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Friendship of Our Day.
Editor Orangeburg Democrat:
?Twenty-two years ago, when York
,vllle Female ?College was in its palm
iest days, with over on hundred stu
dents on its roll, wc.selected this sub
ject Joy a compqstyipn, little did
we realize then, .how important nnd
almost cxhaustloss it was. Time has
mado many furrows on our brow
since then, and our heart has often
bled at the unfaithfulness of those
who professed to be our friends, and
long since we have realized how un
acquainted we were with our subject.
Gay and haopy as .all suhool girls are,
we caved not so much for true friends,
and thought all that praised, flattered
and joined i u our pleasant recreation
weip our friends, of course. But we
will ^venture now, to say that no
word, is so greatly abused as it, and
no tie^eo Receptive ; and we here ask,
.what is the friendship of our day,
and w^at treatmput do we receive
from those that once professed to be
our friends. Jjord Bacon says: "It
ia a mare and miserable colitu.de to
wani vtrue frien,ds, with which the
world is but a wilderness." Yet
greatly a? w,o all esteem them, nnd
,tlw need we all at times feel for thorn
still we with him feel that there is
but UttUe true friendship in the world.
Our experience has been such. Every
one you meet has felt fkp deceptive
hubs of a friend to-day and an enemy
(to-morrpw. How truly the poet sings,
"There are many friends of summer,
\Vho are kind while flowers bloom ;
But when \\ inter chills the.blossom,
They depart with Its perfume.
,C/tj the broad highway of action,
Friends of worth are far and lew,
So when one hasproyed this'friendship
Cling to those that cling to yojuv'
There is a dark but true parable,
/'Eat not thy heart." Most assuredly
thoso that want friends to unbosom
themselves, are cannibals of their
own hctmo, but one thing is most ad
mirable, this communicating of one's
, self to his friend worketh two contra?
? ry effects ; for it "redoubles joys and
. tcutteth grief in half.", To-day' you
isrest/op ^d&dnal, ii few^jromarks
^fefrl&^^S^^^ ydu^rie'nU-'
Ty ifeeling for Itfrn, and goon, ah I
too soon, perchance, your sj'mpathy
tor confldpnee Jjas encircled your
ppwly ms.de friend, one that will not
ourely prove unworthy of your friend
ly auction, and the mutual feelings
of the heart flow freely; but ere many
moons wax anjl wane your newly
Jnade friend has turned against yon,
and j'pu wonder what has wrought
such a change, what has turned all
that kindly feeling into hatred,
scorn and bitterness, and your friend
pf a abort duration is new your ene
my. Perhaps he was neyer true?or
has hp sought through low and pol
luted channels, even as an enemy
.would do, thereby to hate or despise
you, and is such pycr worthy of a
pure friendly affection? JIow true,
J.'T/here ja np union here of hearts
that finds not here an end." Il is
far belter if we could pass through
the wprld with a cheerful Indifference,
regardless of the scornful look, or
what thfs or that false friend has to
say concerning us. Some seek,
through every avenue that presents
i?aplf, to cast reflection on pure and
honest mptfyes, others weigh every
word they hear, and the scales always
go down on the side of evil. Why,
because they are so filled with evil
tbpmselyes, and think of it continual
ly. The oid lady who lives off the
road, perhaps, thinks the fashion
changes often, even as the friendship
pf pur days; but better far be engaged
jn beautifying one's self than nursing
ill will for a friend. Dollars make a
great many pretendec] friends the
world over? wbq often prove to be
nptfiing'but smiling epemies. fs il
not those that are bound by ton de r
cst tica 'that prove untrue fripnds ? We
w}st not. 'The, family tie, thp most
(jacrcd" of all earthly ties, is often
found wantjqg Jn some of the esspn?
