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ALn IndLependeiat Paper Devoted to the ' lnterests^ of the People vi'ii (if >\rf -: ?<tm ??IT VOLUME HI. ORANGEB?RG, SOUTH CAROLINA, km^)J^^^^^ 1875. NUMBER 50.? i A-IiITIcRARY CURIOSITY. [Tho following is ono of tho nioet rcmarkabio compositions wo havo mot with. It ovlncoa an in genuity of arrangement po*nliarly its own. Ex planation: Tho initial capitals epoll ?'My Boast t? ?n tb? Qloriou? Orosa of Christ. " The words in Italics, wbonTCad from top to bottom and bottom to top, form tlio Lord's Prayer ooinploto:] Make known tho Gospel-truths, our Father king, Yield up thy graco, dear >J>Vtfftcr, fromabove, Bless us with hoartn inJimfc feelingly can ?!ugi "Our lifo thou art for-cecr Ood of Lovo?" A'Busgo our grlof in love for Christ we pray, - Since tbo bright prince of Untren and glory died, Took all our slus aud hallowed the display, Infant 60lug, flr'nt a man, and thon was crucified. Stupendous Clad! thu(traceand junco-mako known; In Jesus' numclet all the world rejoice, Now labor in thy heavenly kingdom own That bles8od kingdom for thy salute the choice, How vilo tocVftne to theo 1? all our ory, Enemies of f/ty-sclf and all that's thine, GraccleoB our will wo livo for vanity, Loathing thy oc-ing, evil 1" design. Oh God, thy will be done, from oarth to heaven; Boclinlng on tho GoBpollet 11? live, In euriA from Bin ?fcKccr-ed and forgiven. Oh J a?^hyself''oMf teach na to forgive, Unless t't'a power tcatftption doth destroy, 8uro in our fall ?uro tho depths of woe, Carnal m mind, wo'vo not a Rllmpsc or Joy rtaleed agalnBt Acuccn ,? iu ut hope wo can flow. O give us grace and lead us in thy ways; hhlno on im with thy lovo and glvo u? pcaco, Solf and t!ii: sin that rleo agaim<t us slay. Oh grant each day our trc*pa*t-6U may cease, Forglvo our evil deeds that oft wo do. Convince ub daily Of them to our shamo, Help us with heavenly bread, forgive us too, Recurrent lusts, and we'll adoro thy name, In thy /or<7it'c-no8B wo a* palntB can die, Slnoo for im aud onr trenpanse? 00 high, Tby Sou our Saviour, bird on Calvary. TUE SNUFF-COLOKEI) SUIT. I eoarcoly knew how it happened, but a timber must have fell and struok mo on the head. The first thing that I realized after if was tiiat I was straight and still on something hard, and v.'hen I tried to move myself and speak, I found it im possible to do so. I concluded that I must bo in some very tight dark place, for I could not see ; in fact I soon loarnod that, tho' perfeotly conscious, I could do nothing but hear. A door opened and footsteps approached \ but I felt a oloth taken from my face, nnd a voioo whioh I recognized as that of- Mr. Jones, tho father of my wife that was to be?said: "He hasn't changed much," and his companion, whose,voioe I knew tobe the village undertaker, Hopkins by name, lightly : " Better looking dead than alive. How does Jerusha fool about it ? Take on muck ?" " Oh, no, she had her eye on another fellow anyhow, and a bettor match, too, exocpting the money part. Thongb I had nothing against Ben. only ho didn't know much, and was about the homeliest man I ever knew. Saoh a mouth: why it really seemed aa thongh he was going to swallow knife, plate, and all, when ho opened it at dinner." "Well," said the cheer fill voice of Hopkins," he'll never open his mouth again ;" and then he proceeded to meas ure me for my coffin, for it. seemed that I was dead, or thoy thought I was, whioh waB all the same to the greedy pocket of the undertaker. I had heard of undertakers who always whistled joy fully when they got, a measure, but I nover behoved it boioro. But that man actually-whistled a subdnod danoiug tuno whilo ho measured mo, and it seemed to mo that three or four ioiolos* wero rolling down tuv back, to thomusio of his whistle. His duty dono, they coverod my faco again and left me to my own reflections, whioh woro not particularly oomforting, although I had often hoard it remarked, that meditation was good for tho soul, and this was tho best chanco I had ever had to try it. An hour must have passed when tho door aguin opened, nnd two porsons onrao whispering along to whero I hty, nnd tho voice of-my promised wife fell upon my ear. "I dread to. look at him, Bob ; ho was so mortal homely, alive, ho must be frightful dead." I ground my teeth in imagination, as I remembered how often sho had gone into raptures, or pretended to, over my noble brow, and Expressive month; and how that she often declared that if I woro taken away from her aho would surely pine away and die. Ono of them raised tho cloth, and I know thoy