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ITIZEN.
E. A. WEBSTER. Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME J.
A Weekly Paper Devoted to Temperance, Literature and Politics.
ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1875.
NUMBER 37.
MONSOOR TACHA
UV OKOlinR ll. UOWKKtl.
Monsoor I'.udia, il i- pleasant I'1 meet
Hire. In ti?? heurt of thin treacherous town
Where faith ls a i erl! anti courtship n cheat.
More false to tho,touch than a rose ?vorblown
Willi iv soul lliui is true to iivolf, ivs your own.
MnoMHir facha, KS two netUlemeu may,
Civilized, city-bred, lints ?r our hands;
Sow fimit tho town to H t? desiri away!
Ours if a friendship w-ho'e splrtl doiiiwids,
Th? scope ot thc sky ami tb? ?-ir.-ti-h rf the Hand*.
MoiiMijor facha, dolf your courtier'* carl? ;
Wr have niven to courtes .. ?ill "f !t.. dues :
Sprint: to your t bro tie on the back t?f your barb,
Rhake ;.! t'.ic breezes your regal burnous, and
Wave ymir laucc->ci?ptre wherever yon choose !
Moiisbnr, niv chief 1 .iii. I know yon n< length
Kine of dir. desert, \"itr children nr? rom"
To ublftrr, lil Rsheep, in Hie shade of your strctiKlh,
Or lo Kir ike, like ynuti?; Ilona, for country and
home,
Winn your o>r~ ari' ablaze nt Un- roll of tho
il nun !
Mnueoor, my chiel ! now one gallop tn i.
The land that yon haveswrnrh that nodcspol shall
prim! :
Thcnuh nun timor.1 and and. l'y Allah! 'tn; free:
Iii. L-rotm uro tr.oKn latices; these HODS of the wind,
Our steed* uro tts n<?-V? -n RCtni Invrvod to t)tnd.
Moncoor, raj cbief ! liow we dash ?'er tho uml,
Hissing lichir.d us 'iko dtortii-driveii k;vi? !
Fito-h Iii? lout! I;UIIH of vour v.i!<l -\rnli band,
Iiri\inliKli tho M . ur?-, snd th.? Hfiljl jereeds throw,
AH, hair-winced, through tho RliriU- incim;
lirei 7"K tte '.
Moasoor, raj chief! . .. nd the horses away ;
The f iuris ol yon I tribe I have KOO with dc
ItRbt,
Jiow Iel ne ??? ti while the rom Muled day
Farit-s from Um di seri; ami peaee-bearliiK nlnht
Shakes Ibe Hrs! i:< in on lier I TOW In our sie?it.
Monsnor, my* host ! lo, 1 enter your tent,
AK brother b, bruthor, lian.ti- clasping; >'. ,r.' ;
I sleep Ilion :i child In u il reata Heaven sent ;
Kor hove t liol eaten the sall and the bread?
And Monti OJ will answer for me ?Ith hin head.
Thc Past Winter.
J mr-MKiril Dentil It nie lu Kurope nail
Am?rica HM 0?i?*uii?|itlve?i >\v?:j>t Oil
und New i MICA Alatli!.
Tile past winter lias boon a phono me
nai one, and blieb a ooo ?ts tho best iu
(oruiod meteorologist t tlc not expect to
HOC again for twenty years.
Everywhere, from Shreveport, Lia.,
to Stockholm, in rori ht rn Europe, ii
sudden in?rense in the den th rate marks
tho crmtiuuaucc, ?nd follows iii the
wake bf tho uniter ?d' 1871-5. Dr.
Elisha Harri*, registrar of vital statis
tics ft r this city, in spea'ung of tho
past winter, both in this and other cities
trom which bo ieceives weekly rcturus
ot deaths, said : "Tho mortality has
been fearful in every section on account
of the great changes from the normal
state of the weather. The ouly winter
which at all compares with it is thai o:
..I93B <5 3 The pxst ter-sod* has-been es
pecially heavy in deaths from pneumo
nia and other pulmonary disease?. The
ivestuer has beeu very cobb and also
saturate.! with moisture at all times.
