doing. His feet were
found t<> be badly lacerated by the bricks
a?'l telegraph wires, but otherwise he ,
didufot appear to have sufTercd injury.
Jfiniouri Rrpubh'can.
Textile Fabrics in Europe.
Diking alarm at the state of the labor market
and the increased importation of foreign
manufactures, the National Association of
1'iieiory Occluders of tireat Britain and
I rrhml uiemoriaMxed the government, in
Jul/ last, for the purpose of obtaining aceuratr
information as to the cost of production
of L'jtile fabrics in the principal industrial
centres,'bo tlx* continent. The result has ,
been the publication by tbc Kareigli Office
of an interesting blue book containing a vast
amount information on tlw^subjcet of wages,
hours of labor, and aninunt^of j.rod notion in
tho cotton, sill:, linen and woollen factories
iii various parts of Europe. The evident
object of the association is to ascertain the
relative cost of production i? the European i
Slates as compared with the cost in this i
country. Perhaps some members of the assoeiation
may be able irom the mass of facts i
prepared for them, to arrive at a satisfactory
result. For ourselves, when we bear in i
mind tliat successful production depends i
upon the possession of large capital, the ex- :
ccllcnce of machinery, the intelligence and
eapicity of workmen, a cheap supply of fuel
and raw material, the facilities of transportation,
the relative amount of work done
fit wages pa hi, and upon a variety of other i
circumstances, and when we find those circumstances
varying not only in every country.
hut iu different parts of the same coun- 1
try. we are compelled to relinquish the task, t
From a glance over the reports, however, j
it does not appear that English manufacturers
have cause to apprehend any great
amount of competition from their rivals on
the continent. Certain specialties there arc
of course, and always will he, which must i
always command the market, hut it is not
improbable that Melgiuin, their greatest rival
in low priced goods, will find greater
difficulty in future, in keeping ahead of our
manufacturers. The cheapness of llelgian
products now chiefly depends upon the low
rates of wanes paid to the workmen; so low
in Iced, as to necessitate the employment of
all the children of the family in order to
ijiifi eunuch to support the household. As
wanes continue to rise. as they surely will,
and should a law he passed regulating the
employment of children ?a subject which
ins oeenj ied the Belgian legislature without
effect for the last thirty years?the cost of
production will necessarily ho enhanced,and
the I Vlgian producer he less able to compete
in ilit* Knglisli market. Asa rule, factory
npi ratives oil the continent work longer
h-uu than factory operatives in this country
; in some parts as many as seventy to
. i' litv hours a week.
In Ccriuany the employment of children
i gulaled by law, hut in most countries
t v are worked us long as adults. There
i .1 general tendency every where to reduce
!lie day's work to twelve hours, including
done r time. At (icncva the hours oflahor
ire fixed at ton all the year round. The
;o iiui'it of wages earned on the continent is
p. it'll l.?\vcr than that earned in this country,
' at it is nut necessarily loss by the actual
Mb ivneo, since the purchasing power of
nion -y is also dilTeront on the continent. In
umim : every instance factory wages arc re]
lit tl to have risen of late years, hut not so
' i. .'cl\ as th ose of huiltlers, masons, carpcni'
i-. do. Productifii has also increased,
ii"' i nly on account oftho increase of population,
but ft'.in the increased wants of the
people, which have been engendered*!))- the
removal in recent years of nianv obstacles
both to internal and international exchange.
If is to bo understood that the above remarks
'I t not apply to France and Austria, from
which countries, as yet. reports have not
)ct been received.?/'iff Mill .
.!:l*V\vu" Headache.?i
Hie female h?ft&mrTtic. innumerable, but
$py arise princ^Tfty fVfJkn vexation and dis
appointment. They inky bo divided into
"norv^ujii" aad "sick'vbeadaches, The nervous
is friable nnd can not bean being spoKn
to,. The sick is de^poftcCat or sulky,
tlfourffs int.) (ears at tha least contradiction.
"When a lady cahoot have her own
Wzy} a. headache is the painftil consequence.
\n ' unpopular visitor, brought home accidently
to dinner, will produce an alarming
attack of headadhe. and the symptoms that successively
follow are an instant loss of appetite,
deafness, peevishness, hysteria, and finally a
precipitate rbtreat to the bed-room. The
poor servants feel the effects of the headache
as much as any one, and do not stop in the
rboni any longer than they can help. These
unfortunate headaches arc very frequent
about this time of the year when every one
is, or supposed to be. out of town, and do not
cease until ttye patient has been carried to
thtr sei* a olmngc of air. The milder
forms wi^vanish upon the application of
a pificodf jewelry, or if the forehead is wrappwbup
in a new shawl it is astonishing with
what jopidity tho pain disappears. Sometimes
f^$hi$$jig of the scene is requisite, and
thus alJOR tit the opera has' been known to
produce an instantaneous cure, even when
the headache has been of the most stunning
description, apd the. opera played has been
one of Vcrdl^. .. ^^ '
'.'w w. - .
