WA'TCfittAK, Established April, 1S3U. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." ?wisolidated Aug- 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1885. THE Vi?12 SOUTHRON, Established June, 1866. New Serie^Vol. IT. JSTo. 40. ?$e IStaitjnnai? at? Sraf 5rmL Tt??UkA er?ry Tuesday> - _^ -BT THS Rfc'. . "^?*" . Mw . >?? ?jji i^?aF < g > ? & .i| Company r %KkKs: ^ : Two Dollars per annum-in advance. AO VIBtISSM?STS . j t)?0 Square, first insertion--...$1 00 Rrery subseqoent insertion. 50 ; Contracts for thre&jnoct-hs, or longer will W laadi^^oce* rate* % * -v - - Aft c?i^nlcatronrVfeich subserre pr?vate Interests will becharged for as advertisements. 1 Obituaries and tributes of respect will be i ijjjjgjg^ ^i^-aJ>Q^notice| of deaths pcb:' -$br..}sb work orcontracts for adversing address Watchman and Sovthron, or apply at *. os*,***gma?dBSSE> TOUS BASSg FQWIIP T0-DA?1 Indi adrertisi? as aUotatoly-p?ire HOT COSTAIS AMMONIA. XAS NEV? UEO QTOTKKSX --TS ?S5*T>? -??g< ?. fer & qwtit of ? eeatarytt ?&s i * rtOiabie test.' ^ ? E TH TEST OF THE OVER. BUCE BAKING POWDEB CO., lr. Price's Special Jlaj??ng Ei?sc?s, , lr. Prto's lopa?fn Yeast Sems Rf U?btj Healthy Bread. Tb? Best ??7 Ho? Yeast in the World. I Wi MU BY GROCERS. Jhftpepsia, Catav^?eadache, Defr?i- - ?kroK?c and Nervous Disorders*. ^ ^ . Wt, the uo?ersigDi?Ss^/rl?lrft? great *rtdwra?o?ot benefit from thejise of "COM tmn/br i?r ft?&w ?^^?^f^nadel- ' 2&ia, and being satisfied that it is a new dis ?avery ia medical science, ao?ValI that. \gcy claimed for it, consider it a* duty- wbieb-we owe lo the many thousands who are suffering UW$?f?f?&b& 5o-c*Ile?:c4ocuraoIe?' ois aase* to do all -that ?s can .1 J make, j ts, - virtues. known and to inspir? tbV public with' conn- J Wo bera personal knowledge of ?)rs. Star, r iTPa?^i. -^hey are educated, intelligent, we are anze^mske.any statement, which they 4? nov?bosfOi^sJi^eao^e ?ti?*e3 nor pnb-, wbictf . Matter o?Xhngr??fr(m Philadelphia. r? Editor and'Publisher "Arthur's Home -Moftam?f" Philadelphia. &??4??? Cp?RAD ?pa^r?^ Observer," Philadelphia. ^^jCffdar^meeta nator^? inquiry ?n re t^|amt???uf professional and personal stand-, Fng, and to give, in creased con 5 dence in oar Statements and ut the g?hoiness of our testi -?0pWf ?d^ppm< of :caoes3?^ jw^t the ? above card from gentfemen well ana widely ^%?ownrkn d of fte'highes t persona 1- character. ?'f)wc&&eati8tin3c Compound Ozgg**,7con bistar&^f the, discovery, pf and etwj^jfritbis dcemjj^abje; .curative .agent, and a large, record of surprising' cures "iaCottsmaptico, <&tarrb, Neuralgia, Bro neb i Ajthma, etc., and' a wide range of Cb ron ' jwi?Jbe.ie??/r??.._ Address MrSTABKET & PALEN. 110? A lill jSRrardSfr% Philadelphia., Pa. F. H. Ti % I., y?. Folsom. ~^BSTiB^I^18S?.^---? IcILf?tS?M & BRO. ff! ~ Paotieal. Wat?anakers and Jewelers, t~Sh^9tf^s^ Johi&?eid,s7 'j WALTHAM >3 o W o cs o" o Clocks S?vfrvoare, Jewelry, Spectacles, Corf^^UT^ ^aclde, Violin ,?T? J" ^rTngs^lItach??e'/NeeoUeSy. , , '^"7 ' Oils, - There's only haifa church between, s But what a world away, My dear J i* & Ab, w?l a.worldjiway V ?? i - i s? ~ m W *- ** * . % ? m . p ?a > l watch ber when^fceEsa?ms oegw, Singing?O earnestly; And I am sare I bear her voice Ring through the chant to me. s I watcb-her when tBe vic?T; read?r Aod wh?i wt kneel to g?ay.^ sR? There*? o?ty "naif alcnurct?* between,^ Bot what a world away> ? My dear ! - , On^what ? worid aw*y'l?