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BY W. Ai LEE AND HUGH WILSON ABBEVILLE, S. G., FRIDAY. JULY 3, 1888. VOLUME XVI?NO. 11.
A COURTEOUS MOTHER.
During tbe whole of one of last bummer's
hottest days I had the good fortune
to be seated in a railway car near a moth*
cr and four children, whose relations with
ach other were so rarely beautiful that tin*
pleasure of watching them was qtiite
enough to make one forget tlio discomforts
of tho journey.
It was plain that they were poor ; their
clothes were coarse and old, and had been
made by inexperienced hands. The mother'.#
bonnet alone would have been enough
(o have condemned the whole pal ly on any
of the world's thoroughfares. I remembered
afterwards with shame, that I inyeelf
had smiled at the first sight of its antiquated
ugliness; hut Irer Jaeo was one
which it give you a sense of rest to look
upon?it was so earnest, tender, true, and
trong. It had little comeliness of shape
or color in it; it was thin, and pale, and
livid ; she was not young ; she had woiked
iiard-; she had evidently teen mueh ill;
but I have seen few faces which gave nie
such pleasure. I think that sho was the
wife of a poor clergyman; and 1 think
?i.?? ?./> - r .1... r..,.i\?
best watchmen of souls. Tlie children ?
two boys and two girls?wete all under
.tlie age of twelve, and the youngest could
not speak plainly. They had had a rare
treat; they had been visiting the moun
tains, and they were talking over all the
wotulcrs they had seen, with a glow of
enthusiastic delight which was to be envied.
Only a word-for word record would
do justice to their conversation ; t;o description
could give any idea" oT it?so
free, 60 pleasant, so genial, i.o interrup
tions, no contradictions; and tlie niothcVe
jpart borue all the while with suth equal
interest and eagerness that "no one not
Boeing her face would drenin lliat she was
any other than an eldei sister. In the
course of the day ihere were many occasions
when it was necessary for her to ck-ny
request*, and to a*-k sefvicep, especially
from the eldest bov ; hut no young girl,
janxiou* to please a lover, could have done
ci:lier with a more, tender courtesy. She
had her reward ; fur no lover could have
"been more tender ho J manly thaifcwas this
iboy of twelve. Their lunch was simple
and scanty; hut it had iho-^grace of a
royal banquet. At the last, the mother
produced with much glee three apples and
an orange, of which the children had rtot
xnown. All eyes fastened on the Orat.ge.
It wm evidently a great rarity. 1 watched
to see if this test would bring out selfuhnes*.
There was a little silence: just
Alio shade of a cloud. The mother said:
/'IIow shall I divide this? There is one
for each ot jrou; and I shall be bes'. o/T
of all. for J expect big tastes from each of
you."
'O, give "Annie the orange. Annie
loves orange?," spoke out the oldest bo\-,
?ilh a suddeu air of a conqueror, and at
tbo same time taking the smallest and
worst apple himsett.
"O yes, let Annie have the orange,"
/echoed the Becond bov, nine years old.
"Yea, Annie may have ihta orange, because
that ie nicer than the apple, and she
b a lady, and her brothers are gentlemen,"
caLJ the mother, quietly. Then there was
a merry contest as to who should feed the
. l ...M. I i i i e .
iiiumcr wiui Migciii aim most, iri'ijiiem
mouthful?; and so the feast wont on.
TLon Annie pretended to want apple, and
. exchanged thin goldeu strips of orangt
for bites out of tie cheeks of Baldwins ;
?nd, as 1 sat watching her intently, she
suddenly fancied Bhe saw longing in my
i\ce, and sprang over to me, holding ou!
a quarter of her orange, and saying
"Don't you want a taste, too?" Th<
ir.other smiled, understanding!)*, when ]
said, "No, I lhank you, you dear, gener
ous little girl; I doa't cfcro about cranes-"
At noon we bad a tedious interval o
wailing at a dreary station. "Wo sat fo
two hours on a narrow platform, vhicl
th;.-bun had scorched till it smelled c
l.eat. The oldest boy?the little lover?
Leld the youngest child, and talked to hei
while the tired mother closed her eyes an
.1.? I
Piviu. Awn BUU lUCU lie 1UUKUQ OVCT H
lier, and then back at tho baby ; and a
Jast be said confidentially to nr.o Cor w
Jiad become fast friends. by tbis time)
' Isn't it funny, to think that I was evf-r t
no Finall as tbis baby? And papa ep.j
that then mamma-was almost a little gi
herself."
The two other children were toiling i
pnd down the banks of the railroad trac
pickling ok eye daisies, buttercups, ar
norrel. Thoy woiked like beavers, nr
-i ? u?_ r
wu 4.IIO uuuv-uto WCIO tfllUUQb lUO Ulg II
tbeir little bands. Then they came ru
iting to give tbetp tp tbeir mother. 41
dear," thought I, "how that poor tin
woman will bate to opon her eyes ; ai
, ebe never can take those great bunches
wilting, worthless flowers, in addition
all her bundle* and bags." I was misli
. ken* * .