were looking at mo. Bob was her second cous'n, nnd I know he was that "other fellow," whom her father had mentioned. " Beonis to mo you don't feol vory bad nbout his dying, 'Kusha," remarked Boh, meditatively, "Well, to toll the truth," said my betrothed, "I don't care very much about it. If ho had lived I should have married him, because ho was rich, aud father wanted me to : bnt I was getting about siok of my bargain, for 1 know I should always bo ashamed of him, ho looked so much liko a baboon. "But you loved him," remarked Bob. "No, I didn't 1 My affections wero wasted long ago upon one who never returned my love ;" and my fastrfadinr; idol sighed heavily. , They had covered my faoo by this time, and wore standing a few otep.i from whore I lay. "About how long ago, 'Rueho?" asked Bob. 'O?lC/ ^ff 'J S J "A yea?, or such a matter," wilh another dopp sigh, which ended in a fit of sneezing. j >?! Abon,t the timo I wont away ?" In?? terrogated the cautions Bob, coughing* t> littlo. 11 < 1 J| j { 7; L| J I "-Well, yes, somo'ro near," assented my door aulonoed. M Now, Jerusha, yon don't mean to insinuate that I?" I " I don't mean to insinuate anything, Bob Smith 1" and tho ahgelio sweotnoss of hor voice was somewhat sharpened. "Now. see here, 'Rnsha, I've loved you ever since yon were kneo high to a gopher, but I thought when you came homo that you was sweet on that other chap; but I swan 1 boliovo yen liked me all the timo!" " Oh, Bob 1" said my was-to-ho, in a gushing sort of way. " Mino own JeruBha 1" remarked Bob. Then I heard a subdued ruBb, accom panied by violont lip explosions. I tried to kick, or grato my teeth/or do something to relievo my out raged fool ing, but not a kick nor ? "grato could I raiBO. It was on awful fire to bo in, but I had to stand it, or lay it, so I laid still and let 'em alone nntil thoy got tired of it, and then they went ont, and I was again left to my own pleasant reflec tions,'''' Night CAmo, &sd so did a lot of young I fellows with their girls, to sit with me; and they had a jolly time of it, although it was against my principles to enjoy it on so solemn an occasion. It seemed on ago until morning,1 but"' it came at last and thoy went awoy. I heard them say that I was to bo buried that day at two o'clock, and I was bo ginning to feel decidedly shaky when Jerusha and her mother enmo into the room and began arranging for the fu neral. ",'Rusha," said.her mother^ "hereisj 4,hWsritif?-Wd^^ ; of course he will never have any more use for clothes, so just pnt them away among your carpet-rags ; they'll make a splendid stripe." Now that particular suit of clothes was j?st tho neatest one I ever owned, arm-holes, wristbands, buttons, all jnBt tho thing, and my blood boiled to hear them talk so coolly of using them for Btripes in a rag-carpet. They kept on talking as they swept, dusted and cleaned np the room. "Bob says he will take tho Martin form to work thiB year," said Jerusha, oheerfnlly; " and ns soon as wo are married we shall go to housekeeping in. that little cottage oloso to tho road. Now I must got my carpet done just as soou as possible, for I want it in that nice little front room. These duds of Bon's will mako out enough rags, I guess. His folks live so far away they will nevor inquiro about his clothes. Now, if it wasn't for the looks of it, we could ask old Mother Smith about col oring yellow; she's euro to bo hero to day." I was gotting very mad now, indeed. I felt that the crisiB was near, and that I should either die or explodo if thoy did not let my snuff-colored suit alone. Jerusha picked them up?I kuow it, for I heard too buckles ami buttons jingle ?and made for the door. I tried to shako my list and yell at her, but all in vain. I laid there, outwardly as quiotly ns a lamb, inwardly boiling with wrath. It was too much ; tho deepest tranco could not have held out ngainst the loss of that suit. With a powerful effort I sprang up and screamed. Jeru sha dropped my clothes and her mother tho dtiBtor, nnd both fled from the room and tho honso, nover stopping till they reached Dr. Brown's, across tho street. With diflicnlty I managed to get my clothes. I had jnst got them fairly on, when Mrs. Jones and her daughter, followed by a numerous company oi men, women and children, camo poor ing cautiously into the room. I sat on my board and looked at them. Such a scared-looking crowd was enough to amuso nu owl, so I laughed; I knew it was unbecoming-, but I couldn't have helped it if they had chucked mo into my coffin?which the undertaker was just oarrying pnst tho window?and buried mo tho next minute. I iaughed till I janed tho chair out from undor one ond of tho board, and down I went j with a crash. Then tho dootor ventnred ' iuto the room, saying rather dubiously: " So you are not dead yet, Ben V" " Well, no, not esaotly," I replied, " sorry to disappoint my friends about tho fnneral, however." "Yes." ho Baid, rnther absently, " bad, rather?that is?nhora 1" "Fooled ont of that snuff-colored , --?r , ? 