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Mr. and Mrs Smith3s Head
- Aches.
ha -headache as I have!"
ts he; eiered
t ekTa.st-room, with his hair
rata ed, his chest collapsed, and
IW k fiounded out in the shape
b*s W %etter C. uuch 'a head
i 'erhaps it was the cake you
* fgto bed," remarked
wife, as she poured the coffee.
-- ke there's nothing more
whole e ucsake before going
g' especially. plum cake,"
wtSmth, dropping into a
,Sn r'f ng indisposed
fisa nalhb .r for an ar
.z essented
tle te 'suggested she.
,:o n old haid's remedy; no
MW7
"Well, coffee." . = "
--=-"idon't think I %tant any thibg"
groaned t "O, dear! I'M:
ti t fia_e iI'ay of it.*
Z,,r>enithiid it oa her tongue's
"Well, that is.the usual result of
-* night of it ;" but she: eloscd her
*eeth and bit of? the ensisperatinI
hhd trutb' r'3oinder.
t&="~4 tthis room awful hot;?"
sked Smith.. owning six doors
w,aiting. for her reply,
u.'- o.ed, would have been
I she_was shivering with the
~Ai.
Then.e.tiiig hinslf at the
<1 tinuk wilk have tea.
V .mith; it wiIl b sure ,to up
g5f'Pire A it don't natter
adds: wifi a despairing
gtoan; "andImayas well ea,t a
p.ece of beefsteak, while I'm about
it-in for a penny in for apound
0, dear.".
"I tink I'll eame and sit in
your r.ontMary," said Smith to
higgftedthe tpa~ and break
fet bad goe dowpi. - "It looks
nice and'pleasant here, and I like
to staywyithbyou whenlIhave the
Ehti4ihie her back that he
se-ted the smile lurking
* 'mud her mouth -at the conclu
sh4Eggeistenres, an~d brought a
.9*Dthe sofa for his disorgan
'fe#'Ihe-no, not that; it will
head. 0, O'dear !
[U mn6I3 dTo yoa.now I think I
~mismMige in . eating that
-~eeMea?"
~, ~ith a heroism which
giame in "FOX's
did not reply,
-eVwdge at tshe time, Smith, and
"tiyonly e haneepOf preventing you
4MkR Mth5 was. to refrain- from
= adug deu not to eat;; sol didn't
" 48 ih, as she seat
~J~~j~ftp1ewing, "don't you
thbbl**huld feel better if I had
a j~4bdilUb water at my feet ?"
* jj'hapsyou would," said Mary,
*oppiu~her spools,- and thimble,
i th foor to hunt
the e 'sDd hot water herself,
'lA the: opinion that
Mttend personally
to es blog although rei
grea fat servants mi ght sit suck
r le the kitchen
ng r heels on the
~ you- wotld.'
"Ma "j asked Smith, after this
engm ;1 wa carried out,
sthink this bottle might
a little eloser ? I don't
oeton .oje foot."
,'Yes," said Mary, dropping her
wwne mnore. "Is that right ?"
"0,yes," answered Smith, roll
ingh isf ey in nnatacv. as the
beat penetrated the soles of hi8
feet; "how nice it is to have you
round who I am sick !"
The same funny look came
again around the corners of Mary's
mouth, but' Smi,h, bless his obtuse
soul, didn't see it.
"Mary,".said Smith, "I think I
could go to sleep now if you would
close :those curtains and thi igs,
and carry that confoundedn bird
down stairs, and. shut out the
light."
"Yes," said Mary, "and I'L.take.
my sewing in- the next room."
"Do," said Smith..
. Ad gathering' up her work
basket and -Smith's parrts, thatihad
several vital buttons missing, and
whieh'he wished' re4li ced, Mary
departed.
"Mary," said .Smith, suddenly.
appearing at the_ door of the. room
ware she had seated herself, with
his .hair rampant; -and blanket
shawlstieking to his back; "it's no
use. I don't feel a bit better.