tials that go to make up true friend
ship. Unfaithfulness, ingratitude,
and self-appreciation, occupy to a
greater or less degree too much of our
purer friendly feelings, nnd causes
many tp bo treated unkindly. Life
Is tpo abp.rt to make it;, pay to cherish
HI will or hard thoughts. What if
your friendB havo forsaken you in
time of need, or that they, having
won your utmost confidence, your
Warn^pst fiiendly affection, have con
cluded that they prefer to consider
and treat you as a stranger % Let \\
ali pass. What difference will it make
fo ;you when you go to that world un
known? A few more smiles, a few
morp pleasant meetings, much paiu,
a litUe.longcr hurrying and worrying
through the world, some hasty greet
ing, abrupt farewells, and our friends
.may.miss us, and our enemies no
longer scorn us. .It. is not when our
hearts are light and free, and all
sec ins to move qn pleasantly, and
our jsouis arc .piled m\]x .music and
sweet sounds, that wo need true
friends. But when the hentt is crush
ed by Bomo great earthly affliction,
and lifo seems to havo no silvery fin
ing, then wo all need the .sympathy
of true friends. .How qftqn then are
we reminded .there Is nothing truo but
Heaven. Though ^earthly friends are
dear and their sympathy sweet, yet
there is one above the starry heavens
who has promised never to forsake.
Now, Mr. Editor, we find our sub
ject increasing ra.th.er than lessening
as we write, aiid Rearing that we wca
xy your jmany renders, and cause
them to think this an ;Utnopt -friend
less world, we drop the curtain.
Oak Grove. A . M. R.
The Cut Worm.
Sandy Run, Lkxinoton Co., )
August 13, 1879. }
Editor Qrangefyurg Dcmcfirat;
Jn your journal of the 8th instant
I noticed a communication signed
Stilltoman, in which he lays before
the public an account of the cut worm
as furnished by a young farmer of
Lexington County. Now, knowing
that the cut worm is looked upon as a
gr.exu nuisance by farmers who have
boon troubled with them, and believ
ing that they will appreciate any in
formation concerning them, is why I
address you. |
In the first place I must acknowl
edge myself to be the young farmer
referred to, although Stiltoman or
the editor made a mistake in my
name, it .being 1\ J. Rucker in
stead of P. J. Recker.
I have a field fenced in containing
thirty acres, jjarj, I/eing bottom 0*
black soil, and the balance sandy
soil. This field last year was phraf
ed as foliow8^jBw.qcacrc3f>tn pats^anxl.
lour "acres ih wheat, the uafance inPT
cotton. As soon as the oats and wheat
were gathered (which ?ras afyout the
middle of June) I went to work opd
planter} the lantl in porn, which I
worked late, finishing it about firat of
September. The land mentioned as
being planted in oats and wheat was
pomposod of both varieties of soil,
the oats being in the black qr bottom
land, and the wheat being on the up
per laud or sandy soil. About the
1st of February of the prosont year
J broke the land which had bocu
planted in cotton by running from
three to four furrows in each cotton
row. I did not break the land which
had been planted in corn, as describ
ed above, as it |iad been worked late
last full. I d;d upt break this land
on account of the cnt worm, but as 1
intended to plant the field in cotton
I was satisfied that it would bp a
good receptaelp for trash and set
tling caused by the raip.
About the latter part of March I
commenced lapping or throwing up
the land, running ' my rows through
the field, throwing up all the land?
that which I had broken iu January
and that which I had not. About
the middle of April I planted this
field in cotton with the following
result: A good stand of cotton. A
few days after getting a stand I no
ticed that the cotton planted ou the
land which had been planted in late
corn and which I had not broken up
in January was being destroyed.
\ went to work to find out the cause,
and found that it was the cut worm
that was doing the damage. I took
four of my hands and tried to get
them out, and in one day I succeeded
ifl getting two quarts of cut worms.
Finding this did not pay I gayp it
up, and afterwards, about the lqth of
May, planted it over. The cotton on
the land broken in January pontinu
ed a good stand with but very few cut
worms and these I bcljcve migrated
from the laud that had not been bro
ken. It is conclusive to my mind
thai if farmers will only break their
lands in winter they need never fear
the cut worm. \ do not believe that
wheat or oat stubble causes out worm,
and if not breaking the lands in win
ter is a preventive.