1 ? i' ?? ?:-H-'t 'S-H-t stripe 1" I thought, as I looked fit Joru i aha. ' ? '"' ~->i >?>? ?? :?i ?1: *t' ' ? " Go and speak with him," said her father, in a staid whisper. " He's got the stamps, and you had better marry him after all." '/}?'! They begjah to, gather around tta amA oongra^lafayjaejpi't my; escape./ -fi^Pr) tioed that they cried a great deal' more now than when I was dead. vJerusha came and hung around my nook, (snivel ing desphlihtoly.- I gavo h?i* aii6t"DVer>: ;gentle push, and told, her. to* wait) .nexjt timo until I was safely buriod before she sot her heart on my old clothes. I'0?i*?m 80 8.*a<* 1" she saidi sweetly, without appearing to notice what I said about tho clothes?" that you aro not dead, Benny, doar. My heart seemed all withered and broken to see you lying all cold .and white. I wept bit terly over your palo laoe, my beloved." ' "Yes," I replied, ^ I heard you arid Bob taking on terribly. It was alucky dio for mb." " Gould you hear ?" she gasped, j J "I rather think I oonld, some," I replied. Sho looked toward the door, but it was crowded full,.so sho made a dive for the open window, and wont through it like a'deer. Sho shut' herself up in tho smoke-house, and would not come out until after I had left the house. Bob would not rill his promise of marriage with his cousin because she tried to mako up with me again; so sho is living a lifo of single blessed ness. ' jtef*. j'} While I am writing, my wifo is out ting up my snuff-colored clothes to mako a stripo in a new carpet for our front room.j mm ????^??!? Men Wo Don't Want to Meet. The man who grants and gasps as he gobbles up tho soup, and at every o(hor mouthful seems threatened with a ohoking fit. The man who, having by an accident been thrown once in your company, makes bold to brawl your name out, and to shake your hand profusely when you pass him in tho street. 'The man who artiully provokes you to play a game of billards with him, and, though he feigns to be a novice?, producer, his own chalk. Tho man who can't sit at your table on any set occasion without getting on his legs to proposo some stupid toast. The man who, thinking you are mu sical, bores you with his notions on the music of tho future, of which you know as little as tho manic of the spheres. The man who wears a white hat in winter, and smokeaTa pipe when walk ing, and accosts you as "old fellow" just S3 you are hoping to mako a good impression on some well-dressed lady friends! ? Tho man who, knowing that your dootor faces him at table, tnrns the talk so as to set him i talking doctor's shop. Tho man who, with a look of nrgent business, when you aro in a hurry, takes yon by tho button-hole to tell you a bad joke. Tho man who, sitting jnBt bohind you at tho opera, destroys half your enjoy ment by humming all the airs. Tho man who makes remarks on your personal adornment, asks you where you buy your waistcoats, and what you paid for your dress-boot?. Tho mau who lards hin talk with lit tlo scraps of French and German after his return from a continental tour. Tho man who spoils yonr pleasure in seeing a new play by applauding in wrong places, and muttering in stage whispers Iub comments on tho plot. Aud, to llnish with, tho man who draws back Blightly to appreoiato a pioture, cooiy comes and stands in front of you, and then receding also, treads upon your toes.?Punch. sat/r Watkk Ich.?Tho notion gener ally prevails that when salt water freezes tho ice is fresh, and when melted will produce fresh water. Prof. Tyndali states that such is tho oaso in his "Forms of Water." But Dr. Rao, the Arotio explorer, declares that ho wns "never ablo to find sea iot?, either eatable when solid or drinkable when thawed?it being invariably too salt." Ho adds, however, thnt when his party found ice projecting above tho water, and from its appoaranee in dicating th -t it was a year or moro old, it waH generally fresh and made good driuking water. His theory explaining tho faot is that the salt is not itself con gealed, but that a concentrated brine, imprisoned in minute cells, is retained in tho nolid ioe. These colls communi cating with tho other when tho ico is lifted abovo the