I'm sure I dont knd* what to do.
DOyou really think it was tb ;
-cake ?"
,Mary% patience was waning. "I
:know it, John-it always makes
you sick. 'Don't you recolleet I
asked you not to eat it At the
timer'
"Well, "all I can say is," said
Smith, "I don t*believe it. O,dear!
where's thy'znorning papera?"
That wasaioter wayof asking
Mary to.read them to him, whidh
she did; and- without! saying,' as
Smith did on stmilar occasions
"0! there is nothing in the pa
per this-m9rning but the, same ord
tariff discussions; in .fact,::ny are
quite dull-here they are-p.rhaps
you. can pick out something for.
vonrsdf? -
At. twelve Sinith- sahk into the
arms of Morpheus, and shpt till
three; but-itas! waking begged'
for his wife and a wash bowl.
Both were forthcoming, as also
th expecttd result.' The rest of
the day, till dark, the blinds were
opened and shot;the bottle of hot
water o and off duty, and Mrs.
Smith -etaidd by to see him besick.
About seven inthe eeningWIes
pairingly signifiest hi~ wish ta re
tire, adding-/
"I suppose, ta.ourse, you don't
feel sleepy at all ?"
"N-o," said Mary, looking from
the window.at a lovjely moon~ that
was jst rising,:"1N-o, not very."
"Wellk" said Smith, "don.'t come,
you doni't want 'to, but I cannot
sit gp any.ionge,; and I hav'e an
ide'I shall ge(to sleep."
So Mary wenit to bed with her
begdd4 baby
A week had elapsed. Smith was
in good health and' "spirits. .~e
ould smoke. TheS world wasn't
a charnel-house, afer all Mariy
fantton her back with a ner
vous headache.
"Sidk ?%asked Smith. U
"Shocking pain iii my temes,'
said Mary.
* IWhat a pity," answered Smith,
paring- his nails at the window,
without tuining his~ head. "It's
going to~be such a lovtely day
quite like spring. Have .yod the
least idea where .my gray.pants
are?"
To,~j" said Mary, faintly from
tIgpillows, "I think in the closet."
"So- strange,"" said S m i t h,
"about those. gehiy pants; I don't
think they've -worn very well
do you ? And do you krnow, Mary,
about the inilk 0biJJ,ether-its
right or not-?trd the way,.did
apf-hoes come- home.last night,?
and..has that man- been to fix the
front door."
'N&y head aches so bad," said
Mary, "that I can' remember any
thing. Biddy will tellJyou."
"Well, I'm sorry for you," said
Smith, tying his cravat at the glass.
"The very best thing for you is to
keep quiet, and I'llftake myself off
out of the way. Sleep-is the thing
for you," went all over the house,
and let the doors bang, and whis
tied the "Stars and Stripes,":and
ate his breakfst, and then came
up to,her to discuss the respective
claims of pork. and beef, and the
chicken for that day's dinner, clo
sing by another recommendation
to keep quiet, and not bother her
self about any'thing.
"No better? said Smith reproach
fully, at six. o'clock that evening;
"no better ? I thought you'd be
well certainly, by this time, after
a day's quiet." Quiet ?- She had
the whole kitchen retinue after
her all day, asking more questions
than there are .in the assembly's
catechism, and the front door bell
ringing as if by order of fire de
partment; but she had said noth
ing at all about that; if she had
Smith would have replied, -with
that lordly wave of his hand tith
which Ymen dispose of such matters:
"You shouldn't allow such trifles
to troubleyou.
"No.beter, th.n ?" Smith inqui
red. as if in gratitude to him he
,really deserved a.modifitation of
her former reply - "no better ?
Well, sleep, after all, is the-best
thing; and, as I can't do any thing
for you, I think as it is such a
lovely night.that I will stroll out
awhile. There, there." said he,
patting the end of the lanket, "go
to sleep now." And close upon
his retirifig heels she heard the
thunde'ring bang of the front
door.
