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THE JEFFERSON HH NEWS & FARMER. VOle 1. TIHIE Jefferson News & Fanner B Y S. W. ROBERTS & BRO: LOUISVILLE CARDS. R.W. Carswell, W. F. Denny. Carswell & Denny, ATTORXEI'S AT LAW. LOUISVILLE GEORGIA, WILL practice in all the Counties in the Middlo Circuit. Also liurke in Au gusta Circuit All business entrusted to their care will meet with prompt attention. Nov, 3. 27 1 v “HTW. J. IIAM. attorney at law. SWAINS BORO’, GA. Will practice in the Middle and Augusta Circuits. All business entrusted to his care will meet with prompt attention. Nov. 17th. M7l, 2 If. faToAnF J. H. POLHILL, CAIN I POLHILL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW * LOUISVILLE, GA. May 5,1871. 1 ly. T. F. II AIIL 0 W W atcli a, is. © r —AND— R33PAIHHR, Souisville, C-r a. Special attention given to reno. vating and repairing WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SEWING MACHINES Ac . Ac. Also Agent lor the Home Shuttle Sowing Machine. May 5,1871. 1 lyrt DR. I. K "POWELL, LOUISVILLE, GA. Thankful for the patronage enjoyed heretofore, takes this method of con tinuing the offer of his professional services to patrons and friends. May 5, 1871. I lyr. medical. DR. .1. R. SMI TH late of SamVrsvilleGa., offeis his Professional services to the citizens of Louisville, and Jefferson county. An experience of nearly forty years in the profession, should entitle hint.to Public Con fidence. Special attention paid to Obstetrics and the diseases of women and children, of' ficeat Mrs Doctor Millers. Louisville June 20, 1871. Btf. MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS. Look Out for the Sign of THE GOLDEN BEE HIVE, IF you Wish to buy your Dry Goods at the lowest prices, <»RORRi: WEBER. No. 176 Broad Street, Opposite, AUGUSTA HOTEL. E F. Bryan, W. S. Mclntosh, BRYAN A IcINTOSH, RECEIVING, FORWARDING AND Commission Merchants, No, 140 (KELLY’S BUILDING) BAY ST., SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Agents for sale of the “PRATT” COTTON GIN. Prompt attention given to the sale of Cotton Wool, and Country Produce of every descrip tion. Liberal cash advances made on above when in store- Correspondence Solicited, Nov. 17 29 3m. £ Its < I fc I XU Possessing powerful invigorating Those Bitters aro positively invaluable in They purify the system, and will cure Remittent and Intermittent EgtetiSy and are a preventive ojfChillii frail Ifever. All yield to their powaMetteatyV" T' Are an antidote to change of Water and Diet, j to tho wasted frame, and correct all - 4 Will save days of suffering to tho sick, and \ The grand Panacea for all the ills of life. —II Mil 11 III' Tte DMAS! S In Young or Old, Sot Single, these Bitters are un^^ *quailed and have often been means of saving life. w' T.RY.ONE BOTTLE* MILLIR, BIBSELL &EURBUMi Whole sale Agents, and Wnolesale Urui-ei.- and Com mission Merchants, 177 Broad S.fcet, AU GUSTA, GA. Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., Thursday, March 14, 1872. New Advertisements. Dissolution —OF— €o®&EwwmmiF. The Copartnership heretofore ex isting between the undersigned, un der lhe firm name of SAMUEL M. LEDERER & CO. is this day dissolved hy mutual eon Messrs ISAAC M. FRANK and GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN are alone authorized lo sett'e the affairs ol the late firm, collect all moneys due, and sign in liquidation. SAM’L M. LEDERER, I. M. FRANK, GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN Savannah, July ISth, IS7J. Copartnership Notice. The undersigned have this da\ associated themselves together as Partners for the transaction of a ! General DRY GOODS business in the Oily ol Savannah, under the firm name of FRANK & ECKSTEIN, AT 131 BROUGHTON ST., where they will continue to carry an extensive stock ot 8 T A IP IL H AND DBT GOODS AND g.Q T I Q 1 8 . Possessing facilities to purchase Jll NEW ST. New York. Goods in the Northern Markets on the very best terms, will contin ue to offer such IR.JDQOCHKIITS as will make it the interest of to deal with us. Thanking you for the kind favors bestowed on the late firm, we re spectfully solicit your patronage in future. Also an early examination of our slock and prices. Yours respectfully, FBAKK & ECKSTEIN, X3l Broughton St- Parties desiring to send orders for Goods or Samples of Dry Goods will find them promptly attended to by addressing P. O. BOX 3S, Savannah, Ga. August 18,;iy. u J-Walkrn Proprietor. R If. McDonald ft Cos., Druggist* and Gen. Ag’ts.Saa Francisco . Cal., »nl 32 and 31 