goneral level, tho brino is drninod off, leaving tho mass fresh. BKFonr. taking Jiborties with a sf rango dog observe his tail and wait for tho wag or?. TUE ItlTK OF INTEREST. i A AV oriel of Clnniirlnl I'I.llc,-;o;)!iy tor nioixoy Iicmicra. , The usual rate of interest in tho west is ten per cent/, and it is generally bo lievcd that this is tho correct measure of the vatne of money. If the measure of the value of;a commodity ie what it will brQ%, this is true ; but if the'trae moasur? bf^ value fa what thernrtiole can be madij to yhpld, it} is not true.' Ex perienced capitalists "And business:. mon give it na their. mnturo opinion that there p$ no kind' df property as profit ablo as rapney loaned atj ten per cont.-p which i? tantamount to sayinpr that the average yield of industries, enterprises and speculations is less than ten per cent, on the amount invented, ,,or, in other words, thatft money, ia not really worth Up per cent. Thorom-o several oonside&tiohs that'strengthen this con clusion.,: Money loaned at ton per cent, will doi.olo itself in seven and a half yearn ; ten thou:}and dollars will grow into iweAty thousand in that time, and twenty thousand will grow into forty thousand. ? That the Average investments in business ventures and industries will not do ttUs is too well known to need a demonstration. Whilo a hundred men who loan money at ten per cent, com poundedj' will, with prudent* manage ment, doublo . their fortunes in1 seven and a half years, one hundred men who borrow taoney at that rate will fall, in spite of ml the prudence and foresight they may exercise, to double thcii n. So far from it, fifty, of them, if not more, will break. There is nothing more clearly established by the experience of buainoaa than the fact that a man who oonduotAv his enterprises on borrowed capital?whoso only resources, or ohief resource..', ore the products of bills drawn on his shipments will, in four* cases otifcof five, come to bankruptcy, and a fanner Who mortgages his farm for half ita value to secure money at ten per cent, in hope that ita net, yield will pay the interest and principal, will, in four oases out of five,1 be sold out. These jpjain and well known facts ap pear u.ft:tovo that.ih? averago annual product of money invested in com merce, speculation, industry and agri culture is not ten per cent., and that, while it may bring that price, it is really not' worth it. If all classes of borrowers in the west could be brought to appreciate this important faot, it would be worth millions to this region. There is a world of finonoial philosophy in it. Nothing is more absurd, and, in the long run, more disastrous than the delusion that a man can get rich by borrowing money to speculate on ; it is the seorot of four-fifths of the cases of bankruptcy that occur in business and of the sheriffs sales that take placo in the oojntry.?jSt\ Louis Iiopublican. Railroads hi China. Two very curious artioies have been published by a Shanghai native news paper, tho HweiPao, protesting against tho construction of railways in the Chinese empire. The Jlwci-JPao is of opinion that the existence of rail ways in Europe is too recent to admit of a judgment being formed as to their praotical utility, and, moreover, that there is not sufficient business in China to render them profitable. The Chinese journal goes on to say that if tea and silk are tho principal objects of commerce, and these have hithorto been forwarded to tho treaty ports by river steamboats. A substitution of railways for steamboats would not effect any saving in poiut of time, and could not, thereforo, oven from tho point of view taken by tho foreigners thomsolves, be of any sorvico to China. Admitting that a little time was gained, the Chi nese would not bo beneiitted, for the goods would not bo exported more rap idly. Thus 'the railways would only lead to accumulation in tho ports of vast quantitio?* of goods which, as they could not bo shipped off all at once, would fall considerably in price." The Hwcl'Pao also sayB "The aooidents on tho railway lines are very numerous, caused by collisions, by tho ongines or tenders taking fire, by the trains running off tho lineB, or by tho bridges giving way and tho trains being preoipitated into tho rivers below. In othor cases the carriages are injured by the great speed at which they aro hur ried along, and tho aooidonts are so numerous that it is often impossible to aso'jrtain the exact numbor of dead and wounded. All the foreign jonrnals are full of details concerning these aooi dents. But, admitting that most of thoso ORBualties aro proventible, and that tho trains follow their regular comrso, thoy travel quicker than tho thorough-bred horse, and tho pooplo walking on tlio linos would have no time to got out of their way. From this cau?o alone tho numbor of fatal acci deuts would bo enormous. In all ootm tiies whoro railways exist they are con sidered a very dangerous mode of lo comotion, and beyond those who havn very'urgent business to transact, no one thinks of using them." This latter statement cannot as yet be accepted. in^ its entirety ;" but, unfortunately, wo have every reason to know that,, so far, as England is concerned, traveling by railways is a ?