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POOR MEN'S WIY.US. The trouble is, none of our young women nrc willing to become poor men's wives, professedly, even though fehey niiij beso in reality. The girl who marries upon $1,000 :i year looks forward to a life spent in second rate boarding houses, frein which she will squeeze out a certain cheap domes ticity and some expensive pleasures. The children which Heaven may scud arc not thought of nor provided J for. It is a question whether the young wile can make herself a dress, or prepare herself a wholesome meal of victuals. She marries for freedom, to have a good time, to spend money which she neither earns, nor helps to earn?for Heaven knows what?but certainly hoi to make a comfortable, if humble, home for her husband. In this respect we consider the Ilrilish girl has an immense advantage over the American. From the highest to ?die lowest circles of society in P?rit Van. girls are trained to make good and useful wives, inasmm h Indies preside over the departments of.heir household and see that everything is kepi clean, and the food is Well cook ed; so also in ihe lower classes hioth ers teach their daughters lo <io the same for themselves, without stilllfr ing ahyi l?s*? ?fdigjnity in the doing of it. Many of Our American girli wili he;surprised lo learn \\::'.\ the Princess Louise frequently makes her pastry?and makes i' well, loo. On one occasion, some apricot tart <?!'her making being jirained by a guest; the royal lady wrote out the reeipC, with the words underlined, ? Ifyou desire to have i?n apricot tart properly cooked, altvays make it with an upper crust!" The story h:?. point, and the point is that one can never know how lo do :i thing too .well. One of the gaal hhidruuees against getting a good wife arises from the false basis upon which so ciety is constructed. The idea that equality i> Ihe peculiar birthright id' all Americans is erroneous; \Vhere every person thinks 1;?.: or she is as good as the next, there is always the opposite proof of ine?ih potency. A person is neither better nor ivi i ? i thai: another except i:> the degree of worth which is honestly sought to he attained. Hut the dispositions of young women of the prcseul day (and the same may hesaid hirgely of young men, though perhaps not to the same exti vi ) is to think they ari as good as any one else, without tak ing the trouble to be so. From 111: ^ erroneous belief arises ninny of the evilfe froth which society?su IfOrs.? h iritfston /?'/ '?rum a. TliK Vi: 4 NT it XIL In November last the Tones ap pealed for a national subscription to provide n pet'petualjluthi, v. U an nual income should be enjoyed uttr ing the life, and w hile n.U holding any Federal oflice, by the oldest ex 1'resident of the United States. The desired amount of the fund was stated at $200,000!, and its probable yearly ineone at $12,500. The task of raising the fund was undertaken, in pel: ?Ol. \\\ George Jones, a::<l the record of his completed w?lk is coli Lai tied in the following report: have the pleasiti .? lb an no uu :c t hat ol the entire aiitoutit, $250,000, which has been subscribed, #21ti.ooii hai been paid in. The outstanding sui. scriptiotis tire mainly those of h few subscribers for large amount - win arc at present du I of (lie count ry, iim who have liol yet hud lime loanswei my reijuest for Ihe payment. Ti.< amount already received has been i:i ycstei I by a commit tee of subscribers consisting of 10. 