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THE WEEKLY LEDQER, I’CRLIHliKI) KVKRY FRIDAY BY The Limeitone PHntinf and Publishing Co. Incorporated. $1.50 per Year. R. O. SAMS, - - Editor. FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 18»4. FOREST FIRES. Thiii is the reason of the year that many persona take for burning off their new-ground. This is all very well provided the fire is confined to their own lands and especially to these plots. After the wood has been cut auu hauled safely away and the brush piled, fire is a very quick means of getting the land ready for the plow. Before the stock law was inaugura ted it was the custom in late winter or early spring regularly to burn off the range land, so that cattle, roam ing at will might the earlier and the better get a living. In conse quence our lands deteriorated instead of lieing made to improve as nature intended they should. A deeided change for In-Iter has taken place. In fifteen years or less decaying vegeta tion has by its accumulation so increased the fertility of the soil that the forests now would hardly 1m- rec ognised as the same when annual fires in the spring kept down all un dergrowth and swept onward at the will of the wind. Keep out of your own forests, and especially keep it from escaping to your neighbors wmsl’s. Sometimes thoughtless |M-rsons set tire to their own brush piles during the early morning hours, when it is ton early to determine if it is going to la- v windy day, and as day advances the wind rises, the fire is la-yond control and great loss follows. If this always fell on the guilty party it would not mutter much, but in all probability he is irresponsible, and the innocent sufferer hears the loss as la-st he can. This ought not to Im*. There is not much difference in injuring your neighbor’s proja-rty by burning it up, and going on it with axe and team and hauling off his valuable timber. CmmkI timber is now scarce and con sequently valuable. With our manufacturing interests on the increase, and the prospect of new industries started in our midst, there will soon Im- an increasing de mand for the timlM-rthat we now so recklessly cut down, roll in piles and burn up to get out of the way. TH&SITUATION. There comes a lull after every storm. Just now we are. enjoying that quiet and can l(M>k dispassionately over the acts and trying scenes of the past few days. Perhaps we will never know how near we approached the brink of that direst of calamities—civil war. Very thankful should we lx* that this dan ger has been averted. Fortunate it was that the consta bles escaped their pursuers from Dar lington; that Martial Law was not 1- '••imed; that such conservative men ns (Jen. and Adjt. (ion. Farley were sent to Darlington and to Florence; thaf the cit izens of Darlington appreciated the situation and co-operated with the officers in command of the soldiers sent to pre serve the peace, and that their meet ing served rather to cement than to sever'i'inr.-—___ Many commands--refused to obey the call to sendee. - . ^ The 4th Brigade, the finest organ ized in the State, is among that num- l»er. As this command Is confined principally to Charleston, it will pro bably be severely rebuked by the Commander in Chief. A fine opportunity is presented for magnanimity to lie shown, and thus quieting the troubled waters. IMMIGRATION. Out of 11,262 immigrants who land ed at Ellis Island, X. Y. during the month of December,3,000 were unable to read or write, and more than one half were without a trade or miy visi ble means of support. This is a statement taken from Our Home Field, published at Atlanta. Is it to Im- wondered at that the number of the unemployed becomes larger; that crime is on the increase; that anarchists are getting a foothold in our larger cities, and that there is unrest throughout our borders? Is it not time for Congress to place some restriction on this wholesale importa tion of this illiterate and shiftless class? (iood cit izens are needed everywhere, and everywhere there is room for them, but we are far better off with the viciouso.tlOU miles away. Gaff ney needs, more honest toilers, bnt she does not want a single loafer. VEGETATION REVIVING. Never have We known so much des truction from one freeze as from the cold wave that swept over the coun. * try nearly three weeks ago. Of all the forest trees the Hickory appears to have received the greatest we can see no May tree looks dead, leaf and twig, while in others, apparently no better pro- tected, they continue green though no vestige of fruit remains. Fortunately the |M-aeh is readily grown, rapidly matures, and soon cornea into boa ring. Apples perhaps have suffered least, but even they were far enough