* very dangerous mode of locomotion." -;-1 Charge of a Detroit Judge. <<t : A NEW YF.All's CAIiIiEB. Jolm Robinson made New Year'*' calls. He called on n saloon-keeper, he called for liquor, oalled the liquor good, n ud drank enough to trip him up. Then ho called for police; and when the police came ho called them liars and euch. " I was having a little fun," ho ex-' plained,-winking at his honor. " John Robinson, are you aware that this is a very solemn world," said tho court, y a world which has ten heart aches to. ono smile? Don't you know that tho giim shadow of grief rests upon every doorstep, and that the tomb stones in the cemeteries almost outnum ber the trees in the forest ? There's wailing in every household, John Rob inson?tbero's grief in every heart. And yet you olaim that you were only having a little fun ?" ?J That's ?11, your honor?it was a holiday." "It was sad fun, John Robinson. While all tho rest of ns were swearing off and making double-back-action re solves while you were lying at the cor ner of an alley dead drunk. It is five dollars or sixty days, sir, and if this ease was before a Chicago police jndge he'd mako it five hundred dollars or a life sentence." . SOME FIGURING. . " It's the laat timo I" ? oxolaimed An thony Book as he was brought out. "You've decided to qnit, eh?" " Yes, your honor?yesterday was my last drunk. I've been counting up the cost, and I've made up my mind to live sober and save money after this." -'Anthony Hock, you talk like a nsarnt* It does me good to hear a man speak up that way in this day and ago. It's like finding a ten-dollar bill while one is pawing over the clothes-basket to dis cover where the hired girl flung his Sunday boots. Stand right up to yonr resolution, sir. I've been figuring a little, and I find that if a man will stop drinking liquor, tea and coffee, go bare footed, steal bis wood, get trusted for his provisions, cheat the landlord out of his rent, stand up in chnrch to save pow-rent and live economically in other respectn, he con Bavo at lo.st $500 per year. Now then, $500 per year for 400 years is 8200,000. Just think of that! Without any effort to speak of you can in timo be worth 8200,000. You may go home, sir 1" fibst joke. Elizabeth MoNamara, a woman fifty years old, got off the first joke of the season when sho walked out and an nounced that it was her first appearance hore. Bijah laughed until his spec tacles fell off, the clerk ''grinned like a copper mine, and his honor stopped paring bis apple, stuck his knife into tho desk, and replied : "Elizaboth MoNnmaro, tho sight of that 'ero front door is not moro familiar to mo than tho fact that yon have been here somewhere! in the region of forty timos. What's tho ohargo, this timo ? " "Taken a drap?a bit of a little small drap." "I'velet you off, sent you up, ex postulated, pleaded and threatened, and. jet yon como back hore," he said, " I was thinking the other day that if I ever peered over tho desk at your freckled nose again, and the charge was drunkeuneBB, I'd bave you sawed in two with a cross-out saw and the pieces split up for kindling-wood ! " " Don't do it, sir?send me up again." "I Biiall make it three months." "I don't caro?only don't saw me in twice 1" she gasped. " Well," ho said, after pondering over tho oaee, " we've been to $10 ex penso to get tho saw, and Bijah has anticipated great fun, but I'll see what three months will do. Go back and sit down on tho stove-hearth until tho Blaok Maria goes up." couldn't stand it. " This is Daniel Oasoy,"said Bijah as he handed cut the last man, " and I oan tell you why he was drunk." " Well," * 14 Casey wasn't cober 1" continued the old janitor. His honor regarded him for a long timo witkout speaking, but finally said: " Tho prisoner can go, and, Bijah, if you over sit down on this oourt with another puu liko that, and aro aooi deittly idiot next day, your friends musn't ask mo for monoy to help buy a monument." SAYINGS AND DOINGS. The military force in']k^itbWopn-(.'J aists of 140 officers and eighteen pn-'7,: vafce soldiers, and they talk of dfeoDS#gik,J ing ton of the soldiers to even things up. i \U The fact that small niokle and copper ^fagge is very scarce in California r?raa ? recently explained by a statement that ; t large quantities of three, and fyftVf^Afc?? pieces are annually melted thpwn fox^ tho ! purpose of manufacturing trunk' locks1.."" _ . . ' ?T' .tmrfi 5 JBV4UX qualities may a fool b^ekriown: ? Anger without cause; speoch without"' motive ;, inquiry without on bb'jeotp .' putting trust in a stranger; and want- l' ing capability to discriininate between" ?