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....../^....HjB,.- FRKE j ClTTZEIV^_ t"Wj?l A : ^-vlf^'^V-jS?litor.aiic?. Proprietor. . ' A Weekly Paper Devoted to Temp?rance, Literature and Politics. ,yOLUME^,y:- ''{'-: _ .....,,;,;?R?NGEB?RG, SOUTH CAROLINA/ SATURDAY, APRIL IO, 1875. NUMBER 35. .. " . 11 ?-. 1 rm 1 ' .'. 1 1 >, " t " ? -. . 1 . >?. 1 ? AFTEH THE HALL. They sat-'aqdVbiilli&Dutlc'beautiful hair, Their'loug, bright tresses ooo by mic, AK they laughed ind talked in lliclr chamber tkcte, Aftei Ibo revel wjwdqap*.' idly thev I ul kr< I of watty, anti quadrille, Idly they laughed, like other girls, Who ovor tho lt riv when a" 'H still, Comb mn their braids and curl* '?It?ttiw of *- ri ( i 11 :111*. 1 mussels taro, . ..' Knots ot flower*, mut ribbons too, Scattered about In over; pince,. , ..- . After the-'revet in through. And minuit.and Madge, in j-oneri of white, Tho prettiest night-gowns under the FUD Slocklnglesa, BliiinerlcM, ?it In tho ui^lit. After the revel is done. tW'aiul coi'nlttilelr boautitul hair. Thone wonderful waves of brown and gol.l. Tilt the ?Ire is ont tn the chamber there, And the Httle-bare-frct aro cold. '? When out of the gathoriug winter chill, i And out of the bitter St. ARIIOB weather, While thc tire ls out and ttie house is still, Maud and Madge together Maud and Madge, i:i robes of white, Tho prettiest niRbt-gowns under the sun, Curtained away from tho chilly night, After tho revel is done. Flost along iii a splendid dream,. - - Toa gomen gittcrn's tinkling totie. While a thousand lustres shimmering stream, Ir. a palace's grand saloon. Flashes of .jewels and flutter of laces, Tropical odom sweeter than musk. Men und women with beautiful faces, And eyes of beautiful dusk. And ono face shilling liko a star, Ouofnco haunting tho dreams of each, And ono voice, sweeter than others are, Hrraking in silvery speech. Tolling through lip? of boarded bloom An old, old story o'er again, As down the royal bannered room, To a golden gittern'? strain, Two and two they dreamily walk, While au unseen spirit walks beside, And all unheard, in lovers' talk, Ho cl&tnioth one for his bride. Oh, Maud and Madge, dream on together, With never a pang of jealous fear ! for hero the bitter St. Agnes weather Shall whiten another year. Hobed for tho bridal and robed for tho tomi), liraided brown hair and golden tress, There'll be only ono of you loft for thu bloom Of tho boarded Ups to press ! tinly ono robo for tho bridal pearls, Tho robe of satin and Brussels lace Only one to billah through her curl? At sight of a lover's face. O, bountiful Madge, tn your bridal white! Ker you tho revel bas .just begun ; Hut for her who sloops in ymir arms to-uight, Tho revel or Lifo is done ? Hut rolled and crowned with saintly bliss, Queen of Jleavrn atid brille*(if tho sun, O, beautiful Maud, you'll never mint Thc kisses another has won ! ANASTASIA'S GHOST. November night. Some vague present iment of ovi? weighed upon my^heart, HS I sat alone ii?, tho twilight. > Ami yet there'waif hoRimg" "apparently to mako me gloomy. On tho contrary, I ought i to have been moro than rom al I y cheer- j ful; had ? not received a delicious promise from Katie Nolson that vory afternoon ? It seemed to bo odd, to bo sure, that a gray-haired widower liko myself was lo marry this girl of eight con. f lor mother Ito?! been a housekeeper in oui family, but died soon after Katie's birth. So it happened that sho was. adopted by na, ns wo had no children of our own. My wife treated her kindly, but without much warmth of foeliug. Anastasia was of such a peculiar disposition that I' act itally believed sho wan jealous of this, infant. Poor Anastasia ! sho warned mo sol emnly on her death bod never to marry, again, and threatened to riso from her grnvo iii case of such an event. Kat io was in her tenth year whoa my wifo died. -1 sent her away to a board ing school ; and, as business caUed mo abroad, did not soo hor again until my return, eight years afterwards. , 1 was somewhat bewildered'-to' find a lovely woman, instead of the little girl ,1 had , left in short dresses. Of course yon can guess tho sequel: .1 foll in love with this charming adopted daughter. There was something in the frank tenderness of her manner that completely won my heart. It was evident that slie was deeply attached to me. 1 could notr Jielp see ing how much higher she .valued my society than that of my nephew,Charles, Raymond, who had accompanied me from abroad. She never addressed him except in monosyllables, and' would flush all over with embarrassment if he but entered tho room, T?ut with me, she was always self-possessed, and so talkative and sociablo that I could not help pitying Charlie. He waa really quito good-looking, and I used to won der sometimes at hor antipathy: Poor fellow; how I dreaded to tell him of my approaching happiness; It would bo a great blow to his hopes, for ho had ex pected to inherit my fortune. Katie wasn't a bit Jiko other girln that I had over known anything about. In stead of blushing at my confession that afternoon sho turned palo, and shivered ns if struck by a sudden chill. I no ticed, too, that there was a strange quiver iu her voice when sho finally consented to be my.wife. I was appre hensive that Charlie had told hor what Anastasia had said ou her death-bed. And yet I couldn t, believe her ghost would bp so inconsiderate. Somehow, I couldn't forget that warning. Auas a sia waa n remarkable woman, and would surely keep her'w?rd, if ghosts aro per mitted to walk tho earth. Thinking thus, I began to grow frightened at the shadows in my room, and hastily ranff tho boll for lights.: " Wliy aro you so late, Bridget," I asked, sharply, as. tho Servant entetfod tho room. "Indnde, sir, and it's moself that's been with Miss Katie every blessid min uit, and sim's almost kilt with a pain in .her head/' i i -, yr /wi 1 Could thia be tim resn.U_of onr con vcreatiori that* afternoon*? Considera bly startled, I questioned Bridget oagor ly. Charlie e??'?o in while m wore talking.' i I-.???I "Katie ill-?" be said, with a shadow on his brow". " Is it' anything serious, unolo ?" . What bnsinoss ; lind bo to tako any special interest in Katio. " Only '. a headache," T answered, coldly. j-V She is subject to such attncks. Bring in tho tea, Bridget." - "We'sha?l have ti^lot?esome evening," Charlie sighed. I half believed that he was in love with the girl himself. . It wris I cheerless, though, without .Katie. . I missed lier bright face behind the tea-tray, Charlie left his cup un tasted. My jealousy was aroused, and 1 watched him keenly, As soon as wo were alono, I said, half angrily, " What is the matter, Charlie? "You look as if you hadn't a friend on earth." I didn't know before that you liked Katie so well." i - Tho crimson leaped up to his very brow: "I am glad that you do," I con tinued, hastily, " for you will soon be connected by ties of relationship. She has promised to bo my wife." " Yon aro jesting, uncle !*' ho said, doubtingly. "I wns never more serious in my life," I answered. Charlie showed evident signs of agi tation. " You have no right to sacrifico that young girl," ho said, bitterly. "You aro old enough to be her father. Of course she accepted you from gratitude. How dare you think of such a thing ?" " No wonder that yon rave," I re plied, with a mocking smile ; "you are disappointed of your inheritance." At that moment the wind gave a fear ful shriek outside, and I thought of Anastasia. "Are you not afraid to marry again?" Charlie inquired, maliciously. "You remember tho warning ?" "Nonsense!" I answered; "it will take something more than a ghost to frighten mo out of this marriage." 