After dive,rs anl many cowpari
s:ns betwPen. maIo. and female
headaches, and the seeming in
cungruity on.the male rina of the
,same eourse oftreatment:fd b6th,
Mrs. Smith fell asleep, to be ~wakcd
abou't.tWrwve by Smith, who thum
ped up, siairs in his boots, and ad
vised her again asto the efficiency
of sleep, in cases of female head
ache. :.Then--nmith went to bed
andalept the sleep-of the just, with
not'an idea that he was not the
tinselfishi'st and lovingest of hus
bands. Indeed; had his,wife qs
tioned it. he would' have p.oitt d
her to that column in thedaily pa
pers where accounts are given of
husbands who .-make it a practice
to crack their wives' skull once e
w.T; and placed is arms akimbo
with a stern look, would have
asked her, with his nose close to
her face
"Whbat if she had such a husband
as that ?"
-The President Elect.
The proposed Grant Dernonstra
tion and what came* of it-a speech
by Gene'al Grant:
A Washington letter of Tuesday,
to the Baltimore Gazette, says i
Although the Congress of,the
United States was. in session
to-day for fifteen. minutes at
the. capitol, yet the feature of.
the day has been the rich scene
enacted at the headquarters of
General Grant,. In spite of all
General Grapi's efforts to the con
trary, a coterie of small politioians
thrust themselves into his pre
sence, with a view to securing the
General's assent to a public de
monstration by the Radicals of
this city. The 5000 capes and an
equal number of torches, which
had been purchased, must be used,
and this party of a baker's . dozen
ventured to importune the Pres
ident elect for. the privilege of a
grand torchlight prosession, in
which, of course, they' could make
themselves promineint personages.
After waiting for some time in
a small anteroong word was- re
eeived by the- party to walk up
to :the General's office. Here he
received them with as much ease
and indifference as if they had been
omany orderlies, when Mayor
Bowen spoke as follows:
General: 'In behalf of the citi
zenc ,and the Republican organ
izations of this city, we ha~ve called
to tender our hearty congratula
tions on the result of the recent
election, and to make known to
you their wishes that they be per
mitted to attest their feeling of
happiness and joy by a proper
public demonstration welcoming
yo a the Pesident elect to the
capital of the nation. As they
were deprived of that pleasure on
your ariival here, by a sort of
"flank movement," by which you
stole a march upon our people, we
indulge the hope that you will now
accedto their request, and name
the time and place for such de
monstration that will - be most
agreeable to you.
The Geeal, after a moment's
pause, replied:
Gentlemen: I am glad to meet
you aU and receive' your congrat
ulations, but I hope you will spare
nW Any public demonstration.
[Another long pause, the General
standing with his hands in his
pockets.] I like to avoid de
monstration evei-ywhere, and, with
my consent, there will. be none
here.or elsewhere. I am always
ready to meet such gentlemen as
call- at my office without public
display or demonstration. This
will be much more agreeable to
you. ['Mayor Bowen-Certainly,
General we will study your plea
sure in the., matter.] General
Grant-I am not unmindful of the
feeling intended. to be displayed
by such dernonstrations, but you
must take that for Grant-ed.
La'ughter. The General evidently
inteided no pun.]
The abQoc is an exact vcrbptim
report.of Generil- Grants .remarks,
and as.-he is:.not given to much
speaking, care has been taken by
your correspondent to place this
speer' before the country pre
cisely as.it was delivered. Mayor
Bowen, seemingly jnuch_ dis
appointed and dissatisfied,. took
the Ge,eral a little to one side,
and, in an. i nder tone, addressed
something to the General, to which
he declided- to reply except by~ a
shrug of the shoulders. The party
then left like the young nian- who
was told to sell all he had and give
it to tlie .poor-they went away
sorrowful+marching out like a
funeral. procession.
Gen. Grant spent. the mostof his
time to-day at his headquarters.
