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BKLLE AUK N’S TIC A V ELING
BAG.
A train bound for St. Louis had just
loft the depot of Bollefantainc, wl.cn a
gentleman entered tl c smoking car and
laid bis band upon the shoulder of bis
traveliug companion, a tall, handsome
man of tliirty, who eat musingly blow
ing rings of smoko into the air.
“Marcay, ’ said the new comer, ‘if you
want to see at once tho sweetest and
saddest sight you ever beheld, go into
the last car but one on the train. There’s
an emigrant Get man woman with four
children, and during the afternoon the ;
youngest, a baby, his died. Toe moth
er and the other children arc incorso- 1
lable.’
‘lean understand,’ interrupted tin
smoker, 'the Sadness of such a scene, |
but where is tire sweetness you spoke
Of?’
‘lam coming to that. The vs lei
party have beiu taken in charge by aj
young lady. Such a beauty ! She
dried the motliei's tears aud wiped the j
children’s tioses. She’s a divinity!]
She only needs a few feathers on her
shoulder-blades to make a full Hedge i j
angel of her. If I was not a iimnb.i >
man I would never leave her until ! I ad [
made Mrs. Angelica Townsend of iier.’i
‘That’s a spot ch which I shall faith- j
fully report to Mrs. Agnes Townsend,’
said the gentleman addressed as Marry,
rising. ‘I shall go back and feast my
eves on this beautiful ‘Sister of Charity,'
and,’ he added, taking h's traveling
shawl and satchel from the rack, ‘as we
stop at the next station, which is duo
in ten minutes, I may as well take my
traps with mo, aud join you on the plat
form . ’
So saying, Richard M.ircy threw ills
shawl over his shoulder and sauntered
leisurly away through tire long train,
mailing blindly and calmly to his fate.
For, as he entered the last car but one,
he*becainc a witness and an actor in a
scene that influenced Liu whole future j
life.
The poor grief-stricken G< rman, oil
whom li is companion, l)r. Townsend,
had spoken, wiili the dead nfant in her
arms, sat silently weeping over the lit- :
tic dead face.
The three sturdy children grouped in
childish sorrow about their little dead ;
brother was, indeed, a touching spy.
cle. But standing beside them was Die
divinity of Dr. Townsend’s admira: ion,
and she who was most certainly to 'share,
ends’with the unhappy Richard.
She was a tall, slender gill of eigh
teen, with magnificent eyes and hair.
Ashe entered ihe car .-lie was speaking
her lovely face flushed, owl the sinni!
mouth disclosing a beautiful set ut teein,
turned Uewitcliingly toward too t.
stranger at the door.
‘Ladies and gentlemen,’_said thesw ct
voice, ‘this poor woman, friendless, HpCau
ing no English, with four little children,;
was expecting to find work in St. Louis j
to support them. If everything had j
gene well with her, it would have been
hard; but with her little dead baby and
sorrowing heart, she r: certainly' a de
serving object of charity; and I propose ,
that such as feci willing will contribute j
their mite toward a little purse for her !
immediate wants and lire buiial of be. .
poor baby. And, she added, with a be
witching smile, ’if any gentleman will'
lend rac a hat, I will go round and take j
up a collection
In an instant the gallant Richard pul.-,
ed his traveling cap from his bio:. *c!
curls and ofb rod it to the angel of mer
cy, who accepted it with a smile, this
time all Ids own, and c ramencod - -to
ering the readily !<u theoiniug <!•-. a:--
her generous, graceful appeal brengtit
from li.e purs< sos a'l in tbo ear.
Richard watched the slender figure in
gray gather the money, and, ! ..■
the placid cap in v.
he bethought him of his •:o«ain i airi
stepping to (lie scat the beauty had just
occupied, bo laik his satchel and shawl
upon a family of its kind, belonging to
the angel in gray, and took from his
pocket a ten dollar bill, which he placed
in the little hand that returned him his
cap. Further damage the poor fellow
received, when a smile and waimly
word'd thanks for his contribution were
dealt from the beautiful month.
Dick was in the midst of an elaborate
reply, when the cars stepped. Ho lin
gered yet another moment, seized his
satchel and shawl with his eyes on the
face of his charmer, and thru, even as
the cars were again in motion, lie bo
j thought himself of the doctor, and hur
riedly left the car and joined ids friend
< n the plntf rra.
‘Well,’ ejaculated the worthy, T be
gan to believe you’d concluded to go
| and bury tbo dead baby, and make the
j protecting beauty Mrs. Angelica Marcy.
j isn’t she a stunuci ?’