^ By the great pillar as she sits, She looks so slight and fair The light of the stained window falls Upon her yellow hair A bar of glowing amethyist ! And to myself I say : _ 5 "There's onljraalf* church between," But what a' wol?d away, My dear ! Oh, what a^worid away 1 ^ ^ " If I were rich* and^ were-free, " t How great would be my joy ! I'd be a grand Etonian, - - And no,tr-a BlnecoatrBoy.. Yet, there she sits ; her smile I know, Her?mil? I met to-day. ?j ..vTbere^pnljr half a.church^between, But what a world away,' * My dear ! Ah, what a world away. -J& Kendall, in Longman'* Magazine. ? - ADDRESS OP Sr. JOHN H. F??EMA2T, President. Delivered Before the Sumter Agri . s cultural^AsscK?iatiOD, onSat?rfJay, : ApraH?t^ 385. > ^ I? S ; ? Brother Farmers : We hear on ev ery??that tte agricultural interests of our country are in a state of deca? dence ; that the farmer is growing poor? er and poorer erery day and year. Is this so ? and if so, why ? Take tbe oceans-remove ita waters dropsy drop, and if no drops supply , their puce, the time will eome when it mast" be dry. So with jonr land, year after year,, plant crop after crop upon it, that will draw away its life's blood and give it ^Dotbifig ia return, no food, or but a |* ^tit^or^^iifficienfcrfiu^ply, and it will 'grow SICK aftl^ifry, impoverished and sterile, and in return for your labor, will .gfee you but a pjapy growth of otante ^h?ch^ cac ^briner- ?no pxo?i? with them. This will be tue result under your own individual management, how will it be if your land be rented ? Now, by way of example, take say thirty ?acres .of good laudarent it to some, one wup feels no interest in its per minent improvement, hi sid?a being to gel the most out cf the-liud, with, to.himself, the 40*81 possibles outlay bf h. bor, and manure, it is plowed badly, cu?f?ated worse, in fact wretchedly f butchered. ?aa*fc^b???aften> wfofinnlh? noil iflifinUiratrd with watery- Barely^snnure enough is Hised tojmake the pSots hungry, not 'eoougjt?i&iigtve |be?Jbny permanent supply of food ; so that they soon have to fall oack.;opoc tbe-land for their sup? ply and being for'the time, larger and stronger and .-.hungrier. than-they other 'wi?e would be, they male" only tbe greater drafts "u?on the same. Ah ! that is the way your laud is apoiled^iy- -being, half- mannred : and fW?Urt??^U^yatbg fio ishes thejwork.^ The land being good ifewevj^uenpugii
    rime^ war's behests tore us from them, but the negro? And who now stands ready to 8erre;usr if only -something like equal handed justice is meted out to him, but the negro? And whenever large ras "eal?ty is^erpeCrated, ,dig'deep^aud you wifl f?ndt nl?e"t?Brie8 ouTbf ten, a white mao at the./bottom.of .it. And whose strong and willing arras, under the di? rection of Caucasian intellect, placed cotton on. the throne, she now occupies, and keeps her there,. bat the negro's ? Tbeu at least strive to do justice to him, for he is your ward, your negro. God gave him to yon, then keep bim and be? ware of your responsibilities. And yoa who cannot or wli not control1 and di? rect him justly, have- nothing tn do with him, for to you he will prove only 'vanity and: Vexation of spirit/then go at something else. I tell yea, wise med make tbe b ?st of - their s arro Und? ings, and as they can-, improve them, bat they seldom revolntioftue. God made them (I mean o?r negroes this purpose. His laws are su pr and the roan who would contra them is a fool. And this very 1 it perverts. If I can tat negro fellow and make produce eight bales of cotton, and lien tolls him (tyitis fatuus like some worn out old field, and he m but two, a most liberal allowance in circumstances, then unquestionably six bales lost to the commonwealth the wealth of iodividual citizens, in; the wealth of the State. Afld wh true of one, may apply to 20,000 ( any number. And it is a shame fl us as men, as farmers, and as hum tarians, that this ruinous law should main in force, which allows, en coon and almost compels, the grindio| the poor and ignorant, whether w or black; that pints it in the pow? any false Jew, rash and io con side Irishman, or renegade American, mean this only for those, who feel their hearts, if they have any, tua will apply to them,) to take i your j fellow-citizens by the'throat and ju late them. Understand me not gen men, as decrying that people, wt history is-a marvel, running -back ; illuminating as it does, the dknn annals of the -past; and* who in mod times have giveir- us a Judah P. Bei mjn and En gland a Disraeli-. A also ?Vouii?