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ADAMS & 111 < li, I M CHI I.ICS AMI J.lllllK.ltS Ot* CHIXA, GLASS AM) QLIEEXSWARE, ANII IlEAl—ltS IN I.A-ITS, CBANDKMKI—-, COAL OIL, etc-.. No. :i:i- Balllmore Street, Amim Herman Street, » la T [XORti M 'I • WK arc now iiinmi—cturinjr. OWT own humus, nuil can offer tndiiccincnts in hiit:braiicli iifbusiius.s. November f-'*, isot.—ly. vs. cANiir. iiiMtNAiiii eiii-ei.v. Cl-UY, C-11-I'II. & CO., IMI'OUTISUM ANII M—MM OF DRUGS, N. W. Corner Light nml I.omlisi*" S *B. BALTIMURK. PBOPRIETORS nt -tn-„r's Ano dyne, cherry Mxpectiirnnt, Slalder's Din rhcea'l.'ordlnl.Sl'abh.rsDr.Cbiipiniiii's Worm Mixture, Norrls' Tonic or l-ever nml Ague Mixture, Nlinin*. k Mixture, Wright's Worm Ktlier, Gilpin's Vegetable Pills, Ihalfanfs oeo Cream. November 1.1,1807. Iloyd, Pcarrc & Co., I_TU——B— ANII WntII.KSAI.K lIKAI.KItS IN CLOTHS, (ASSIMKRES, sulliii'l.-., Cottonadeg, mifl Fancy Dry Goods, No. S, Ilsjiover Street, 11 A L T IMOIIK, M I>. A. M'KK-'nilKK KOYU. A I'lln AY l-KAIIUK. -I.IVKK 11. W-VltllK. November 13, 1567.—1y. REIP &. SOWS, No. 33.1 Dnlllmtire at., HitKtmore, MA-CKAcrritKKS Olf VJL AIN AND JA P AIT M E I) TIN WAKE, AND dealer- In Britannia Ware, Hardware, Plated Ware, and Ktincy floods, wbolesult* ami relall. •i»- Cmvntry Merclinnlsare re'spectfufly ln /Hed to cull and examine the foods. November IS, ls-7.—ly. I, 11. All A.MS. W. T. 11AVIIISON ADAMS .. l»iili»so\. WHOLESALE GROCERS, ASl> lIKAI.IIKS IS T»l»lsK lees. Hi aiidicN. Wines, & No. 7 Coiitm.i'r. Street, 11 ALTIM 0X X, MI). AUJ-NTM for tliu .sale nl Tobacco, Grain, ele. Novenilier IS, IS(i7.--ly. M. M. BAYLY, WITH ARTHUR EMERY & CO., IMI-OKTKUS ASH lIKAI.KItS IN RNOIdMII, (iKKMAN AND .\MI'-KtCAN HARDWARE, CUTLERY, 10,, r..*l 8. t'nlvert Street, ■ A L T I M 0 H X . MI). ARTni'R KMK.IIV. JOHN 11, -e-KKTON November 18,1—7.— ly. ■_. Pn-isaiio _. Sons, linpnitcrs and DealiTS in Notions, Hosiery, r.tNiv (1(1011. , CI.OVKS, TKIMMIXfiS Asn SMAI.I. .VAUKS, SOS Wa Unlllmore St., H.VI.TIMO-1*:, Mil. Noreniber 1.1,1-7-ly. - Cbarlct. 11. Illly cm &. liro., Importers of BRANDIES, WINES, OINS, RUM, SCOTCH AI.K, BKOVTN .STOUT, SALAD OIL, CAB, TII.K SOAP, -c. No. 73 B-i-tonjn Ptaae, 8.V1.T1M0K1...M1). November IS, 1-67-ly* j. _,' c. E_ sßurm, SOIUMItRI.T JOHN .SMITH A CO., KICH MOND WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, AKD lIKA-KIW IN • DTK STIIFFB, PATENT MI.DICITS'ES, Ac. No. 334 IV. Balllmore Street, (Up Mail's,) BALTIMOIIK, MD. November lh, (-07.—1y.* AdaniN, Cole, I'rlcc _. Co., WUOI-KI.AI.K CLOT HIE KS, .-lO.llMltlmurt -t.,ii. nr Charles St., BAL-tttOl.-.: S. H. ADAMS. it. F. ceil.— S.K. I'ltlfK. .. >-. ADAMS. soTembcr 1.1,1R07.—ly. Carroll, 4<iams tx leer, :tli Ilaltlmore s i-rri, Tt AL T lIIOR., M I>., Msnufai—-irer-anil Wholesale Dealers In Boots, Shoes, Hats, AND STRAW GOODS. JAMBS CARROLL. J. <_. ADAMS. J. P. Mil*. 8. 11. LUCAS. November 15, ISH7.—(Im. —oldNboi-oufrh, Huck — Henry, Wholesale Dealers in NOTIONS, JIOSIiniY, FANCY (JOODS, Ac. VU, si Uaiteiver.Sl reel, (Up Stairs,) BALTIMOHB, Mn. V, c, ooi.Dsnnnoron, Msryi.imi. K. if. iice-r*., Virginia. J. VV. Hknov, Miirj'huitl. November B, liW.-ly.'' ___ Wm.. 11. Ryanr NOTE & BILL BROKER, AND IIKALKR IX SOUTIIKKN .MOXKY, Bt. Paul Strkkt, BALTIMOUE. Mn. Nov. U, ist,7.-ly. <_4i»i»i:ss linos.. SDUCKSSOIIS TO ALK.X. GAODKSS, STEAM MARBLE WORKS, Corner o -harp ami Geritltt.il Sts., HAI.TIMOI.IC. ffnvembox 1., 18.7.—1y. J. 1.. SIeIKKI,, A. J. SIVeII.KTON, J. t, HKI.I.KN Ml k 11,, SINGLETON k 00., -EAI.KItS IN r.l>« V i.001.s AND -OTIOIVS 28.5 Baft 1 more Street,, BAL TI M 011 X , MD. April 1". 1-6H—ly. James iw. i*_di:rso\ & .SON, ENGRAVERS, I'RINTKI-S AMI STATIONKRS, lis it.,111,,..,i,-,l , BA 1-T1M0I!_, MD. Al'ril in, I*.s—(im- gdc-iui-ria <_iU-s. WILLIAM A. SMOOT. J. ROIIKRT KOMtINOS W. A. SMOOT & CO., FOHWAUDING AN»COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. :t Kiiuj Street, Alexandria, Va. WE give strict personal attention to the side of Wheat, Corn, Flour, Wool mid all other kinds of country produce; and for the purchase of Groceries, Guano, nnd Merc—llldlse generuily. Prompt returns made on all sides. Keep constantly on hnnd In quantities to suit purchasers, Salt, Fish, Lump and (hound Plaster, All. 1 PeruvUtn O-uano and Lime. Agents for the sale of Me-ssrs. J. K. MeGrnw -Co's.niK'. H. (J. liaiioii's Potomac Herring and Slmd. , Cumberland i-inl hy the cargo, cur load or hogshead. Iln«s tarnished If needed. April ill, ISliS—ly. NE PLUS ULTRA DOLLARSTOR E, King Street, One door below Marshal House. ALEXANDRIA VA. I AM now opening iv connection with my I'll per ami l'erlotllcal Store a splend id itssor'tineat of Jewelry and Fancy Goods con sisting In pint of Coral,.let, llogwood, F.trus ciin nnd other (Sets*, aleeve Buttons, Chsdns, Ilinus, Sliver fluted Spoons, Forks, Mugs an d Goblets 1 [—dies' Companions, Photograph Alliums, Work Boxes, Ac. These goods IN worlh the attention of nil persons, not only favourably comparing, but