advanced to lose all their fruit. The saddest and most forlorn appearance is presented in the floral field. The rose is the queen among flowers, and in its cultivation we take special pride,, but the more we look the sadder we grow. We have waited long and can now see the faint streaks of returning day. What a wise provision in nature to preserve life. Away, hidden un der bark there lies dormant many eyes protected from frost and wintery blast ready to respond when the call is made to bud and spring forth a new creation. This is our hope. We might yet gather IxMiquets of beautiful roses. TROOPS RETURN HOME. Gen. Hichhourg in charge of the tr<M>ps ordered to Darlington dis- chargcd his delicate mission in a spirit of fairness. He seemed to take in the situation at a glance and so acted as to disarm prejudice, if any existed. It was fortunate for Darlington, and fortunate for the State, that con servative men were brought promi nently before the citizens to see that order was preserved and law main tained. Before leaving Gen. Kichhourg shook hands with each member of tin- Darlington Guards, commanded by <'apt. Thompson, in acknowledg ment of their faithful services. It was a kindly act and s|M-aks well for the General, as well as for his com mand. FROM WASHINGTON. MR. EDWIN WALTERS. We an- sorry to learn of the sick- | ness of Mr. Walters. While with us he tried to do us g<mmI. and now that he has gone we miss him. as we knew we would. It will Im- a pleasure for us to wel come him again right here where he has already done giMnl work. There is plenty of room for men of Mr. Walter's ability, insight and en ergy. And we think that here is the place for him to exercise his talent. WORDS OF PRAISE. For the Gaffney Manufacturing Com pany. A staff corrcs|M>ndent of the Char lotte Observer writing alMiut the de velopment of the South has the fol lowing to say with reference to this particular section: “It has been demonstrated beyond a doubt ♦lint cotton goods can be made cheaper in the South than anywhere else in the world. Formerly it was claimed that this applied only to the commonest goods. For a long time the Southern goods were bought cheaper because of this idea that the skill was not in the South to do as good work as was commonly done in . New England. “It transpires that currents are not only upsetting this idea but are doing more. A cloth is being made at the Gaffney, S. C., mill that com mands a premium over New England made goods. I was told by a com mission man in New York a few days since that he was holding Gastonia goods in the same way at a promiuin over other similar stuffs on the market. Upon asking the reason the answer was that it was better laadf-'. The card of a Northern competitor was sent a few days ago^to the Ather ton Mill and across the face, in red ink, was printed • -^‘We guarantee to meet in price,arid equal in quality any Southern yarn." “Ten years ago it had been demon strated that cotton manufacture could be made profitable in the South. To day it is demonstrated that the tSonth labors under no disadvantage whatever. Goods cannot only be produced profitably but as good in quality and materially cheaper than can be produced anywhere else in the world. “Having reached this point no a shadow is left in the way of rapid de velopment. The people of this over- crowded section must look for new territory for the betterment of their condition. The South offers the op portunities they are seeking. Capital seeking investment will alike find in the South the opportunity it needs. “In this panic the New England mills have felt the pressure of South ern competition. The old story that New England cotton products an* better than Southern products doesn’t go any more. The man who is hand ling the Southern stuffs is beginning to have the advantage on the markets, and his goods go where formerly New England goods went: not always be cause they are bettor liked." Eight Classes of Church Goers. Some go to ehurch just for a walk, Some go there to laugh and talk. Some go there merely for observa tion, Some go there set-king speculation. Some go there to see k the pn-ucher’s name, ^ Some go there to wound his fame. Some go there to doze and nod, And some go thereto worship f»od. —— -• — Last year no fewer than 2.37H ehil- dren were taken*it pool, 113 being uni T < der drunk in Liver- 10 years of age. Bucklcn’s Arnica Salve. Titr. Bust Halvk in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Cleers, Salt Rheum, FeverSores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Enufep*,' aud Positively cures Biles, required. It is guaranteed rrfect satisfaction or money Price 20 cents per box. A Newsy Letter From the Nation’s Headquarters. [Correspondence of Tiik Ledger.] Washington, April 11.