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TWO DOLLARS I'EU ANNUM, j. QOD A-ND OUR OOTJISri'RY. ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. }?
VOLUMES. SATURDAY MORNING; ?NE 20,! 1874. " NUMBER 20
The Husband's Lesson.
The ringing of the door bell has a
pleasant sound to me, more particularly
in my idie moods. Like an unopened
letter, there is a mystery about it, and
ouc waits with o pleasurable excitement
to see who or,what is CjOtniug.
Returning home one-day earlier than
usual, I found that my wife had gone
out; and while idly waiting her return
the door-bell rang. 1 waited expectant
until Mary appeared with a note, con
taiuiog a request from my old friend,
Cicoigo 1-'??, to rido out to his
residence in the country tho next day,
and to bring my wife with me. I was
much pleased, not so much on account
of any pleasure which it might give my
wife, but because I thought I needed a
day's recreation, and in the lovely sum
mer time, the country has peculiar
charms for inc.
Hut the next morning everything
seemed to go wrong. Alice could hot
accompany mo, and I could not get oil"
as early as 1 wished ; consequently 1
was fretful and peevish, and Alice
seemed to reflect my humor, for she
never seemed to be so uoamiuble. At
lcJ2?^I'-.iMffyvert 1'd'rovu "attay. tlmugji
not in a very pleasant mood. It was a
lovely day; and as I rode along, noting
the beauties of the landscape, my memo
ry went back unbidden to the time when
1 wooed aud won my bride. Oh ! how
lovely Alice was then ! 1 thought.
And Oh ! how happy we were ! But
that- was long ago. No : is it possible;
we huvc been married only three years j
Aud 1 felt a sharp pang as I contrasted
tho past with the present, to think that
?wc could settle down into the common
place life we now led.
We had no serious trouble ; we did
.zktiOt quarrel; though when I felt cross,
or thiugs did not suit me, I t mk no
pains to conceal it, aud often spoke
harshly to Alice, who sometimes replied
in the same spirit, and sometimes with
tears. Yet we were generally goo 1
fricuds. Still, the charm, the tender
ness of our early love had imperceptibly
vanished. I had become careless about
my personal appearance at home and
Alice was almost equally negligent.
Her beautiful brown liuir, which she
used to wear in the most becoming curls,
was now usually brushed plainly behind
her ears, uulcss she was going out or
expected company.
I dismissed the subject with a sigh,
ns I drew up at my friend's gate, with
the reflecth n that it was the same with
all married people?must be so, in fact;
for how, could romance and sentiment
find a place among so many prosy
reulities ? I suppose wc ate as happy
as any body; aud yet it was not the
kind of life that I had looked forward
to with so many bright anticipations.
My friend greeted me with great
ooidiality. In tho hull we met Mrs
I-, looking fresh and lovely in
her pink muslin w rapper, with her jetty
huir in tasteful braids. She reproved
tue playfully for not bringing my wife
with mo, chatted a few minutes, and
then flitted uwuy, while my friend led
aflio ^'ty to the library. As we entered
:the room I noticed a vase of bright
flowers on the table, imparting an air of
taste and cheerfulness to tho apartment.
I mado some remark about it, to which
my friend responded :
'Yes, 1 urn very fond of flowers, and
like tu see them in the house ; and as 1
spend much lime here, my wife always
keep:? a vase of them ou the table us
Jong us they last.
After dinner we walked out into the
grounds which were quite extensive,
and most tastefully arranged. There
W?s o great variety of flowers in bloom,
tomi I noticed thutL- selected
[here and there tho finest, until he had a
.handsome bouquet.
When wc reached the house Mrs. L.
twos on the steps. Her husband, still
continuing our conversation, gave her
iiie flowers with a smilo ; and holding
up a spray of oiimson bciries, which he
hud broken off, cits bent her head while
ho fastened it among tho dark braids of
her hair.
It was a trifling incident, yet their
i manner arrested my alheutiou, Had I
L been a stranger, I would have pro
I uounccd them lovers, instead of sober
I married people. All through tho duy I
? UOticcd the Ei'inc delicate attention und
refereucc iu their deportment to each
other. There was nothing of which
the most fastidious guest could complain;
yet, while showing me the most cordial
attention, they did uot ignore each
other's existence, as married people too
often Hcom to do.
I had never before visited my friend
at his country home, ami was very much
pleased with it. I said so, after dinner,
as we strolled out into the woods.
'Yes,' he said, ll think it is pleasant j
'and,' he added, I believe I am a con
totted mau. .So far, 1 am not disap
pointed in life.'
'How long have you been married?'
I asked.
'Ten years.'