J ‘Towi'scnd,* returned ids friend, ‘don’t
ii.se shrug in speaking of the noble cron- j
tnre. ’lie looked after the train just dis
appearing in tie distance. ‘I wish to
icnvcn,’ ho continued, ‘l’d remained
aboard.’ Ilow stupid I was to leave it.
I might have ’earned her name and resi
deuce. And now’—-
[ ‘Low, iu ail probability,’ broke in the
I doctor, ‘you’ll n ver meet hvv in tins vale
lof tears, lint you’ll know her in heaven,
if you behave yourself well enough to
I get there, by her wings; she’ll have Hie
| biggest of llicm all, seeing they’ve com
meucf and to sprout oil cartin’
Aud thus rallying his thoroughly cap
tivated friend, the two made their way
to the house of an acquaintance, will
whom they wore to remain that night,
arid go on next day to their destination
St. Louis
After the first salutation our hero
went to his room to remove some of the
evidences of his long l ido from New
York. lie had removed his coat, vest
•and collar, he had splashed and soaped
and washed, until his damp curls hung
close to Lis shapely head, when he made
a startling discovery.
Flushed and breathless, he rushed in
to the next room upon his friend.
‘Townsend,’ cried ho, ‘what upon
earth do yon suppose? I’ve got the
wrong bag; I’ve changed baggage with j
] the angel of merov i Look at the slip-'
per; iee that thimble, contemplate that i
rktvc!
‘H’s evident you’ve got tbo lady’s
] satchel. And what was there in yours?’ j
j ‘Don’t bring up that dreadful idea,’
! a pack of cards, po< lu t flask and a (onth-!
brush—everything disreputable. If 1]
! am judged by that bag,! am a lost man. i
‘And this I took fur a clean shirt,’ and
Dick lioM op a frilled and fluted sack,
such as do duly for more extensive
S night dresses with Indies when travel-
I ing. ‘l'd like to see Augusta when she
opens my satchel.’
And Dick fell to musing, with the
slipper perched on two fingers, and the
frilled white iace spread out tenderly' on
his knees.
* * * *
In the upper part of a handsome man
sinn in St. Louis, on the evening of the
day our heroine first made the reader’s
acquaintance, beautiful Belle Alden, the
potted and only daughter of the house,
sat contemplating the various articles
her confidential maid was disposing up-]
on the tabic—.articles taken from no j
less a receptacle than Dick Marcy’s
traveling bag.
The cigars and cigar ease lav side by
side, and a highly scented party they
were.
‘Whal’s in the little .‘silver flask, Rosa,’l
said the fair mistress.
‘Brandy, ma'am,’ replied the maid. j
'He can’t be very disiipatrd to travel:
I with f'tc'i a litiie holllo. That’s in case
of sVku-s.q’returned Relic.
‘lt’s my belief,’said Rosa, who was a
] shrewd virl, ‘that gentleman was a
readily i::;i a r the cards arid the bottle.’
j To, name, Rosa. Ail gentlemen
] play r '- lire traveling, ami even clergy- |
I men lake a little brandy in case ofoick
! r.css,’ answered Belle. ‘And this men
was a .•renib' man, arid a liberal one, too, i
for ho mH e ; oar emigrant woman
tan dollars. Vv bat’s that, liosa?’
i I' rat that'-' int Rosa held between I
' her fingers a letter. Y I
V. in then- it was wrong to read a siren-
I rer s ielter vexed Belle tor a morne tit, as
l; i- C ye gianc and at the superscription
! ‘Whv, of all things!’ exclaimed the
• delighted girl, seizing the letter. ‘Why,
i Rosa, this is Jenny Marcy’s writing, and I
i addressed to Richard Marcy— only]
] darling brother—who was in Enropo,
when wo two graduated at Madam Lit-- j
I tor’s in Brooklyn.’ ]
I Bello read rapidly fill she reached the ]
j middle ot the letter, when she burst into ,
Ia me-ry laugh.’
! ‘Hear this, Rosa,’ she said, and She |
] read from the letter.
I ‘Above all things, Dick, dear, don’t
j rail while in St. Lou’s, to see my best
friend ' Is ■mvlmaic. Belle A den. J
! know yon will fall in love with her; for,
■ lw« ! i!cs be e ' the best girl in the world,
.ship’s a beady and an heiress, and fath
er's c - ioe, i 'ihvb all others, for ids son s
' v,- : .fe. H" used io talk it over at home,
i •>-,.! f,ot Bello would not marry before
i .> Bure,pe. Site is full an
x: -to k.v.w y .0, and wows your
H£SE SHALL THE TRE3S THE PEOPLE'S EIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED 3Y TEAR AND UNBHIBED BY 14AIN.