While the thermometer did not ludiente
any specially lor.- temperature, the skin
and mucous membranes of the lungs,
throat and other passages suffered on
account of tho humidity of the atmos
phere. In our own city the total ptr
e-ntage of deaths will ba from 12 to 15
per cent, additional, and in ibo special
classes o? disases most, fatal the ratio
has been double 1. Fever cases have
been very rare. Typhoid has been al
most n matter of chance. lu diphtheria
the moitality hasn-s:imed the virulence
of an epidemic. Our reports from Ed
inburgh, Glasgow, Loudon, Liverpool,
Dublin, Vienna, and Hamburg, all
show that this particular class of dis
ease lins boen specially fatal lhere
I'aris b is been more fortunate owing to
the ad mit able sanitary regulations in
force there. The greatest percentage
of fatal eases outside of those of chil
dren aro of persons over sixty yeats of
age and those who have bern hard
drinkets T do not mean drunkards
alone, bot those who have beeu in the
habit of taking strong liquors, and they
are not poor people alone. In these
persons the mucous membrane of the
throat is weakened and cannot resist
(he double assault of a cold atmosphere
heavily laden with moisture The ef
fects of this winter have not stopped
yet, by any meaur,. ] should estimate
that about as many as have already
succumbed will data thoir death sick
ness from colds contracted during the
recent enid spell. For the next fifteen
years consumption wil l carry off persons
whose lungs first showed the germs of
tube return' UOpOsitS tnirt pllSt wiwc?V.
That ii a serious side of tin; qm stion,
and phvhicbimi are carefully considering
now what should be done, and how to
take precan? ions against these si quenees
of the enid. Pcoplo who have colds
should get, rid of them ns speedily as
possib e, by breathing pure, dry air
and getting their whole system in
sound health."-,V. Y. .??>./<*.
The greatest depth of the groud can
yon of tho Yellowstone is but 1,000
feet, ?nd tho average for miles along
the deepest part is rot, over 600 feet.
Clear Greek canyon, in Colorado, which
Grace Greenwood, Baja'rd Taylor, find
othfr.r traviler* have praised as rivaling
the Yellowstone, is but little over J,000
feet at its hight st point. Prof. Gannet
declar- n that there is nothing in Amer
ica that equals tho i cw wonders of the
Grand and Guunison. Tho while walli),
contras!ing strongly with the others in
the neigliborbf oil, in many places cut
and seirred into curious nud fantastic
shapop, spires, tower* and minarets,
standing out above, add to the startling
picturesqueness and awful grandeur
of thrt scene. Hero and there, along
the lower sides of tho canyon, may bo
traced strins of coloring.
This is duo to t!ie minsling waters
from several springs that line the river
banks, iron sprin . s producing the red
colors, and sulphur springs tho yellow.
The river bed is shallow, and tho wa
ter clear.-Dir. Hayden.
-Tho average masculine stomach in
this cbantry craves liquor, and society
mast be revolutionized before a betttr
otu te, "i things ono exi.-ti - Ko.'fl jfi'ifild.
Thc Japanese.
Tho subjoined translation from au
editorial in a leading Japanese journal
in full of practical good House, worthy
of a nation of much higher civiliza
tion. The growing commerce between
Japan ?md our Pacific states and thus
with the Union, causes an increasing
interest in thc progress of that peculiar
peoDle. Wc quote :
Many among us are desirous that our
civilization should take equal rank with
that of Europe and America. But, as
our country in poor and tho peoplo are
ignorant, wo mutt first promoie agri
culture, so that tho land should yield
?aoro abundantly. We should promoto
commerce. Wo should promote tho ed
ucation of our children and compel
tho indolent to bo industrious ; and
when all this has boen done it will be
limo io talk about rivalry with foreign
countries. But our scholars who desire
all these changes imtncclintoly aro like j
those who wonld set a child to hard la
bor, or who imagino that tho poor
should abound iu luxury like tho rioh.