^?i^^?tEe gallan tf i licking, high-souled- -Irishman. ( that ho had not linked his name dynamite! But in behalf of my-o people, I have nothing to offer. Th its friends, say, it isf a"good credit's tem, and necessary to the poor farrae Was the*word good, ever so degrade If a poor manv.comes to you. and sa neig^b^rrc-g?s^ tob^y.j^ur 0Xj_a you say to yourself, 'I know he is po but then he is honest', then comes ii your mind the lien, and you say, 'ste myrfriendi are you under.. a lien V tells you .'yes/you ^say .'how mud he tel& andl.yon ,say,, .'wily that, likely to be alj ypa will make* and t poor fellow in desperation says, *0 but .you see, I hope_ it will rain .tl year'and that ? will make a good Wo for you know, ! work hard,' but h< say you," if it should be dry again ? ai being an honest man, he says not word and you being moved by the bo els of compassion say, (what few in i' circumstance's would say,) ?well, I w le?dlwn?|& |fou??r^*wiU gh^h?m; yotti^?^F?aB?t sell ?umh&jDnyfor if should, the lieu might disappoint D and makft3^? f?libg8?0ri-.1 This .a. good .ergdit system, " whi< shuts out all other credit from the po? man, except its atrocious self! Ho under Heaven is it possible for 'a poi mao (and: it-maltes all alike poor 'wi' scarcely one exception.) who cou within its - upas like influence, when takes all that.one can make, buying i cash prices, to -carry OD his operation support his family in comfort, educa bis ^children ajad lay J>ya Jittte sqmt tiring &r^sad^|afiti)-Ht.-has already- di graded' tb& many.^ This t know^for have seen it lo! these many years an fel?its- 3ir^ m fluency to?? gentl?oer. belier- ?-stfy ?MIC^ TBeJ say^ther is some good io it. The devil himse does some r?oddv for -?ie stirs up goo m eh 40: fight- amaina tr.^ vii, v and-by th poweFof c?nTrasE,''shows ^tRT beauty c k??^s^^^?iB!??^hw ^o&tast for ppli?j?8s . I. have ofttimes covenant w4?"myseJf,'t?at<;I would have,noth ing to do wi: h them. Still asra prac ti eal mau; ? know that, their almost ncc essary accompaniment's and association areJSf^S9iVit^* high-toned and sen sit ive nature, ?ney are a necessary, eyjl and as such we must.subordinate them as farkas .possible to. the accomplish men of.good7 instead'.. ofTeviE rTEey say i t?e lien ti?3?}A^B^^?-m?rtgaoes take itkplace. Thiat at least has beet e??????d" by 'teft^t^^yWb^^ th< few?-virtieron their founds, Beektngcleg islativejau'r?fs1, wherewith_ to deck theil classic brows. ::> _*'.- \ But gentlemen have you seen man j ocany for considerable amount, whicb were aot iack^dUvp by mortgages. And gentl?nten', fmVc ts ode mjore'thing thal I wiH -barely-allude to (^tt -bavfi nol the time, fully to ^discuss ai?T'that fet?el I^nd^ EoanT Association^ Is it right-is it wise, that you should mort gagefj?ptfr ?and.rfor one-fourth or one nTth^ts rtfa{ vajue, when at tne?end-3f fae years ?he mo?gage.^ may jae fore? closed, and they may gobble up or sell to others, for~o ne-fourth or fifth its value all that:' you /have, and Tleaye y?tr as naked as a well-picked goose. "No r stand np like men. Gentlemen, only io" your., duty, using faithfully the ueans that a good God has placed with n yoor reach ; and you will make old Sumter a new and glorious Eden. She viii indeed become thc Mecca, for all igricultural wanderers, seeking after ruth and a resting place. Bot we must return to the thread of mr story. A like mode of proceedure i?rected for cotton, modified to snit otb ir crops, will bring similar results. But I can only suggest, for the scope of mr Association, properly considered is ?ide and yet definite : All