excelling In design unci iiuality, the ice-ids usually sol'lfor I and 5 times the amount. _i>_ Come af once and examine. Only One Dollar for s Choice Present. April 17—. m A. F. COX. ESTABLISHED 1823. A.S. MHSSST. JAS. H. GREEN -.It «'-t:\ & BROTHER, 51AN-KACTUBKHS OK Cabinet Furniture, Corner of Prlnre and Fairfax Sts. Al—-KANDUIA, VA. THOSE In want of good Virginiu minle Furniture, should five us a call be fore buying. We also keep on hand nil kinds of common Furniture, which we nre selling at Very low figures. A discount mane to merchants nnd dealers sending us orders. November 15,1W7-— ly G. * "• A.M. f-B-AS, 11-AI.KK IN WALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES, OVAL ANDSQIAKE PICTURE MIAM—-S LOOKING GLASSES, Shade Fl-Oures, Comice 4 ., CUB-AIM - HOOiS, CORDS, TASSELS, _-~ 12J King Street, AI*EXANM)RIA, VA. OIIDKIIS for l'-porlng In city or country promptly attended to. April 1(1, 1-iis— ly. ____ "WII-LIA-l T. IIERUICK, MAX-T A( TIIlKlt OF SADDLES, HARNESS, llrl.ll. n. Collars, ..<*., No. IS King Htreet, ALEXANDRIA, VA. CELLING oil'cheaper than any other I*s house) South of New York. A large stock on hand. April li), IR6B—ly. GEO. II."ROBlFfSO- & SO V GItOCEUS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, IVirncr King and Union Street, ALEXANDRIA, VIIKiINIA. IIAMTICULAB attention paid to the selling of Groin, Floor, Tobacco and nil kinds of Country Produce. Goods forward ed promptly. April in, l-fls-Biii* WILLIAM W. -EKBl'llT, WITH GEORGE WASIII-JGTOIV, COMMISSION MERCHANT, Office No. II Union Street, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. PARTICULAR attention paid to the sellliiK of all kinds of Country Prodnce, nnd filling orders for Groceries, Guano, l'liis ter -Seeds, Kisli.Snlt, Lime, *Jtc. April in, 1-tS-ly. , B.T.TUBMAN, IVIIOI.K. AI.K _NII KKTAII. PKAI.-fl IV HOIISEEURNISHINU GOODS, WOOD AND WIUOW WARE, Block and Plain Tinware, Table Cutlery, PLATED TABLE WARE, BRUSHES, t_C.. No. 120, King Street, ALEXANDRIA, VIIIOIN-A. April 1", IK-S—ly. CASSICS WHEAT, (i ROC KB. FEED AND (JEN'L COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 1!) Norlh Koyal Street, ALEXANDRIA, VIKOINIA. CPKCIAI- and prompt attention paid to nil consignments. Aprif 10, ISliS— ly. WILLIAM H. MMR, MAXCFAOTIIIt AXn nKAI.KIt IX AM. KWS -f CABINET FU 11..-TITHE, Chairs, Mattresses, LOOKING GLASSES, rfr. Corner of King and St. Asnpfi Streets, ALEXANDRIA, VA. April IH, ISeW-ly. SMOOT & PERRY, 11-AI.F.KS ra LUMBER, NAILS, Elme, Cement, SlilnglCN, &«%, No,-HI, corner Cameron and Dillon Streets, AI.KXANDRIA, VA. April 10,18(«— ly. CASH WOT IO - II OVS E . LAWRENCE I). WETZ & CO., 308 and-tin West, Baltimore Street, between Howard anil Liberty Streets, 1$ A L T lil O R E , X D., XOTIONS, HOSIERY, FANCY GOODS, Sf-.tioii.-ry, Perl'iimery, KHKNtHHINO GOODS, COMBS, 4c., etc. April K. was—iy. Wli-iier J. Slajmaker, DKsJ-sS—i '** KOI.F.WN AND DOMESTIC DHY GOODS, CARPETING-, OIL CLOTHS, MATTING. e_c Corner Kins; _ Royal .Streets, AI.KXANDRIA, VA. November IS, IHo7.—ly. . "" THOMAS PERaV, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 1-1 King Sr.. I, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, 17VRMKKS ltirnishoil with (inane.. X Plusler Suit, Fish, Fannin. Implements tiroes—Sß, Ac, at lowest market rates loi *'**sll. January 13 18-.--—. • nurke, Herbert & Co., STOCK AM) EXCHANGE BROKERS, ALEXANDRIA, VA., I>l - V unci sell _X-hMg-. < oili, Stocks, I* Bank N tcs, A-,-. Collsctlons uiado ou nil S-*_-S-lhlopnlnU In Ilie l.'i-itill .State**. Jt'ovciubic l\ l-liT,—.in. BACON AND GREENS. I have lived long enough to be rarely mls (llken, And bad my full share of life's changeable scenes; But my woes have been solaced by good greens and bacon, Myjoyshnve been doubled by bacon nnd greens. What n thrill of remembrance c'en now they awaken Of chlldhe-Hl's gay morning und youth's merry scenes— When one ehiy we had greens und a pluteful of bacon, And Ilie next we had bacon and a plateful of greens. Ah! well I remember, when sad nml forsak en. Heart wrung by Ihe scorn of a Miss In her teens. How I Hed fi nm her sight to my loved greens nnd bacon, And forgot my despair o'er bacon and greens. When the banks refused specie, nnd credit was shaken, I shared In (he wreck, nnd was ruined ln means; Mv friends nil declared I had not saved my bacon, But I lived, for I still had my bacon and greens. If some fairy n'grnnt of three wishes could make one So worthless ns I, and so laden with sins, I'd wish for nil the greens ln the world, then ntl the bacon. Then wish for a llttlo more bacon and greens. Oht there fs a charm In this dish rightly taken. Which from custards nnd Jellies an epi cure wenns; Stick your fork tn tho fat, wrap your greens 'round the bacon, And you'll vow there's no dish like good bacon and greens "ETHICS OP THE DUST." TOI.KBATIO'.. We return our wannest thanks to a lady of Alexandria for a copy of the book bearing the above title. It is the only work of lluskln's which we have had the good