We do not mean tu say that wo are in
the same condition that wo were soverul
years ago. But, as we have said before,
tho first and most important thing to
be done ?3 to build schoolB, and to se
cure the diffusion of useful knowledge
among the people ; then to make an ad
vance iu commerce aud agriculture, so
us not to be decorating tho outside only
and doiug so much expensive work in
vain. Our scholars of European sci
eoco ought to be assisting both the
government and the people. This is
the manner in which they will best show
their patriotism. And wo entreat them,
too, to have a little patience, and lo
cool their ambition that all those
changes should occur at ouce. Let
them prepar? the way for them, so that
when they come wa may be ready for
(Item and they may bo really to our
profit.
Thc Etiquette of Court Presentation.
Tho Court Journal gives tho follow
ing in a review of tho etiquette of tho
court of St. Jame's drawing-rooms :
"The lady wishing to be presented
must lirst lind a lady willing to present
her, aud ai?o to attend tho drawing
room at which she wishes to be pre
sented ; for, although it is by no means
necessary that tho two ladies should
paBS at the same time, or even that, they
shonld_m_eet..it:'? abpoluf^ly de rigueur
that a la'ly who presents another should
attend the drawing-room. This pre
liminary bei tig arranged, the presenter
gives her friend a note addressed to the
Lord Chamber lain, btatiug her inten
tion of attending a certain drawing
room and of presenting Mrs. Jones.
This uote Mrs. Jones leaves at the Lord
Chamberlain's office, at least, two clear
days before the drawing-room, accom
panied by a large card, on which is
legibly written : 'Mrs. Jones, presented
by Lad j' Brown ; ' or, 1 Mrs. Jones,
presented on her marriage by Lady
Brown.' From the Lord Coamberlaiu's
oflire she receives on application two
pink preseutation cards, on which 'Pres
entation' is printed iu large let
ters. These abe takes io the palace
with her, giviDg one to tho pago
in-waiting at the corridor at the top
of the grand staircase, and reserving
the other to be given up ut the
door of the presence chamber, where it
is tum 'e.I from one official to another
till it reaches the Lord Chamberlain,
who announces the name to the queen.
Care should bc taken by the lady to
write lier own name and also that of the
lady presenting her very legibly, so that
there may be no danger of mistakes.
In the case of the presentation of a
bride, it is usual for her to bo present
ed by her husband's mother, sister, Ol
some, other member of his family, il
possible and convenient ; but this is n
matter of taste, not of necessity."
Circumstances Make Women.
Tho queen, speaking of unappreci
ated women, says the woman who might
have been "a Joan of Arc or a Maid o
Saragossa, in favorable oircums'aoces
hemmed in by the narrow chances of i
?.mall locality is only a rather masculin)
person, who has, probably, independen
notions on the subject of dres<, an?
whose boots would not boar tho improH
sive of Bond Street. Tho unattached
sister of mercy is a fussy, kind-hear tet
person, who has the most extraordinary
pleasure in nursing sick folks, and who
as often as not, gets no thanks for ho:
pains. Tho possibl ? Hypatia or Olym
pia of a village town is simply a 'veri
odd young woman, who has th?
strangest notions and tho most eccen
trie ways of expressing herself;' wht
lias, moreover, tho character of reading
undesirable books, and whoso wurdi
and ways form part of the staple loca
gossip, not losing in transmission
Yet, thc power is the same in tho conn
try girl who is half despised and hal
feared, as that which onoe founded i
school, and lins been celebrated bj
historians and biographers, centurie
after. One of tho unsolved myBtorie
of things as they are, is tho waste o
lifo and energy that goes on in th
Physical world ; and the world of mim
follows that of matter. There is a per
peinai smothering of potential queo
bees into ordinary workers, useful, bu
nr>t prolific ; industrious, but not mop
niflcent ; and possibly, excellence is bc
i og forever pressed into grooves wher
only the tamest and most commonplac
powers can exist. We plant too man
of our oaks in iron-bound flower-pott
mid never givo them the chance even <
fracturing tho mold. We put a aerul
bing-brush into tho bands of our Co
inness, and set Sappbos to tie down tl
jams, and seo tout tho bonito linen
neatly mended. All sorts of love
faculties whinh iwould have made rn?
moro floriona and lifo moro full of
pleasure, had they been given their full,
free outlet, are hemmed in to fulfill
moon uses ; or are atrophied altogether,
starve ft out of existence for want of
nourishment. It seems to poiat to tho
uoed of some more perfect organization
of society than any we have attained ;
but perhaps this* too, is among the
many Utopian dreams with which we
bewail thc present, and imagine a bet
ter futuro, when power shall have its
work, faculty its object, and merit its
placo and reward."