1). Morgan, Olive II by I ami (it orge dories, and \\ il yield an annual income of $Li,()00 Should (lie remainder ho invested t? equal advantage the fund will yieli over $10.001) a a year." The demand for immigrants in creases with the supply. Applied lions it re crowding i:i upon the I'om missioner IVom alt parts of the Stall which he hopes soon to be able t supply. A CHILI) WITH A IHMJ'S HE All. A IMtlsbm'g correspondent of line I incinnati Commercial asserts that I here is n singular freak of nature hear G reensbu rg, L'a., whieh has never been made public. There is m family near t here which iiu^ :i child thai ivas born ii: human forth, with the exception that the child had :i dog's head on its body. It is now i;. | itslwctth year, hale and hearty, but barks like a <l* g. The family serv ed, :;t the lime < f its birth, :i death warrant oh rJlic doctor attending, :ind a neighbor woman, who had call ed in foe Ihv occasion; slating Lliat they ivotVid be I-ciiI? 1 if they revealed the misfortune There are live other Children in the family, who ere nil i pbrfcel intelligent. How this lat't reached the ear of tliv' ropoHerj is that a parfv on his way to Colo riido revealed it to him jusl before departing. II?! said he visited .'the lum-i! one day ci\ business, I till IVhihd , the psireht? irAtt and the children were : too small in explain their where;1 nhouU-. In looking about the house I to sec whether they were in any td* the rooms, he chance 1 to ? ;:?*??? (be ?'< "r id the i'ojoih in which themonstrosity* was: coo lined: afier taking a good jilook at it lie was nboul to close the door when the parcuits caine in aho ihcr.door. Tlie lather imiheiVia(.ely drew a revolver iipon the than, hhd ; heile' made hint pri uhise hot to rev.eaj the fact, or ;!;<?:! nidi there nu ct hi death; lie htiswcrod in the ad! rum I tive. and there leat iieil tltal the moth er a few motiUh^i- before thh birth of the child had visited ;i neighboring .family who liiul a ferocious di g, which altaeked hei*. The family says thai no ??u? ? living h::s ever seen the child butthe doctor and female attendant Upon-its birtli and them ?selves. The matter has nuftle^fcnwtr whole life :i torture, aisd while they have prayed dai-ly for it.-, death it | continues to remain healldiy; It ' barks Occasionally and raisesi gnite a i'lirui i- in the ro.un. but to prevent i he public, from stbipeetiiig anything they constantly keep several dogs about the place. The family riru Well to do. sn i own quite a valuable fnrhi. SJIALL v'AliJ.Vl.S. Wlial is wanted in this country is small far jus well cultivated. Twenty acres is :i large crop for h horse at the North, white here wu burden him dt>wu with.thirty to thirty live^sOhie- j times iifty acres; The ret ult i.-. that ' crops tire half ctilti -iiod aiid allow ed to he choked by weeds and grass, lyvery weed and sprig of grass that grows ill yOsir lie I i takes ?Vom the; ground that nr..eh st;s'.-. nance, which heft led by theother plant; It i> a mistaken idea t hat dead g:;,r,> idough< 1 ctl under helps to tjiirii ii the land. As \ soon an a sprig of grasij appears it ought to be destroy eil in some way If you would lie successful in farms, study ftiriiiiivgi Lcarh what forth lizers arc best adapted to your par titular land. I lave but a low acres I j each plow, that I hey (.'an be well sUtchded i-.?. We haw passed by jiiilds in < hosier county where 11 it- i weeds' and grass wi re more llourisji- j ihg than the corn or cotton growing I therein; As long as this is kepi up our country will continue to yrbw poorer. Fanners, study tlii< silli jcci. Viui have I he tu-?s; hou Irtililc ?ccup.'itioii ofhian, but doii'i degrade Lit any longer by tillowiho ta-.- "tiires" to spring up tin I consume I lie bouid i fill harvest ivhieh God is Willing to g i ve you. ? ('lavtt i Hi ptn-h e. TiiA'r f.jic!:i:i< Mai him. - C)ne day last w. ek. a.s .Vl r. Van Orsdell was going up town oh Iiis bicycle; lie chahced f(> pass soine i'iegi'oc.si <?n ilu Waji who, it appears, had never seen such a machine before. As M r. \'. went whi/././.i hg 1 \. one (if the he this turned and extilaiined, "Dar! I swar fore dt? I.