—What is Senator Hill’s game? That is the popular conundrum in Wash ington to «ray. There are numerous answers and only time can tell which, if any, of them are correct. Some say that he is ambitious of filling the position in the democratic part}’ oc cupied by the late Sam Randall believing that to be a good route to the White House; others that he is but voicing the sentiments of the State he represents in [opposing the income fax and other features of the tariff hill, and still others that he is just trying to embarrass the adminis tration Democrats. Whatever his object, there is no denying that lie has succeeded by his speech in mak ing a situation already uncertain decidedly more so and in bewildering the leaders of his party as well as other |M-oj)le. Some language used by Senator Brice in a published interview is exciting much interest in Congress and many regard the deduction he draws as significant. He said: “I hsik for a big silver vote to he east this fall. It will hi- large even In New York. People look to the govern ment to give them good times. There are fifteen thousand millions of indebtedness upon farms and city lots and other property, half of this sum in corporation, indebtedness, and only one metal instead of two to pay in. Therefore, I say, silver will Im* the alternative of the disappointed and indebted. We shall find that fiscal legislation will sujK-reede the tariff." The last sentence is certainly sig nificant. coming from Mr. Brice. The DeiiKM-rnts of the House having faih-d «o reach any agreement as to the repeal of the tax on Sti ’e hank currency have deeided to hold a cau cus tomorrow night for the purpose of arriving at some concision. If party caucuses were run as they used to Im*. there would he no doubt of the result, as a majority of the democrats favor unconditional repeal, hut of late caucuses are merely con ferences, not depending upon any ImmI}’. Naval officials smile at this state ment contained in a letter from San Anders Island, published a day or two ago: “The cannon with which the Kearsage sank the Alabama was thrown overboard, and lies in about four fathoms of water. This alone ought to be worth saving as a relie." The reason why naval officials smiled is, that not a single gun of the arma ment carried by the Kearsage when she fought the historic contest which resulted in the sinking of the Ala bama has been aboard of her for a long time, her armament having been entirely changed when she was re built a few years ago. The gun fired the shot that sank the Alabama is not therefore “in about four fath oms," or in any other depth Af water, but is quietly rusting away in the custody of the United States govern ment. The gun which was thrown overboard when the Kearsage went upon Roncador reef neve? fired a hostile shot. Which, recalls one of the sayings 'Josh Billings alKHit how luiK-h people know “that aint so." There must be something extra good about the resolution offered by Senator Wolcott of Colorado, re questing the President to open nego tiations with Mexico looking to the coinage of standard Mexican dollars by United States mints, when two Senators usually as wide apart on financial questions as Dubois, of Idaho, and Lodge, of Massachusetts, follow each other in praising it. The resolution will probably he disposed of Jin a few days—possibly this week. There is no question about the coin age of Mexican dollars, for the China trade is doing a good thing for us, but it is not quite so clear that it would be regarded in the same light by Mex ico. The silver men are determined to get some legislation at this session. They do not care much about the veto of the Bland bill, us they never were enthusiastic for it; merely sup porting it as in the line of what they desired. They are very much encour aged, however, over the vote tn the House on the question of passing the bill over the veto. Only one-fourth of the Democrats in the House voted to sustain the veto, which makes it apparent how easy it will Im* to pass any silver measure that may be agreed upon. Mr. Bland expects to have his free coinage bill reported to the House us s<M)n us the appropriation bills are disposed of. Representative Meyer, of Louisuna, lias introduced u hill for the coinage of the seignior age, coupled with authority to issue bonds, iif accordance wit h suggest ion contained in President Cleveland’s veto message, hut It is not probable that the bill will ever even be re ported to the House from the com mittee. Bonds are not popular in the House. The silver question is not likely to come up in the Semite as a separate hill until after the tariff hill has been disposed of, and Lord only knows