What Children do for us
We hear a great deal about what p i
routs do for their children, aud the ditty
and obedience which they owe them in
consequence, but it is useful to us at
times to look at the other side of tho
question and FOO what children do for
their parents, and not for their parents
alone but for the world at large,
Tako the cases of unmarried men and
women, or of married men and women
who have no children, and wo shall see
what an utterly joyless world this is to
t hem - how destitute of alt l he saving in
fluences which follow in the train of a
new-born child.
It is true that they do not always
know it ; true that they sometimes con
gratulate themselves upon the freedom
which tho absence of responsibility
gives them. But what docs this free
dom do for them? If they do not use
it in earing for those who have none to
care for them it simply incloses them
in a wall of selfishness. If allows them
to iudnlgo their own whims and fancies
to their own destruction, and deprive
them at tho last of nil the consolations
which spring from participation in fam
ily life and a consciousnesss of duty
well performed.
Children aro really all there is in lifo
worth living for. There are many other
things whioh are pleast-nt in it, there aro
many things which give zest to it, there
are many things which seem necessary
as a relief from the absorbing care which
the rearing of a family of children
brings, but none orosent sufticieut mo
tive for continued effort or sacrifice: aud
if it were not for children, therefore,
mindi of our stimulus to exertion would
bo taken away and the most imperativo
work of the. world remain unperformed.
Bacause thc father supplie-i the food,
because the mother prepares it in a man
ner sm tobie; jfor tho grflwrji of titrer
bodies', we "consider all the obligation is
on one side. Bat to how many hungry
hearts hos the lovo of a little child been
nourishment and consolation and sup
port? How many would have falleu by
indifference or through temptation if the
necessities of a littlechild had not with
held them.
People who avoid children for tho
sako of getting rid of responsibility find
in timo thor, they have missed the pleas
ures o-uiy, not the cores, and bul a few
of the pains. Association with our fel
lows entails certain burdens and obli
gations upon all of us, and if we have
not voluntarily assumed any of our own
we shall lind them thrust upon us and
be obliged to corry the weight without
the happiness of a strong incentive in
the nearest and dearest of earthly ties.
Childless men and women uery often
console themselves with the reflection
that children are as likely to turu out
ill as well ; that time; and strength and
m??nev aro frequently wasted upon
them," and, therefore, might a^ well be
saved or put to other use. But physi
cal science is beginning to show us thai
cauFO and effect oct as directly in tin
production of tho human species as ir
any other phenomena of noturo om"
that caro and cultivation bestowed upor
natural ly good qualities produce as lim
results among men and women as upoi
a fruit farm.
If this were not the case, however, i
the results were dependent npon chance
men and women ought still to accop
the duty of roaring children for thei
own sakes.
Tho woman knows nothing of I h
possibilities of her womanhood, th
man of his manhood, until they are db
covered in the strength of the love, th
efforts the sacrifices (not felt as sueli
which are exercised and made for littl
children.
Is there any pride equal t.? that whio
thc father feels in tho growing dang!
tor? fs there any lovo equal to th?
which the mother knows when litt]
hands clasp her and a soft check lay
its velvet against her own ?
Friends may grow cold, ambition ma
be disappointed, slanderous tongul
may poison yonr good name, an
though all are folt moro or less, y<
homo and the love and confidence r
children ore n sure and certain refugi
n harbor /rom the storm, inexpressibl
comforting and consoling to the wear
and abused mon,and beartsoro and ne;
looted woman.
But it is not for their simple fait
and trust alone that we should valu
children. They deserve cultivation
they abundantly roquiro core and kin(
ness, attention and the forbearnni
which it is necessary toward their in
maturity and want of judgment. Ot
leisure, at least moro of it, should I
given to them. Wo should toke pail
to And out what they think that we mi
guido them aright and teaoh thom
avoid the shoals and quicksands upi
whioh wc perhaps have been strande
-Hearth and Home.