M0 thank you, ray darlings 1 IIow kii
you were| Poor, hot, tired, little flowe
-- how thirsty they look 1 If they will on
'tfy-and keep alive till, we get home, <
^ will make ihera ?ery happy in some w
terj wonft^e? And you shall f>ut ?
bunch by papa's plate, and one by ntfio<
Sweet Irtsppy, the weary nnd flush
* " ' ??
1 .
little children stood looking up in lior face
while she talked, their hearts thrilling with
compassiou for tho drooping (lowers and
with delight in tho giving of their gift.
Then .' he took great trouble to get a string
mid tie up the ilowers, and theu the train
eame and we were whiiling along again.
I .Soon it grow dark, and little Annie's head
nodded. Then I heard the mother sa^ to
the oldest hov, "Dear, arc you too tired to
let little Annie put her head on your shoulder
and take a nap? We shall get her
homo in much bettor case to sec papa if
wo can manage to give her a little sleep." j
I I ntu I. ...o . T 1
. ? vii iimiiij uuj o vy i in V'l>U uc?H PUUII I
I words n3 those fiom tiled, ovciburdened ,
! mothers ?
j Soon came the ciiv, the final station, '
! with its bustle and noise. I lingered to J
| watch my happy family, hoping to see ihj? !
father. "Why, papa isn't here !" exclaitnI
cd ono disappoint* d little voice after anj
oilier. "Never mind," said the mother,
j with a still deeper disappointment in her
I own tone; "peihaps he had to go to" se^
some poor body \sho is hick." In the
i hurry of picking up all the parcels, and
' the sleepy babie*, the poor daisies and
. buttercups were left forgotten in a corner
j cf the rack. 1 wonderwl if the mother
1 had not intended this. May I bo forgiven
i lor tbe it justice ! A lew minutes afier, 1
' passed the li tie group, standing still just
| outsido of the station, and heard the mo!
thor say, "O my darlings, I have forgotten
your pretty bouquets. I am so sorry! 1
wonder il I could find them if 1 went i
back. Will you all stand still and not stir
from this spot if I go ?"
: il/ % .1,. ~~ i
I V IllilUIIIIft, UOll I ? >, UDII I go. \\ i; I
I -will yet you sonic inore. Don't go,'' cried
all ilie children.
j "Here arc your flower?, madam," said I.
J "I saw that von had forgotten tl.em, and 1 \
took tliem as mementoes of you and your i
' sweet children." She blushed and looked |
, disconcerted. She was evidently unused ;
to pecp'e, and shy with a!J but her chil- j
t dren. However, she thanked nic sweetly, '
' and said : j
i' ''1 was very sorry about them. Tho
children took tuob trouble to get them ;
: and I think they will revive iu water.
Tliey cannot be quite dead." j
"Thty will navr die!'' said T, with an 1
i rtnpli;iH3 which went from my heart tor
, hers. Then all her shyness lied. She
knew me; and we shook hands, and
smihd into each other's eyes with the
, binile of kindred as we parted.
i As I followed on, I heard the two chil- j
: dren, who were walking behind, saying to
each other: "Wouldn't that have been too
' had. Mamma liked thein so much, and j
we never could have got so many all at
once again."
"Ye*, we could, too, next summer," 3afd
j the boy, sturdily.
I T'Ley are sure of their "next summer?,'
. I think, all six of those souls?children,
| aDd mother, and father. They may never
1 again raise so many ox-eyed daisies and
buttercups "r'I at once.'' Perhaps some
of the little hands have already picked
their last flowers. Nevertheless, their
summers are ccitnin. To such souls as
these all treeB, either heie or in God's larger
eounfri". are trpfR #?f liff> with fw/.lirn
manner of fruits and leaves for healing i
and it is but little change from the ( {Utnmer3
here, \\h03e suns bum and make
' weary, to the summers there, of which
j "the Lamb ia the light."
I lleaven blead thera ajl, wherever they
! I are.