when that will he, but it is now thought to he certain that at least one of the free coinage amend ments to the tariff bill, of which notice has been given, will be pushed to a vote. Senator (Juay is author of one of these and Senator Allen of an other, but that of the latter is com- plieated by a provision fora reduction of duties in the tariff bill. The House has not averaged one day a week when business could be transacted for some time owing tothe inability of the democrats to.get a vot ing quorum on hand. Yet, there are forty-nine Democrats in excess of a quorum in the House. The Weather and the Crops. United States Department of Agri culture, Weather Bureau, Weather- crop Bulletin No. 1, for week ending April 8th, 18114. The temperature for the week was about normal over the entire State, hut the nights were very cool, with, light frosts over the western half on the inorning of the 7th, which did but little or no damage. The cool nights had the effect of retarding the growth of all vegetation and making it very uncertain to what extent crops were, injured by the recent cold. Sunday was very warm and gave a new impetus to all growing vegetation. There was an average amount of sunshine during the week in all sections. In general, there was a deficiency of rainfall throughout the State. There were showers on the 4th and 'ith, light for the most part, hut heavy in the southeastern portions, which were very beneficial. High winds in the central and western portions dried the soil very rapidly especially where Lvosened In prepara tion for planting, the latter being deferred in those parts until the weather becomes more favorable for quick germination. Ruin is needed over the entire State. In the coast region rice planting has lM*en general, hut the acreage, it is thought, will he less than usual owing to the scarcity of seed. Up land corn is nearly all planted, ex cept in the western counties, and much of that which was cut down by the frost ha*Imhoi replanted, although some cut down and not replanted shows signs of putting out new sprouts. The stand of such corn promises poorly. Much diversity of opinion regarding grains prevails among correspondents, although all admit serious injury. The truth is that some field suffered hut llt£le while others were seriously damaged, de|M‘iiding on locality and stage of growth, Spring oats were not damaged. The full amount of injury done to grains will probably not he knotni until thrashing time. It is admitted by all, that fruit in the hill counties is entirely killed,and many on the trees and branches, this is particularly true of peaches. Other large fruits are not as much hurt. Where the vines or hushes have not been killed, berries show signs of put ting forth new buds. Cotton planting is well advanced in the low counties, ami ground is being prepared over the entire State. I}y_flext week planting will be general. The acreage will be, apparently, up to the usual area, and commercial fertilizers are being freely used. Some potatoes were replanted, but those that were not are putting out new sprouts and promise well. In the western parts of the State many forest as well as fruit trees were killed. Gardens have been generally re planted. Note: The Director extends his thanks to correspondents for their prompt and full acknowledgement of his recent circular. J. W. Baukk, Weather Bureau, Director, 8. C. 8. W. 8. Columbia, 8. C. April 8th, 1893. Governor Tillman in interview in the. Colunbia State is quoted as fol lows: “Let me tell you. I don’t see anything ahead now hut-for the Southern Democrats to combine there forces with the Western Populists and go into the next national cam paign on new party lines. The North eastern Democrats and the Republi cans are now togeather. It is a com- bihation of the moneyed interests." This is construed bv some as mean ing that he is willing to head the Populist movement in the n*Xt pres-> idental campagn. South Carolina has In operation and practically ready for operation 18,034 cotton hMinis. Georgia has only 12.i>44: North Carolina 13, 306. $100 Reward, $100. Tlie reader of this paper will Im- pleased to learn tliat there is at last one dreaded disease that science, has taen able to cure jn all Rs stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires aeon- stitutional treatment. Hall’st'atarrh Cure is taken internally, acting di rectly on the IiIihm! and mucous sur faces of the system, thereby destroy ing the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by build ing up tlie consititution and assisting naturr in doing it* work. The pro prietors have so much faith In its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it falls t* cure. Head for list of testi monials. Address, F. J. Cheney A- Co. Toledo, O. £0^8old by Druggists, 7.m\ From Wilkinsville. Wn, kins viler, April 11.