the econ >mies of the farm ; all that will make ts expenses less, and its profits greater, ill that will tend, to the elevation and Avancement of the farmer himself; ;hat will make his home more attractive ind his family happier ; that will re ieve his wife and daughters of the hard Irudgery through wnich many of them lave to pass, and enable them to culti- j rate the higher instincts of their pure ind loving nature. Ah ! Woman, pure, gentle, loving, iud unselfish woman. What were man without thee but a' World without a sun.' ~)h I fai^:' g/?iyjjop_._ last and best ofj ^^s, creature in whom ex I ^prtever caa to thought or sight ie formed ; holy,divine, lovely, innocent or fair. Ola Master tried no 'prentice band' on her ; for she was and is the perfect work of a perfect Architect. And its province reaches all those in? fluences that will cluster the affections, of oar boys as they grow up to be our young men, areund the old homestead ; that will give employment to their ener? gies and their intellects ; keeping the best elements of oar population to agri? cultural pursuits. If our association ?-1 materially in bringing about such lits, then-indeed will it find a warm se -in;t]^.??^'^^?^r>eopIe ; then sof will it deserve tbat.plkfie. - As the wealth of individual clt?r^tjs oakes, the wealth of the State so must mr old -commonwealth grow weak, or trong as her agriculturalists languish tr prosper ; for ibey constitute by far, he largest element of her best popula ion. Make the individual, farmer frong, prosperous and happy, then in [eed will she. grow strong. Then will ?ur dear old State gathering her robes .boat her and having placed back upon ter fair brow, by ber gallant sons, the ons of agriculturists, much of the ina? jenable crown State Sovereignty, stand ortb tipton the Mil tops of deltverence a gortons personification of Liberty. ! - Bili Arp'a Experience. I love to meet a nabor and bear him ay 'how's craps?' I contiuue to like armin. I like it better and better, ex ?pi that the wheat is somewhat doabt ul about making a crap. A little long mg with a tail .on both eends has got in he joints and sucked the sap out, and t-s fallin down in patches. Look like here is always sumthicLpreyin on sum bin, and oothin is safe from disaster in his subloonary'world. Flies and bags ind rast prey on the green wheat: We? als eat it up when it's cot and pat iw?yv Rats eat the com-moles eat be gabbers-hawks eat the -chickens he minks kill three or four ducks in me night-cholera ki H s the dogs-and he other night one bf my nabor's mules :um along with the blind staggers and ell up a pair of seven steps right into ny front gate and died'without kicking, rheo there is briars and nettles and read-safts and smart weed and poison >ak and Spanish needles and cuckle lurrs and dog fennel and -snakes that's ilways in the .--way of a farm and must ie looked after keerfully, especially makes, which are my eternal horror, ind i shall always believe are sum kin o the devil himself. I can't tolerate ?uch: long insects. But we farmers lave to take the bad with thc good, and here is no more good than bad with ne up to the present time. I wonder if Harris ever saw a pack laddle. Well, its as putty as a rain )ow, just lrke the most of all the devil's ?ontrivances. and when you crowd one >n a foddertlade yo?M thiuk that forty faller jackets had stung you all in a )uhch and with malice aforethought. \od there's the devil's race-horse which lies around about this time, and, Uncle [sau says chaws terbacker like a gentle nan, and if he spits in your eye you'd ?o blind in a half-a-secood. And one lay he showed me the devils darning jeedlc which winds np the old fellow's itockings, and the devils snuff-box, vhich explodes when you mash it, and me ounce of the stuff inside will kill a ?ound mule before he can lay down, fheu there's some