fortune to read, and its perusal h;is excited the liveliest desire to make the liirtlici* acquaintance of its pure-minded and deep-seeing author. We know not when we have received so much light into the Bind mid so much warmth into the heart as this lit _•_ book has given us. It contains, we verily believe, more true religion than a library of sermons. Assuming the character of a lecturer, Bat—la gathers about him a timcicd group of young girls, aud, in a series of conversations, which .ire wonderfully life-like, teach es them the "ethics of the dust" as shown in the l *strugglcs," the "sor rows." the -'caprices" and the "rest" of crystals. The art, the knowledge—the deep insight into the secrets of nature —the daring conjectures and the splen did imagery witliwhich these lessons are enforced, cannot bo. told, still less the purity and goodness of the lecturer, which illumine his art and knowledge as with a glory. Take this passage on toleration, with out wbicli all charity and the pretence of it are as sounding'brass and a tink ling cymbal, as a specimen of the book and as a lesson which all may read with profit: Mart. —-'Do you seriously mean that the Greeks were better than we are; and that their gods were real angels ?" I,KCTtiitK.:.—"No, my dear. I mean only that we know, in reality.less than nothing of the dealings of our Maker with our fellow men; and can on ly reason or conjecture safely about them, when we liavc sincerely humble thoughts of ourselves and our creeds. "We owe to the Greeks every noble discipline In literature; every radical principle of art; and every lorm of con venient beauty in our household furni ture and daily occupations ol life.— We a»c unable, ourselves, to make ra tional use of one hull'that we have re ceived from tlieni: and, of our own, we have nothing but dis.overics in science, and Roe mechanical adaptations ofthe discovered physical powers. On the other hand, the vice existing among certain classes, both of the rich and poor. In London, Paris and Vienna, could have been conceived by a Spar tan ov a Roman of the heroic ages only as possible In Tartarus, whero fiends were employed to te ich.hut not to pun ish, crime, 'it little becomes us to speak contemptuously of the religion of races to whom we stand In such relations ; nor elo I think any man of modesty or tlioughtfulness will ever so speak of any religion, in which God has alio.veil one good ma i to die, trusting.'* We append a passage from "Ecce Ho mo." which corroborates Buskin', idea ol toleration : "We ought to be just as tolerant of an imperfect creed, sis «ye are of an ini peiiect practice. Everything which can be urged as an excuse for the lat ter may also he pleaded for the former. If the way to Christian notion is beset by corrupt habits and misleading pas sions, the path to Christian truth Is ov ergrown with p*ejuclices and strewn witli fallen theories and rotten systems which hide it from our view. It. is quite as hard to think rightly as it is to act rightly, or even to feel rightly. And as all allow that an error is a less etil pablc thing than a crime or a vicious passion, it is monstrous that il should be more severely punished ; it is mon strous that Christ who was called the friend ot publicans and sinners, should be represented as the pitiless enemy of bewildered seekers of truth. llow could men have been juilty of such an inconsistency? Hy speaking of what tlicy do not understand men, in gener al, do not understand or appreciate the difficulty of finding truth. All men innst aft't, and therefore all men learn in some degree how difficult it is to act rightly. The consequence is that all men can make excuse for those who (ail to act rightly. Hut all men are not compelled to make an independent search for truth, and those who Volun tarily undertake to do so are always few. They ought, Indeed, to Und pity ami charity when they fail, for their undertaking is full of Inward, and in tiie course of it they ate too apt to leave friends and companions behind them, and when they succeed they bring back glorious spoils for those who remained at home criticizing them. But they cannot expect such charity, for the haz ards aud difficulties of the undertaking are known to themselves alone. To the world at large, it seems quite easy to llnd truth and inexcusable to miss it. And no wonder. For hy finding truth they meiiii only learning by rote the uiacliic.s ;uii'eiit around tlicin." HOT SUMMER Fre net, scientific men predicted that the summer of 1807 would be cold and wet, like that of 1X6(1, and they based the prediction on the fact that im nense masses of ice have broken away from tbe extreme North, and will melt, pro ducing cold and vapor. In the year, 111— tiie earth opened, and rivers and springs disappeared in Alsace. The I.hine was dried up. In 1132, the heat was so great that eggs were cooked in the sand. In 1100 it the battle of Rela, a great number of soldiers died from beat. In 1270 and 1277, in France, au