QUITMAN, GEO., JUNE 9, 1871.
and beg- her to overlook your many im
perfections for tho sake oi her old school
fellow, Jenny 1’
‘Then this gentleman is, ofcouisc, Miss
Jenny’s brother,’ said Rosa; ‘and what
will she say when she hears of your hav
ing met in a romantic way?’
‘I don’t intend to to tell her of it till 1
go to New York this fall,’ said Belle.
‘Perhaps her brother will call.’
But in this supposition Bello was
wrong. The month passed, and she saw
no more of the golden-beaded Richard.
And she carefully separated the yel
low' lock in the little keepsako from the
dark tress of Jenny’s, and put it back
into its place alone, while another locket
held a piece of Jenny’s. And somehow
Belle lo ked very, very often at the wee
golden curl, and she never did so but
the rest of the handsome head sprang up
beside the locket, and she would sit and
contemplate tho picture her fancy had
wrought for her, little dreaming of the
interest she was allowing to grow in her
bosom for Jenny’s brother.
In the fall, Bello and her father wont
to New York, and tho first doy lifter her
arrival found her sitting with her old
friend, who, after the evasive meeting,
sat down to empiy her soul.
‘1 am so glad you are here this month,’
Jenny said‘because I’m to be married
in Ootobor, and I have always been cra
,:y to have you for a bridesmaid, and
Dick is to be llany’s best man.’
Bello blushed.
‘But Dick has fallen hopelessly, madly
in love.’
, Bello turned pale.
‘Yis, I was dreadfully provoked
when lie passed through St. Louis, and
never went near you. But lie went
wild over some lady ho met on that fa
tal trip.
‘tie will talk to mo by hours of Angel
ica. And when I have spoken of you, lie
lias been positively rude, and asked me
to have done bothering him about my
freckled school friends—you know your
picture shows freckles; but bless me,
you haven’t any now'. And your pic
tnre don't look any more like you than
it does me, not a bit.’
“But tell me,’ asked Belle, 'is your
brother engaged lo this lady?’
‘Engaged 1 Why, dear heart, he don’t
| know her name. He just found some of
! i- old c’othos somewhere. He’s got
her dJ slippers under a glass case; he’s
■"! her liighl-gown done up in lavender ;
he’s got her gold thimble bung on his
| watch chain, and I do believe he’s got a
! hail- brush and hair-pin next to Ins
I hen'll Oh, it’s folly to interfere! He’s
! beyond all hope! I did think the excite
| mailt of my wedding would wean him
j from it, hut not a bit of it. 110 looked
] at my new things as calmly as an oys
ter, and only said—it is not kind of me
I lo repeat it, tl ough,’ broke off Jenny.
‘What was it he said?’ inquired Hollo,
laughing heartily. ‘Don’t fear for my
feelings. ’
‘Why,’ ho said, ‘l’ll stand up with your
friend, Belle, and see you safely married;
and then I’m done with love on my own
account. Its positively awful.’
And so Belle thought, as she looked at
her old slipper and glove hying beneath
a glass on either side of tho faithful
Richard’s mantle.
‘And,’said Belle, ‘since ho desires to
only lo meet me on tho morning of the
wedding so it shall he. Twill be intro
du.-c and only as wo are. leaving the house,
and he can do a:; he pleases about, con
tinning the acquaintance afterward.’
Bello was radiant with happiness
when she returned to her father, and de
lighted his food heart with the change,
for she had been very quiet of lato.
Jenny and Bello shopped and talked
and visited together for the next few
I days, and when tboeycntfnl morning ar
rived, and amid a bevy of beautiful girls
Hollo shone like a queen, the bride was
eolipHod, and delightfully acknowledged
it.