—Rev.G.M. Boyd preached Sunday at Wilson’s Chapel, and tter.^F. C. Hickson a t Abingdon Creek. Both preached to attentive audi ences. The behavior in our country churches is, ns u rule, very good. Mr. Mest, of rqmrtanhurg Co. and Miss Katie Wofford, of Wilki*<ville- marry to-day. We wish them a long and happy life. C. L. Spencer, Albert George, Sul- lie Muiiinnx and Hcaife Patrick be long to the honor roll at Wilkins ville Academy for standing head in their respective classes last week. All honor to the bo^ or girl who puts forth every effort to succeed.’ May you make as goisi n record in after years. Tlie prompt and proper perform ance of duty is tlie surest way to de velop the habit of firm adherence to right. Every time a duty is definitely performed will is strengthened and the individual is on a surer road to success. While, on the other hand, every time we consciously, or care lessly, do wrong will is weakened, evil is strengthened, and our respect for law is diminished. Teachers should maintain good or der lM*eause of the awful conse quences in the destruction of charac ter that follows conscious neglect of duty or violation of law. The conscious violation of any rule means a conscious deviation from right. Few consider the terribly destruc tive influence on character exerted by frequently re|M‘t»ted violations of rules even in regard to matters that are, in themselves, very trifling. Our actions indicate what we are, because our actions are the expression of the present condition of our mental and moral natures. Disregard to law in the pupil leads to disregard to law in the citizen. Habits formed in youth are hard to change in after years. Washington ascribed his success to his training in youth. His mother taught him when ahoy to have certain hours for everything and to do everything at theappointed time. When lie was president of the United Htates lie never forgot that training We read that his secretary was once five minutes late. Wash ington told him to get a new watch, or he would get a new secretary. Literary school-teachers have a great responsibility resting on them. They are in a position that they can accom plish much good. Instances occur every day by which they can teach a grand moral lesson. They have the boy five days in tlie week, the 8. 8. teacher has him only one hour. The school is the best place in tlie world for character training except the home. J. D. Etta Jane Notes. [Correspondence Weekly Ledger.] Etta Jank, April 9th.—During the past week we have had so much Dar- lington-constabulary-dispcnsary news that I hardly knew how to begin writing on any other subject. The weather is very dry aud wheat, oats and gardens are needing rain. The giound in many places is getting t<M) hard to plow and farmers will soon be out of work. Miss Mary Duncan closed her school at Hunnysidc week before last. Most of the free schools will soon sus pend for the summer. For ail the good some of them do they might suspend forever without doing the country much harm. Mr. Johli A. Hames, of Gowdeys- ville, is in a very critical condition at present. He has Bright’s disease. But little hopes of his recovery is en tertained. Rev. G. M. Boyd preached at Wil son’sUhapel yesterday, also Rev. F.C. Hickson, preached at Elbethel and Abington Creek yesterday. Hi nee tlie cold snap set in on Eas ter almost everybody has had a severe cold, many of them bordering closely on phcmoitia. * Dr. B. D. Bates of Clifton has been located at Wilkinsville for several months and is in this sec tion prac ticing medicine. He is a Young man qiid well thought of both as a physic ian and a gentleman, lie is building up a good practice, Mr. J, K, Poole lost a mule last week. The fanners who have held their cotton ever since last gathering time for a giMal price will have to take less for it now than they could have sold it for last Christmas. Fortunately, (or unfortunatrly) there are not many of them who have it on hand now. We are much pleased with the tone and appearance of the Weekly Leimieu us a newspaper for the peo ple. It is doing good work, and will no doubt aid materially in building up t he town and 8purt«nburg county. We know of no |M*ople who have done more for themselves and the county at large than those of Gaffney City and Limestone. Their schools are of the highest order, and the boy or girl who has had the advantage of them is fairly equip|M>d to meet life’s duties. The merchants and business men, so far as I know them, rank with the highest order of gentlemen. There is ouiy VBV fault 1 tiitf with them—they want their money when it is due; but