<iid it dal man's lidss ainl ruiined^way and smashed u|) h;> buggy and lie's gwiiie to tie tlebil on Ohe1!) de W h C id S. ? C(? Ml (It'll Jumna/. There is no probability of an ??>; tra session 61 Congress before Octo ber. X ST011Y ABOUT MAHOKK. Virginia's hew Senator elect is pliysicially a man \? niiiiiht are. Men tally, it' Iiis <>|?|><..:tci.;.ire til judges, | lie Weighs something like j ton; but oft the scale, lie tips the beam at !?:??'. than a linn died pounds. In appear ance1 he is as lean au?! thin as a grey hound; and it is doubtful if his avoir dupois in gross could be made lo \ ield adipose sullleient to Inbrieale Ihe wing of a humming bird. The Hollowing pretty good story Illustra tive of Iiis exceeding leanness is;told of him: During thii late war, while in coinmnud of a division ?f Ceti- j fetieraiesi lie, like many others, htiAi the misfortune to lie wounded; but, 1 as ii happened oil that ocesisibii, net seriously. An aeqtiaiii'tanee, biiojit to visit Kithmond, was requested lo call lipon the (Jene;al s wile for tlie purpose of relieving atiy anxiety she might foci on account of her ?ks it! lord, by explaining tic: nature a'..'! CxteBi of his injury. L'ol. - ? cull ed al the liidy's residence, ttiid, as re port go.'s. found her in leafs, slie listv irig already received the news of lair husband's Woimdl.h'g by telegraph; Tlie 6'lieer aiteuipted to reassui'c h?r by lie statement lint the (iencral would beoil dull again i:i a lev, ;. iVs. hilt w it hotil a\ HI. "Why. mii dan ," lie e\postulati I, |:4fyotiblight no;, to give your^oi i invt< h concern; be received only ? i ties 11 wound; no hones are hi'oki -Aii. < obmcl.' she solil,ed| -you - ?driU know tl, ?the General as well as 1 ? I do?ry?ii would not til! >.'? ihe he coiil.i be?he ivoti iidod.without iitrik?striking a hohe!'' Of course nothing more could be said.? IVoshhij/iitn }tvj>hlt!intn. i. IIAIUTA . Many veeni to think that ehttrityis siinply the giving of.our goods to he poor and needy, but Webster denn the word with three others, "ien.lcr ness, good will, and liljuraliiy." Teil deruoss! I am glad that word is jiui in as oho definition to the word char ity, that wo niay show u ie charity liy throwing a clo:i!i; over the faults jtif others; iiskl trying to bring to litilit tin-: r virt?os. hi an old book I read that H'nari ty sni'i rot ii ion--, an! is kind; < huri iyehVieth hot?is htxt ; uj>; And n.pw' adidet!i faith; hope, ehari tyi these throe, hut the greatest u. these is charily. And above tili tilings have charity ntriohg your selves."? //.c/.,/.,;/./. ' How Mclli.i vin* Got a I'aht Ni:iti?-Ohr friend MclilUiiis suiii moucd bis resolution niid hi.- tailor^ am! ({eferhiiued i" have' a how stilt in.i le mid go to jt.diiuee. They Ii tiled him lo a hail*, shd serCiving up his c?iirng?riud 1.!.; neck lie. he sM.arted; lie was rather late, at id when iienr riveil he found ihe company ulreailv engaged in dancing, but the joVeliest female present occupied uchairat the wiudbw willtotil i??..jnilr. Step piiighp lo the h'idy, with a palpitat ing heart, his miiid gi 'ally excited for hi'of a reftis:il, he exelainietl: "W til \ on '!o me ; b ? ItoiVot' to gran nie v.iiIi your? pinjfrahy for tni next ller lustro'.is eyes shone witlrim wpuied brilliancy, her white pearl v I eel Ii fairly glisleniiig iii the li'.i kei itig Ciitiitle light; her heavy si,oh'\ bo mm io e an ! fell witlijtiy.fiil iu;c iis she replii d: '?V.v . s:;? ??'<?! for I've sol/, ami *?