Being determined to find out how
cut worms germinated and also if
possible to Arid qtt antidote for thorn.'
JI gathered twclvo, placed them iu'a
Box' and kept thctp, losing somo oc
casionally, until at present. I have
two left; six woro thrown away when
'hpy died, but four pf the dpad ones
? 'i
were kept with Uie result as mention
ed by Stiltomap :ip your journal of
the 8th instant.
Now, if breaking ilqpils in winter
will prevent cut worms and,pp.pther
way can he found to pravqn,t their
depredations, then I say that .instead
of cut worms being an evil they will
prove a blessing to the farmers and
wo shall hear of less damage done to
.crops by drouth. Yours, &c,
P. J. Ruckbr.
Notes from Elizabeth.
Editor Orangeburg Democrat:
A line or two from West Elizabeth
I trust may bo acceptable tp yonr.col
urons. W,o ha\;c had .fine rain? .lately
and qur.crop prospects arc pretty
good.; .this, with the blessing of
health, makes .us generally happy
Just now revivql .meetings and schools
interest our people. A protracted
meeting at Salem Baptist Church has
just .closed w,\th thirteen additions,
the meeting having been .conducted
by Revs. Win. Mack, A. Amakcr, ,J.
M. Jcffcoat and Dr. I. D. Durham.
\Ve have a splendid school of near
ly eighty scholars ^t Salem Academy,
two miles (rom Witt's Mills, with
Prof. Boyuton O'Brien, one of the
most accomplished and successful 1
teachers in the State, as its principal.
Here, instruction in everything from
the alphabet to a preparation for .col
lege is imparted.
But wo are anxious to know some
thing more about the manner in
which our public schools are to be
managed and arranged. It is time for
our worthy School Commissioner .to
first inspect or rather investigate and
then rise aud explain. We all know
how difficult it is for a school trustee
to rjjeaso aJJ, but hejV? we &ave a .case
so palpably junfair as only to require
a mere mention to make it plain to
any impartial observer. J.t is this i
Pur trustees have located two white
schools, one at North's, with Mrs.
D-T-. as teacher, ? another at Ponn
Brauch. Noy the wrM^f'j^&chijms
any inlentioo^pl xef^.Q^n&pav^o V
esiimabTe ladies, lut the faqts are
that the people about Salem could at
any time raise a free school of more
than fifty scholars, with a teacher
equal to any, yet the trustees flatly
refused, to giy.e us a school, and with
out ppy reasonable excuse whatey
er tfrey grant a school in two miles
of us with only about twenty scholars,
nearly all of whom could and would
willingly attend the schoo} at .Salem.
Now if fairness and justice were the
watchwords and the lulc of granting
these schools where the greatest num
ber pan be bencfitted, then it is plain
that wc would be allowed a public
sphoo). If our public schools arc to
to bo rulpd by men of selfish motives
who geek to provide fpr their families
such as wives and brptheii-rin-law,
and *q jgnpre the just wishes of t|)P
people thep away with a school (ax
and so callpd public schools.
Tax PAytn.
August 9th, 1879.
A Fire ol Love.
About three years ago the Observer
reported the case of a citizen of this
county who, having married in lS-Li,
lighted a fire on his hearthstone as
soon as he carried his bride to ids
new home, and had kept it burning
ever since. The citizen was in town
hml week, and being questioned about
the matter, stated that the fire was
still burning, and that throughout all
these thirty-six years it had never
been allowed to go out. Questioned
as to whether or not it made the
house uncomfortably hot in torrid
wpather, he said the extra heat thus
generated was not perceptible. In
reply to nm other question, he said
that in sumrapr weather, when it was
necpssary lor comfort's safte to keep
the fire burning very low, he had got
up frequently to replenish it slightly,
but ho counted this ns nothing when
bo contemplated the idea of that fire
gojng out. He has evidently formed
for it a strong attachment, and yet
one would not take him for a senti
mental man. But this lue is tp him
a constant reminder of the day when
be first brought home \\\s bride.