-A large, heavy-set man who resid?
near Indianapolis died recently from
disorder whioh no Indian doctor ron
make ont. At the limo of hin death 1
was little moro than a skeleton, 1:
flesh having wasted away. A post mc
tem examination showed that his liv
was full of abscesses, so that his foi
had not been properly absorbed, ai
that ba had actually starved to deat
i
The Khedive's Half-way Munificence.
The Fitch-Shermau diamonds still
rom?|n under lock nacl key in the vaults
of tho' New York custom-house. It
niayseem a little odd, but it is neverthe
less true that tho necklace hus never
been appraised by the officials. Nor
do the owners evince any great curiosity
to HBertnin its real value. This is per
haps attributable to discretion, says thc
Worlf), and calls to mind the fanions
Portuguese rough diamond exhibited
in the pnlrtce at Lisbon. This diamond,
though it is as large as n hen's egg and
weighs over eight hundred carats, ha.':
never i been subjected to tho tests ot
Rutting find polishing, simply because
there is doubt, about it. For there are
experts in the trade who pronounce it
to ho merely a very fine piece of chrys
olite. Half the charm of the Khe
dive's present would vanish if this cel
ebrated necklace wore t??ted by tho
appraiser's art. Tho Jewelers* Cireu
?ar for March gives an excellent draw
inr; of the necklace, and says of it
" Tho estimates of the value of these
jewels hare been exaggerations beyond
all precedent, and ?540,000 really repre
sents the most liberal valuation thal
can be put upon them, the number anti
size of the diamonds are so counter
balanced by their off-color. " The Kbe
dive has probably never seen the neck
lace ; and he would hardly be pleaser
L:> learn that these who were intruder
with the order in Taris had an eye tr
quantity rather than lo quality in malt
ing the purchase. This ornau.enfc con
tams, it is said, about seven hundrct
and seventy brilliants of all r-izes, fron
u seven or eight carat stone to some ai
small fis one-twetth of a oarat. Tin
nggregate weight of the diamonds is a
least 300 carats; bat the quality is wha
is known as Cape Bywater- a quality
nf diamonds technically described a?
being of "off-color," and they are wei
paid for at $100 per carat, cost of set
?ing and nil included. The duty at '2.'
per cent, on tho jewels would at th<
utmost only be S 10,000.
The Dress-Pattern Trade.
The Vow York correspondent of tin
Boston .onrnal writes : "A great butti
aces liga grown up apparently out o
not hi op .. The business i;j. tho makin]
if dress patterns out of a flimsy sort o
paper 'made for that purpose. Tin
tmoup'- ot business done is simply mar
veIonV..'L>''^'*<vagl? it ladios in. tte btusfc
wood?,, in the country, und in the re
motestmnd sparsest districts can at th
jost of.a dime or so secure the lates
fashio?? for themselves and children
Ono Ox theae establishments sued i
lion se ir- New York on a note given fo
goods delivered. The defense Bet nj
was that there was no considera1 ion. /
\aaat.ity of goods wore brought int?
iourt arid their llimsy textures exhibitec
0 tlie inspection bf the intelligent jury
i'hc jury gave a verdict for tue defend
int on the ground that there was m
property in such material. Yet th
lealinge in this frail fabric are hardl;
equaled by any other branch of trade
3ne house does ?100,000 worth of trad
1 year. The paper is manufacture
expressly for the work, and is sent int
ine city tons at u time. A single orda
ixhausts 5,000 reams. This house ha
1,000 agencie-i. They are in every par
jf the United States, in Canada, an
?cross the scns. Ord? IM toi pattern
ioma in from S25 to ?1,000. The larger
..srnlilishin?Mits in New York. Brooklvi
Philadelphia, and Chicago buy ?50
worth nt n time. One hundred an
lifty hands are kept constantly at wor
to meet the orders. And yet a No
-Jersey jury alhrmB that there is no ma:
ket value in this business."
The Great Work.