; I- Little Giui.b.?There is something
about little girls especially lovablo;
^! even their willful, naughty ways seem
| almost devoid of evil, when tbey arc
' j so soon followed by the sweet poni|
I tcr.co that ovei flows in 6uch copious
, bhowcrs. Your boys arc great, noble,
| generous fellows, loving and full of
i fjciiciuna iiijpuiMUH, uui. moy are noisy
r 1 and demonstrative, and, dearly as you
' i love them, you aro glad their placo is
r ! out of doors; bufc?a girl with light
' | stop is always beside you. She brings
1 tho slippers to papa; and with her
i pretty, dimpled litllo fingers unfolds
^ ; tbo paper for papa to read ; she putf
I on a thimble no bigger than a fairy's
1 I and, with some very mysterious com
1 I bination of "doll-rags," exhibits i
e ; wonderful assumption <of womanlj
! dicrnitv- Anrl wlm ahull loll lit.
i - o?j ; ;
i Uo thread of speech tbut flows witl
s such silvery lightness from those in
' nocent lips, twines itself around th<
mother's heart, nover to rust, not evci
when the dear little face is hid amonj
' | the daisies, as so many mothers know
lc^ Cherish, then, the little girls, dimple*
1 darlings, who tear their aprons, cu
)r the tablo cloths, and cat the sngai
and who aro themselves the sugar am
^ salt of lift:! Let thom dress and un
drees their dollrbabies to thoir hearti
content. Answer all the funny quel
Of . ; iL I J
I LtuuH i/iiuy at-K, una, h j'ou rauBt whi
10 j tbcm, do it bo that if you should re
1 member it, it would not bo wilh tear
for a great many little girls lose the
hold before the door from which the
r8' have just 0B0aped is shut, and fin
J their way back to the angols.
a- Hon. Wm. M. Kvarta has dcelrn(
ne to accept the position of Attorno:
8.m Goneral tendered him by tho Prci
eu dent.
* *
CHILDLIKE TRUST.
One beautiful afternoon in tlie Autumn
of 1852, n s-trniijjtr might Imfa boon seen
strolling along the seashore at D
Presently, for the better enjoyment of tinview,
he took the upper p:?th l\;adii??;
along the dills which form tho chief atIt
action of that j>?rt of the coast. The
path is in itself n pictures-quo one, nloping
bank? ol brush wood descending to the
sandj, every hero and there broken iu up
uii oy rugged cum.
Aj> Mr. U walked slowly along gazing
on the sunset tint*. already beginning
to shed a glory over both sen and land lie
was startled by the sound of many little
voices, which made him aware of two
facts?that he wao not alone; and that
what had seoniod to him a mere bank of
tangled brushwood, was that child's paradise,
a thicket of bramble bushes laden with
their deep purple fruiK He stood for a
little, watching the children, as they rushed
fearlessly into the thick laugh) to secure
the prist1. Hut the time pas?td more
i.?.. .1 I.- .1 > - r ? .
<I'iit;Kiy niuii no iiiuugm, 01, ni'.u 10 snortcn
liis walk lie descended one of the
sloping banks. intending lo return by tlie
sands.
I'assing along rather in haste, hi* ear
caught a round of lamentation, which
contrasted strangely with the linging
laughter which he had just been listening
to ; it seemed the sobbing of a little breaking
heart. Mr. C hastened to the
rock fioin v;hieh the sound came, and
found a little child sitting in agony of
weeping. At fir-t eho seemed afraid of
him : but wl.eti lie spoke kindly, and a.-ked
her to tell him what was tin; matter ilhat
he mighlhelp her, she managed to sob
out amidst her tears :
Oh, sir, they have all got tinncys but
inc.'
llor deeply stained mou'li and pinafore
proved tha't she had done her host to have
a share of lljo spoil; but as the said, every
time she slipped her foot the berries fell.
Mr. C bade her dry her eyes
now and go home, but-meet him tho following
'evening at the saino rock, and
mic woidd havu a little pitcher like the
rest. With a look of wandering delight,
she dropped a courtesy and ran away.
Roaehing her mother's ottirgA, slio t an
in hieatLloss to tell bor story. S!ie, poor
woman, lay in Iffcl, weary with sickness
.,n<l 1 1:... Tl ... 1 _ t:..i o
?uv4 nmib, iiuu ij?icui'u iu hit nine ousai)
with a smile at her eagerness andimpa,
tienco fur to-morrow to come.
J 'That was very kind, Susan,' slie said :
I 'but you don't know the guntleuian.'
| "Oh, no,' said Susan ; 'but he promised
: it, mother, aneTin suro he will do it.'
I Next-evening, when the happy hour
I came, 6he ran a\vay full of joyful ixpcclation.
'My trusting child !' was her moth'
er's thought; 6hc can btliove the words ol
1 a stranger, while I?I have doubted the
' love that I have so long tried and so often
! nrovorl.' Wl inn rafftirnAfl fn cn?-on/1
>
! lifer treasure before her, it was exclaiming :
'Oli, mother, I have got more than lie
: promised; lie has given me both a basket,
i and a tiuny !' And that night the simple
1 trust of Iier child brought new light tc
' D
' this mother's heart, bo that j-he who iiac
{ begun the day in the midst of unbebel
i and doubt could rest at last, on the prom
' ise, 'My God shall supply a'l your need
j according to Ilia riches in glory by Jesu;
Cliriat.'