Having ai-isen early in the morning,
one of his first acts was to order
the destructio'1o'several bushels
of letters which have been sent
to him heire, in relation to offices,
&c., which have been opened .and
read by his. sta.ff. Jot record of
them was kept, and this timely
warning will probably. sa,e the
vast amount of importunity 'in ad
vance, and indicates a determina
tion not to allow the cares of state
to weigh him down prematurelly.
"GENERAL GRANT.AS PRESIDENT."
The Arnmy and Navy Journal,
which tas, thronigh the campaign,
spokeii in relation to .Grant in an
authorit,ative tone, discusses his
probabe~course now that he is
elected to the Presidency. It
refers to his candid and dispass
sionate view rega#ding the. South
set'orthlin his offcial repart- o-n
the situiation soon after peace was
dcl ared, and t he terms of sarrender
whioh 'he dictate.d to Lee's army.
It then adds:
General Grant we repeat, is by
nature a well-balanced calm, mod
rate, conservative man. Such
will he appear aw President, arid
those who contemplnte his being
either a tool or a tyrant reckon
without their host.- Next we may
count on General Grant's adminis
tration b,eing of an exceedingly
practical character. 'This is the
essential charagerof 'his own
mind. * * General. Grant, with
out making a great noise about it,
will aim to mnake his administra-.
tion generally useful by economny,
by honesty, by sound judgment
and common 9ense.
'His Cabinet will .be selected as
to render him assistance in this
practical way. The measures he
will recommend to, Congress will
be entirely of this sort. The
finances and the civil service will
be among the foremost of general
political subjects to receive at
tention, and wve may safely predict
that the great word of the hour,
th grea featire to sf.rikeal ob-nh
servers, as soon as General Grant
has been a month in power, will
be the confidence inspired in
people of all parties and polItical
creeds.
Grant, as a soldier, understands
well the bounds ofco.ordinate and
subordinate authority. Congress
will not be suffered to encroach
upon his prerogatives as the Exe
cutive, nor he attempt to encroach
upon Congress as the legislative
department of the government. A
soldier is used both to command
and obey-an admirable training,
say what civilians will, for any
administrative office, from pound
keeper up to President.
We shall make bold to predict.
that he will realize more than any
man who has sat in the Chief
Magistrate's chair since Andrew
Jackson the Executive idea which
should be the central idea connect
ed with the Presidency.
COKEsBURY, Nov. 16, 18G8.
Gov. R. K. &ott-Sia: On the
morning of the 9th inst. my house
was entered by a posse, eonsistin,g
of two deputies and three United
States soldiers, armed as if they
were about attacking a stronghold
of brigands. One of the deputies,
addressing ine, said, "Colonel, I
am sorry to say you are my pri
soner." Upon questioning his au
thority, I learned he-had a warrant,
issued by Magistrate Solomon, of
Columbia, to arrest me in Abbe
ville, and deliver me to Constable
Hubbard in Columbia, upon the
affidavit of said IIubbard, that I
was accessory before -the fact to
the murder of one B. F. Randolph.
Under the old regime, this posse
might-have been defied, ands the
consequences wonld have been
upon their heads, for attempting
to execute an illegal - warrant.
But surmising that extraordinary
powers had been conferred by the
constabulary.Ac. of the recent rad
ical Legislature, I offered no re
sistance ; hence was taken to Co
lumbia, and without an -examina
tion was feloniously incarcerated
and kept in clbse confinement for
two days. Sine' my rel'es I
have carefully perused the '"act
establishing a police force," and
discover that if this ambiguous
act means anything at all, it sim
ply means that the whole consa
bulary force have but concurrenit
authority with the other ci.il
officers of the various counties,
and therefore Magistrate Solomon
had not the semblance of author'
t'y to issue a warrant in Richland
for my arrest in Abbeville.
Now, sir, this Chief Constable
is an hireling of yours and this
venture of his to exercise auto
cratical, arbitrary and illegal pow
.ers, seems to imply your conni
vance. If it does not, whence
his assump ltion of power, Th/why
no' - vidence of your restraining~
authority ? Whence does he de
rive'power to arrest me . in Abbe
ville anid jail me in Columbia?