flowers that he wears u his button-hole called" the devil's shoestring" a nd the devil in the bush. I like farniin. Its an honest, quiet ife, and it does mc so much good to vork and get all over in a swet of per? spiration. I enjoy my nmble food and ny repose, and got up every morniu re uvenatcd like an euglo in his Hight, or ?ords to that effect. I know I shall ike it moro and more, for we have nl .eady passed thc ll a by com, and are be- I ?ming to reap the rewards of imlustry. Spring chickens have got ripe, and the jens keep Moomin ou. Over 200 now ?espond to my old 'omau's call every liomin, as she totes around thc bread ;ray a eingio tehecky, tcheeky tebecky. [ tell yon sh i watches those birds close, or she knows the value of 'cm. She sfas raised a Methodist ?be was, and nany a time has watched through thc ?racks of thc door sadly, and seen the preachers helped to the last gizzard iu the dish. There was 54 chickens, 7 ducks, 5 goslings, 12 turkeys and 7 pigs batched out last week, and Daisy hud a calf , and Mollie a colt besides. I This looks like business, don't it ' This is what I call successful farmiu multiplying and replenishing accordi to Scripter. Then we have a plenty c peas and potatoes and other gard i yerbs, which helps a poor (ban ont, an by the 4th of July will have wbe? bread bisfcit, and blackberry pies, an* pass a regular declaration of independ enes. I like fannio. I like latitude au longitude. When we were penned u io town my children couldn't have sling-shot, or a bow and arrow, nor chicken fight in the backyard, nor sid a dog on another d?g, nor let off a bi* Indian whoop without some nabor mak iog a fuss about it. And then, again there was a show, or a dance, or a ba zar, or a missionary meeting, most ev ery Hight, and it looked like the chil dren were just obleeged tb go, or th world would come to ed end. It wa money, money, money, all the time, bu now there isn't a store or a milliner shop within five miles of us, and we d< our own work, and have learned wba it costs to make a bushel of corn and barrel of flour, and by the time Mrs Arp has nursed and raised a lot o chickens and turkeys she thinks so mud of 'em she don't want to kill 'em, ?fl< they are a heap better and fatter thai any we used to buy. We'eve got : great.big fireplace in the family room and can boil the coffee, or heat a ketti? of water on the hearth if we want to for we are not on the outlook for com pany all the time like" we used to be We don't cook half as much as we usec to, nor waste a whol? parcel every dai on the darkey, aDd *we eat what is se before us, and are thankful, It's a wonder to me- that everybody don't go to farming. Lawyers and doc tors have to set about town and plaj checkers, and talk politics, and wait foi somebody to quarrel or fight, or gel sick ; clerks and book keepers figure and p?n_ltiijVj ami ^JVTX Vu'j'j^ey gp? to counting the stars, and thc"*fi^?^ the ceiling, and the peas in the i and the flowers on the papering ; tir jeweller sits by his window all the yeai round, working on little wheels, and tb mechanic strikes the same kind of a lid every day. These people do not belonj to themselves ; they are penned op liki convicts in a chain-gang; they can' tate a day nor an hour for recreation for they are the servants of their em ploycrs. There is no profession tha gives a man-such freedom, such latitude and such a variety of employment ai farming. While I was ruminating this morn ing, a boy come along and said that thc dogs had treed something down in thc bottom. So me and my boys ?boul? s^red the guns and an az, and took Mj| Arjf^nd the chife^'aTo^g'l?Ve?'the sport. TrVcut down a holler gum-tree .and caught a 'possum and two squirrels, and killed a rabbit on the run, and had a good time generally, witb no loss on our side. We can stop work most any time to give welcome to a