T\ GtoitpiA the peopfc arc enjoying the
blessings tha'tTlW From a good government.
The whole face of the country bears evidences
of prosperity indicative of a healthy
?j?tem. The laws are administered in the
Spirit in which fl^y are enacted?for the
mod of society. Jt^^eourtsseck to decide
ttic questions propounded agreeable
to principlos of lawglntTeorrcgt logic, regardless
of the benefits or disadvantages that such
dccisions may bring to any particular party.
The consequence is. the people are growing
rich, taxes arc light, the best m<u^ of the
country occupy the positions of Em*'and
trust in her government. All fttoid&institutions
which tend to elevate mankwm are in
a flourishing condition. Tn fact, Georgia presents
a nictnrc of prosperity well calculated
to excite our envy.?Shrlhy (A/a) GiihIc.
A Club.?"Tommy, my son. what are you
going to do with that club?" "Send it to
liie editor, of course." "'But what arc you
going to send it to the editor for ?" "Cause
he says if anybody will send hiin a club, he
will send them a copy of his paper " The
mother came pretty near fainting, But retained
consciousness enough to ask:/'But,
Tommy, dear, what do you suppose he wants
with a club7" "TTeTl, T don't know." replied
the hopeful urchin, "unless it is to
knock down subscribers as don't pay for their
papers."
An old friend of the Into Chief Justice
tells the New York Evening I'ost an anecdote
showing Mr. Chase's cleverness at repartee.
While on a visit to the Southern States after
the war, Mr. Chase was introduced to a very 1
beautiful woman, who prided herself on her
devotion to the "Lost Cause." Anxious that ]
the Chief Justice should know her real senti- {
ments, she remarked, as she gave him her
hand, "Mr. Chase, you see before you a rebel
who has not been reconstructed." "Madame,"
ItO rorvliO/1 UMt li n til rt #1 1\attt ilt'aii n wa ba i
ii\j iljuau, ii uu a piuivuuu uuit, juu iiiv; nu
perfectly bonstructed that any rcconstruc-1
tion is altogether impossible-"
The women arc shopping now nothing but
the top-knot of the average clerk is visible
:ibove the towering counter, except when he
goes up for another piece of goods, and it is
interesting to study the emotions that are at
work within by the wrinkles of the scalp.
Ah, no one can really understand the mighty
thoughts that surge through their brain
as they are asked, if they haven't got something
a liitlc lighter. We who have comfortable
homes, and kind parents and bakers'
bread, seldom thiuk of this.
A somewhat quaint story is told in the
Church llcruld. published in London, of a
Haptist grocer who called upon Monsignor
Cupel to complain that his daughter, having
surreptitiously attended a service at the Cathedral.
had renounced her misbelief. Monsignor
(lapel listened with demure urbanity,
and ended by inquiring in what way lie
could assist his visitor. "Well, the fact is."
exclaimed (liegrocer, -my daughter used to
l?e in the shop, ami 1 want to known whether
she will Ik* obliged to inform her confessor,
who lias long been a customer of mine, of
the little tricks we are obliged to use in our
trade!" 'I he Mmisignnr replied that, if the
I baptist's daughter were a good girl, she
would be bound to disclose all that lay on
her conscience. "Ah, well, if that's the
ease," cried the grocer, ' I'll just join your
church too: for 1 should like to give him my
own account of the matter."
Always suspect a man who affects great
softness of manner, and unruffled evenness of
temper and an enunciation studied, and
deliberate. These tilings are all unnatural,
and bespeak a degree of mental diseipinc
and which he that has no purposo of craft or
design to answer cannot submit to drill him
self The must successful knaves arc usually
oi'this description, as smooth as razors dipped
in oil, and as sharp. They affect the
innocence of the dove, which they have not,
inordcr to hide the cunningncssof the serpent
which they have.? Cotton,
Long considerations arc cotnmonly a proof
that we have not the point determined clearly
in our eye; precipitate proceedings that
we do not know it
A question ?>t' privilege?asking to g"
home with n girl.
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The lie-abilities of some men are" wonder
ful. ' >
What did the spider do* when he came ont
of the ark. Ho took a fly and went home.