{ 'uut cf the mouths of I3.?bos and suckI
lings hast thou ordained strength.'?
! Crowing IIens.?"Why sbouldn'i
1 wc crow ?" Baid tho Ppccklcd ben
"Why, not?" said tbo whito hen
"Why not?" said all tho hens, n& th(
rjucalion went, rnnnH. ??W? nrn n
! clovcr, as strong, as handsome, and a
good every way, as that domineorin<
old cock ; in iny opinion wo aro superior,"
said the ppocklod hen. "Am
, i in mine," paid tho wbito hen. "Am
, i in mine," said all tho hens, much im.
! pressed and excited by ibis nGw vie\
,j of things. So they practiccd, an
j! stretched ouf, their neclcs, and stud
1 their heads on one flide, all in imila
' i
.1 lion of tho old cock, and a vory r<
11 majkablo nojso they mado. "Hey
? daj'6a\d Drover, stopping as ho ru
. through the yard, to lislon to th
i hubbub; "my dear, creatures whi
. I.aro youat? Givo up this nonsons
0 While you kocp to clucking, you ai
1 highly rcspcctablo; but when yo
r tako to crowing, you can't thin
i what ridiculous figures you cut.i
Keep to clucking, doars, koop to clue]
t ing IV
*> ' ?
^ To Save * Jjajior ix WAsniKo.i
" Souk your clothes over night jri clen
*' cold water; in the morninghavoov
j. the fire v, hut water is necessary
p boil them in; add ono table^poonf
of palcratus, ono pint of sftft. soap, ono
quarter of a bar of Jiar.d spa
a? wring or.^rarn- your'oljotbea fflpna \\
ir water in whicfc tliey^fiikve fltob'lWv
y night, put them Lnr -yprir ^boiler, 4si
j three quartern of an boar,
will need bat Hu1a_*ubbirtg.j^ntffe;tii
your yio^noe 5?ur oe(iae$utLjujiy, wai
,j Your.eucls wjir btfj&cell?p?"foV* ??&
iog coJoVfid-<jlotTib t;tff;a}l pJclri<Jar )tS
y~ -dooi O
?* poutid pT RalenRtfrt" xvjtifv <1# twen
waati tngs fc/r**j?y,-comhj^.f?^fy
v . ;V
"* .' " V
NARROWNESS OF PROFESSIONAL
MEN.
The following extract suggests n ilansci
gainst which lawyers, doctors find minisers
should guard themselves:
Every vocation or profession lias its po
cuhar or special tendencies, affecting injuriously
tho?o who embrace and follow it:
tendencies that give them onc-sidedne;s,
incompleteness; tcndencics that ciijph
them, mutilate theru, paralyze "or cutaway
something that ought to belorg to a healthful,
vigoiou?, whole-souled, wholehearted
, immhood. "When these tendencies arenol
i perceived and acknowledged, and allowed
: to have their own way, the result is nnj
j thing bvit desirable, 11no or honorable tc
; such ns arc marked l>y it strongly. L?\v!
vers nro in danger of getting n chronu
! suspicion ol human nature; :i notion thai
> all men are rogues until they are proved
to be honest. They are also liable to ac'
puire mere legal minds; to be acute, given
| to forms and technicalities, hair-l read'.l
! distinctions and fpccial pleadings; over;
cautious manners, dry, aciid disposition*,
and questioning and cross (piestioniug Inn
| peis together with other traits not tin
most amiable or attractive. Doctors art
in peril of losing feiisibility of mfierinj
, and pain, of beii.g cTiilled in their svmpa
lliies, of putting with delicacy of feeling
j of deceiving the credulity of ignorunct
I and timidity, anJ of getting gaiu outo
i human weaknesses.
| Clergymen, shut "out too much from llu
: real woiid anil from lough and tumble in
tercourse with it, sometimes live in ati idea
I woiid, an J arc morbid in fuelinir and mis
I . .
i taken in their t!u>oiie:i aj to what life is, i
; not as to what life ought to be. The}
1 grow sbv, still', formal, too much of a trilu
i by thoijiselvir ; ariJ epen to tho joke tin;
the race is divided into throo classes: men
women and ministers. So on through.al
tho vaiions occupations down to those involving
harJly mole tlinn muscular laboi
In cacli and all these arc tcmji'.alicus ant
influences which arc deforming and warp
, ing*; tending to ju:t faculties and feeling
. out of balance aud true relations. Mint
1 we are fur from saying that those terr.pta
j lions are oiien yiel'Jeil to, or thai those in
llaences are pormilU-d to go unresisted ;im
ilo harm in all instances. We only assei
iheir existence ; and if any proof of thi
is wanted beyond every body's observation
j it can bo found in literature?fiotituus am
dramatic literataro especially?wheiein tli
! assignment to particular vocations of cei
| lain special features of mind and manne
! is universal and uuiver&Hlly accepted as, a
least, caricaturing original portraits.