passing friend and have a little chat, and our neighbors do the same by us ; but if you go into one of these factories or workshops, or even a printing-office, the first signboard that greets you says, "Don't, talk to the workmen." Sociable crowd, ain't it? There's no monotony upon-the farm. There's something new everyday, and the changing work brings' into action every muscle in the human frame. * We plow and hoe, and harrow and sow, and gather in the harvest-time. We look after the horses and cows, the pigs abd sows, and the rams and the lambs., and the chickens and the . turkeys, and' geese. We cut our own wood and raise our own bread and meat; and don't ta ve tobe stingyof it like city folks. A friend, , who visited us not long ago, wrote back from the town that bb grate don't seem bigger than the crown of a bat since he sat by our great big friend? ly fireplace. " Uttt they: git the joke, ou me-some? times, for you see I'm farmio according to schedule, and it don't, always -make things exactly luminous. For instance, I it said that cotton seed was an excellent I fertilizer. Well I had 'em, and as they were a clean, nice thing fo handle, I put 'em under most everything in my garden?- ? was-monin inyun sets heavy, and one-morning went out to i persue 'em, and I saw the straight track of a big mole under every row. He j , had histed 'em all up about three inch-J i es. He hadu't eat nary one, and .thinks I to myself, he's jest a-going^' roun a-smelling of'era. Next mornin all my sets were a-settin about six inches up with air right on top of the thickest stand of cotton you ever did see. Now, if I had read about spilin of 'cm, as my oabors call it, before we used 'em, it would have been more luminous. How? soever, I knifed'em down and set. the ioyuns back again, and nobody ain't got a finer crop. j Its a great comfort to me to set in my piaza these pleasant eveuings and look I over thc farm, and smoke the pipe of peace, and ruminate. Humiliate upon the rise and fall of empires and parties and presidents and preachers. I think wheu a mau has passed thc ltubycon of li*?, and his share of trouble, smoking is allowable, for it kinder reconciles him to live on awhile longer, and promotes pbilosofic reflections. I never knowed a high-tempered mau to he fond of it I may be mi-taken, but it seems to be a little higher of happiness to lothcs? Put j tlie.-e ou right clean fhra morning, and j I not another clean rig in thc house! j Go get me a switch, right straight ! go ? j I will no! stand it P But she witt stand it, and they knew it-especially if I re? mark. "Yes, they c i.^ht to be whip? ped." That saved Vin and by the time j the switch comes the tempest is over, i and some dry clothes are found, and if i there is any cake in thc house they get j i iU Blessed mother I forXuu4i^ ?ih.ildiet>l What wto?ld they do without ' ber ? Why her ve^-v scolding is music io their ears'/*,I'm thw^kful there are some tbing3'that'coruer\jQ the domestic circle that Wall street cannot buy nor money kings depress. \ ARP. A New Indu8tr^Sw Porpoise'fishing for the oil alo?w? has bee? carried on for many yearsV off the North Carolina coast, but la?t Bummer a.company was formed with its headquarters at Cape May, N. J., not only for trying out the oil, but for utilizing the hide. The process of rendering the oil is very simple, and the average amount obtained is from 6 to 8 gallons. The experiment made last summer by this company proved quite successful, $3,740 being realized, it is said, from an outlay of $1,000 in five weeks fishing, and its facilities for taking porpoises will be gr?atly in? creased the coming season. The "skin f the porpoise makes a very su? perior, soft, and pliable leather, and j the estimated value of each individual for its oil and skin alone was placed at $20.