Aro-ind it his children have grown
up into manhopd and womanhood,
and their children have gazed into its
light. Its was tho last light that fell
upon tho eyes'of his wife, he "hopes
that it will be tho last that will fall
his. 1'
Viewed thus, his sentiment in tho
matter can bo understood, and so
strong is this seniiment that with tho
old man it amounts almost' to a pas
sion.?Charlotte Observer. '??
^Biue Jeans" o?a Broo/.e.
Editor .Orangeburg JX^nocrat,:
Accepting the tr?^ Qf what Solo
mon said w,hon ho u'ote.: ??There is
a time to work nnd .fjlime to play,'
wo started off on ?'breqzo ;^p the
country with tho pirposo of taking
in tho meeting of .11 .State (Grange
at Qiestpr.
vlt.may ,not.bo unfr$?reating to the]
Patrons of Grangebu k to .know that
the State Grange eBluuiBhcd.its.suro-.
mcr meeting in Cluster ; also, that
only t,wo delegates fe.re in attend
ance representing/tf>c.jPorac.nn., cigh- ]
loop -Subord.ln.Rte Gringo:*, and the
five or six hundred Farons of Orange
burg County 3 also, bat the Grange
will be ?s dead ae I let or in less than
twelve months, unlets more interest1
is taken in the order; This last as
sertion is a stern fact and the sooner
the members of tho tirangc realize
the situation the better it will be for
the order.
Tho Grange was cordially wel
comed by two young lawyers repre
senting the Pomona Grange and citi
zens of Chester. It vas somewhat
amusing to us to hear.lhese followers
of Blaekatone .welcctojng farmers.
Nevertheless, the good people opened
.their hearts, doors and pnntries to the
visitors,, and the uniform hospitality
that greeted us on cytry hand, made
us loath to leave, and forced us to
sjgb a r.cgrot that tho State Grange
did not .tneot all the year round and
that meeting in Cheater,
Several interesting subjects wore
discussed. A resolution was intro
duced hy Maj. Woodward, of Fair
field, looking to the utilizing of our
oat-meal in view of the late short
corn crop throughout the State. It
was mentioned .during ijhe debate that
the eating of oat mefcl inad? one
good-looking, ac
nnd there, since :'4
Ing a yenus, k>
unn> ptforta la j
Who knows
fbo props
country are geu<
having never sul
cotton is really in3
fear there is too mnc!
expense of tiuit. The corn crop
promises a large yield.
Qn Thursday, by invitation of the
President, Hon. W? H. IJnrdin, we
enjoyed a delightful excursion over
tho Chester and Cheraw Narrow
Gauge Railroad. It was a free offer,
and as Grangers make it a habit nev
er to refuse free offers, we heartily
accepted the invitation. This Narr
row Gauge was a novel thing to us,
but upon examination and informa
tion gathered by innairy we unhesi
tatingly pronounce it a complete suc
cess, ft costs only about $4,000 to
the mile tq bp built and equipped, an
advantage of sevpu c V eight thousand
over the broad gauge One other ad
vantage it has over the other is that
the large grades, so common ip tbp
up-country, form little or no instruc
tion to the narrow gauge. Would it
not be a step in the right direction
tending to the up-building of the eas
tern portion of our pounty to run a
Narrow Gauge from Sumtpr through
Middle St. Matthews to Qrnngpburg?
It would certainly pass through a
portion of the State abundantly able
to maintain it. We merply throw
this out as a suggestion to our peoplp.
The time may come when this enter
prise will be a necessity.
Wo might continue on our dots of
the trip, but the length of this article
forbids. But we cannot forbear no
ticing a peculiar feature of tho up
couutry?wo refer to the abspnpp of
the fpnec. These fences worming
through the country forcibly remind
us of horizental corkscrews, stretch
ing out their length for the the detri
ment of our impoverished people.