Christ oca GvjJst.?When one c
the boys in an orphan's homo bad suid tb
. grace, ,'Come, Lord Jesus, be our guesi
' M.oa . :-t ' ? - ' *
una i/iwo ifiiUl. lilUU Uo-3l JHUVIUUU, ci UL
tie fellow looked up and said:?
"Do tell me why tlio Lor J Jesus neve
comes? We ask bim every day to s
"with us and lie never comes."
! "Dear Child only believe, and you ma
1 bo sure he will come, for he does m
: despise your invitation."
> j "I shall set him a 6ent," said the littl
| I fellow ; and just then there was a knoc
f j at the door. A poor frozeu apprentice ei
tered begging a night's lodging. He wi
* I made welcome; the chair stood empl
i | for bim ; every child wanted him to l.a\
3 1 his plate; and one was lamenting lhat h
bod was too small for Ilia stranger, wL
was quite touched by such uncommon at
tentioiiB. 'J'he little fellow bad bet
thinking all the lime;
"Jesus could not come, so bo sent tb
^ poor boy in his place?is that it Y"
"Yes, dear child, that is just it. Kvei
' piece ol bread nud every drink of wat
j that wo give to tho. poor, or the sit
3 | or tho prisoners^ for Jesus' sake, v
3 I give to him. 'Inasmuch as ye have doi
I ft nnlrt .mia <-* f 4 I?a I/.""* ?( ' I - *
g | vmhj v/uu v/i t.iic icnob ui Mlt'DC IIIJ UlUt
ren, ye Lave duue it unto mo.' "
d
j Nf.w Method or G rafting.?E
i R;gel describes a new mothod
- j grafting fts practiced by JIcit Frcui
v j dlich, ono of the .Russian Court gs
d donors, with remarkablo success. I
k steud ol .taking the 6ci0ns irom tl
- previous .j car's wood, with tho -bi
)- just beginning to swoll, Iho still sc
^ growing lateral shoots aro select
n when from half to one and a half in
a Inner o t\ A nitKni* Ko fir ni* <An?iiA
V ^ V* KV/H^UU ^Ul
it tod, euro being takon not to draw t
o. ligutupo too tight, as thoy -will sw<
*e much moro rapidly than hard wo
>u ercions. Succors, ho sajs, is corta
k if caro bo taken that the Bap of I
? elo'jk is in movion at the time ike <
k- oration is performed. * Ho recoi
menda this mocfe as superior to
others, especially, fob bard-wood
ireep, such as tjuprcap, frtgua, el
. which fc* bqaally' difficult jo firopagi
^ iropT> tjic old w.<H}a> -Nojir ronea a
planta, which it?s desirftblfe to inorei
u| Jaj)i(il5' ua pcwsijble, may nigo.
u^irarH^geausIy \forkod in ,Uje 6#
flun??er> " ' ? . "' .
I i
gy. roeraber of the. 'IfeS-A*' ConWbliOo, i
ad ibitegRto -to ab?*:'GWo?fo- Contfwtfi
'^9 W?aixuji>p{ MwgttoW
** <J?aV*get,vJd^>' r?fu?m|f -hlfn admiasioi
hi
^ ?^^nrding |'i*0 -tan*g?r.
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, CULTIVATE A TASTE FOR READING
It requires but litllo effort, in most
instances, to instill into tho minds of
tho young a lovo for reading. There
is a certain charm, so to speulc, which
to tho infant's eye, encircles the booh
or paper, tho offspring of curiosity, j
. no doubt, but which, if properly ap- i
plied by tho parent, grows and
. strengthens us tho mind devolopos,
, until a lasto for reading becomes lirin.
ly establish i-d, and its gratification
I tho source of the highest enjoyment.
Unlike most earthly pleasure?, that
I derived from reading benefits while it j ,
. ' plea.scn, and thus confers a double ,
,! blushing upon its reeipient.
I Suy s Sir John Ilcrschcll:?If 1 waa
.to pray for a taste which would Bland 1
I ' inc instead, under every variety of
I ' circumstance, anil be a sourco of hap- | ,
. ! pincBtj and cueerfulncss to tuo through I i
, i life, and a shield against ils ills, how- j |
, ever tilings may go amis*, and tlie j
\ world frown uj on mo, it would be a
I talic f>jr rcwliiif/. I mic:.U of it, of,
course, only us a worldly advantage, j
, ami in ihc slightest degreo as sit
. ' persidii g or dcivgnting iVom the ;
, higher ofJicos, ami surer and stronger
. panoply oi' religious "principles; but
:is a litstc; an int-lruim-nl, and a mode :
. of picnsur.-iblo gratification. (livo a !