* Last autumn it was discov? ered that the flesh made quite a savory dish, and it became so popu? lar at the fashionable watering places along the coast that a Philadelphia Sf m recently made a proposition to take all that may be caught along the coast this season, -with thc view of working mach of it into mince meat. The Cape May company, it is taid, will reject the offer, as it already has offers from prominent Philadelphia and New York hotels and restaurants, and it is believed that there wilLbe~a demand for the meat which cannot be met. The meat is red aryL juicy, and re? sembles in appearance beef, but is more solid, finer grained; and very tender ; much more like venison, T^tnuV ?IWMIH ?TiMt'r- .f~i \:'"U'T are taken io seines about l,00tr~?ew,-? mpg and very wide, and when cap? ped, if not already drowned, are EsSd by' stabbing with knives. It w?ulo>eera that the outlook for the success ? Fair are t\ro'pictures th';kattI?l?t o?e s attention. They aire in d^fTm.es' and are.covered withglass; Is3> landscape background, agaihst^s"l:t Is a bough cf a tree upon. .ivbichN^ perched a bird. Yon would think that, they wer? a kind of embroidery with: the" bird in very high relict But no;. It is an oil painting with a real bTd. (pressed rather flat) mounted on tho. bough. The pictures are by one of tho. ?ssors at the Forest School a.t.Eiselj. -Eisenach*, not far from, tfie for? est o\?Vartburg, where Luther threw, bis ink^and .at Mephistopheles. The: person wdt? has charge of this, depart* ment knowsS* good deal about .the. ioi-? est schools.. ?K^he vast tracts of forest that Germany haX there is not a square, rod that is notundeV^?reftilinspection.. This is necessary in orater to keep up. the supply of fuel, beclknse .the Ger-^ mans cannot bc induced to\any great extent to burn coal, fearing ibanoxious, gases. .. ;> ..\ The forests of Germany have ai much of a history as those bf Engl In the time of the crusades, when . nobler wanted to get money to go 'to/ the east, the towns would buy their woodlands; so it happens that there is: hardly a town in Gennany. which, .dpe^ not possess line forest tracts. ' ?n?iti? well that they should have got hold of them, as the private owners seem to, ?ave been irresponsible personages. Lt the sixteenth -century so many of them, had got into the hands ot the Jews that, many of the estates were forfeited. The? new owners, in order to get at .their/ money in the quickest way, proceeded,' to fell the timber. Thu? large/tracts, were devastated. Afc this juncture the. government stepped in and took the/ forests under its immediate protection; and that was the beginning of the forest royalty. Tiiey appointed.&sclass ?fof?. " ficials i^o^^?r-^s?^?^?S?&?^ trees. Before entering one.o? the ?t is needful to have graduated from one of the public schools; then to have spent a year in the forests as assistant* in order to have some practical knowl? edge of the art; another six mon^r must have beentlevoied to tfce st^iy ?f . forest booking in order to bc able tc? superintend the cutting f?o\selling of' '^?'^wo?aC^Js?^S^?s^ of this time* the; student is ready to enter the school,", when a year and a half ' must be de- ** toted to the science and theery ol. thjfc business- / The cost of attending the lectures afc the school is about .$40 a year, while, the previous half -year . -given- to the;... study of forest bookkeeping, has been, at th? rate of $75 a year., -\yhile at th?, school the students are /called forest, practitioners, and affect the^air or the university students. . They also affect a. peculiar costume. This is ?shbi*tihr%h1^ greencloak, a;hat with the wing of ft. forest bird arranged .on one side, and.; high hunting boots. After graduating, they go into the forests for five J r*-^>ssistants, a5 a- salary of $1 _ lary as forester they, may be promoted to the position of for* 'sst inspector, in which position they have four districts under their/ charge,. receive, an annual salary-pf ;$700, with' som? gratuities, and look out for the moneys accruing from the timber.