1 had scarcely finished speaking, when tbero came a gust of wind, and a crashing of glass, and tho storm actual ly swept into tho room. Wo glanced around us in dismay. The boughs of a large elm trco, that stood in front of tho house, had fallon against the win dow. Gharlio gavo mo a peculiar look as I cowered over the fire, and tlion barred tho window intui'h am antier ?? .fen keep ?'nufc'W? finn' ^'Ji- strange" gloom onv,! oped us both, and we-did not return again to tho -subject wo had boen dis cussing. Our conversation was fitful, and it soeinod a reliof when we separated at botlj-timo. There is no uso in denying that I waa troubled a littlo with superstitious fonrs. I peered round anxiously into ovory corner of tho room before retir ing, but found no sigo of any mys terious visitant. I had such a loar of tho darkness, however, that I left the candle burning. Tho fury of tho storm had not abntcd, and I lay nwako.Bometimo listening to thc wind. ?i l?flt,' .however, I foll into an uneasy slumber. How long I had slept I know not, when I wae awakened by on icy touch upon my forehead. I started up, with a thrill of appre hension. Tho Jight^emitted a faint, 8epulphr.nl gleam., r Ob, horror ! ;what was tha? t saw ? A figuro, roped in '.white, ?ame gliding toward . mo from tho foot of tho bed. The faco was hid den from my viow, but I knew from the form that it waB tho ghost of Anas tasia. "William Raymond," came in a hoarse voioo from tho figuro; "I am hero to avenge your infidelity, and tc drag you down to tho gravo in my em brace." . . I shrieked witb terror : as I felt hoi clntdlr my throat, and criod, faintly, "Mercy ! moroy ! " "You would marry Katie Nelson, would you? whispered thc ghost, [mockingly. "If you do not wish tc die "-and here tho icy fingers press?e: so tight that I gasped /for breath "promise me that you will not take f second wife." * . " Oh, I promise 11 promise ! " said I. half dead with terror. " Woe be unto you, if you deceiv< me ! " answered the ghost solemnly And I heard no more. . It was some time, howover, before '. ventured to oast a timid glance aron m the room. The ghost had disappeared Tho storm,' too, waa beginning to ?nb side ; but I could not go to sleep again for I found it impossible to forget tba phantom and its deadly clutch upon rn; throat. I resolved to say nothing abou it. Of course, people would ridicnl tho idea of a ghost. Nevertheless, did not dare to wed Katie Nelson ; ye how could I explain this sudden chang of purposo? I feivontly hoped tha she would not die of a broken heart the poor child ! What should I Bay t her ? After considerable reflection, I rc solved to trnst thia delicate affair t Charlie. The proposed marriage wa BO odious in hm eyes that I know h would justify my apparent trenchery t her, if possible. Morning came, and I arose in a fevoi ish state of mind. How I dreaded t meet Katie at the breakfast table ! bul fortunately,she did not make her appeal ance. Charlie looked so troubled thc I almost fancied he, too, had seen th ghost. After breakfast, I said to him, wit an embarrassment that I strove to hid? ''My'dear boy, do you remember wht we were talking about last ovening? have beer, thinking over tho matter s< Iriously, and nm.afraid that a marriaf between Katie and myself will result, i unhappiness ; but I have not tho con Ugo to bravo bor reproaches. Now, Charlie, will you act KB mediator, aud make kuowu thin chango iu my views V" "Why, uncle," ho answered, and I WAS almost suro that I saw a gleam of mi?chiof in bis eyes, " something extra ordinary must have happened. You aro not usually so fickle !" "Wo won't discuss tho matter," Baid I,-in an irritated tone. " Will you, or will yon not, grant my refinest?" "Of. course, I will," he replied; "but it is a difficult task. Tho poor child will be so disappointed !" I detected a joyous ring iu his voice, and I looked at him rather sus piciously. His diplomatic mission was success ful, however. Late in the afternoon, Katie came down into tho library where I was sitting. I had never *eon her look prettier. " Oh, Mr. Raymond !" she said, eagerly, " I am se glsd that you have changed your mind I It was KO unex Eected yosterday. I never dreamed efore that you loved me in any other way than as a daughter." Was this acting? was she trying to deceive me in her Bweet unselfishness ? " Then you never loved mo ?" I asked. " Dear Mr. Raymond, you know bet ter," she answered ; "only it was not exactly tho kind of love one ought to feel toward a husband. Yon aro as dear to me as if you were my own fath er ; but you are so much older thau I, that-that-" She hesitated, and did not finish her sentence. I remembered my gray hairs with a pang of mortified vanity. Was not the ghostly visit enough? Must I bo tortnred in this manner afterward ? The veil was torn away from tho de lusion I had cherished.. Alas ! I had misinterpreted her childish affection. It might be that she loved another. I looked down into the face where a vivid scarlet glowed, and road her Beeret. "My dear child," I exclaimed, at tempting to control my agitation, " toll me everything." .