>! and till I've about tuk reo; Meliliviiis wilted. A mail beingaskctl uliohi the trust wt/ri liinOss of a certtiin person \\:u> whs: iti seit rim cd' a sitiintioib sliid.l ' l.'bero are iloiibtltss viieiitious it: wliicb lie could be t rusted, Theie's real estate, for example; if that wns putiti bis <:trc. I tii,nk tin- 6wiiiei would lind bis propi whbre he left it. I shouldn't care to speak as to any other k?hl of properly." (Ion. I.i ngsl re. I. it ;. belit d, will lie reluitied in thii ilipioinatic servlee of ihe government under I lie hew administration. CHAMIKI) IIIS OPINION. ?fdohn Bright .1 charming coin bunion. Seldom ?im - apolitical op ponent conic into his company wlth rnn being fascinated by the man, th "iigli he inuy di-iii <? the politician; An I'.niv'i h essayist fells a story whivh iiluHtrntcs Ml*. Bright's power as"n companion. One of 'he great oraioi':' reei'ea Lio.ns ?-s Milliards. A' a .sea-sidehotel, heohee strolled into the public bib liard-100m. h i n'dirig there a t ranger, the'.two played sevorsil games, neith er knoyrihg who the other was. The "stranger happened to be a jiorce I ?ty, ;i manufacturer from I YorJcsiiYro, wj*i hated johu hrii?ht add'Iiis Idbcrai politics with Oqtiul j I intensity. While the g; nie \va.'* "in..: 011, the Tory's wife learned '.'!.,, lihr hiishund was i.i cohijia'ny with tin fambh's Idberal orator; A'armed; sirioi* she 1 had heard hiiu sp-.?a!< bitferlv rihalust ^Iri^Ui'dgiit, Sil ? an ?;; oh ly ;. i;ei: ^.iv th y li .h'ia. An In lii' or two after, the hu -' and return cd to his room, rjihhiug his Ira lids, itiiil ::i the hestt of humor. I! (?ad had . u'ch a y ihd tin:'-.it [nll'ards hwitha jhosl pleasinj; str'tulger, an-! ? titcy v.-* it lb p'ay ttgaiii en the rtioi' ] j?'.Y hy," er-iclj im ! th- I;. !y, "it Is ' jolj-ti Iis igiit you iih've been jVhij ii ?? I Tii" To.-;, was. obere it lorn uiotit eii'vby iho iietvs. \'.n\, ree?ocriug ' kijfrs. \\. he l'.:u;;;l;<d thai ?'tho.;' j :.ctysp::p?-rs always did !;<> ubou ' |icmil ?." And. to the a-.t-.>::i-hin- t.t j rd'Jiis v iiV. he aunouhe'id that, nailer i ri-rlaiu * i:<dim-i ;t;>he himsc-lf j might vote for John Bright. TJ c story is agcipil one, and may seRe-lQ remind us of what y e need to h;*."^c*i'rt-qu?.? n; iy TJ JHile?Vf*rtiat even si I political Opponent may be a gthid in:.a and niehariuihi; ????'* p '.n'ou. Ifow.the WUi'd oldens 1 iie hear! of many, and can es >\ piih'g <d' des-' jjair. And yet; why should death .i-eii. i?H terrible, sitld why should we shrink froth it- c ?1 i emhrn ?>. v hen it is : u plain to tis that wo must p-.rs "through the vaijey of the shadow'' ete WO gain the .-t' i'Oal iisl prepared for u- beyond this vale of tear-. ea"e. ;- -ill ! , iiok'tiess. Oh. if we could more fully irutlerstand the grc-itt love of ( bub and s-.-ck more I ilili i-.-ntlv bis s? 1 \ h cj sir-. in : io win 1 ?l h a - to ts'etid llie path Wbi; h !? a cth initoiilV. it sh'reh would giyi; iis !ii;eater jieiieeatid f?trbtiger faith in ihirgi'eat lovc'ol; Iii 111 who suj'ered Iba' we niigiit : t i:isi gaih ibiit lbhg f uiilii'<>iitfn re-; in the world 10 eouc I Jot a- Strive to |'?repj .v onr-.U <-> ioi" the g!oi;ii)tts da,Vvii ??!';!-;ii ddy when wrfe. ptiss i '.-:'?> ii-jh the port ill.qt; he.-iyeh an<! at Ood'S right haut! forever worship and haut t he \ raises of H im '.\ lib di't't! '. (1 re li-luii iis; AriKK i II.11 ri.i:. ? fhe led \ has gqf .1 new' !i -.; {.Jie idd lady i:- laid ii j? v. ii !i a cold in her head, sind ?Johnny is, djiWu With the me-, ? j les." resnarked :?? (.??itlyt's ? a g< lille liyih tqisl tlcfcatt'il t'aiii i-: e. "\\ !;a' [ill'.the'tbuhdi-rvt? I csireV" wus lite reply <f llie tie fen ted candi late. j'si'bwlijig fui't<>iisi!y. "\\ 'ell." said the gent!cm:iu slowly, 'diefore the election you used to take nie aside every time, yoii hid me iiitd ask me h'tiw iny isiniilv was ediiiiiigoibl?d J lb't: .'!:i ybti \\- vA-i like to kii^w. .\ I wsb saying; tJdhithy is iiil hrbkhi) on! with the lueitshv-i, and the halo, ?" "tio to ii oil'.: . :" K-ai'l' I tili ex'asj erab'il ???; i'tiiididsitt;. pro Itlcing a ] ;die -wir.