absolute failure of the crops of gra=s and oats occurred. In 1303 ami 1304. the Seine, the Loire, the Kbine, the Danube, were passed over dry-tooted. [ll ISM mil 11194 great numbers of ani mals fell dead, and the crops were scorched up. Iv 1440 the heat was ex cessive. In MSB, IBM, 154 i» and 1541, the rivers was almost dried up. In 15 --5G there was a great drought all over Europe. In 1616 and 1616 the heat was overwhelming in France, Italy and the Netherlands. In 184(1 there were til'ty eight consecutive days of excessive heat. The same was "the ease in the lirst three years ofthe eighteenth cen tury. In 1728 it did not rain once from the month of April to the mouth of Oc tober The crops were binned up. and the theatres were closed by tbe decree ofthe Lieutenant of police. The ther mometer marked 30 degrees Keauoier (113 of Fahrenheit.) In gardens which were watered, l'riilt trees flowered twice. In 1722 and 1724 the heat was extreme. In 1747 the summer was very hot and dry, which absolutely calcined the crops.' During seven months no rain fell, ln 1748, 1754, 1770, 1778 and 1789, the heat was excessinc. ln 1814, the year of the celebrated comet, the suminei- was very warm and the grape vines parched al l.tisenei*. In 181H the theatres in France and Great Britain remained closed for nearly a month, owing to the heat. In 1830, the Seine was almost dried up. In 1830, in the month of June, on the second appear ance of the cholera, the thermometer marked 25 degrees centigrade. The highest --.temperature which man can support for a certain time, varies 40 to 45 degrees (104 to 113 Fahrenheit.)— Frequent accidents occur, however,at a less elevated temperature. HOW TO CUBE A CANCER. A Milwankie paper states that some eight months ago Mr. T, li. Mason, of thatciiy, ascertained that be had a can cel* ou his face the size ofa pin. It was cut out by Dr. Woleot, and the wound partially healed. Subsequently it grew again, and, while he was at Cincinnati on business, it attained '.he size ot a hioKory nut. He remained there since Christmas nnder treatment, and If now perfectly cured. The process is this:— A piece of sticking plaster was put over the cancer, with a circular piece cut out ol the centre a little larger than the cancer, so that the cancer had a small circular rim ofthe healthy skin next to it exposed. Then a plaster made of chloride of zinc, blood root and wheat flour was spread ou a piece of muslin the size of this circular opening, and ap plied to tbe cancel* for 24 hours. On removing it, the cancel* will be found burnt into and appear of the color and hardness of an old shoe sole, and the circular rim outside of it will appear white anil parboiled, as if scaled by hot steam. The wound is now dressed, and the outside rim sooa separates, and the cancer comes out in a hard lump, and the place heals up. The plaster kills the cancer, so that it sloughs out like dead Uesh. and never grows in again.— The remedy was discovered by Dr. Fell, of Loudon, and has been used by him for six or eight years, with unlail ing success, and not a case has been known ofthe. re-appearance of the can cer when this remedy has bet n applied. THEILLINO INCIDENT. At a Temperance meeting in Phila delphia some years ago, a learned cler gy man spoke In favor of wine as a drink; demonstrating its use quite to his own satisfaction, to be scriptural, gentle manly and healthful. When life sat down, a plain, elderly man rose, and asked leave to say a few words. "A young friend of mine," silid lie, '-who had long been intemperate, was, at length prevailed on, to the. great joy ot his friends, to take the pledge of entire abstinence from all tl at could intoxi cate, lie kept the pledge faithfully for some time, struggling with bis habit fearfully; till one evening In a social party, glasses of wine were handed a round. They came to a clergyman pre sent who took a glass, saying a few words lv vindication of the practice.— "Well," thought the young man, "if a clergyman can take wine, and justify it so well, why not I V So be also took a glass. ft instantly rekindled his slumbering appetite, and after a rapid downward course, he died of deliri um tremens—died a raving madman." The oltl inui paused fu* utterance, and was just able to add, "That young man was my son, and the clergyman was the Key. Doctor who has just addressed the assembly." BUYING IT BACK. King William ol Prussia is not lavish iv personal apparel. His valet recent ly gave him a hint by substituting.- new coat for one which lie had worn two or three years longer than he ought, and was thereupon summoned to the royal presence. "Where is my old coat, Jean ?" "1 have taken it away, your Majesty; it is no longer lit to be worn." "What are you going to do witli it, Jean ?'» "1 believe I am going to sell it." "How much do you think you will get for it?" This was hard to answer, for no fripier in the world would have given live cepts for the old coat. Jean, therefore, hesi tated a moment and answered— "I believe I will get about a dollar for it, your Majesty." The King took liis pocket-book from the night table, opened it, and handed Jean a dollar. "Here, Jean." he said, "is your dol lar. That coat U so comfortable.