* Oh, Mr. Raymond," she answered in confusion, " Charlie has asked me to be his wife." The rascal ! No wonder that ho re mained with her such a long time that morning ; no wondor that ho boaBted of tho Batistactory manner in which every thing had been explained. "Tho impudont follow !" I muttcrod, impatiently. " What did you answer, Lelma,?.. ,J>r? .yon-Jove him ?" --.--'? i Low and "Hoft tho answer carno: "Yes." Tho heart of a woman is a mystery that I cannot fathom. I waB cortaiuly outwitted by my nephew. Ho might havo been afraid, however, that my couBcienco would reproach mo if Katie showed hor disappointment. I havo littlo doubt that Hhe loved mo far better than sho would confess. Ah, well! they wero married iu due time, and wo oro nil living together. Tho doar children do everything they can to add to my happiness. Katie is still a'beautiful woman, and Oharlio is the staff of my old ago. I never saw tho ghost again. In fact, I have good reason to think that tho mysterious visitant was a certain grace lets nophow of mine, who had fallon in love with Katie. Of course I forgave tho deception long ago, as it saved mo from n *,erriblo mistake. I am much happier, probably, than if I had married tho young girl whoso heart belonged to nnothor. I am not certain, however, that she did hot ac cept Oharlio from piquo at my rejec tion. Any way, ho hasmado her a good husband. The Art ot Listening to Music. A writer in Scribner's says : " There is no greater delusion than that of sup posing that tho best music cnn be on joyed only by the * musical.' Ordin?r j people can derive keen pleasure from ti sympathetic listening to great music il they will but believe that they can, anc so attend to it accordingly. There it no need of being baffled by a want ol knowledge concering keys ; nor by ar ignorance of modulation. Your nexl neighbor may know that the air begai in G major, and then passed into I minor, but you can get your own sim pier pleasure out of it. Whnt is it t< mo what Titan's secret of color migh have boen? -Ho had it, and that ii enongh for one who cannot even draw The first rule in listening to music is to listen. Wo do not want to arousi ourselves to n ff zy of delight, bu wo do want to bea i what the music ii like. A very simple and very good rut for those who aro perplexed by an or ehestra, and who fancy they are puz zold to know whore tho tune comes in is to listen to one instrument, th violins, for instance, alono for a time These will probably tako up tho raelod; and sing it plainly enough, then th' movement may beeomo moro compli oated, and tho air seems to have grow more florid, to be broken perhaps int brilliant fragmonts, but hearken !-th Violoncelli have taken it up, and ovc it floats this new and lovely strain c violins, then the flutes caf eli the melody the cornets and tho bassoon swell th harmony, the drum makes it rhythm: beats, the whole .orchestra is alive wit the theme, and before you know it yo are in the very ' center of the muai and what was oefore involved and ii trieste now becomes plain and beaut ful." _ -" How is your churoh getting on 1 asked a friend of a rigorous Scotch ma: who had separated in turn from tl Kirk, tho Free Church, the Unih Presbyterian and several lesser bodie "Pretty weel, pretty weel. There nobody belongs to it .now but n brothel and myself, and I'm nao nu I of Sandy's soundness." : FROST-BITTEN. ' Bi* OK?ilUE A. BAKKn, .1. ll. Wp were Tiding bomb from the OarroU'H hull. Nully s.m-ni;, nt anil I, you know; Thq waite iMcoa nuttered about