--le: :;Il i'f which gti s t?t .ihon that thetlefeitti'd ca ml id.ale is quite si- ii..b-p. ?:? ehi sis the one who is eh Clod.? (!>tlri .'Ii a Are?*a, It is ge?iii"; to l>c iuore itnd more I the eu:Vo thai the jietiph- an in'ilieyjhg I i lie l? i'id. I's -.n n. ii I er side. The Uehvier.'tJie iiiitsses are begihtiiiig tb seed hat it Isikes soiuethihg more that] being a Mcniocrnl to eon ii ti.ti It'itdel' a p.'itfiol and :iu honest inaiu aiid if the Uepub?i*au masses haven't ieai'hed this it i-- not bet'sitise ! they hstveii't hatl sibuutlaiit oppbr 1 I unity to do so.?'SYcth'.ilht Advocate, < muuio'.)'.). Cliildroii arc but little people, yet they form an stupos*taut part of so cietVj expend mue? of bur capital, I employ a greater portion of our population in their service, iwd oc cupy iialf the literati of our day in labors for their instruction and amusement. Tliey cause more trouble and anxiety than the national debt; tlu* loveliest of women in her matur ity Of charms, brink* not so many sluudiorS; nor occasions so many sighs, as she did in L\er cradle; and the liaudsoteesi of. sen with full grown mustaches, must not (latter luttiseifthat htiisihnii' so tiiueh ad mire i its he wlia when in petticoats. Without reference tq their being our fit I tire statesmen* philosophers nitd itteifistrate-s hi miniature tiis irtiise; children form, in their present stale id'pighiV existence, a most ih illicit! in I elas-- of beings; and the ar rival of a bawling infant who van scarcely ..open' bis et-.an.I only op its mouth* like an unfledged bird, for food, \vill cltV-ct tlie most ex traordiriiiry alteration in a whole household!; jitibStitiite n:!Vct'?>o. for voblin?? ?-. <iu; \ for uissipatibuj cheer io Ines d for gravity, bustle for form ality, and unite hearts which time l.a- '.!\ ided. A L'JU'l UyitlZATIO.N,. Sir \Y illiatu in his voyage to Iiidia,foiind hi the island of J?liari ii:'.:' secluded sick in the Atlantic oA'ihbjcoast of Africn, this inscrip tionist Arabic, above the door of a mosque: j 'i ho <\. rl 1 war, ; iveii I'oi on:* edi I N lor the purpose Of raising j stimpt(ious dwellings; j Lil'e !'.?)? tjje tlisehj'-gc. of jH'-raJ ] inil reiFgi<'Ms d?lit.'-?. Not ic.- pleasurable indulgence! VVeaith he lib..mi! v bestowed: Ndj avariciously hoarded; I lioiiS. A n i -l empty disputes. ']'.;<. people who were giiided by these iimxims, if any [-??<>ple over were, certainly exhibited a high degree of ei vili/.nlioii. It koeins a great mis foriuhc jhat they should have perish ed, tVointlte earth. Y?-t if such a ! ra< > existed how, and they possessed a country worth anything* some ; Ar/gh) i:-, raccwoiiid .' 'H them off dr drive theih otiti and take posscs siuii of their lauds, add whatever else the-, might isnye wbrth stealing. TitK i' a'.: m Kit's M->v.--The farmer's i ! ? v wears tlie Idggos't hoots bo can j persuade to 'stay on bis feet, has a stii!??!?.. i i??.'( ,i '.it. hi frunic, I hir?l inns cles, !??;?? of red blbod in his face, can racoove? the lields, ride a wild coll, drive aboss cow and snare more par tridges and rabbits than tlie best sportsman, lie nays ''gosh'; occa sionally aiid looks with wondering ? v- ;,i everything town bred, Hut he is the hoy who ?v?rks his way to tlie cit.\ :.mi replenishes its dissi'pii od life with his physical vigor arid on ich perception's!; arid is the motive power tliat hio'vCs the business of the world. lie inhales the spirit of pro grCf ? in the air bcbresitlie.H upon the old .arm.- .N'?' /At yea 7ii/v/iV/cr. An Ivi'ih vi t a!. AxaSvKit.?A ccr tain ;i'. ran gentleman; wishing to jie undisturbed duo day, itistrucled Iiis lri^h servant t?> admit no onci ami, if any one should inquire fur him. togiye him an ''equivocal hns iv.es>" Night eiihio, timl the gentlc uhtu pro ?. i'de 1 to iiiteiTbgate 1'at as tohiseallers. ?