> ufriend and a foe. -I 'Mi * Times are hard in Spain, but the ria?'1" iional spirit cf ^he people is not crushed ? x-f by any means. Tho cry of the masses is : ?'Bread and bull-fights." No stop-a ./< of importance have been taken to pro- [ ?, vido bread, but thoy have just inaugu rated a 8300,000 aruphithcatro at Mad- ' rid for the bull-fighting. A number of prominent young men in New Orleans have organized a Bociety'>l;, under the name of the "Young Men's'11 Monumental Association," having for its object the erection of a monument/.nt to tho memory of the men who fell -in,K. defense of the popular movement of the 14th of September. One thousand dollars have already been subscribed. A Yokohama correspondent saw , European ladies, elegantly dressed, in rail evening costume, on their way to " some dinner party in a baby cart drawn' by stout coolies whoBe only clothing ! was the tattooing on their backs and breech-cloths, four inches wide.- One doesn't mind it after a while, but afc first it Eeems very odd. So it did . to see a naked coolie operating a sewing machine. Tub- kind of 'whisky they have in 'Frisco : After that the oloth was rook off, and the liquors war bro't .in. And wot liquoi s they wuz, too 1 . The whisky wuz none o' this yer kind that makes a man feel like sayin': ' I kin lick any troivof a gun-in tho house,' and maken him smash things ginernlly. No, sir. It war the kind that jist makes a man lift his glass gintly, and says: ' Joe, old pard, I'm lookin' at yer.'" The word "bonanza" has been freely launohed upon the eea of journalism, and is likely -to become a household word. A Nevada paper says it is Span ish, and means "fair weather nt sea.' Applied to mining it means "a body of rich ore." When a Spanish 'miner strikes a good vain, ho replies to tho query: 4 4 How are you getting on ? " in his own language : 44 Oh, ir en bonan za," whioh means in American slang: 44 Oh, we're all hunkeydory 1" Farmers and dairymen have fr?m ? time immemorial imagined they knew a cattle disease called 44 horn ail" or 4 4 hollow-horn." Prof. Cressy now tolls them it is an old wives' fable. The pro fessor has cnt open innumerable horns and found them all hollow. He tolls the cow-doctors there is no such disease as 4*hollow-horn." Tho cure practiced is to bore into the horn and inject some remedy. This is generally followed by bleeding at tho nose, whioh is supposed to be a symptom of tho disease and a sign that the remedy is becoming effect ive. The professor pioves by cattlo skulls that the nasal passages aro nor mally connected with tho hollows in the horns, and this accounts for tho boring and tho internal application of tho remedy. Horned cattlo generally will bo glad to hear that the surgery of the gimlet is not necessary to their health, as scarcely any of them ever got through life without being horribly . bored. NonnnoFF says of the communistic societies of the United States: 44AU tho successful communes are composed of what aro customarily called 4com-' mon people.' Yon look in vairt for highly edncatcd, refined, cultivated, or elegant men or women.' They professi no exalted views of humanity or doa tiny; they are not enthusiasts ; they do not speak much of the beautiful with a big B. They aro utilitarians. Some do not even like flowers; some rejeot in strumental musio. Thoy build ?olidly, often of stone; but they care nothing 1 for architectural effeots. Art ib not known among them; mere beauty and grace are undervalued, even despised. Amusements, too, thoy do not value; only a few communes have general li braries, and even these are of very lim ited extent, except, perhaps, the library at Onedia, which is well supplied with new books and newspapers. Tho Per fectionists also encourage mnsical and theatrical entertainments, and make amusement so large a part of their lives that they havo nearly half a dozen coromitteea to devise and superintend there."