this is no more than other peoplo do. • Mr. Editor, I did intend last week to answer the question in your paper of the week before last in regard to the car load of hogs hut by some means my answer was left out. The answer is; A got $(fif and B got $636, making $1,loo. Mr. Waddy Osiuent and Uncle Jake Pridmorc both say that we will have rain for seven consecutive Sundays because Easter was a wet day. Mr. r Hump Pridmore is clerking for Mr. W. A. Peeler, at Skull Shoals. Ironi all accounts we will have a full crop of office seekers this year. Several are now iiursiu; their official boom let* and waiting for the Reform procession to come along. Tlie weather continues cool. Miss Mary HarrilUs School at Hope- well, York county, has invited your correspondent to attend an entertain ment next Friday evening at 7 o’clock. From Algood Algood, 8. C., April 11th.—Rev. John Ezell of Wixxlruff, 8. C. filled on the 7th and 8th inst., the pulpit at Macedonia. Sunday school was reorganized at Macedonia last Sunday. Mr. A nuiiiux Gardner and his sis ter, Miss Roxana, of Glendale, made a short visit to their old home the 8th inst. Messrs. Frank More and Robt. Reason of Cowpens, were at Mace donia last Sunday. Mr. Reason conies “over into Macedonia" right often. We think then* must be some special attract ion over here for him. Mr. J. Gardner, from this commu nity, is now in hcIkm)! at the Gaffney City Male amf Female Seminary. We have a good school in tjiis com munity. It is to continue thniugh the summer. This shows that the people of this section are not asleep nor unconcerned as to the matter oj education. Mrs. Alfred Harris has been almost unable, on account of an attack of an attack of rhe.'mutism, to get about. But we an* g. id to know that she Is some better. A»so Mrs. Ham let Smith who has been quite ill for some time is impniving, although it is slowly. The 29th ult., Mr. John Linder accompanied by his wife, went over to Clifton. Near Cowpens his stock became frightened and ran away, throwing Mrs. Linder out of the wagon, breaking one arm and hurt ing the other. Some of our young people are unt ic- ipating a pleasant trip up to the Sunday School Union which meets with the Buck Creek church. A. — - *•». • Seminary Scintillations. Our boys and girls have <M-cupied their inimds to some extent for the past few days in solving the problem Mr. Walters gave them in the Leimiek last week. Perhaps our*readers will find an other in this issue that will require a little greater mental effort. Our boys and girls are to meet together at the Seminary once a month for social entertainment. For a long time these meetings were conducted each time in the same way by playing some old games that the settlers of America probably en joyed. But we are glad to say that im provement has been made in this line. Our meeting on last Saturday night was enlivened by songs and readings instead of the old regime and was pleasant atid instructive to all. We have a library in our school which belongs to our literary socie ties, but it is not large enough for our needs. We want a large library that will contain hooks on a variety of subjects. Our library does not grow us it should because we take too little interest in trying to -obtain volumes for it. Reading good books is a great part of an education as we gain knowl edge on a wider range of subjects than are treated in the ordinary text books. We will be very grateful to any one who will be so kind as to contribute even a single volume. The Darlington war is not without effect on our school. A few nights ago ope of our bQ}')* (Irfumed that he was at Darlington in the midst of the conflict, |fe acted very bravely In his war-dream and was s genuine hero till a gun was pointed toward him, and then—then he woke up and was glad to find himself in Gaffney instead of Darlington. His fright rendered him very unfit to make a soldier at any early day. Speciman Cases. 8. II. Clifford. New Cassell, Win., was troubled with Neuralgia and Rhe- upwtism, hia Htmqacli was disorded, hi* Liver w»* affected to «» alarm ing degree, appetite fell away, ao«i he was terribly reduced in flesh and strength Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured him. Edward 8hepard, Harrisburg. III., had a running sore on hi* leg of eight years standing. Used three bottles of Electric Bittles and seven boxes of Bueklen’s Arnica Halve, and his leg is sound and well. John Speaker, Catawba, O., had five large Fever sores on his leg, doctors said he was incurable. One bottle Electric Bitters and one box Bueklen's Arnica Halve cured him entirely. Hold by W. B. Dul’i Tbe Young People’s Bnren.. Who Can Guess Me?. I am so strong and migKn men are appalle.l al my approach, and