*1 >id itin one call?'' "Y i . stir, with gentleman.'' -\\ h:it <li.l he say r" * l le axi'il whs yer h?itrir in." "\\'ei!, whal .lid you tell him'.-" "Spre, 1 gave him it quivikleans wer ji I." 'Tlow w a - that?'1 "1 axed hint wtis Iiis grandmother :i monl;o(\ !" Over loHswccthciirl lie leaned and buighed; A pie-uic buy with a clear blue eye. foolish and hlhj la- sat biui down - Heaven IkIjiIus ji.ints- it was custard pic. TUU LION AND TUE LAMB. Senator Brown of Georgia in Iii? peech if. the Senate, alluding to Mu li?.tic, said: "The recent action of the Republican party and the Senator from Virginia had shown that tha period had been reached when no more would be said about Con feder ate Brigadiers; that the period had been reached that was spoken of by a very old book, when it said: "Th* wolf also shall dwell with the knob, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf ami the young lion and the failing together, and a little child shall lead them." That p iriod had been reached whea t>h& lion of dfbt paying Republicanism and t!i^ lamb of readjustment and partial repudiation had lain down in loving embrace together, in green pastures of luxuriant richness. He would not say that a little child or little General should lead them, but that a gallant Confederate General should lead them. [Laughter.] He hoped thai a day had come when the bloody chasm had been bridged and when thai old bloody shirt of which so much had lasen) heard wou-kl bo i' Ided and hoMi:d-Vj-ixuth hope of resurrection." X Ixi :-;ntional.?Fitznoodle wes out again worrying the life out ot the lucks, with his shot-gun. He blazed away at omc ducks, and an UUSOetl man on the opposite side of the poud rose up threateuiugly, with a long gun; and called out: ??I >id you shoot at u"er"' "Did any of the shot hit you?" in quired Fit ^.noodle'. "Yes. they did," said the man, rubbing his legs. "Then you may be certain I didn't shoot at you. I never hit anything I - \\< ; , at."-?Gulvcston Nc-cs. A ILvd< 'oxsciexoe.?"What," ask ?1 aGalveston Sunday-school teach er, that invisible power that pre. I vents the wicked man from sleeping and causes him to to-s about upon ids pillow, and what should ho do to I enjoy that peace that passeth under I bt ' j "Sew up the hole in the mosquito bar," was the prompt answer from the bad boy at the foot of tho class.? Gut vest on Jsctcs. The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own particular rights, but a re spect for'the rights of others, and an itnwillingness that any man, whether high or low, should be wronged and trampled under foot. Ii is now estimated that the forests of America will be used up at the eud of another thirty years, and a man who wants to go hunting will have to sit on a drawbridge and shoot at sail "1 never thought but once," said Deacon Webbing, "that it was a sin to steal an umbrella.'' And when was that?" asked a friend. "It was when sonic pesky thief stole my new ?-'.Ik one,'" answered the deacon. Abraham Lincoln, as everybody kn?*nYs, was a rail-splitter and flat boatman, who educated himself, be came a great lawyer and was in Con gress. As a writer of the English language he had no superior. A feu years since, at the eelcbra iion of our national anniversary, a poor peddler who w as present, being called upon for a toast, oifcrcd the following: "Here's health to pover ty ; it sticks to a man when all his friends forsake him." Lecture upon the rhinoceros. Pro fessor: "1 must bog you .to give mo your undivided attention. It is absolutely impossible that you can form a true idea of this hideous ani mal, unless you keep your eyes fixed on nie." Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured. The subscription books of tho Timks are wif,h Mr. Kirk Robinson who is prepared to receive subscrip tions to the paper, cither new or old.