'Well,' I pursued, 'canyou tell me
whence is the bright atmosphere that
surrounds your home ? J ell me how
you and your excellent wife manage to
retain the depth of your early Iovo as
you seem to do? I should think the
wear and tear ol life would dim it some
what. I uevcr before saw a home where
my ideal of domestic happiness was
realized. It is what 1 have dreamed of.
but have not yet been permitted to
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friend s trailed, on if poin'tiTrg^'r^ *aj
thrifty grape-vine climbing over a neat
lattice, and loa led with fruit, said :
'That viue needs careful attention,
and if cared for, it is what you see it,
but if neglected, how soon would it
become a worthless thing ! So tin: love
which to all, at aume peril d, is the
most precious thing iu life, and which
needs so much care to keep itunimpuir
cd, is generally neglected. Ah ! my
dear fellow, it is little nets?trifles?
that so often estrange loving hearts. 1
have always made it a point to tre.it my
wife with the same courtesy that char
uctcrized my deportment in the days of
our courtship ; nnd while I am careful
not to offend her tastes aud little prcju
dices, I am sure that mine will \>: equal
ly respected. Moreover, instead of
treating her as an iuferrior?as a mere
slave, bound to obey my every behest?
I realize the fact that she is my equal,
and, as such, has as much right to a
voice iu the management of our daily
affairs as I have. By this means, my
dear friend, we manage to live happily
together, and to show to those around
us that there is still in the world such u
thing us domestic happiness aud com
fort.*
That night I rode homeward ponder
iug over what 1 had seen aud heard ;
and reviewing the years of our married
life, I was surprised at my owu blind
uess, and determined, if possible, to
recall the early dream.
The next morning, at breakfast, 1
astonished sweet Alice by a careful
toilette, chatted over the dinner, and
after tea, invited her out to take a walk.
When she came down, arrayed iu my
favorite drops, with her hair in shining
curls, I thought she had never looked
lovelier. I exerted myself, as of old, to
entertain her, and was surprised to find
how quickly the evening passed.
I resolved to tost my friend's theory
perfectly, and the result exceeded my
most sanguine expectations. For all
the little nameless atteusious, so grati ly
ing to a woman's heart, aud so universal
ly accorded by the lover aud neglected
by the husband, 1 find myself repaid a
thousandfold; aud I would advise all
who are sighing over tho uou fulfillment
of their early dreams, to go and do like
wise; remembering that what is worth
UBing is worth keeping. I
The report of some re marks of John
Bright, at u tempcruuee meeting in Lon
don, as given in our foreign telegrams
this week, contains some points that
may well be considered by tho more
uggrcssivo of tho lrionds of temperance
in this country. Iu a war against the
use of intoxicating drinks public optu
ion is the only effective weapon, aud
this euu not be orcutcd by oppressive or
violent measures, l'utience, aud earnest,
unceasing work will be the means of
accomplishing tho results desired by
the temporanco people, if those results
arc over accomplished.
Excessive cxertiou often leads to a
congested state oi tho luugs, aud defi
cieut exercise is capahlo of produeiug
tubercles in the samo organs through
nutritional alterations.
A Uood Opportunity for Land
Owners.
Dr. Win. F. Barton the President of
the Orungeburg Agricultural and Me
chanical Association is now on a visit to
friends and relatives in tho west of Eng
land. At a mooting of the Board of
Directors held .shortly bofore his depar
ture, he introduced the suhjoct of obtain
ing additional labor, and kindly offered
to further any plan for the ctioouragc
mcut of foreign immigration that might
seem practicable- After a considerable
discussion, the Board resolved, in ac
cepting his-suggestions and assistance to
reccommoud the plan sot forth in this
article to the planters and la-.d owners
of Orungeburg County,
The west of England teems with a
thrifty and industrious farming popula
tion, such as would be especially valua
ble in our sparsely settled County.
Many are actuated by a spirit of Enter
prise, and arc desirous of trying their
fortutus in the New World across the
waters.
In England, the average wagosofa
common farm hand is about ?(.'18 per
j^uvrL s^-JOi-a^ur _e urrcncy, "rji^JUiO^, J itb
food and lodging lound: for a servant
waman, to attend to a dairy, cooking,
washing, &c, about ?C12 per year (say
800.); for a boy, or half hand, say 850
per year, and found as above. They
live iu tho same house with their em
ployer, have special sleeping apartments i
and take their meals in the kitchen.
Their food consists principally of wheat
bread, cheese- beans 'irish potatoes and
meat, with beer or cider. They acldom
use cither tea or coffee, a kind of light
beer which is made in that country
bring their usual beverage instead.