Commerce St.N.Y. MILLIONS Bear Testimony to their Wonderful Curative Efl'cctn. They arc not a vile Fancy Drink, made ot Poor Ku m, Whiskey, Proof Spirits nml Refuse Li quors doctored, spiced and sweetened to please the taste, called “Tonics,” “Appetizers,” “Restorers,” &c., that lead the tippler onto drunkenness and ruin, but are a true Mcdicine.madc from the Native Roots and Hcrbs of Cali fornia, free from all Alcoholic Stimulants. They are the GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and A LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect Reno vator and Inviporator of the System, carrying oft all poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy con dition. No person can take these Bitters according to directions and remain long unwell,provided their bones aro' not destroyed by mineral poison or other means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair. They aro a Gentle Purgative ns well ns a Tonic, possessing, also, the peculiar merit of acting as a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver, and all the Visceral Organs. FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, in young or old, married or single, at tho dawn of womanhood or at the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters have no equal. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rhcuinn -11 mu nml Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bil ious, Roinittcnt nud Intermittent iFevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidueys nud Bladder, these Bitters havo been most successful. Hucli Diseases ore caused by Vitiated Blood, which is generally produced by derangement of the Di gestlvo Organs. . DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Headache, Pain in tho Shoulders. Coughs, Tightness of tho Chest. Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Bilious of the Heart, Inflammation of tho Lungs,iu the regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the oflsprings of Dyspepsia. They invigorato the Stomach and stimulate the torpid Liver and Bowels, which render them of unequalled effi cacy in cleansing tho blood of all impurities, and impart ing new life and vigor to the whole system. FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions. Tetter, Sal- Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car buncles, Ring-Worms, Scald Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch. Scurfs, Discolorations of tho Skin, Humors and Dis. eases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by the use of these Bitters. One bottle in such cases will convince the most incredulous of their curative effects. Cleanse the Vitiatod Blood whenever you And its im purities bursting tliroqgh tho skin in Pimples, Erup tions or Sores; cleanse it when you find it obstructed and sluggish in the veins; cleanso it when it is foul, and your feelings will tell you when. Keep tho blood pure, and the health of the system will follow. Pin, Tape, nml other Worms, lurking in the system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed and removed. Says a distinguished physiologist, there is scarcely an individual upon the faco of the earth whose body is exempt from tk« presence of worms. It is not upon tho healthy elements of the body that worms exist, hut upon the diseased humors and slimy deposits that breed these living monsters of disease. No System of Medicine, no vermifuges, no anthelmintics, will free the system from worms like these Bitters. J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. 11. MCDONALD & CO.. D-’gglsts and (ion. Agents, San Francisco, California. BarJOLD BY ALL DRLUCUSTS AND DEALERS, p M; y i:j, 1671, |y. DARBY'S PROPHYLACTIC FLUID rpUiS invaluable Family Medicine, iu purifying, cleansing, removing ba odors in all kinds ofsicknoss; for burn;- sores, wounds, stings; for Erysipelas, rheumatism, and all skin diseases; foi catarrh, sore mouth, sore throat, diphtheria, for colic, diarrhoea, cholera; as awash tc soften and beautify the skin; to remov: nk spots, nnloew, Iruit stains, taken in ternally as well as applied externally; st highly recommended by all who have used it—is for stile by all Diuggisjs and (Joun ry Merchants, and may bo ordered di rectly of the I) AIIB Y*l*it() PIIYL APT 1C CO. ~ 161 William Sheet, N. V. p Dec24’7o ly. rMay2 njune3 ly Wm. H. Tison. Wm. W. Gdrdan TISON & GORDON, (established, 1854.) COTTON FACTORS AND Commission Merchants, 112 BAY STREET SAVANNAH, GA. Bagging and iron ties advan OED on C.ops. Liberal Cash Advances made on