A telegram from Nevada says tl
Sntro tunnel, which has leached
length of 9,000 feet, has approache
within one hundred feet, of shaft No. !
which is filled with water to a depth <
eight hundred and seventy-five fee
From tins point a diamond drill hi
been started, successfully tapping th
great column of water, which it wi
feared might drown every man in Li
tunnel before it could have been poss
hie to escape. The workmeu cnn no
approach within twenty rive feet oi tl
column, when n great number of hob
will ho bored to let the water off alti
gether. As an additional means i
safety, a bulkhead, suggested by n
officer of tho United States enginei
corps, is constructed, with a tunnel i
sufficient strength to withstand a pres
ure of 2,000 tons, with a self-shuttir
gate only sufficiently large to aile
ears to pass, which gate* tho approac
ing rush of water elopes, giving tl
workmen time to escape in tho event
a sudden Hood. The amount of wat
flowing from the tunnel will bo i
oreased lo about ono hundred minei
inches. The connection with shaft N
2 will insure pood ventilation. Tl
tun?.cl at (his point enters the miner
belt ?II whfch ibu Comstock lode
situated,
-Ton great Ressemer steamshi
which wis to abolish the horrors of tl
English Channel, lins been tried and
only a partial HUCCO-S. The ship steam?
fror? llidl to Gravesend in a gale
wind and proved an excellent P'.abn
and fast. Her two faults appear to
an excess of draught and the austen
iness of her movable saloon. The fori
er is partly accounted for by an oxt
supply of coal, and may lie got rid
in one way or another-munt bo g
rid of before abo can ontor Calais on i
ordinary tide. As to tho saloon it n
pears that the machinery intended
control it, and to neutralize, so far
it isconcerned,thc movement of tho sin
is in some way defectivo. The saloi
cnn be handled with ease, but cann
be kept still ; in other words, shnr
tho motion of the ship. These fox
I aro gathered form a letter written to
! tho London Times by Lord Henry Lon
nox, who carno in tho ship, and who ex
plains that the present trouble arisca
partly from some wrong arrangement
of the levers and partly from the inex
perience of the mau who works them.
Thc Golden Rule of Agriculture.
Plant3 live a double life. They have
a two-fold nutrition-mineral and or
ganic. Their mineral food is derived
from tho soil and tho organic from the
air. While tho organio constituents of
plants are generally uniform, by a striot
analysis of their ashes it is discovered
that tho different classes are marked by
the prevalence of certain mineral ele
ments. S >rao abound in potash, others
in lime, some in phosphates and others
in silica. Different parts of the same
plant have also their preponderating
elements. Thus it appears that the
renison why all crops aro not suited to
tho samo soil is a variation of tho min
eral elements. All crops ore not suited
to tho snme soil, and mainly because it
is deficient in certain mineral elements,
or they exist in too large quantities.
The fertilization of sods is tho ad
dition to the soil of suitable pabulum
for tho growth and development of
plants. If allowed sufficient time,
plants can extract organic materials
from tho surrounding atmosphere to
attain a vigorous growth ; yet if wo ap
ply to their roots manures yielding am
monia, carbonic aoid, nitrogen, etc., wo
supplement the atmospheric supply and
hasten their development. Liquid ma
nures are, therefore, of high value, as
their action is immediate and powerful.
But if this polioy is long continued it
will exhaust the soluble mineral ele
ments in tho soil and render it com
paratively worthless. Hence, in nil
permanent systems of agriculture, min
eral fettilizersoan no more be dispensed
with than organic.
Long-continued oropping removes
from the soil all tho available mineral
constituents of plant food, unless we
restore to tho soil in the shape of ma
nures exactly what is lost in tho crop.
This, then, is thc golden rule of agri
culture. By failing to heed this im
poitaut. principle millions of sores of
the choicest land hnvo become worth
less, tnd millions moro aro now under
going the samo ruinons process.
Wo should economize every source of
fertdily. Mauuxe.heaps should all bo
sprinkled with some absorbent, such as
gypsum or diluted s Iphuric acid, to
prevent tho escape of ammonia, liquid
excretions preserved in tnuks that none
of it may bo wasted, ashes saved aud
spread cn tho holds. Compost heaps
should be formed where oil refuse-ani
mal or vegetable-may bo utilized ; ond
while tho accumulation of filth and
noisome odors is prevented, the soil is
enriched and farming mode remunera
tive. With fertilizers the careful farmer
can accomplish mach ; without thom he
can accomplish nothing.-Cor. Ameri
can Furm Journal.