our lnmpH, Anil our vflieolH rolled silently through tho HUOW. We'd danced together the evening through, For ltoruttoin's V?O?H lind " played their bent ;*' Her fair head drooped, her lian wer<> low, And her dreamy eyes wore full of rent. Uer white arnie nestled along her lap, lier hands half heidi ni: with weary grace ll? fading violets-pausing sweet Wan tho far-off look on her fair young face. I watched ber, speaking nover a word, For I would not wakeu thoso dreaming eyes ; Hut the breath of tho violets filled the air, And my thoughts wero many and far from wine. At last, 1 paid to her, bending near, " Ab, Netty Kansargont, sweet 'twould be Tn rltlo together our whole lives long, Alone willi the violets, yon aud me." Her fair fajo Unshed, and her sweet eyes fell ; Low as the murmur of roeadow-rllls '1er answer carno to mo-" Yes-perhaps ; lint rt ho would Bottle our carriage bills?" Tho delicate blORsoms breathed their lani ; Our 'wheels rolled hard on tho stones just then, Where tbo.snow had d' if led ; tho subject dropped, Aud luv; nevi l- been taken up again. Syrian Sponges The littest proj'ecfc before the acclima tization society of Paris is the cultiva tion of the colobrated Syrian sponge in tho waters of southern France, a valu able and most useful product, which, like many auother gift of tho sea, is in danger "of extermination through exces sive fishing. The - sponge-producing grounds of Syria occur along the const, from Mount Curm?Hn the south to Alexandretta in the u?yth, tho centers of production being Tripoli, Ruad, Lattakia, and Bartrouu, on the const of Mount Leba non. Tho best quanitieB are found in the neighborhood of Tripoli and Bar troun.*- According to a late report of the British vice-consul at Beyrout, as many .'as three hundred boats are en gaged in tho fishery ; the annual yield, though falling off through the exhaus tion of the grounds, still amounts to SlOO.OOOto 8125,000. The majority of tho boats used aro ordinary fishing boats/Jrom eighteen to thirty feet in lengiify three parts docked over, and carrying one mast with an ordinary lug sail. 'Tboy are manned by a crew of four cr five men, ono to haul and tho rest to servo as divers. lu firmer years the coast was much frequented by. Greek divers from tho iRliinify of tho Archipelago; the uumbor in nov,- restricted to five or six boats a y.?rt8 'jija pkU!, oj . tho Syrian combined wiltriTb-inibotter knowledge of tho fishing grourtiH, oiiabliug him to compete suc ccsBfuJlyiwith his foreign rival. Diving is practiced from a very early age nf?-to forty years after which fow are nblo to continuo tho pursuit profit ably. Tho depth to which the diver dcscon-Jn vnrien from fivo to thirty "hrax^?fl," or from twouty-fivo to ono hundred, and scventy-fivo feet. Thc timo he is able ' to spond under water depends on natural capacity, age, and training; sixty seconds tim?is reckoned good work-iu rare instances oighty seconds aro spout under waler. Tho Syrian diver uses a heavy stonoto carry him quickly to the bottom, and is drawn up by a comrade. On tho bottom, ho holds tho guide rope with ono hand and tears <jff tho sponges with the othor, placing thom in a net which he carries. No knife, spear or instrument of any kind is used iu detaching tho sponges ; nor does he, liko his Groek competitor, over uso the diving dreBs, having nn antipathy to it on tho score of its re puted tendency to produce paralysis of tho limbs. Two or three fatal accidents occur annually, maiuly among tho skill ful and daring, who somotimcs drop tho ropo to seouro a tempting prize, and missing it on their return, attempt to rise to tho surface unaided, and aro drowned. At other times tho diver will be wounded by jagged rooks, or his ropes will become entangled, expos ing him to great risks where tho depth is great. It is possible that this high-priced and durable variety of sponge might be cultivated in our southern waters, as a substitute for the beautiful but tender sponge they' now yield. The experi ment is worth trying. Tobacco in Connecticut. At a recent meeting of the Connecti cut