— Bring it back to inc. 1 want it yet." ._.. SENSIBLE. When parlies get married, says an exchange, and the groom is paying the parson Iris fee, if he should -bract to hand him a dollar to pay for setting up a notice of tiie event lv" the paper, the bride ought to Interfere immediately and do the first duty of her married life by insisting tlmt they commence their career honorably and justly by paying the lirst bill ol expense. |t__P An exchange wants us to apolo gizf* for saying Logan looted like. a. clog. WfShfsj -ft—V> the 'Jog V LITTIE WOMEN. HOW THKT BO—_ OTIIKIIH OP TIIKIII -SEX. As ii rule, the little woman ii brave. When the lymphatic giantess fulls into a Attn, or goes oil Into hysterics, she storms, orlmsti-S about, or holds on like :i game terrier, according to the work on hand. She will fly at any 111:111 who limit aft her, and hears herself as equal to the biggest uiul strongest fellow of her acquaintance. 111 general, she does it all hy sheer pluck, aud is not notori ous for subtlety or craft. Had Delilah been a little woman, she would never have taken the trouble to shear Sam son's locks. She would have defied him with all his strength untouched on his head, and she would have overcome him too. Judith and Jacl were both proba bly large women. The work they went about, demanded 11 certain strength of muscle and tc.lg_nes.of sinew; but who can say that Jezebel was not a small, freckled, aiibnrii-h:tired I-ady Audley ot her time, full ofthe concentrated lire, the electric force, tho 'passionate reck lessness of her type. Regan and Gon eril might have been beautiful demons ofthe same pattern; wcliave the exam ple ofthe Marchioness de Itrinvilliers as to what amount, ofspirittial deviltry can exist with tbe face and manner of an gel direct from heaven ; and perhaps Cordelia was a tall ]dark haired "ir!, wilh a pair of brown eyes, and along nose, sloping downwards. Look at modern Jewesses, with their flashing Oriental orb-, their night-black tresses, and the dusky shadows ol tiieir olive colored complexion. As catalogued properties according to the ideal, they would be placed in the list of the natu ral criminals and law breakers, while In reality they are about as meek and do cile a set of women as arc to be found within the four seas. Pit a licry little Welsh woman or a petulant Parislcnnc against the most regal Jiilionic amongst them, and let them try conclusions in courage, in energy, or in audacity; the Israelitish Juno will go down before either of the Philistines, and the fallacy of weight and color in the generation of power will he shown without the possi bility of denial. Even in flioseold days of long ago. when human characteristics were em bodied and deified, we do not find that white-armed, large-limbed Hebe, though queen by right of mar riage, lorded it over her sister-god desses by any superior energy or force of nature. On tlio contrary, she was rather a heavy-going person, and, un less moved to' anger by her husband's numerous infidelities, took her Olym pian life plaoiillv enough, and once or twice got cheated ill a way that did no great credit to her sagacity. A little woman would have sailed round her easily; and as it was, shrewish though sic was in her speech when provoked, her husband not only deceived but chas tised her, nnd reduced her to penitence and obedience as no little woman would have mf—red herself to-be reduced. There is one celebrated race of women who where probably the powerfully built, large-limbed creature? they are assumed to have as brave and energetic as they were strong and big— the Norse woman ofthe sagas, who, for good or evil, seem to havo been a very influential element in the old Northern life. Prophetcs-es, physicians, dream ers of dreams and the accredited inter preters as well, endowed with magic powers, admitted to a share in the coun cils of men, brave in war. active-in peace, these fair-haired Scandinavian women were the lit comrades of their men, the fit wives and mothers ol the Berserkers and the Vigings. They had no time or easy life of it. if all we hear of them Is true. To defend the farm and the homestead during their hus band's absence, and to keep th .11-selves intact against all bold rovers to whom the Tenth Commandment was an un known law; to dazzle and bewilder by magic arts when they could not conquer by open strength; unite craft and courage, deception and daring, loyalty and independence, demanded no am ill amount of opposing qualities. Hut the Stelngerdas and liiidnmas were gen erally equal to any emergency of fate or fortune, and " slashed their way through the history of their time more ■iter the manner of men than of women; supplementing their downright blows by side thrusts of craftier cleverness