We could say much in favor of its
abolition, but prefer to abide the time,
I when our people will see tho necessi
ty of destroying every panel of fence
only so much as is required to en
close tho stock. Where the "Fence
Law" bus been adopted, you never
sec the slopk of one man depredating
upon the lands of another. Tho adop
tion of tho "Fencp Law" established
tftp grand old principle that a man
can do what lie pleases with his own
ho can protect' his own property at
all hazards, provided ho docs not in
|juio his neighbor. Wc bphpld sleek,
fat cpwa in their pastures where they
belonged. Wc wore told that since
tho abolition of the fences in Chester
County, the town of Chester has be
come quite a market for milk and
butter. What do our .cows, roaming
tbc lanes and by-ways searching for
a sprig of grass, gain by this unjust
depredation.? Coming up in the.oven
ing to bo milked., after having tramp
ed some other jmau's Jand ,unwarrant
ed ly they are a pitiable looking Bet
of bovines, reminding .us.Qf a bundle
of rails covered over with raw hides.
But we must close. Hurrah for
tho Grange, Cheater and the Fence
.Law! BniiK .Jeans..
7he Country Press as a Rising Power.
It is not truo Hint the ability of the
press is declining. The papers of the
country arc better written flow than
they ever were before. They are .bet
ter edited. Theii average courtesy
is greater; their average morality is
purer ; their average tendency Jiighcr.
They better hit the wants of great,
miscellaneous communities, and so
they have more readers in proportion
to population. Their power may bo
more diffused ; but it is unmistakably
greater. There has been no more re
markab'e phenomenon in tho history
of the proCes&icui than the rapid
growth of the country press and its
increase in ability, in resources, In
self-respect and in influence. There
are half a dozen towns in the interior
of New York which now bav* better
newspapers, with larger income and
more influence, than those of the me
tropolis itself a third, or perhaps even
a quarter, of a century age.
No I The power of the newspaper
I is not declining. Never before was
it so great. Never before did it ?fter
such a career. But it is power ac
companied by the usual conditions?
greatest when most self-respecting ]
and least self-seeking. There is more
goo.d young blood lending to this
than to any of the other professions.
There is more movement in it than
in the bar, or pulpit, or whatever
other so-called learned profession yon
wilLr-rmnro growth^ a large? opportu
grcater^Lt^pp!^ ,We_are pot
ting'the best, 'lhese'young men will
leave us far behind. They will
achieve a usefulness and a command
of power to which wo cannot aspire.
Very crude and narrow will seem our
worthiest work to the able editors of
a quarter of a century hence $ very
splendid will be the structure they
erect, Wo shall not rear the columns
or curve tho capitals for that stately
temple. Let us at least aspire, with
honest purpose and op a wise plan, to
lay aright it foundations."? Whitdaw
Our Sohool?.
Editor Orangeburg Democrat:
Having just returned from a tour
of visitations to the free schools in
Willow and other townships, I find
them, as far as J have been able to
reach, pretty much in earnest. They
arc under tho control of competent
teachers who seem to take quite an
interest in the advancement of the
pupils under their charge. I would
make special mention of two of the
most prominent colored schools, that
at Busby Pond, District No. 18, Wil
low Township, under the control ol
tho Hon. B. G. Frederick (our color
ed representative) is in a flourishing
condition with tyy. pupils and J. B.
Thomas assistant teacher.
The other in (hat under H. O. I
Frederick who has charge of St.
James school, located in Zion Town
ship District, No. 17. Here wc have
52 pupils doing well. We consider
the teacher a worthy young man, and
wish wc had more just like him. We
were quite interested in qp old color
ed n\t\n with gray hairs who was one
of thp pupils nn.d hope ho may be
able soon to read his Bible. I was
pleased with one feature of this
school, the tcuphpr dpvotcs a portion
of the afternoon in teaching the Con
stitution of this State and United
States, which is a step in the right
direction. D. L. Connor.
Says tho Louisville Courier-Jour
nal;- "Wo would walk seven miles
barefooted over a turnpike to the
funeral of a fool who would try tu
make a cork screw of a mule's tail,
but wo never can shed a tear for the
idiot who hqd po better sense than to
kill himself drinking whiskpy. Eve
ry time a drunkard 'hands in his
checks' he makes more room in this
world for sober men who arc trying
to keep body nnd soul together."