It is the custom of English fanner to
employ ono man, one woman and one
boy as servants, who live on the nrcnii
wes. The majority of tho laborers live
in cottages near the farms where they
work, for which cottage thoy pay rent
Irom X'l to .CO per year, according to
size and convenience. This is in our
money, from ?1 to 8'J par month. They
hire thoir services to the farmers by the
day or week, and during the busy sea
son command the following wages, viz:
(!o0v\ hands iu harvest time from 10 to
24 shilling per week, say 85 t? 87.
Mowers get from 5 to 0 shillings per day
say ?1,50 for a days work. Women du
ring harvest get about 18 pence per day
about 45 cents. These wages are paid
only during the busy season;?after har
vest time, and during the winter there
is very little demand lor Agricultural
labor. Undurdruiniug, hedging and
ditching, aud breaking up lands when
the frost will permit are about all
that cau be done in wintar, outside of
tho regular work dune by tho pcrtua
ment hands on the rurtn, who are gener
ally a man, a woman cud a bow, as
above stated.
A great deal of attention is paid to
sheep rajsing, good shop herds got stea
dy employment at about Id shillings a
week, say 8375, with extras during lamb
ing time.
The principal products are hay, wheat
oats, r)e barley, irish potatoes, turnips
and boets.
The foregoing sketch, from data fur
nished by Dr Barton will give a general
idea of the probable expectiotis of such
laborers, should they come among us to
seek employment and homes.
It is to be remembered that the cli
mate of England like that of tho North
em States of the Union, does not admit
of field labor but for a part of the year;
and it will be noticed that laborers are
puid more or iess, according as they aro
engaged Ibra single day, a week or Ja
longer period. The wages aro soino
times paid in monoy, sometimes partly
in money, aud partly in so much beer or
cider; in othor rospects laborers by the
day or weok find themselves. It is to
be presumed that iu a climate suoh as
ours, whereby steadier employment for
a longer season may ^bo assured, that
the woges would bo proportionately less
per week or month.
The Board of directors proposo to
their ^follow citizens of Orungeburg
County to send on to Dr. Bartou, auy
communication in writing, signed by a
reasonable party, making a distinct, pro
position for tho employment of laborers,
leasing of lands, selling of land"for cash
or ou tim c, giving of lands iu cousidcra
tj?u of the Bottlem 8nt and roproviug of
the lauds giving, work on shareB, or, in
fiuc, any proposition which any land
owner or planter may sec fit to mako.
Dr. Barton offers to jsubmit tho propo
sals sent on to suoh of the English labo
rcrs as are thinking of coming to this
country, to eulighten them as to mat
leiB they may doBiro to know, and to
make enquiries ns to tho character and
merits of such as evincc^a deposition to
give South Carolina a trial. Ho will re
inaiu in England until about the la9t of
August and it is 'desirable thnt every
one, who wishes to embrace this oppor
tunity', should prepare this opportunity,
should prepare his statements and pro
posals by tl.o first of July, so that they
can be forwarded in good time.
Dr. Burton hiihsolf expects to ongago
one or two* families: and the Board
would suggest that it might work w,dl
for two or three land owners in the
same neighborhood to unite iu this en
tcrpriso, and oaoh offer to employ, or
rrrvide (or the location of, at least one
family. In this way, two or more fa mi
lies will be near each other' aud there
will be more chance of their settling
permanently among us, as they will n< t
SW.-n^^i'^ujated whon they have so no
of their own peoplo^ynoar by.
The undersignodw'wili take pleasure in
forwarding any communications which
may be baud d to thle,"> ftnd ia Pivi"S
any further iufbnnaiV" i[1 thoir P?wer
coiiceri/ing'j?i's subject
E.g. W. BttTfrriVUX^
Jacob G. Wanna make!)
Mono an J. Keller.
Lawrkncf, It. Beckwitii,
0. %ItlLEY.
Samuel Diuule.
What Sev^ii 1
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A recent - English book, 'Facta, non
Vcrha,' contains the history of the
Philanthropie labors ofbcvco English
women. It is full of intorost, not only
for its facts, but for its inferences.
Believers and disbelievers in the en
franchiscmeut of women can draw argu
iiients from it. It will delight the for
tner by proving?to their satisfaction,
at least.?that women can plan and
cxeute as well as men. It will convince
the latter that the proper field for femi
nine energy is philanthropy, not polities.
The Atheiucum : 'If the volume does
nothing else, it at any rate gives us a
new notion of how much there is for
women to do, and how much a woman
can do it she is in earnest about her
work.'