Boys and Farming.
Formers' sons upon arriving ot a cer
tain age oftsn becomo dissatisfied with
their vocation. In New England the
majority ol' the boys leave tho farm at
tho age of eighteen or twenty. Why is
this ? Perhaps the most potent reason
is aversion to bord work or a mistaken
idea of its ignominy. One reason why
boys loove tho farm in tho wost lies in
tho fact that so many forms are so iso
lated that neighbors are few and far
between. Tho boy who toils day after
day in tho field mingles vory little in
society. He longs for associates and
neighborly influences.
Many farmers aro so absorbed in
work and profit as to core very little for
outward appearances. I will illustrate
o cose : It was a riokety-looking ploce;
tho buildings had been long out of re
pair. Tho born and its accompani
ments wero close by the house. ? big
hay stack occupied o prominent posi
tion, with which the winds ond unruly
members of tho barn-yard hud raised
sad havoc. Near by was the hog-pon,
whop.e aroma was anything bnt pleasant
to the sense. The intervening ground
was scattered profusely with old logs,
cortH and wagons. What wonder is it
that the boy gets tired of such slovenly
farming os that, ond that tho familiar
scones of homo are not attractive?
As he grows up into manhood he re
solves to get into some gonteel business.
" Farming will do very well for the old
folks ; but I've had enough of it ; I'll
go to tho city and seek my fortune.'1
? He sees tho well-dressed clerk ot thc
counter. Visions of wealth fill hit
i mind as he views the stately column*
? that industry has founded. "I'll bo f
. merchant !" he soys to himself. A situ
atiou is secured with a salary of two 01
i throe hundred dollars a .year ; he moj
in time bo promotod ; but his chancel
i of suce ss are small. Where ono mer
I chant succeeds, thirty becomo bank
i rupts.
Boys, keep (?ut of the city ; it is ovor
crowded already. Seek employmen
elsowhoro. Formers, beautify youl
homes ; strivo to moko them so attract
ivo that your boys will bo reluctant t<
leave. Provide o library for your fora
ily, ond teach tho boys to farm by the
\ ory as well as by prnofice. Don't com
plain ol hard times and the uncertainty
of crops, but tell them of the nobility
of ogricnltiire as a life-calling, its iude
i pendonce over all other employments
and without whioh no branch of indus
try could flourish. Rise up, then, y
sturdy sons of the soil. " Buckle 01
thine armor," and cause tho barrel
waste to glow with fruitfulness.-" Un
cir. Ned " in Western Bural.
-A Scotch molden, upon her love
remarking, "I think I'll marry thee
Jone," replied : " I would be mucki
i obleeged to ye if ye would."
FACTS AND FANCIES.
BARY :
They called Him tiddy icklo Bing,
And"soothing nyrups tlioy did bring
To atom tho l ieiiiK squall
In vain they Bought for socrot pin.
And gave him peppermint und giri -
Yet louder did ii" bawl.
benoath II?B potticoata bis feet,
biko little mice who pussy mee' .
Did twist and twirl about ;
And, ob ! ho roared in mich a way- '
No costard poller hlitlio and gay
Give? half HO lond a shout.
Flis tears an instant coaeo lo (low
Anon ho wildly squoals, ns though
Somo lloa had blt bim badly.
Poor pa, ho T?HOH up in iro,
Strong argument does him inspiro -
, Things end for habv sadlv.
- Fur.
-Go mid buy a cow right away. A
WiRcensin cow came homo tho other
night with a bag of gold on her born.
-Ohio IISR n new roi igiouB soot called
the Internalists, and they are eternally
fighting to ROO who shall lend them.
-A fashionable Puris dress-maker
anuounoes that 'Madie?' shrouds are
now cut d?collette."