Consign ment. of Cotton. Careful attention to all busi ness, and prompt returns Guaranteed, oct. and r Si n 4m. T MARK.WALTERS’ f j Broad St., Augusta, (la. MARBLE MONUMENTS, TOMB STONES &C., &C. Marble Mantels and Furniture-Marble of all inds Furnished lo Order. AM work for tiie Country carefully boxed for shipment. M’oa 12 p '7n ly. neb 1, ’7l ly M. Dye, J. T. Bothwell, J M. Dy J DYE, BOTHWELL <fc CO., COTTON FACTORS —AND— COMMISSION MFICCIIANTS NO. 143 REYNOLDS ST., AUGUSTA, - - - GEORGIA. LIBERAL advances made on cotton and other produce when required. Orders for Bagtriug, Ties and family supplies prompt ly filled. Ail business entrusted to us will have our prompt personal attention. Commission for selling Cotton , percent 11 Sep, 23 Bit fim lllisfcllitncotts. IN TWENTY YEARS. “Anil so you really think there is nothing serious in Margatet's naugh tiness, my dear sir,” said a fashion ably dressed lady of five and forty summers to a gentleman filieen years her junior, who stood behind the ope n library window, regarding her with tn amused smile. “N dhing at all serious, my dear Mrs. Gray,” said the gentleman quietly. “And v hat do you think I had better do witli her?” “Sen i her to me if you Ike,” was the negligent answer. ‘ Would you really take her ?” “If u will give pleasure 1 will lie happy to do so.” “Dh, it will he such a weight off my mind, Mr. Strong. I cannot tell you what I have suffered Irom the girl’s peculiar ways since I came into this house lo live. Fond as I was o Judge Gray, 1 doubt it I ever could have made up my mind to lake him had l known as much ol his only child as 1 know now. And, since her lather’s death, she has run wild—positively wild Mr. Strong.— l have not the slightest control over Iter. In tact, she s< ts every one at defiance, and what—” “Yes, my dear tiiudaur,” .aid Mr. Strong, howi g politely, as ii he thought stie had completed her sen tence. “1 can easilv understand it .11. But send her to me und ae will sec what cun he done.— ! have had some wild natures in my time. Good alternoon, madam.” With these words a human destiny Wits decided. The next day saw Margaret, the only daughter and lx iress of the lat*- Judge Gray, sitting quietly at a desk in the village academy among a group of girls, who eyed her over their school hooks as stealthily and curiously as if she had been a newly imported kangaroo. Fust, because, with her clear, • right brunette complex on,her large, Ink eyes, and her curling, brown .i.iir, she was ay far the handsomest girl in the whole school. Secondly, because she was an leiress. Third and lastly, because they had heard many a taleofherhaughty and capricious temper, and were in daily aad houtly expectation ol a strife for the mastery between her and their grave and handsome teach er, whose authority no one within diose walls would ever dream ot dis puting, unless, indeed, it would be her. But much to the wonder, and vert possibly to the disappointment of the school girls, no such outbreak had occurred. Margaret, perched in the library gallery at home, among her well beloved books, bad heard her step-mother’s accusation, and the teacher’s laughing reply. Neither of the sneakers had been aware ol her presence, and she did not make it manifest by word, or look, or sign. But when they were gone,she clench ed her little, white hand, vowed pas sionately to herself, that she would surprise them both, and make her step-mother appear to others the harsh, censorious, and unjust woman she herself, in her own secret heart, had always been willing to believe her. Accordingly? when informed of theexisling arrangements, she utter ed no word of opposition, much to the astonishment of Mrs. Gray, who could scarcely believe her own eyes when she saw Margaret obediently leave the house each morning, with her satchel of books swinging from her arm. Mr. Strong was also puz zled. His deep blue eyesolten met those brown eyes with a look of won der itig inquiry that made Margaret long to laugh. But the one asked no questions; the other answered none. And so the days went on, and Mar garet passed' her first examination triumphantly, and was proclaimed the best and most promising scholar in the school. She ought, therefore, to have been happy. But it was with a very sad lace that she went into the familiar hall, just dusk, on the evening o! the great examirition day, to collect her books, and take one last secret look at a place she would never again see tenanted as it had been tenanted of late—the master’s chair. There it stood