Miss Rye bega 1 her efforts a few
years ago. She bad a capital of X.~7>0
Its lasting capacity has been as niiracul
ous as that of the'Widow Crude's oil.'
She has helped ITS governesses to
emigrate to the British colonies, where
they have all, mainly through her efforts,
found employment. She has put 1,500
English women into good places as do |
mcstics, in Australia and New Zealand.
She has personally taken to Canada a.id
placed iu respectable families 1,200
children of the London streets. Niu j
tenths of them are girls,'who, but for
their benefactress' efforts, were condemn
ed inevitably to a life of the lowest
degradation.'
Miss Macphcrsou has done the same
good work foi 1,800 children.
Miss Chandler decided, some years
since, to found a charity for the par
aly/.ed. There was then no such t ing
ill London. She began by taking care
of a poor paralyzed carpeuter. As fast
us she could, she assumed charge of
more paralytics, one by one. She has
now opened a hospital for paralysis au I
epilepsy, in Queen's square, London. It
is not excelled by any of tho same sort
iu the world. She has also established
a convalescent hospital, which is doing
great good. She has, moreover, secured
the endowment of forty-eight poruuiicat
anuutius for incurable paralytics and
epilepticB. She is now collecting a large
amount of moucy to be applied iu this
same way.
Miss Gilbert, a blind lady, opened a
bliud school iu Uolboru ecller, for
which she paid eighteen pence u week.
She has uow a thousand pupils, whom
feho has taught to support themselves.
They maintain the institution that
gives them a home, an educatiou, aud
an occupation. Its maintenance costs
Jl'8,000 a year. This work of a poor
bliud woman may fairly be. compared
with any of the marvels history records,
as wrought by blind men. Wc admire
tho sightiess King of Bohemia, with
his blazoned motto Tch Diem,' for his
dauntless ride to death on tho battle
field of Crecy ; but here is a blind wo
man who puts that motto into practice,
and saves life instead of destroying it.
Mrs. Hilton has built up a dry
nursery at Katcliffe. It is one of tho
best ol its kind, and has served as a
mo.lei for many. Miss Cooper has
opened and managed a combined club,
reading-room, and lecture course for
costcrinongcrs. Miss Whatcly has
organized great schools for Moham
medan children at Cairo. The author
closes his account of the work these
seven women have done in those words:
'It may be said that there arc many
others who would have furnished me
with good types of the philanthropic
Kujjlish woman, quite equal in the
magnitude of their labors to tho e I
have mentioned, but those whom I wish
to take as my types are those who have
had to fight their way up against diffi
cultics. frequently themselves in rc
stricted cireumstauces, and not those
whoso position and wealth rcudor phil
anthropic efforts less onerous.'
Thcso great works are the fruit of
purely feminine effort. They have bceu
planned by women and wrought by wo
men. The author of 'Facta, uoti Verba'
cousiders them us a proof that women
can do better by themselves, unfettered
by conventual rules; than when orga.11
ized in masses. It is, he says, a simple
Hfc^e of three sum. If Miss live and
M issT^Lpcpbcrson have cared for o, 000
children, fif\*y-J"?u?cn ought to care for
7f),0UD. What Tist>trJjujod, fifty strong,
has done so H Tho ecouotn^#rCt^ko good
is another strong poiut. If tho Lmftlou
.charities which are supported ..by tusv
atiou were managed as well, the tax
payers of the city would save .?500,000
yearly. The fact is of moment here, in
view of the damaging di. closures .fames
Gordon Bennett has made in regard to
the charitable organizations of the K?st.
.Some of them piy iu salaries for
every dollar spent in their nominal work.
There is a Bible society in Virginia
which is said to sjiend Si) in order to iu
duce its self denying agents to buy and
distribute one dollar's Worth of Bibles.
There arc Jew men who would be ?Iis
posed, save for fear of establishing a pre
ecdetit that might be abused, to deny
the suffrage to the seven women whose
work we have here outlined. There are
few who would wish to deny it to a femi
nine lawyer who had gained :i suit for
them, or a feminine doctor who had
cured their wives when masculine skill
had proved vain. Themoral is not haul
to draw. American wom-m will find
that the franchise is to be gained by
Jirttt, not verbn?deeds, not words.?
Chicago Tribune.
Desperate and Fatal Fight Will? a
fjiitiatif.