When they had to meet power with skill, and were fain to overthrow brutality by fraud. The Norse women were eer tiiinl'- as largely framed as they were mentally energetic, and as crafty as either; but we know of no other wome.i who unite the same characteristics, and nre at once cunning, strong, brave and true. On the whole, then, the little women have the best, of it. More petted than their bigger sisters, and infinitely more powerful, they have their own way in part because it really does not seem worth while to contest a point with such little creatures. There _ nothing that wounds a man's self-respect iv any vic tory they may get or claim. While there is absolutely inequality of strength there, can be no humiliation in the self imposed defeat of the stronger; and as it. is always more pleasant to have peace than war, and as big men lor the most part rather like than not to put their necks under the tread ol tiny feet, the little woman goes on her way triumph ant to the end. breaking all the laws she dees not like, and throwing down all the barriers that impede her pro gress, perfectly irresistible and irre pressible in all circumstances and un der any conditions. BENNETT ON GENERAL LEE. But if the Democratic Convention must nominate a soldier—if it must have a name identified with ihe glories ofthe war—we will recommend a candidate for its favors. Let it nominate Gener al Kobe.. X, Lew. Let it boldly take at once the best of all its soldiers, mak ing no palaver or apology. He is a bet ter soldier than any of those they have thought upon and a greater man. He is one in whom the military genius of this nation linds its lullest dovelopc inent. Here the inequality will be iv tnvnr of tin- Democrats; lot* this soldier, with a handful of men whom ho had mould .1 into an army battled on:* great er northern armies for four years; and when opposed by (.rant was only worn down by that stolid strategy of stupidi ty that accomplishes its object by mere weight. With ono quarter the men Grant hail Ehi* soldier fought him magnificently across the territeivy of his native State, and fought his army down to a stump. There never was such an army or such a campaign, or such a General for illus trating the military genius and i—ipos -ibiii.K's of our people; aud this Gen eral is the best of all for a Democratic candidate. It is certain that with half as iwany men as Grant hud he would have beaten him from the field In Vir ginia, and he all'ords ibe best promise of auv soldier for beating liim again.— New , York ILrald. m THE UNSATISFIED WIFE. Temple Brent was a good husband.— •So people said, and so he thought. He saw carefully that his house was kept well repaired, and well furnished. Ev erything lor his wife's convenience was : promptly clone, and she never had to i MOM for money tor anything she or the Children needed. Temple Brent was i not the man to give his wife, grudging ly, fifty cents one day, and ask her lor \ the change the next. He did not—lr- it, t (hear! hear!) if he found that Mrs. :i Brent was hesitating to ask lot money to buy anything she wanted. Take t note, her wants were always reasonable \ ones. With such a husband as this, bow I came it that Mrs. Brent's face was a sad, unsatisfied one? Surely she must i have had a very unhappy disposition. I Wait a minute. Mr. Brent was one of those cold, calm, stern—yes grim. right- | eons souls who regard ail aflectioiiatc ness of word and act as foolish ai.d on- ( becoming; except in and toward chil- 1 dien. He would lain his babe and hug and j kiss it, anil talk a few words of Hove t nonsense," which, if sincere, is Ihe dear- [ est, sweetest sense in all the world—to it; but te> its mother, though perhaps he t did love her, (lie used to look as though he did before he married her. and some- s times she would set the same expression i in his clear gray eyes, even years after wards,) never had he uttered, "I love I you," iv his life Scarcely did he ever t kiss her, unless going from, or return ing home. There was seldom any ten- | derness In his voice, unless when she , was sick in bed. Poor soul.'she would l have been willing to be so all her days to have him as he was on. day when he <, thought she was going to die. Once i from clear starvation ol spirit, aggrava- i ted, too, by having heard a happy neigh- | bor express her wifely satisfaction and delight iv her husband's tenderness * both of heart and manner, she plucked i up courage and complained to Mr. Brent l of what was a heavy sorrow to her, aiul , bowing low beside him, she took his hand and kissed it, and begged ot him to .. love her and to tell her that lie did so.— t Astounded Temple Brent! ldt a :no- ( incut, v bile he staled in amazement. * his power of speech forsook him. Then in tones almost of anger, lie said. • '■Are you crazy! What do you sup- , pose I married you for, if I did not like you ! Let's have no more such twad- | delesome nonsense." I Poor little Mrs. Brent; she blushed painfully and crept away and cried her- f self into a headache; then took her babe , from its cradle and fondled that, and it returned all her caresses. But was her ( heart iatlitted? We—, she has cone now t where such rebut— are never known.