( man this tifcte, and means of gratify
: 'ng '&> 3*ou can hardly fail of ma- ,
? ' king a happy man, uuIopp, indeed, you
. ' put in his hands a perverse selection
1 of bookt*. You may place him in con
. I tact with the best of society in every
f period of history; wnh tho wisest j
j and wittiest, with the tendorest, and ;
. the bravest, and the purest characters |
t who havo adorned humanity; you !
t ' tualce him a denizen of all nations, a j
} ; contemporary of all ages. Tho world j
. i lias been crcatcd for him. It is hard- ,
1 ly possible but Iho charactcr should
1 i take a higher and boiler tono irom
! the constant habit of associating in
3 | thought with a class of thinkers, to
1 i say the least of it, above tho average j
_ ' of humanity'. It is morally impossi- J
| hie hut that iho manners should take j
J 1 a tinge of good breeding and civilisja- \
i lion, Irom having constantly before |
* ; our eyes tho way in which tho bet-t j
informed men have talked and eon?
j ' dueled themselves in their intercourse
j
e ' with each other. Tliero is a gentle,
. j hut perfectly irresistible cocrcion in
, j tho habit of reading, welUdirccLed,
lI | over tho whole tenor of a man's cliarI
actcr and conduct, which is not tho
loast effectual beeauflo itwoika inscn^
sibly, and becausc it is the last thing
ho dreams of.
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I How to Raise Feuit Every Year.
?If rightly understood, few trees,
,r unless absolutely dead or rotten, need j
occupy ground without yielding a |
plenteous crop. After a long and va- j
y ried series of experiment?, I gradu- {
)t j ally adopted tho following inodo*: As j
boou as iho winter Lai sufficiently !
le disappeared, and before tho sap ae- j
K cends, I examine my troes; every j
l3 dead bough is chopped off; when Bap j
y has risen sufficiently to show whoro
e the blossoms will be; I cut away all
18 tho other branches having nono on,
10 and also the extremity of every limb,
' | the lower part of which bears a considerable
numbor of bud*i, thus conis
contrating the sap of the tree upon
tho maturbation of first swecd of fruit.
^ You may think this injures tho trees,
.jj but it doos not; for you will find
ve trees laden with fruit, which formorly
"0 -yielded nothing. Of course all other
k* Well known precautions must bo ?t
tended to; bucIi aft cutting out worms
from the roots, placing old iron on the
>r, limbs, which acts as a tunic to the
of sap, etc. Try it, ye who have failed
l- in raising fruit.?Rural Gentleman.
iv- ^ >?i?
n" JJotb in IIoiibeh.?Referring to tho
statement made in tho United States
Agricultural Ilopoptfyr 1664, Col. J.
)^1 llamilton writes from llaleigh, N. C.;
Cl* to the Department of Agriculture,
stating that lie has a recipe from Dr.
Goe, of l'lorido, which ho has .not
k?- tested, but will do so on necessity
-showing itself.' lie says t
od ??You are aware that it is hard somein>
times to distinguish between an at,J0
tack of the bots and one of the.colic;
the following^ j-emody," bowevor, u
equally efficient for either! Tho,reason
that a bot can' resist tho action oJ
c^. ^g?nt"s administered is bis power oJ
drawing bis bead into the walls of tb<
ite^ - ' . .' - . -
^y .siomacn dj iiis toDiacies. Hut hi
roe anhot reslat chloroform. A1 tablo-W
gpoonfuf ^fefilowrform Bct'coned bj ?
coaplo fpooitf ala of-any good' tfiucil
> ago Will tnajfe^-kna Idi-go^hit hold
?/ qv\SP :?ftcp lAvfnj^ bOTod *?Oaclj
hi V.-.;' wfar
.
f!?TTO* .T)iywiu?Jk(v R J. ..tiuJenn
JfJO*. eight wH?ai^?J?Wv?Co
iHo Tnmbift, Vm? hlfc' Wddr ?ffl$B a ;oilttt>i
iA\ 1? i])?fir?t 'df U>
Dai i*i ~ Wba cAn;^*i ft ?f;
. '<" "3. -v:. $ -.-V.', '
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BOOKS FOR THE BLIND.
In 1784 Valentin Ilauy began ilioaidiilunttirnplc
labors which gained for Uim.
roni the French people, tl.o appropriat?
Jesign:itioti, "Aposllo of the J>!ind." No'
ong afterward* ho bccaino convinced o1
he necessity of devising come mode 01
| >r in ting, bj which tuuch might FUpply tho
place o( sight to tho reader ; and alier revolving
several plans in his mind, accident
^13 it is called) finally suggested tho best
method. Sending his pupil,. Lcsucur, to
liis desk one d.?y, for some article, tho
young man found thero a printed caid o(
invitation, which had received an uuusuully
strong impression ; passing his fingers
f?VPr 1 ]? "? lm/'L' r*f tliA ?>nnAP Iia rliclStinru'uli.