Valley Agricultural Institute, Prof. Stockbridge is reported, in tho New England Homestead, as saying that there was about forty million dollars' worth frown i# tho United States, in tho following order: 1, Virginia; 2, North Carolina ; 3, Maryland ; 4, Ken tucky ; 5, Mississippi ; (>, Connecticut ; 7, Massachusetts, etc. Tho analysis of tobacco shows it to bo a narcotic poison. No other plant is liko it in composition. In a small quantity it is a stimulant, in largo quantities n deadly poison. It is a rapid grower, and draws from the soil moro than any other plnnt. Clovor takes from tho mineral element of tho soil ten per cent., tobacco twenty per cent., or ono ton of tobaccp exhausts .1(H) pounds of mineral substances for ovoryacre. The Connecticut seed-leaf tobacco has a peculiarity, in contradis tinction to any other in its fineness and thinnoBH of leaf and texture, and light ness of color. Tobacco is mado by its soil. It cannot bo heavy clay, heavy loam cr alluvial Boil. Must be fine, sandy land, having absorbent power, and retaining heat through tbe night. Taking this poor soil a largo quantity of manure must be used. Tho land is the machine for raising tobacco, and it must bo fertilized and not allowed to deteriorate a particle. Tobacco is so exhaustive that no farmor or farm can make it an exclusivo crop. Stock must bo fed for tho manure, and the streams of grain which flow in from tho west aro i to Tie taken advantage of. Prof. Stockbridge said if tobnceo ! raising was mauaged on business prin ?iploB, with economy, it ?H tho bust business a niau can cnmigo in, in tho Connecticut valley. There will always be a inarkot For all that will be grown. The ro?s?? of the present depression of the business is because thc quality has much deteriorated, and this is ac counted for in part by uot using the right kind of fertilizers, but mainly iu the future to ripen and euro it. To bacco properly cured Bhonld bo ripeuod just as much as any other plant wo grow, and the modem method of plant ing it too near together has caused so rious evil, and is tho great source of polo-sweat. In planting so close to gether all except the uppor leaves are shaded, and tho juices of the leaf are not properly elaborated. To make ;i fine leaf, and to develop the oils and acids of the plant, we must expose it to the direct rays of the sun. The curing process is defective; by the slow gradual process, much of tho essential narcotic oil is lost. Prof. Stockbridge referred to a new system adopted largely in Maryland and Vir ginia, to cure tobacco by an artificial heat with a furnanco coustmctod for that purpose. And it could bo dono thoroughly in seven days, first making the heat temperature to eighty degrees, and the course of five or six days in creasing to 130 degrees. This artificial curing retains all the virtuo of the to bacco, iu fact, increases its essential oils.-Mural Nero Yorker. Early Marriages. Discussion in the British house of commons on the subject brought out information as to the earliest apes at whiob marriage may be legally solemn ized in each of the states of continental Europe. In Austria it is 14 for both sexes ; Hungary, 14 for males, 12 for females ; Russia, 18 for males, 10 for females ; Turkey, as soon as they are able ; Italy, 18 for males, 15 forfemales; Prussia 18 and 14; Franco and Belgium, 18 aud 15 ; Denmark 20 and 10 ; Greece, 14 and 12. In Hesse Darmstadt and Baden the consent of parents is nec essary in the case of men until they have completed their 25th yoar ; in that of women until they are 21. The com pletion of 18 years by males and 10 by females ?B necessary in tho Netherlands, and in Saxe-Coberg- Gotha no malo is permitted to marry before he has at tained his 21st .vear. lu Saxony tho legal age. for males is 18 ; for fomalos 10 years. According to tho nmonded paragraph Of~ th'o^cnr-QorrQairHitTil mariage" bill, tho ages would be re spectively 20 and 10 years, instead of 18 and 14, as in the draft bill. In somo of tho cantons of Switzerland tho law SB to the ages of tho contracting parties is as high as 20 yonrs for males mid 17 for fomalos, and in others as low as 14 for males and 12 for females. ArrREnENSiONs OF DROUTO.