yet as a little infant I depend on my kind mother. Ladies in their need of support lean upon me. I am made of use iff raiu and in sunshine. I make my light to shine on land and sea, but tlie sailor’s heart fails when he thinks of me. Though so feared, I bring with me wealth. Men do make a fire on my hack ami walk upon me. I once showed great hos pitality to a man, but lie quietly hath* me farewell, and never said, thunk you. “Purse-and-all (;v. r. -n.al) consecra tion." Words tell what you should be; deeds tell what you are." Let the world deelaie there is a reality in walking with G<m1. him! working for God! The secret of happiness consists in lixiking away from our own troubles; at those of our neiglxirs, and learning ' by comparison how much we have to be thankful for. Tin* lightest wave of influence set in motion extends and widens to the eternal shore. “How many gentle.'lovely lives, And fragrant deeds that earth lias known, Were never writ in ink or stone; And yet their fragrance still sur- Our boys and girls are fond of look ing for tlie four leaved clover. Here is a Mohammedan legend in regard to it. When Eve left the Garden of Eden she was told slio might take one flower with her. She st<M»|K*d to pluck the clover, but the angel with the flaming sword touched her and she seized hut three* leaves. Since tliat time the clover is three leaved. The plant with original four leaves however crept through the walls of Paradise and is sometimes found, always lies!owing upon its possessor good luck. One’s for fame and one's for wealth. And one’s for u faithful lover, Aud one will give me glowing health. These four leaves of clover. % It was a witty Frenchman, I think, who said that every woman's secret ambition was to be either a great beauty or a great saint. There might lx* wmse ambitions. To be beautiful is to confer an im mense amount of pleasure ; u beauti ful woman is always a “sunshine in a shady place." What the Letters Can Do. There is nothing so small asalet- ter. hut some of them are almost cap able of working miracles. For in stance, do you know that the I) can turn a crow to a crowd, 4 make heard out of a bear, and form simple anger into danger? flut that is not as the letter N. It will turn a crow into a crown, change a line into linen, and where there stands one, will cause it to vanish and leave none. B inakei» a road broad, changes Tom into a tomb, and makes a hear of the simple little ear. F is a goo<l-*f»irit, changing the low er regions to flower regions; but S is rather malicious, changing laughter intoslaughter, making of a pear a s|M‘ur. turning a word into a sword. W makes women out of an omen, makes the arm warm, and changes the meaningless syllable into the cheering word win. (' is full of odds tricks; turning a lover into eloyer, making a lever clever, and instead of allowing a man to lie hanged, it leaYes him only changed. T will ehaDge things so that what was here willibe there, a hough is bought, and “^iis own" is increased to*“this town."’ L makes a pearl of a common p<1ar, and out of an awful thing maizes something lawful. It changes the number four into flour, a how intps ImiwI, and a one into alone. II changes eight to height, and'K makes know not now. I The letters can change cares i|nto a caress, and R make a lover oufiof love. ^ Y changes ours to yours, makeii a lady out of a lad, turns fur into fur|', and increases one man to many, M makes war warm, and turns oals to moats, while the lively Bob changes to a bomb, and alsoincref any to many. So tlicsc little mites that make the alphabet can iM*rforin worn equal tothe genii of the Arabi| Nights.—Mrs. E. A. Matthews, the Christian Union. It Paid. It was queer business for a won but she made it pay, and every y^ put by a comfort hie sum. Havl f3,<IU0 for her first vent tire she hot a lot In a growing part of the city' built u pretty frame house with pled of closets. It was finished early in spring; but a new place does look “homey,’" so she had the fr of the yard graded, with a flower on each side of the walk, and put I scarlet geraniums and |M*tuni| The rest nicely sodded, a shrub two added, and an apple, pear aj cherry tree planted in the.hack yi It made such a difference iti thedi of the house, though the uj expended in outside improve was scarcely fifty dollars, that I sold it to a young oouplff very The next fall she put 'up ar house, watching the building carefully, and in the spring very pretty outside with trees,'' and flowers. This also sold ref and now she builds a house to' every year, and bills fair to be a woman. She wonders why women do not ?trike out in yet new industry. They oughl know how to make pleasant he afd build them to sell, Dki.—It pendenj.