upon the raised platform, empty and desolate. The stately figure that filled it like a throne was absent; and yet, to her dreaming eye, present as plainly as ever. She saw the high, while brow, and the curls of sunny brown hair, and the deep blue eyes, and the beautifully chiseled lips that closed so firmly in spite of her beauty. She heard the deep, sweet tones of that beloved voice—beloved ! She start ed at the thought. “Oh! my dear, dear master!” | she said aloud, and burying her head in her hands, she sank ilmvn upon the empty chair and wept. A step crossed she hull hastily— an arm was thrown around her wuisi; that voice, all hurried and --igiiaied, was speaking in her vrn o r! “My pupil! Oh, il I w iv younger or you older; 11 1 werenclx > or-Vou poorer, 1 would dare s:t\ ‘.My Mar garet, and do my best to turn this girlish liking in n a woman’'- love : Bui I am a poor man, ami I am fif teen years older than you. lteinem ber me in after days, and sav t<> your self that these were the harriers that rose between us. Heaven bless von, dear. I dare not kiss your bps You must keep them' for the man you will love and marry one <I i\ when lam far away. But youi hand ” He raised it to his lips and a hot tear fell with the long, lingeting kiss and seemed to horn into ihe soft, white (lesil. Before she could speak or stop him, he hurried Irom the room. Tlx pleasant “summer term” was over, and the handsome, stately “master” was gone to return no more. And twenty vears passed by. To Margaret they seemed to btiug little of I rial or eha mre She still dwelt in her old home, though her fashionable mother had long since left it to shadi the man sion ol a merchant prince upon Filth Avenue. Margaret felt no desiie to share the splendor of which the late widow was so inordinately proud. The dear old homestead was grand and good enough lor her, and all the dearer, if the whole truth must be told, since that jarring presence was lemoved. So she dwell there qui etly, with a maiden aunt for chape ron and companion; and all her -ehonhnates were married, ami she alone tein iim and as ever, Margaret Gray. Il was not, however, for luck of offers that she lived tins single, soli lary file. Many a finer had came to won; tin her brown curls and soli, dark eyes, and rosy cheeks and Grecian features, and a perfect lip do not olt<*i go begging ibr a pur chaser, when backed by such a fir tune as Margaret possessed. She had suitors by the score until il came publicly to be known that she would lar rather see the suitors at the dis lance, or wooing someone else. Al ter that no man ventured to try his luck with Judge Gray’s heiress, and the rejected lovers consoled them selves as speedily as possible by marrying the prettiest of her fiiends. Margaret went cheerfully to each wedding, wished the bridegtooms joy, and gave to the brides some beautiful and valuable gifts. Kvi dently she was then “wearing the willow” Ibr no one. What could the meaning of celibacy so determined be ? And the days and years went on. And a birth day came at last, which showed how the school girl of fifteen was now the woman of thirty five. On that day Margaret arranged her abundant tresses before the glass, saw the first gray hair. She stopped to look at il-with a melancholy smile. “Ah, he would not say 1 was too young now,” she exclaimed. And just then a tap came at the door, and the servant entered and brought her a card. “The gentleman is below, Miss Margaret, and would like to speak with you, if convenient,’ 5 said the girl. Margaret looked at the card. “Ellison Strong.” The room reeled round and round, and she turneJ so pale that the giri was then frightened. “Sure, Miss Margaret, itisili that ye are, and I’ll go down and send the gentleman away.” “No, no!” said Margaret, recov ering her composure with an effort. “Help me to finish dressing, Kate; L must see him !” Kate, with all a woman’s quick ness, guessed something of the truth, and did her best to make ber mis tress look a- pretty as possible. With the old color in her cheek, and the old happy light in her soli, brown eyes, Margaret stole down the stairs. But at the parlor door a sudden thought startled and cheek ed her. “I am thirty-live years old to-day, and he is now a man of filly. He has been away tor twenty years. How can 1 hope or lancy that he has rememtx red me all this li.ne as I have thought of him.” A little sobered by this misgiving, she opened the door. She looked for a man almost a stranger; a man bent and bowed with the cares of twenty years; a