-Says tho Sugar Plauter: Our planting friends have serious fears of a long dronth so soon ns the pre ont rains poss away, and with some show of reason. As we have stated in previous issues of this paper, the rains nave boon almost inces sant siuco December List, giving our farmers and planters but little oppor tunity to got their fields in order for cultivation. Now, it seems io follow, ns a rule, that long rainy spells produce drouths of an almost equal duration, and should the rule hold good in the present instance, it would bo wise to mako preparations to meet it. While every ono will uso his own judgmont in the premises, wo desire to offor one word of advice, and that is to plant ns deep as possible and hill up well when the shoots aro above ground the proper height. Plonty of soil around young niants hold the moisture, and should tho anticipations of a dronth bo not realized, a little labor will remove any superfluous soil from cane, cotton and corn. _ HOME LIFE.-It is the fashion of rest less and ambit ions women to despise home-life as too tame, too narrow, too uneventful for them. They long for a wider arena, sot well in the view of the world, whereon to display their gifts or thoir acquirements ; and they think this claustral home, this unexciting family of whiob they form a part, un worthy of their efforts. And yet in reality the art of living well at home, and making the family life a success, is just as great in its way, if not so im portant in its apparent-but only ap parent-results, as the finest shades of diplomacy and tho largest transactions of business. All sorts of talents, both moral and intellectual, are wanted for the task ; and it seems slightly irra tional, to despise as futile qualities which so few of us aro strong enough to possess, or to rate them as beneath tho regard of high-minded people, when not one in a hundred has wit enough to omploy thom to a satisfactory ?BHUO. Ymno A LITTLE.-It is bettor to yield a little than to quarrel a great deal. The habit of standing up, IIB pooplo oall it, for their (little) rights is ono of the most disagreeable and undignified in the world. Lifo is too short for tho perpetual bickerings which attend snob a disposition ; and unless a very mo mentous affair indeed, where other peo ple's claims and interests are involved, it is a question if it is not wiser, hap pier and more prudent to yield some what of preoious rights than squabble to maintain them. Trne wisdom is first pure, then peaceable and gentle. -' 'Herbert, "saids perplexed mother, "Why is it that you'ro not a bettor boy?'' ..Well," said the littlo fellow, soberly, looking up into her faco with his honest bluo eyes, " I suppose the real reason is that I don't want to bo 1" The child gavo the real reason why all of us, big as woll as little, are not bot ter than wo are. FACTS AND FANCIES. -Samuel Wilhelm, of Berks county, Pa., eight feet high, has applied for the situation of tho late Irish giant. -The woman who enaoted the part of Katie Kin pr in tho Holmes seances in Philadelphia is studying for tho stage. -Careful observations havo shown that the average temperature of tho human body within tho tropics is nearly one degree higher than in a temperate climate. -In a fox-chase in England lately the Hov. C. W. Wilkinson broke his neck and Lady Florence Douglas smashed her coilar-boue ; but tho fox was caught. -Large apes of naturally intelligent breeds aro put to good service in tho straits settlements of tho oast. They aro trained to climb the cocoanut, palm trees, valuable for their fruit, which, ordinarily, is difficult to reach, and not only harvest tho nuts but always select such as are ripe. They twist the nut round and round until it falls down from the stalk, and at oach BuccesH testify their delight by jumps and chuckles. Apes so trained are hired ont by their owners like so many field hands. -The coast, lino of the United States under the supervision of the light house board, including