John Nolan, a demented man who
has been frequently arrested iu West
Baltimore on account of his sayagj tern
pernmcut, committed a terrible assault
of Officer Jumos M. Richardson, of the
North western Police District, on last
Saturday evening, and the officer is so
seriously injured that he is not expected
to recover. It seems that Nolan, on
Saturday evening went to market with
his mother, and, after carrying the mar
kcting tOM his father's house, on Druid
Hill avenue, near Preston street, he
went into the kitchen iu the rear of the
housa and picked up a hatchet, which
he concealed under his oout. He then
returned to the dining room, | where the
family were at supper, and pulling tho
weapon from under'his coat, struck n
terrible blow at his father, who was sea
ted at the head of the table. Fortunate
I ly tho hat,diet slipped iu his hand, aud
tho odge glauced^along by the side of
the father's head, inflicting a piiuful
but not scr.ou8 scalp wound. Before
young Nolan could follow up tho blow,
tho entire family lied from tho house.
Young Nolan then fastened the front
door, and retreated to tho baok yard,
where ho sat dowu. In tho meantime
officer Richardson, who had just answer
od roll call at the station houso, and was
on his w*y home, heard the cries of the
frightened family, at ouce hastened in
that direction. ETc found the front door
locked, and while he was endeavoring to
foree an entrance, Sergeant Schultz and
officer Hays ^arrived. Officer Richard
son was stationed at the front door, while
Sergeant Schultz and officer Hays wont
to the back yard, and on climbing over
the fence found Nolau bitting, in tho
yard. Heat once jumped up and com
menced an assault upon Sergeant
Schultz with the hatchet.! Schultz
caught up a chair.that was standing .in
the yard and^succeaded in parrying'the
blows until Officer Hnys cam.o A&.rbja
assistance. Nolau then .rau into the
house, aud closed and locked the door.
Sergeant Schultz immediately returned
to the front door, leaving Hays in the
rear. Officers Schultz and Riohard?on
then put their shoulders to tho front
do n- and burst it in. Nolan, who was
standing near tho door, at onco struck
at Schultz, who, iu attempting to ward
off the blow, slipped aud fell fro-n Che
steps, the hatchet striking his right
wrist, inflicting a flesh wound. Imme
diatcly Nolau turned savagely upon.
Richardson, and struck him upon the
back part of the hoad, fracturing the
skull ann inflicting a ghastly wound four
inches in length. Strange to say officer
Richardson did not fait but suocosded
in knocking down with his stiok, and
before the mad man could riso from the
ground, he was securely tied with, a
ciotlics line. By this time an excited
crowd of some tour or five hundred poo
pie had collected around the house, and
several pcrsous were so much excited-as
to propose the hanging of the roan at
once. Finally, however, ho was romov
ed to the Northwester n police station,
where be will remain until to day, and
then be sent to the Rayview asyiuin.
Officer Richardson was attended by Drs
JiV inslow ajgd Atkinson^ ajter^ wjhich. ho
was removed to bis li?tac at No. 117
Druid Hill avenue His physicians
state that there are but slight hopes of
his recovery.
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The Chicago Tunes publishes several
i columns of crop reports from various
points throughout the States of Illinois,
fowa, Wisconsin, Indiana. Minnesota
and Kansas, from which it appears that,
on au average of wheat sown is much iu
excess of that of last year, and that the
yield promises to be quite up to the
average. In corn,oats and barley, fully
an average amount of land has been
seeded, and the crop will be large.
Fruits of all descriptions never looked
better. In several counties iu Iowa,
Kansas aud Minnesota, grasshoppers
and chinch bugs have made their appear
ance.
A year or two ago W. D. Mitchell, a
carpet bag planter near Macon, GaM
boasted openly that he had seduced tho
daughter of Dr. John Rull, of the same
neighborhood, and, hearing of the boast,
I>r. Hull sent Mit obeli word that ho
meant, to kill hint on sight. One day
last week Mitchell was riding aloug,
when a gun went off in the bushes aod
he fell dead in the road. Dr. Rull was
arrested, but he needn't be scared. The
Georgia juror who would convict a man
for shooting another man for seducing
his daughter was kicked to death by a
well educated mule more than forty
years ago.
Last Friday [an sged crippled lady
named Donaldson, residing on her plan
lution near Island Tcnu, was brutally
murdered by a young man named Mur
phy, who went to the bouse for the pur
pose of robbing Mrs Donaldson, who
was quite wealthy. Ho kuocked her
down with a club, aud then took an axe
and split her bead open.
The Amoeba fouud among tho inuf
soia, represents the lowest form of aui
mal life. It has no particular shape al
tering its form momentarily, and moves
by this curious moans of progross
ion.
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The Vermont siato Agriculfural So
cicty has voted that a herd of cattle
shall consist of ono bull not loss than
ouo yoar old, two cows two two year
old heifers, two yearling heifors,and two
calves of either box.
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Tn bowiug to a lady, three inches is
the attitude to lift your hat'