Don't tell an editor how to run a newspaper.
Let the poor fool find it out himself.
How to make an Indian loaf?give him a
gallon of whiskey.
The papfir having the largest circulation
?the paper of tobacco.
How to keep above board?Stay away
from boarding houses.
A woman's modesty is like her color?extremely
becoming if jjot put on.
Almost all absurdity of conduct arise, from
the imitation of tfiosc we can not resemble.
Success in life is very apt to mako per
sons forget the time when they were not
much.
Idleness is hard work for those who are
not used to it, and dull work for those who
are.
Reality teems with disapointmcnt for him
whose sources sf enjoyment spring in the
Elysium of fancy.
.'A/correspondent of the New York . Mail
sayf&hat kissing a lady with an Elizabeth ruff
on is about as much fun as embracing a
circular saw in full motion. t
A trife in San Francisco mauled her husband
with a rolling pin for his habit of soiling
his shirt front with tobacco juice, and
the court imposed only a nominal fine."
Fancy is a butterfly which must be delicately
handled; if rude fingers tamper with it
the flower-dust is rubbed off, and the gay insect
perishes.
It is not what we earn that makes us rich,
but what we save; it is not what we eat,
but what we digest, lhat makes us fat; it# is
not what wo read, but what we remember,
that makes us learned.
A religious weekly, eloquent on architecture
says : "Wd must beautify the fronts
of our churches." A practical man suggests
that a few posts be set out tor young men to
lnnn Rfftinst. whiln waiting fur thi?ir aisfprj
^3 O ?
A Woatern editor, anxious to do justice
to the description of a croquet party lie attended,
longs for "a pen plucked by the
queen of fairieafrum* the brightest and most
gorgeously tinted tuft of the bird of Paradise,
and dipped in golden ink."
I!oiv to Po It.?Punch says: To
resuscUato iv drownnd Yuiluic, coinuicucc
| searching his pockets. To resuscitate a . - ?
| drowned Englishman, broil a beefsteak under
his nose A Frenchman may be brought
to life any time by a skillful imitation of a
bullfrog in his ear. A Spaniard, by applying
garlic to his olfactories.
A WESTERN editor having beard that sulphur
in the socks will prevent cholera, has
worried a stick of brimsone out of a new '
druggist, and now wants some one to loan
him a pair of socks while he tries the
thing.
"I say neighbor Snobs, if you don't keep
I your liens out of my garden I will shoot
j theui."
"Very well' lioolittle shoot away; only if
ycrn kill any of my hens throw them into my
yard."
Crack went the fowling*picce morning after
morning, and the large, fat hens were
pitched into neighbor Snob's yard like rain
After a fortnight or more, Doolittle discovered
that Snobs never had any hens, and that
he had been shooting his own, they having
broken out of his own coop.
A shrewish wife, quite sick, called her
husband to come and sit by her bedside.
"This is a sad world, my dear," said the
wife, nlaintively.
' Very," concided the man.
Were it not for leaving you, I should love
to qnit it."
"Oh *uiy dear," eagerly responded the fellow,
"how can you think I would interfere
with your happiness? tiro, # by all
means!"
Doctor," said an old lady, the other day
to her family physician, "kin you tell me
how it is that some folks is horn dumb ?"
"Why hem! why certainly, madam," replied
the Doctor, "it is owing to the fact that
they eonie iuto the without the power of
speech!
"ha me!" remarked the old lady, "now
jest see what it is to have a physic edication;
I've axed my old man more nor a hundred
. . * ,i i ,, i . ,
tlinos that arc same mini;, ana mi i could
ever git out on liim was. 7ro?r they is.' "
"Well, I'm glad I axed you, for I never
should n died satisfied with out knowing it."
Mississippi has a statute that punishes
and removes from office all officials that are
guilty of being drunk. This is a most excellent
law. and. if enforced, should clear the
courts of men who, having no power to govern
themselves, should not be instrusted
??*!? tKa ?\An?nr I a imvurn nlltofo
null lilt jrv??TV* ^ Viu VIIIVIC.
Division of Laijoh.?A certain preacher
was holding forth to a somewhat wearied
! congregation, when ho "lifted up luV eyes"
| t?^the gallery, and beheld a youngster pelting
the people below with ehesnuts. Dominie
; was about to administer. r.r ctithnlra? a.sharp
i and stringent reprimand for his flagrant act
i of impiety and disrespect, but the youth, ani
ticipating him, bawled out, at the top of his
voice?
" Yon mind your preaching, daddy, and
: I'll keep them awake!"
! The scene that ensued may bo safely left
| to the imagration.