— , She died one day, at evening, and over | her still, cold form, Mr. Brent was heard to say—(did she hear him even then:' . perhaps so,) —"O Mary! Mary! true t and tender wife ! 1 love you,tow you." Whether she heard or not, she now j looks sad no more, her soul at last is , satislled. LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION. There is a mistaken idea among we.! iiitentioned people that young persons . should be exposed to temptation, in or der to teach them how to avoid evil. It , is au ill-founded doctrine, "a most per- j nloloui policy." Like giving poison to teach its antidote. Nor has any one man the right to conclude that what is ' innocuous to himself, from tempera ment, habit, or other causes, would prove harmless to toother. Feelings that may be dormant are startled into activity by the presenta tion of appropriate objects. Their ac- v tivity is strengthened and made power- J tul by each recurrence ot cause. On ' the contrary, feelings Which have re- , inained undisturbed gradually lose force and power, are less liable to break into l action, and more easily brought under control of an opposing moral influence. "To teach my son to avoid inteniper- ' ance, I make him drink in moderation," says an advocate ofthe temperance doe- • trine. Yet we can deny that thus the boy acquires the taste for strong drink, ' which is liable at any moment to break into madness ? The palate which en- ' joys, soon learns to crave. The craving become diseased action, which hurries 1 into cxci sses. "I wil teach yon all the strong points ' of infidelity,'' says the master to his pu pil. "Your religious laith will be lit- ' tie worth if it is not an understanding faith. The Ichdien should be pronounc ed iv no simple and ignorant love, but • by a comprehending spirit which has probed and measured all things, and chosen troely. Bead for yourself this doubt, and that. See how boldly this soldier of iutldelitr throws down his gauntlet in the field ?" * Perhaps even after this ordeal, the Ich dien is uttered to God witli simple, ' humble laith, against which all the ,<• - ie of evil had beat harmless. But iiow ' many make shipwreck of their Immor tal hopes for the sole reason they were steadfast in the good. For one educa ted by temptation to virtue, a thousand go down in the whirlpool on whose . verge they had thought to stand in se- ' curity.— New Orleans Times. SBOF THAT PAPER. Yes, drop it. Too niggardly and mean to subscribe and pay loi- your county paper, which is steadily labor ing for the promotion of the welfare of ' society—for your welfare—you have ' been sponging upon your neighbor, cv- ' er since it was established. You are ' always eager to read it, aud frequently j before it leaches the hands of its hon orable owner, it is crumpled and torn by your flinching lingers. Drop it.— -Never pick it up and read it again, un- ' less you can do so with the proud con- j seiou.ness that you have the right—a " right secured mn legitimate way. If ' you arc too poor to aid in sustaining it. ' let us know, and we will send you the ■ paper gratuitously. But it is" down right meanness in you, when you arc as able as your neighbor, to send your ' . children to borrow It. A PICTURE OF TEXAS. Parts of the Lone Star, perhaps the whole of it,are probably more thorough ly ftfld—Miaed than any of the other '"'llebel States," for which the people should thank the Uiunp Congress. An old Mobile friend, recently set* '- tied near Gonzales, writes under date ofthe Otli hist., the following sketch of ' things In that region: TS.is la a cheap country to live in.— i The prospects are good for big crops i ■'■ i corn aud cotton. Corn is selling at 3 1 a -Oe. per bushel. Onemorc jrood rain • will reduce the price to 20 a 2oc. Good • home-made oacon goes at 12 1-2 c. per ■ lb. Fresh fat beet at 2 1-2 a3c per lb. : . Fresh butter 10c. per lb. Kggs 10c. per 1 doz. Good milch cows §11 a $12. Cat -1 tie, horses, woik steers, Ac, go at very ■ low I'gures. r ■ -.. • . |__pTo clears hou.c of vermin, use common green paint iv powders. «... * The potato is a great absorber of pot ash. Therefore, wood ashes arc a goot. manure tor it. Put a few live tish Into WclU.if angle worms infest them. If the roots of trees are dipped into' water just before plain ing, the earth' that sticks to them will give immedi ate support to the small fibres. Fanners must give special attention to sheep and cattle Keeping if they want to make grain growing profit a ble. Mangers should be low, and stables well lighted. Many horses are made blind by being kept in the dark. Insects do not infest very late b6Vi. peas as they do early ones. Smoke from rags, dry wood or corn cobs is better than from tobacco iv pacifying bees to remove honey i.e.. Nine tenths of the diseases which hap pen to the hoofs and ancles ofthe. 