W. MWW..6?..
i*d tho letter O, and brought tho paper to
Hauy to shew him that he could do so.
The philanthropist saw at a glance that tbe
principle of printing for tbo blind was
Ji.scovcred, and that it was not only necessary
to perfect tbe process. Thereupon
followed a series of experiments, conducted
by himself and others, resulting, at last,
in the alphabet for tiic blind most generally
used in Great Britain and America;
which i-* the Uoston letter, invented and
p'.*i fecb-'d by Dr. S. O. Howe, the founder
uf the Pcrk'na institution for the blind.
The rscoinmciidationfi of "his letter are its
supniior ifgiuuiiy ati-J 1110 rcuucea cost ol
priming, in conscqtoiico of which the
number of books printed in it is much
greater ihnu in any oilier. ]5ut ihe great
cost of printing books for tko blind, in
consequenco of tbwir bulk and the (small
editions required, lias rendered the supply
very 6can(y. Asido from tlio Scriptures
and the text books in u#o in ihe diU'erent
institutions, tbere were ui 1S5C, but fortysix
miscellaneous books in English, prin'td
in relief, unless we include ibose pi in led
in arbitrary character.-, which, aside from
tlio Scriptures, amounted to nine volumes
more. Many of these are quite email,
some I'omprifingonly a few pages; yel
these fifty-five volume?, if sold at actual
cost, would bare amounted to about ?70,
before ihe war, probably twice as r~ucli
now.
We have gleaned the facts elated abovt
from an interesting article on the Ulind,
in Appleton's Cyclopedia, to ubich tliosc
tt'lio desire more extensive information arc
r 1 rni. - . 1 1 . r I ?
unciruu. mo uiongnuui icauer win see
at once how limited tlio provision is thai
lias been made f^r the literary wants o
iho blind, and how unable they are lo supply
the deficiency themselves. "With fev
exceptions, they aro unable (o purchasi
costly books; and books printed in raise*
characteis must be costly, compared will
those which are produced lbr ordinary rea
ders.
ABOUT FLOWERS.
California just now weare her riches
crown of floral beauty. Some things tin
flowers are telling'us, which, in the midu
of our cares, it is worth our while to regard.
Flowers teach us tho fullness c
creative power. We may easily snppos
tho world to have been -created wilhou
any Mowers at nil, but ever) body must let
tliwt thus made, it would Lave been great 1_
inferior to what il is now with them
: llow sadly we should pitte for tlum, i
they were to now cense from the earth
! and come no more with the returning sea
I son9. How much the eye would miss, ho\
j empty would bo tho breuth of spring if o
i its passing zephyrs no fragrance lloated I
uuUnnce llie delicato sense of smell.
liut God did not tarnish a cheap worl
when he furnUbed a homo for bis childre
here, and therefore ho spread everywher
tho gentle (lowers, fair offspring of tho su
and rain. We may push our way amon
Arctic snowg and find lichens and otlu
verdant growths.ipaiutainHig a liaid life i
the ble^k wilderness. Climb tlio Alf
and clamber over glaeicrs and storm beatc
cmgs, and 011 iho very verge of etefiii
winter you will find mosses clingiiig^lo tl
jutting rocks, the la^loutposts of vegetab'
I f*. Floral growth is not confined' to tl
land, but alon^j all. seas the alyui ppren
their branches, an I reach up their delica
fingers to toy with the sprny of the 8:ilt sc
waves,- Catching the light' in rainbo
tints from the glittering drops, these sen
mosses dress themrelves in colors of exqu
site hue. Ever on the restleus deep' a
floating the germs of vegetation, 60 th;
when a eoral reef rises above the wav
they at once mnke a ho.ne on it?-ron?
surface, and after fueee^stve yeara of bloo
and decay,thia huiuble verdure forms
soil for higher and rich growths.?The P
ciAc- .
i McEttrrek' line accomplished tl
. feat, of walking onp hundred milop
f twonty-ono hours, six . raiftQ^es ai
E> forty-four seconds, for ono thoupar
> doHarp*jmd tho championship oHNe
5 Kpgkihd. &coU, hii competitor, ga
ouL'oa tile r.in6ty-eighth mile.
: In <:1848 there wefre- two foiuidr
dr?ngA,trofeifin- the entire i>i Cafif<
pia^ "Thby "at-o now* to-be f<J\iftfk
jsf*ry{'f>*ri ojf-the State, iistt^UjlH i
- itnartnsarevebWj \ ^ ' * '
I' K2$in*
j^y?M rtiiuh
rihrg^ewC to tho cpftttqifr <
vj^tht>re! ; .
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THE YOUTH OF THE SOUTH.