thc northern lakes, is about 10,000 miles in extent, surpassing that of any other nation on the globe. Tho number of light-houses and lighted beacons along this coast lino is 030 ; light-ships, 25 ; fog signals operated by steam or hot-air engines, 40 ; day or unlighted beacons, 350 ; to tal, 1,005, being one beacon for every 10 mile? of coast. Besides this, there are 3,000 buoys in position to indicate banks, rocks, and other obstructions in channels of navigation. -Toko a man and pin three or four large tablecloths about him, fastened back with elastic and looped up with ribbons ; drag all his owu hair to tho middle of his head and tio it tight, and hair-pin on about five pounds of other hair and a big bow of ribbon. Koop the front locks on pins all night and lot them tickle his eyes all day ; pinch his waist into a corset, and givo him gloves a size too small, and shoes ditto, and a hat that will not, stay on without a tor turing elastic, and a-frill to tickle his emin, and a littlo laco veil to, blind bin DJVH ulronnrtir-lio; gvoo-OUtT'i.o-'H-n.tlr, ..mi ho will know what woman's dress is. -Tho thieves of Spain aro gayly pur suing their mad carcor among pioturon and statues. Tho celebrated cartoons of Goya at Madrid havo gone after tho Sovillo Murillo-which latter, indocd, has been recovered. Tho Virgin's crown in Saint Ferdinand's chapel at Sevillo has vanished. So has tho " Master Dolorosa" of Alonzo Gano at Granada. Tho latest exploit of these enterprising fellows has been': -?imph antly carried out at Madrid. Their ''ooty is a small statue of tho Virgin, most oxcolloiit of workmanship, and dating from the end of the sixteenth century. Its material is wood, gilt and painted. Tho thieves got it safely into Paris, whore they borrowed a round sum upon it from MM. Andro ond Mer cuard, bankers. Tho Spanish legation has claimed the statue. -Tho banishment of lepors is rigor ously carried out in the Sandwich isles. There was a recent ofticial search for persons affected with tho incurable malady, immy having been secreted by their relative's. Hundreds were found and put into a vessel for transportation to the leper village, to be kept until they die. Their families gathered on tho beach, and expressed their grief in loud lamentations. A talontcd half breed, called Bill Ragsdalo, has long held a high place in the regard of Sand wich Islanders. He is an orator of great natural power, and loader in tl - district of Hilo, and a man of notorious bad morals. He discovered that ho was leprous, though the indications were so slight that he had escaped official no tice, and at once gave himself up to the authorities. A procession of natives, singing and carrying flowern, escorted him to the vessel which was to take him and tho others to their living graves. He made a speech to tho assembly, urgiug submission to the measures for eradicating leprosy by banishment, and expressing his hatred of missionaries. "Wheeler & Wilson's Sewing Ma chines. Wo call attention to tho Wheeler Ss Wilson advertisement in our columns. This well-known Company has tho most advantageous facilities for supply ing tho public with Sowing Machines, on as favorable terms as tho business will idiow. They warrant all thoir work, and it is a matter of impor tance to tho purchaser to deal with a Company whoso position and perma nence givo assurance that their guar anty will bo fulfilled. They have agencies and offices throughout the civilized world, for furnishing needles, thread and other necessary supplies, and have an established reputation for reliability and fair dealing. THE conspicuous triumph of Messrs. George Steck & Co., of New York, at the Vienna World's Fair in 1873, at which thoir pianos obtained the highest award-the only gold medal-has begun to yield them substantial fruits. Tho increased popularity of tho Steck in struments is noticeablo not only in New York, whore thoir excollonco has long been acknowledged, but throughout tho country, and moro espeoially in those rommunities that lay special claim to a cultivated musical tasto.-New York Independent.