-A postal card picked up on tho
street at Norwich, Coon., the other
day, bore this Rolonm appeal: "Deer
mary for luv of God pond mo n pare of
pants.";
- A Vermont lady fainted away at a
party, aud, when a young man cried
out for some ono to saw her eorset
RtringR iu t wo, Rho arose, drow a pair of
?-h?arB, and said Bhe'd like to Fee 'em
-A wonderful exhibition has been
opened nt Bransels. It ?H a collection
of about 100 landscapes of groat merit,
painted by a boy named Frit/. Ker
ehove, of Bruges, who died an idiot
at eleven yearn of age.
-HatB are flaring, with broad brims
turned up, or turned down, or raised,
so aR to display branches of trimming
under the brim on one side. They are
picturesque and pretty, and aro vastly
becoming to young faces.
-From a 3'ounp lady in town to her
friend in the country : " T'm sitting on
the latest spring style, Mary," And,
judging by tho number of monstrous
buttons one sees in tho fashion-plates,
a very uncomfortable seat it must be.
Too b?d ab>ont Bator Katnreh !
, Sbo wanted to sit on*} jury ;
Hut th? rtnpn who hal got on " _
Didn't wiflh to bo sot on-;
I'm sorry for B?Htor Katuroh !|
-Great preparations aro afloat at
Trieste for tho unveiling the statue
erected to tho memory of Maximilian.
Invitations have been sent to all tho
companies who served under tho em
peror in Mexico.
-Cardinal Manning, in accordance
with a usual custom, will take his title
from some church in "Rome, and has
selected the church of St. Gregory,
after whom he will be called. If by
any possibility be should be elevated to
tho papacy, he. would therefore became
Pope Gregory XVII.
-A. gigantic swimming bath, com
posed of iron and roofed in with plato
glasB, has been moored in the Thames
at London. The water that is admitted
to it flows through a thick bed of char
coal, and is KO effectually filtered that it
sparkles and glistens as if it were drawn
from an artesian well.
-Johnny saved himself trouble but
lost marks in bis definition exerciso tho
other day. He got bravely through
"presbyter," which ho found, by look
ing it out, to bo ono wlio had had tho
laying-en of hands hythe presbytery.
The next, word was "dissenter," and in
an evil moment Johnny, without turn
ing a leaf in his dictionary, wrote,
"one who has had the dysentery."
-Tho following harmless (if hard) hit
wo find in ono of our English exchanges.
Tho "doctor" roferred to, it will be
perceived, is a reverend doctor :
" I cannot praiHO tho doctor's eyes,
I novor uaw his glance divine ;
He alwayH shuts them when he prays,
And wlion ho preaches ho Hhuts mino."
-The prenant programme of the Brit
ish arctic expedition proposes that tho
two vessela shall leave. Portsmouth
about the ?ntter end of May, and tnking
tho usual route to Baflin's Bay, en
deavor to pass np Smith's Sound. In
81 dogiees or 82 degrees north latitude
they will probably separate, and while
ono will esploro tho northern coast of
Greenland, the other will push still
further northward.
AN IGNOMINIOUS CONCLUSION.-Mary
Ripley, of Columbus, is sixteon years of
age, and feeling that tho'time had como
when she should commence her work
in behalf of humanity, she hired a hall
and invited tho public to come and hear
her lecture on "Social Topics." Mary
began as follows: "Ladies and gen
tlemen : If there were no men in the
world thero would bo fewer poor, mis
erable girls wandering-" Mary pro
ceeded no further in her discourse, be
cause at that point her father walked
upon the platform aud led her ont of
tho house by tho ear.
THE CUBAN INDIANS.-Tho good na
tured aborigines, who, according to
accounts, must bavo numbered aa high
as two or threo millions in tho irdand
of Cuba, a writer pays, have been near
ly extirpated. Thousands perished
from overworking for invaders, who
treated them as slaves ; thousands vere
shot and lacerated by dogs as if they
were game ; and thousands were killed
by foolish and bloody Spaniards, who
had made a vow to slaughter every
morning thirtoon heathens in honor of
the Savior and the twelve apostles. It
is, therefore, not to bo wondered at that
tho AntillenoH knowingly committed
tho suicido of their ontiro race by
solemnly pledging their women not to
bear children.