4 horse are occassioned by standing on the dry plank Hoof ofthe stable. The best farmer raises the most hay, the poorest farmer sells it. Trees in leaf, and even With the fruit set arc said to be transplanted without injury in the night. Try sniitl'or tobacco dust on bugs, cutworms, cabbage flies, and all' these creatures ot sin. When there is a moon, tish will bite by night, when there is no moon by day. This is because they cannot work by dark. Re who reads and thinks little must work bard, nnd the family pinch and save. One who reads and uses skill may work less, and sleep on a spring bed. We are constantly told that drunk arils are very rare in the wine growing regions of linropc. Our grapes must be superior, for whenever we make wine we make drunkards. The department of Agriculture and scicntitlc wing of fanners, are teaching that wheat should be cultivated drilled corn, and that it will yield 100 to one. Let us try it in tbe garden. Calcined plitstei is-ns good a fertilizer U the unealcinod, but it Is usually wasted after \_ use in the arts. Some one says if salt is kept before a horse in the stable, he will Hot gna-v hilt—'anger. Trial will tell.' Hoot crops, not grain, are the things for young orchards. They do not steal so much tree food. Toads are capital helpers to take care of vine patches. Lay boards between the rows to shelter them in the day time, and they will make a carnival of the bugs at night. X xpcrinients seem to prove that fence posts set up the reverse way from which they grew, will last much longer. It is dillicult to tell colic! from botts in horses, buta tablespoonfulof .lilor 'il'orm iv twice as much mucilage, Isa gemd remedy for either. liich milk is not the best for calves.— A butter cow is not a good stock cow.' Lookout for moral as well as muselu ::i hiring farm hands. They may ruin the boys by their vicious examples. Carrots are recommended for horses to aid digestion, and tomatoes for cows to improve and increase tbe milk. Feed stock regularly, and cut and cook food as much as is' possible. Few* farmers do this. ORIGIN OF PLANTS. Most of the countries of the Kastern! world arc represented ill olu* fields ani\' gardens. It will, no doubt, interest "many to know from whence their plants and 'fruits were, obtained— Oats came originally lrom North Af rica, Rye is a native of Siberia. Barley was lirst found in the moun tains ot'llimalaya. Buckwheat came from Siberia' aiul Tartary.. Hemp originated in P.rsia and the Fast 1 ndies. Cucumbers, also, came from the Last Indies. Cabbages grow wild in -Sicily and Na ples. Currants and gooseberries came from the South ol Europe, Parsnips are supposed to have come from Arabia. Peas originated in Kgypt. Garden beans came from the Fast In dies. Citions came from Greece.' Onions originated in Egypt. Celery came from Germany. Parsley was first known ni Sardina. , -{adislies are a native ol China and Japan. The tiuiiice came from the Island of Crete. Horse radish came from the South of Europe. Tbe sunflower came from Peru. The mulberry tree came from Persia. The pear and apple from Europe. Tbe ehesiiut trom Italy. The walnut and peach came from Persia. The horsc-chesnut originated in Thi bet.—Exchange. FRENCH MEIHODOF RAISING TOMATOES As soon as a cluster of flowers i_ visi ble, the stem is topped down to the clus ter, so thnt the flowers terminate Hie stem. The effect is that the sap is im mediately impelled into the two buds next below tbe cluster, which soon push strongly and produce another cluster of flowers each. When these are visible the branch to which they belong is also topped down to their level, and this le done successively. By this means the plants become stout, dw.irt bushes, not above 18 iiichi s high. To prevent their fa Uiugover, sticks or strings arc stretcl** ed horizontally along the rows.snas to keep the plants erect. In addition to tliis, all tbe I opping, all the laterals that have no flowers whatsoever, are nipped off* In this way the ripe sap is direct ed into the fruit, whichacquire,a beau ty, size and excellence unattairled by other means. BLACKBERRY WINE. Xow is the time to make this excel lent wine. The fruit is just coming to perfection and can be bad for a. very moderate »i 11 ill If 11l Hill I. .iiJlibb. t_w vt-liie may be prepared at a small ctvt; It is not only an excellent und innocent beverage, but is highly it—.licinul and no family, who can make it 4 , should pei mit the season to pass Without putting nil supply. If the annexed recipe j,tbt_ wii—- will be of'cxcellciU .:.:*.(* any (juantfty of berries, let ■ tli«rrs be lull ripe, but not sour or stale; bri-ise them unci piv._ out all the j Mitt?:- To each gallon of the clear liquid, aiM n quart of cold water and two pounitt of good sugar. Pot it wide In a cool place with a vent hole iv the. vessel to itHlllrt the escape of gits, until Oct-iter..: when decant ami.bottle- ■'."'