*
A wriler in tlie New Orleans Timtt thus TintlicaU-a
tlie young men of the doullt:
" Upon a thousand fields of buttlo they
erformcd heroic deeds of v*lor, which will
verlive upon the brightest page of history,
while sinco the conflict of arms censed,
ihey have almost, wilhout an exception,
gone noltly to woik, and are Btiiving might
| and main to relritve their shatteied and
i broken foi tunes. Tl>? wlw>l? !>;.?#.ii.
j world does not liflford a more striking #*;
ample of manly resignation to existing clr-?
j cumstauces, and heroic determination to
reconstruct their desolated country, than
! the young mcu of the South havo exhibit'
ed tinco the war in cverjr department of
j industry.
j "Thousands who wero reared in nfttu
cneo and ease can uow be seen tilling the
| fields of com and cotton, aud doing the
j work of their former slaves.
"In the work-shopj, counting rooms,
; mercantile houses,schools and colleges, the
! young men of the South have been diligent,
faithful arid energetic.
; 4* If some have preferred the paths of
scienco to other occupations, by becoming
lawyers, doctors or merchanU, it i9 ex?
j tremely unkind in the Picayune to be coni
stantly making them the subjects of its
sneers mid insinuations. No country with*
o'lt men of science ami art lias ever attained
to any degree ef civilization. Wliy, then,
i ridicule tlioso attempting to climb the nl|
ready diflicult heights of science ?
j " It is much more just and enlightened
i to encourage those who are striving to
| qualify themselves to keep alivo ihe noblo
professions among us?'
ST JOHN'S DAY.
The 24th of June was the day dedicated
' ! to St. John the Baptist, one of thu patron
saints of the Masonic Order.
"In tho middle agca," says n Maaouio
exchange, "every guild was incorporated,
1 | and had its own officers and regulations, as
I well as peculiar privileges Accorded lo it
l>y the sovereign. Il had its geueral meet*
' { ings on staled days, hut there wns always
1 | one day more honored than '.he rest?the
| festival thai is in the calendar appropriated
' | to a particular saiut, of which each corporation
had one. The Masonic body are
moro fortunate, for they have two patrons,
^ viz : St. John the Baptist aud St. Jobu tha
Evat.gelibt.
' ' On the 24th, all over Europe and
0 America, the Masons meet and celebrate
^ the ftblival of St. John the Baptist. Oil
1 these occasions, speeches are made, oulogizing
this nncient order, its great prosperity
in modem times, its glorious principles,
its laith, its hope, its charity, the many
good deeds that it has dgoo, which it
blazons, not upon the house-tops, but of
( which a correct record is kept by the Al"
mighty Arohitect,iu the Grand Lodge on
1 high, and which will be displayed on ^the
great day as blight jewels set upon tli*
breasts of the Kings and Priests of the
0 Eternal Temple of Jehovah."
In thesu days of demoralization in Church
and. State, it may not bo amiss on this oc
r cnsiop to revert briefly to a distinguishing
!' characteristic of this man while in the flesh.
Ilia uncompromising .fidelity. The exi'
gencies of out1 times demand this moral
.. element as truly as did those , of the day
und generation in wliich this herald of the
Prince of Peace acted his part in the world'*
grand drama. Temptations to compromise
^ truth and principle nre more than ever
powerful. Judge* hare soiled the ermine,
" statesmen given the lie* to previous records,
C and preachers pandered to prejudice cater
" still to the popular tastes and the temporal
? interests -of their hearers. Such should
"r | learn of St. John : Know the truth ; aud#
" knowing, dare msintuin.
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" NEWS SUMMARY.
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le A suip load of Mormaa immigrants
,0 from Buropo is oxpeoled at New
id; York City in J uly.
to
One farmer in Minnesota sowed
t_ this Spring onp fftld of fifteen bundred_uQrea
of wheat.
ro ...
Ht Tbo Domocrats are organizing
^ Jackbon associations in all tbo New
\n England Statos.
av Charles -QXyonno'r'a income was
350,000 last-j*ear. a -
I~ft Roverdy Johnson Y yoongeat ion
ld" Ed svaYd 0.Johnson, will ftetompany
)d uim to England ?t? private eccretary.
fW v *"
cft- - It ;ii n?der?t6dd ttiat Governor
. ftamphr^fc, itfAllrsaiiwippi, declines
ur oWy the btder removing him from ,
'[of$ce. >; * '
ed-'/:V;. . y - . .
' A ^tiif OrlttftOft drDggiifc pnlof^a . .
.preAcrtipii^n-vjpeo'rreclly, the patient
-aied/ftihi no* hie heirs wfbrW 5,000
Adfotfyotr :<*/-; :
'f'y -** '+ . \
. t\i? vaffaar fdifir 1# ctill nrevalant
y.'iat *o<l tfcd ohofer* h?s
iut f Jbr?4cen oat at MaUfcuruf, te