Whence his power to arrest two
young men in Newberry and dun
geon them in the capital of the
State ? Whence his poweri res
cue Kelly from the hands of the
sheriff in Camden, incarcerate
him in Columbia, and direct the
sheriff of Richland to shackle
him, as he did while I was there
imprisoned ? Is this what is
meant by the words of the act,
which. read as follows: "Said
Chief Constable of the State and
Deputy Chief and Deputy Con
stables in the* several counties
shall at all times obey and. execute
the orders of the Governo~ 'in
relation to the preservation of the
public peace and the execution of
the laws throughout 'the State ?"
Think you, sir, that if in the in
tenseness of youi' determiniation
to preserve the public peace, you.
should cruelly treat a single uriof
fending citizen, you are appeasing
the wrath of an oppressed l'u'.,
gallant people ? Does the trans
cen dant authority of our Execur
part of his hirelings ? Are these e
deeds indicative of your future i
policy If so, sir, let me beseech s
you delay not to revoke that pro-. r
clamation in which youspeak w ith t
hypocritical affection of "our be- a
loved State," and once again pro- n
claim, "the State being without c
law is a law unto itself," and I n
AM THE STATE. I am told you v
are now beyond the limits of the t
State and upon the eve of your o
departure you expressed a satis- h
faction at the peaceable condition d
of the State. Sir, were you of us, I
and not over us, you would readily t
discern that South Carolina Las no a
peace but that which once "reign- is
ed in Warsaw ;" and should my
conviction prove prophetic, that a
rigid adherence to the scheme of A
tyranny which you have in:ugu- d
rated,:will redound with serious 0
consequences upon the heads of G
higher officers than the Chief Con- C
stable of the State, you will not c
charge me with "being accessory t
before the fact," for the exaspera
tion consequent upon such cruelty
is wide-spread and not oonfined to d
a smngle race.
Very respectfully,
D. WYATT AIKEN. h
Autumn Plowing. lc
A correspondent sums up the
more important advantages to be S
derived from turning oter the
soil in autumn, under thefollowing
heads:
1. August and September is a
good time to turn over bound out t
sod land, and manure and re-seed
0
it at once to grass, obtaining a
crop of hay the following year.
2. October. and November is an
excellent time to break up sod a
land for planting the following
spring.
. h
3. The weather is then cool and
bracing, and the team strong and a
hearty for the work, while the
weather in-the spring is more re
laxing and team:less able; and l
spring work being always hurry- n
ing, it sAves time to despatch as
much of the plowing as possible
during the previous autumn.
4. Sod land, broken up late in
autunm, will be quite frcc from
growing grass the following spring
the roots of the late overturned
swr eng so generally killed by
the immediately succeeding winter
that not much grass will rea'dily
start in spring.a
5. The frosts of winter disinte
grate the plowed land,'so that it
readily crumi bles in fine particles
in spring, and a Aleep mello.w seeda
bed is easily made. The chemicalt
changes and modifications result-d
ing from atmosp)herie action during
the winter, develop latent fertility ri
in the upturned furrows, which a
together, with the mellowing in- b
fluences, materially in crease the e
erop, h
6. Most kinds of. insects afe ei
ther' wholly destroyed, or their
depredations materially checked'
by late fall plowing, especially ihe
common white grub and the'cut
worm. c
7. Corn stubble land mayhbe low
ed late in the fall, and thus all be i
ready for very early sowing in
spring, thereby going far to insure t
a good catch of grass; the roots of t
the new seedling gettinghold well,
or being well established, before e
the droughts of sumer come h
on.