man whose brow was furrowed, and whose sintuesque beauty gone as if it had never been. And she saw before her Ellison Strong as she had seen him on the very day of their parting twenty years before. Stalely and as erect ! .is ever, with a b illianl color on lo cheek, and hi- blue eyes lla-iiiiii j wiih all the fne of early youth, an. I not a trace ol care or sorrow ;o mat j the beauty whii Ii she remembere Iso Will. He sprang lo meet her, j and took her by the hand, and look j oil down into her eyes with a catch ! mg, almost iinpi-nous, glance. “Margaret,” said the deep, swei | voice, whose mus.c was unchanged, j “1 have staid away from you a whole J life time; and at last the craving to j see or hear of you grew too stiong to he denied. I came here expecting to find you a happy wife, with your childton at your knee, and here you are, solitary and alone, though young and beautiful as ever. How is that?” She could not answer with those and» ep-blue eyes searching her droop ing (ace so inti'ii Iv. Bill a deep crimson blush rose slowly lo her cheek and neck and brow, as lie drew her close to his sole, and spoke In hei far more elopienlly than even words could do. “1 h Ii you twenty years ago, m\ darling, because I was a poor man and tillet-n years your senior. lam rich now—but what about years, Margaretr” flxy have made me no younger—l am fifty years old to day.” “But I am thirty-five,” she said, in a low voice. “I see no gray liaiis in your brown curls; they be gin to come hi mine. Fifty y< or.- old to-day ? You look not an Ii no older iliuii when we parted in the hall.” He bent bis face down upon hers. “Margaret, you liked me then— can you love me now ?—will you be my wife?” For an answer she lifted lx r lip to his. Twenty years ago you would not kiss me ; you hade me keep that first kiss lor the man I was to love and marry. I have kept it for you for twenty years. Will you take it i o.\? He held her closely to Ins heart m .silence. Thirty-five and fifty years ot ag' ! Does it seem absurd to you, young lady of sixteen? Ah, me! 1 some times wonder it people ever really know how to love before gray hair begin lo come to leach them. A MI UNANIMOUS BUIKSMITII. A one-armed horseman, reee ulv traveling through Missouri, stopped at a blacksmith’s shop to have bis horse shod. The smith noticed the empty sleeve, and asked him if he lost his aim in the war. He re plied, with a sigh, that he did, and even more, going on lo relate how he left home lo enlist in the southern army, and at the close of the war, on going back he found that his wife who thought him dead, had moved away, and he had since been una ble to obtain a tiaee of her. “What is your name ?” asked the black smith. When the answer was “J. M. Walrup,” he suddenly released the hoof over which he had been bending, and, without looking at the soldier, cried : “Follow me into the house,” and hurriedly led the way. Result, lire discovery ot Mrs. Wal rup with three new children by her side. She had supposed Walrup dead, and had accordingly been married to the blacksmith. The two men wisely came to the conclusion to let the lady choose between them, and she elects in favor of Walrup. Then she says she cannot do with- out the children, and the blacksmith says, after a most painful pause, “You shall take them my dear.”— “When the steamboat St. Luke,’' says the Cincinnati Enquirer, in a most touching paragraph, “stopped at the landing some hours later, Wal rup on board with bis still weeping and thick veiled wile, and the black smith followed with his children.— The boat’s bell rang for the starting, and the separation was at hand.— The crew, the passengers, the cap tain —all who witnessed it—were affected to tears by the touching scene, Willi great drops rolling down his tawny cheek, the smith kissed the children one alter another, and in a choking voice bade their moth er an eternal good bye.—The Uvo men gazed wistlully at each other’s faces, shook hands long and earn estly, and then the blacksmith, by a strong effort of iron will, released the hand of Walrup, and walked quietly to the shore. He never turned his lace again toward the boat, which soon passed out ol sight around a merciful bend in the liver, but strode on, with head bow ed down, to the home whither the voice of his wife and children should welcome him no more.” A loving heart and pleasant conn tenanee are commodities which a man should never fail to take home with him. They will best season his food and soften his pillow. It were a great thing for a man that his wife and children could truly say to him, “He never brought a frown of un happiness across his threshold." No. 45 Wnat Ttwii As 1 sit here in ihis q ~v I seem In hear m , . , “ Wild llidu dm si, «lo i] , •. what 1 may. think v. a,i J .;// think, slill I hear ia •, •, ~ quiet a • >lie room, “Wimt tim.i ■ da q licklv.” Why is ill camiat ra I Wnv is it 1 cannot think whe I w:h To think, uidiout these w,>r .. - ~ ;;. I wing mi ? And u h it dotliev mean? Wll.