-' They have now reached.the topmost .bough to which, they can reasonably^ " hope to * attain. '* There ls* of course^ the position of ^-hoad: of th? Forest/ School at. the salary of ..$2,000. odd-i ?very munificent for Germany), but as: tte chances for each one are only one ] .inahundred, and.it is only the most, ^talented that are chosen,'it is to be pre- ' sumed that they "do not reckon on it with any confidence These foresters . . support thirteen newspapers especially'." dedicated "to their science, two of wMch:, .are, illustrated, and, by them,'the sci-"' enc? of arboriculture is carried to the highest pitch of perfection. As one. : expresses it, .''the forests of Germany ' are as. carefully looked after as a gar? den-patch1' . " " " . .' Costly; Woods Crom Afar. Perhaps the finest and most, brought to . this country, so fine and/ costly indeed that it is rarely used sol* id. but for veneering, is what is called/ 'f?ench walnut, which does not; howev* er, como from Franec, being grown on* i ly in Persia and. Asia Minor. As the" tree is crooked and dwarfed, large . pieces .can rarely.be obtained, from it,', and.-it. is ehiefiyevaluable . for the'* churls," e.? tough excrescences which . grow, upon the trunks These, when . polished, are of singular and striking . . beauty, the'grahxl^in^J^^icd in beilul, tittil,' though symmetrically,- intricate^ figures. Next to this so-called French walnut* ebony is probably , the most ; valuable of tbb cabinet woods. Ebony, also, is difficult to get in pieces of size?.. -a fact which quite as much as its deep . dark hue causes it to be prized. Rose--. wood and mahogany are also choice woods, and ar? just now particularly fashionable and in demand. The best [ mahogany is that' of San Domingo, though nearly as good wood comes from Cuba, Honduras, Mexico and Af* . rica These woods are to be had at. fair prices, as there is a considerable quantity in the market. Fair rose- ? wood is selling in the market for from . oj to 7 cents a pound, in the log. Of the domestic woods, bird's-eye maple is very handsome for cabinets, and is . very populan Thc rod variety of beech is a beautiful wood, arid can be'-' made to imitate cherry. Oak, ash and whitewood can be worked--up very.* handsomely by simply usiirg a- good'" filler and bringing out tko'-natural", beauty of tue wood by har&.j-olishmg- * Black walnut c/ the best f]ual% also/ presents a beautiful appearance when subjected to the samo treatment. T?tuted States SfaJiontr' . . . "Where would we be without wo*/, man?" asked a writer. We would be all right; but thc- little pug dog-, where would it be? * /. - / Things one would rather have left' unsaid: Dearest friend (admiring the ' new portrait)-"How sweet! Howr charming! How prcttv! And vet so like!" . ?-Vi A Connecticut m?n /had to entertain ' bis own motlier and bis wife's mother ' for a week at the same lime, and'he* says he is now ready to join any show as a lion-tamer. ? ? - Mistress to new cook: ''Wednesdays . and Saturdays I shall go to market with you." ?New cook: "Very well, : mum; but whose a goiu' to carry the basket the other days, muni?" A Louisville lady has sued for adi-' vorcc, asserting that her husband has ' not done any work for fourteen years. There arc some women who want a man to bc on the jump ail thc time.- . "What will the eom?ng wof?f?rt" ' wear ?" asked a fashion magazine. If' she's anything like thc present woman, : and you take her word for it, she will have* "absolutely noi iring to wear." g '? - "No," said Sylvia, "Hallie would/; not admit thu: she had young Mr.--X Bonnifaee at her foot, though he is/a.1; , singularly handsome man nn'd> very ; popular. You see hois ? ehir?poi??L .