IIb who is false to present duty
1 u nke.s a thicad in the loom, nnd will
see the defect which the wenriug of a
lifetime is unrolled.
People will Talk.
You may get through tho world, but
'twill he very slow,
If you listen lo nil that U said as you go.;
you'll he worried and fretted and kept in
a stew,
For meddlesome , tongue* must have
something to do, '
For people will talk.
If .pulet and modest, you'll have it pre
sumed
That your humble position Is only as
sumed,
You're a \volf>Iu sheep's.clothing-, or else
.you're.a fool
But don't get excited, keep perfectly cool,
For people will tidk
Aud than.rlf you show the least-boldness
of heart.
Or a slight inclination to faWo your own
part,
They call you an upstart, conceited and
vain,
Hut keep right ahead?dou't -stop to ex
plain,
For people will talk.
Threadbare your dress, or old-fashioned
your hat,
Some one will surely take notice of that.
And hint rather strong that you can't
pay your wny,
But don't get excited, whatever they soy,
For people will talk.
tfyou dres,s in the fashion, can't think to
escape,
For they?criticise them in a diflerent
shape;
You're ahead of your means, or your
tailor's unpaid,
But mind your own business?there's
naught to be made,
For people will talk.
Now, the best way wc do is to 4o as j'ou
please;
For your mind, if you havo one, will
then be at ease;
Of course you will meet with all sorts of
abuse.;
But don't think to stop them-?it ain't any
use,
For people will talk.
Recognition of Labor,
The following eloquent essay upon
labor is taken from a commercial pa
per of San Francisco. The article is
full of truth and sound sense :
"Labor is a great "factor in the
problem of social economy. It is the
producer. It is the vital energy that
creates society, It is the supporter
of the community. It is the strength
of the people. It is the power, the
force that sustains the nation. It is
ever active, it never ceases. There
is not. a solitaiy instant of, time in
which fobor i? h?t raovlijg. '"Tt"Ts in
society that which has so' long been
sought for in tho mechanical world?
perpetual motion. Through the bright
hours of day, tho dim twilight of eve,
tho darkness of night, and the cold
grey of the early dawn, the rythm of
its ceaseless pcan never fails in its
truest of all harmonies. It is the
song of independence ; the lrymn of
creative ability ; a psalm of vigor, a
hymnic tribute to pure nobility.
"Labor builds; our villages, towns
nnd cities arc evidences cf its handi
work. It constructs; our railroads,
canals, telegraphs, steamships and all
methods of conveyances are proofs of
its ability. It invents; all the vast
array of machinery that is crowded
into our factories ; the engines that
give motion to it; every article of
comfort or utility, and thousands of
materials for amusements are testi
monials of its originality in design.
It cultivates our fields, it spreads the
sails of our commerce, it guides the
speeding car, and, most powerful of
all, gives to the printing press its
disseminating universality.
^'Labor benefits mankind. It gives
physical strength to the worker; it
develops Lue anatomical symmetry of
tho human rape. It extends tho in
tellectual faculties and gives increas
ed energy to the brain. It promotes
the moral qualities and gives lo the
mind its loftier sentiments. It is be
nevolent, generous and charitable ; it
supplies tho wants of the needy, gives
abundantly and freely to all and be
stows upon the suffering the means
.of amelioration of tlicir troubles.
<lIt is the companion of the poor
and the friend of the rich. It brings
cheerfulness to the liovel and plentU
tude to the palace. It never de
grades, it always elevates. It gives
employment to all, and deprives
none of occupation, for it is a rais
notper to term any invention a labor
saving mapbinc ; it should be termed,
instead, a labor-generating machino/
The sewing machine has given work
to thousands of operatives that else
were idle without it; the cotton gin
has caused countless acres lo whiten
in tho autumn breeze that would now
be barren plains had not labor con
structed it.