8. A great~deal of land needs
deeper plowing than has generally hi
been practiced. Where the sub
soil is fine grained, and unctuous
and.elose, or-where there is a hard
>an of g'ood quality, deep plowing -
may be at once resorted to, with to
ecided advantage. Where the B<
mubsoil is poorer, the plowing may w
still be advantageo usly deepened m
by degrees, say an inch at each
e w breaking up. But in by*far
a mijority of'eases, deep plowing gc
nay be practiced at once--indeed ta
t may be the rule, with safety, m
vhile shallow plowing may be the ta
~xcption. Plow, say nine, ten, se
~leven m. twle inr-hes in Nv.ri
mber. The subsoil turned up will
row several shades darker by
pring. The frosts and atmosphe.
ic influences of winter will mellow
he soil. The inorganic elements
nd all latent fertility will be made
iore active- for benefitting =the
rop. In spring spread the ma
ure and plow it in or otherwise
rork it or mingle it with the soil
o the depth, say of four inches,
r a little more or less, and you
ave the very best attainable con
itions for realizing good crops.
)eeper plowing may thus be- prac
iced than would at all times be
afe or expedient, if the plowinag
delayed till spring.
GENERAL GRANT'S FIRST SPpCN
FTER THE ELECTION.-The Presi
ent elect was serenaded on the
n the 4th instan,t; at his ho>r in
ralena, Illinois, by an immetzse
rowd. In response to repeated
ails, the General stepped oet npon
be piazza, and addressed the
ititude as follows:
Friends and fellow-citizens of
alena: I thank you for this ad
itional mark of your kindness.
ufficient, I suppose, has,no* been
eard of the result of the late efeej
on to show upon whom it has fal
mn to administer the affairs of,the'
ation for the next four years. I
ippose it is no'egotism in me te-ay
hat the choice has fallen on htwe:.
'he responsibilities of the positions
feel, but accept them..witbouf
ar, if I can have the same sup=
ort which his been given to me'
bus far. I thank you and all
thers who have fought together
i this contest-a contestin whichi
on are all interested peracoally
s much as,- and pe*fip more,
Ean I am. I now take the=oeea
on to bid you good-bye, as I leate'
ere to-morrow for Washing tow,
nd probably will see but few off .
gain for some years to cofe, al
b.ough it would give me great
leasure to make an an uai pil
rimage to a place where I have
ajoyec niyself so much as I have
ere during the past fe mouths:
At the conclusion of this frrst
peech of the Presi4t elect the'
rowd gave nine deafening cheers
>r General Grant.
LONG S'EIdioYs 4ND o1E Hi
rHI[NG.A lawyer Who consumes
iree hours in arguing a question
i law relat.ing.to the ownership'
f'a barrel of apples; is indi?gtdr6
* his minister for exceeding
venty-five minutes in iunfolding
ne of the great piinciples of' mor
ity, on the observance of which
e tolerable existene of sociey
epends. The judge who.sts two
ours with his dopinion" dan the
ght of the- counsel to ohalleng
wvitness, grumbles at his iiinister
acause he has4 pro16oi he dis
ission of fundamerntal :1wi of
uman cxistence to thirtyiinautes.
he p)hysician who takes ten minas
s to prepare the. m~edidic for #
adache, is nervously r'estif6 ff
is minister spends only twice as
any in attempting to' eNeve a
ironic headace. Th'e belie who
is spent-ho0w long? is adjusting
e bows of her bonnel, is remorse
ss ini her criticistifon the minis,
r wvho does not finlish his medita
ons on the character of God in
Eteen minutes.' The fop who has
>mbed, and perfumed, and waxed
s beard and moustache for an
ur, is mortified past endurance
the poor minister is not through
s discussion of the immortal.life
nside" of twenty minute~~
PREPARATION FOR THE .IQVRNEY.
When Ben's master' died, they
Id him he had gone to heaven,
m shook his head.. They asked
4y. "Oh !" said Ben, "1 fraid
assa no gone there."
"But why, Ben ?"
"Coz, when massa go North, or
'a journey to the springs, he
1k about it a l'ong time and get
ach ready, I never heard Jhim
1h; about going to heven ; never
a him get ready to go there. I