-t lllve [ld <|,, ? 11, , u ‘. ~( ) , lU ■MI, no oIIt of spt’cch, Hf i u of ( eadv wilier, no Iv.-miy of lac . , SWi ,In ss Ofv. ice. i have nothing (O •o. Surelvtlle vo.ee i- . io: : ~ ■ | ■'hiv believe in the law <,f .-•> mi'ti •alion, hat it, vi i■ is ih ex , , hint proves the rule. I mi i,. r ,., and he.-e I exjicet lo remain i die. “Ah !” you say, “ii -■ ems sad to nuke in progress in li;.-, and to find ■ ae’s soil no timber at the day >1 me denih, lit,-in :i ihe day of •lie’s l>irih. v It i, sad. How'true hai we cannot stait-l still ns regards our physical development; we can •t r,, w as the trees and .-lirubs grow, i>eeause ii is our naliiii- la. hut us in ao\ real deveiopm m | tin- im, e |- ■h'-. year afiei .. ar .. n ro/i around uid limi ns on tin- sum, jdane ~i s dm year before, or even low, - down. Haw useless la spend I, lime |,| I I mi k-s i xacriine,i s, i ( > fj. J( J~m (),[• vhai we are host situ and. w fiat sptendi llv !>., 1 1r ea-d,.., W ero toppled over, when we found each exp riiie-iit a litiiuie, a ,| tin- q e s tion still unsolved. How many times the vision glowed, and i>,;«(,[_ ened, and shaped it-.li'mio many colored clouds of beamy, and we watched the tints, so carefully a <1 e'osely, an I t ought we ,•aught gl."loses of Ihe dawning ~| a ~'w life, when Ihe gay clouds jiv w m somber hue, fir-t grav, tin-i: Id,id. .tud die vision faded. And ns we -ill motionless in da dark a-;- we only said Well; . ~j been,” and thinking- it onlv the ex plosion -1 a hull.a ou . tried buaitie of anew experiment. Anothet i si of la k of ia! • o| ; ft' J had talent then l should see ih fruit “I what and. , for “every tree is known by ns fruiis." And,‘niter -owing a tew seed hy the wayside of i -,i ~x . perimentiii file of our-, we -b with loldeil hands to watch if bapiy ih. v might spring up. Tli.- s- eds w.- w sown with little faith, little ira i and little watching as to where they ie!:. Bu l hey spran >up and bio'ught forth fruit abundantly. Vvhnt.io y u - v ; can see seed like dial bear hn ? Yes it can, and will, and did. Bui what kind of hint w, - u ? rjan v u expect “lirs of thistle-,” oroi ‘ bram bles gather they grapes?” Wiiat was oureonstcriiation at be holding great weeds of error g,own up strong anil high, and -hutting out the sunshine from the lew si kly plants of truth that came up, and at last we could see no truth at all. But we have ro excuse; there is no one who, it lie sets to work to do “whatsoever his hand fin-.leih to do, with all his might.”hut that will find he had one talent (he it ever so small) that he has kept buried in a napkin. II you have been lamenting over your unfitness, slop no longer; — “What thou d.iest, do quickly, for the night corneih when no man car. work.” 11 you work well, you will say with the soldier who hud fought his last battle— “ I lay me down to slei p, With little thought or care Whether my waking find me Here or then-.” B it if the batde of life h.-.s not been fought, you have need to feel alarmed. We are not ready “not to do” until our halfday’s work is all done ami our Fath.-r calls us income up higher. Work, aud work quickly; and, though often weary, “ We'll grasp TTis banner still, Though all its stars be dim ; These stripes no less than stars, Lead after him.” s. Moore's Rural New Turk r. Tiie Gift of Tact What a wonderful oil upon the machinery of human affairs tact is. To know just what to say-, and when to say ii and io whom to say it; to know when to he silent, aud when deferentially to listen, is a great gift. No one can fully appreciate thisqu tli v vvljoh is not had the misfortune of livino with a blundering person, who never moves nor speaks without uninten tionally wounding or off-mlingsome body. Contiguity with such.a one is fearful to the nerves, and temper too. We doubt whether tact, in any considerable degree, can be acquire ed. It is born with some and is natural to them as the col or of theif eyes or hair. We have seen little children who were feet in it, without the slightest idea, of course, of the diplomacy they were enacting.