"In every ramification of society,
in every department of life labor has
been and ever will continue to bo a
8elf-0Yident blessing to tho human
race. Possessing so many virtues,
and containing no evils, tho recogni
tion duo to labor should be pre-emi
nent over nil other considerations.
It should receive tho warmest grati
tudc for the blcssiugs. it bestows, .and
the highest meed of praise .sboi?d
evor he given to it. It should be re
garded with honor and attended by
renown. When labor attains its truo
deserts then tue'highest stage of civi
lization will .have been attained.
Man will no Jonger be a grovelcr, .
bui.be wi)l.b,avc vison to a condition,
but a Uttlo;lower(tbnn,tkc apgelsi"
,A Beautiful Sentiment.
Tho following strikingly ,.t\uthful
and beautifully expressed sentiment
was given by Senator Hill in.his un
answerable speech made in the Sen
ate iii reply .to .an attack upon him
and the people of the South by Sena
tor Blaine.:
"Mr. President, we are told that
wheu-God created the heavens and
the earth, on the third day He said,
'Let the earth bring forth grass, the
herb yielding seed and the fruit tree
yielding fruit alter his kind, whoso
seed is in itself, upon the earth; and
it was so.' From that day to this it
has been so. Yet all these seeds
be sown in their season and in the
climate adapted to their nature, else
they will perish. But, sir, there is a
seed which will bear fruit in all sea
sons and in every .clime under the
heavens. Plant it in tho cold where
the snows never melt, or In the heat
where the frosts never come ; scatter
it on tho naked rocks or in the most
fertile soil; drop it in the water or on
the land and everywhere, and every
seed will germinate and. grow and re
ward the sower. It is tilled by a
hand that never tires: it is watched
by an eye that never sleeps j it is
trained by a power that tempers all
the elements to its healthiest maturi
ty. The seed, sir, is kindness, and I
have garnered its fruits when and
where they were least expected. WilJ
leaders of a great party, will mem
bers who aspire to hold in their
hands the destinies of millions living
and of many millions yet to live,
neyer learn thai abuse and Blander
and cahTiuy and IhisTepreslentatlorr^
are not the means which wise or good
men employ to give peace to a coun
try or prosperity to a people, or sta<j
bility to a government? Will the.
people themselves at the North never
learn that brawling 'treason' and,
'traitors' at men for honest differ
ences of opinion is not argument, and
proves nothing except that the brawl-,
crs arc neither statesmen nor pa
triots?"
Queen of All.
Honor the dear old mother. Time,
has scattered the snowy flakes on her
brow, plowed deep furrows on her
cheek, but is she not sweet and beau
tiful r.ow? Tho lips are thin and
shrunken, but those are the lips
which have kissed many a hot tear
from the childish cheeks, and they
are sweetest lips in all the
world. The cyo is dim, vet it glows
with the soft radiance of holy love
which can never fade. Ah, yet,
she is dear old mother. The sands
of life ore nearly run out, but foeble
as she is, will go further and reach
down lower for you than any other
upon earth. You cannot walk into
a midnight where she cannot see you ;
you cannot enter a prison whose bars
will keep her out; you can never
mount a soafTold too high for her to
reach that she may kiss and bless
you in evidence of her deathless love.
When the world shall despise and
forsako you, when it leaves you by
the wayside to die unnoticed, the
dear old mother will gather you in
her feeble arms and carry you homo
and tell you of all .your virtues until
you almost forget that jour soul is
disfigured by vice. Love her tender
ly, and cheer her declining years
with holy devotion.
It is said that in Siam the penalty
for lying is to have tho mouth sewed
up. If such a rule should he enforced
in this country the yellow fever would
not bo a circumstance in comparison
with tho cpidomic of starvation which
would prevail among t.lio Northern?
editors.
The man who shrinks from his du
ty in times like these descives tho
fate ho courts, and having already
lost his self-respect, forfeits the res
pect of others ; he was horn a slave.
A new hay press has been patented
in France and England which delivers
tho hales in tho form of a solid uni
form cylinder two feet one and one
half inches in diameter, which may
be rolled along by one man.