‘Oh, Belle!’ nho said, ‘I long to have
old Ktolica! Dick see you. Hark! there’s
• his foot step- Come into the next room
! ftlK i be introduced. Don’t wait until the
j ria it is an b' ur yet.’
j imi R. ;io, with a boating heart, swept
(hrongb the door and stood even as Dick
| first saw her, only in the place ot the
! gray traveling dress, a magnificent while
! sal in fell in rich folds about her, and up
!on her lovely white throat lay tho tur
ionoise locket thot held Dick’s, golden
curl I'puii ..... _ -T.i crowned
by its chestnut hair, a coronal ot pe-.-
added to that grace and beauty of an
imago that, shrined in Dick’s heart was
already an angel. , ,
Bello did not look up, but sho felt the
! presence, as Riclrird Marcy came up and
i Was introduced to little Jenny sold
school-mate. Then as ho held out his
| hand, .-he raised her eyes, and laid her
i tiny hand in bis, and said:
1 ‘I think we had better rectify that rms
i take about the traveling bags, Mr. Mar
j c , p
i ‘Good heavens, Jenny!’ said Dick
! Marcy. ‘Why didn’t you tell me your j
I friend. Belle was my angel of mercy. _
‘Because I didn’t know it until last!
! night, and Belle made me promise not
ito tell. And, besides, you did nt want
to meet the freckled school girl until it
! was positively necessary,’ returned Jen
ny , mischievously.
It would be hard to say which of the
' f -ir that made Jenny’s bridal parly was
t:.c hupp’eat that day.
() ~(■ hi ; ; ,' go to R Tl! that Winter
il . i .1 Louis contained more
tiiau any fore -pi city.
But tho next will sec Dick and Belle
on their wedding tour, and he vows ho
will have tho two romantic traveling bags
brushed up for the occasion. Dr. Town
send, who is to be along, says be knew
the minute he saw the girl sho would
one day be Angelica, as ho ‘felt it in the
air.’
Gen. Uergeret, WSio Fired She Tail
erics.
A Now York Herald correspondent
called on the 7th of May on General Ber
geret. After his release from imprison
ment he was appointed commander es
the reserve forces of tho commune, and
had his headquarters at the Old l’alais
Born-born, where Rouher’s Corps Legis
late used to sit. As this chief loader
(next to tho Dombrowski) of tho Paris
insurrection has never before been des -
cribed, we will quote what ho said of
himself, tho origin of tho revolution, and
other subjects, including that of God and
immorality. It is a thoroughly French j
revelation, an exhibition of French char
acter—of the men, at least, who have
committed these terrible deeds in Paris.
BERGF.IIKT ON 11EI.I0ION.
Correspondent—You have no religion,
of course. Do you, however, believe in
the immorality of tiic son!?
Bergcret—l believe in tho immortality
of the human mind; but not of tho indi
viual soul. "We live; we grow up; we fall
and die as a leaf, and return to the dust,
trom whence wo came; and wo are only
immoit.nl in our children.
Correspondent—Do yon believe in
God?
Bergcret—No.
Correspondent—Why?
Bergeret—Because it is not Repnbli
can. Because, if there were a God, he
would boa tyrant. I fight God in the
universe as I did the Empire in France.
It is the one-man power, the pouvoirper
soncl of Napoleon 111. If there wore
such a place as Heaven and T went there
and found a God, I would immediately
commence throwing up barricades. 1
would hoist the red flag. I would re
bel. It is contrary to justice. It is
contrary to reason. It is contrary to
right that one should govern tho many
—that thcro should be a God.
Correspondent—What do you substi -
tute for God?
Bergeret—Universal harmony.
Correspondent—Wluvt do you mean
by that?
Bergeret--The union of everything
that exists in ono harmonious whole.
Man, animal, powers, plants, trees, stars,
planets—everything.
Ooirenpondcnt—Otherwise tho uni
versal itself.
B Tgeret —Yes.
Correspondent Did this universe or
universal harmony, as you call it, create
Itself?
Bergcret—Ah, that is a question I
cannot answer. It is something tho hu
man mind cannot grasp; probably be
cause wo lack a faculty. Asa person
who is born blind cannot comprehend
light, so wc cannot understand the cre
ation. I could ask ynti who created God,
and yon would probably giyo mo the
same answer. Try to think it out and
you will go crazy.
Correspondent —Therefore, at this
limit of the human understanding, there
is a barrier which you call universal
harmony, whereas wo call it God.
Bergen ct— I That is my meaning ex
actly.
THE OIUGINATOT.3 OF TOR PRESENT ETBIN'O.
Returning to the present condition of
Paris and passing events, lie inhumed
me that it was Duval, Ernies and himself
who carried out the revolution ar.d nttdo
it a slice ks. They three had full pow
ers fmm the Central Committee to act as
circumstances might require, and it was
they who determined upon the \coup d'etat
of the 18th of march, alter the attack up
on Montmartre.
HOW IT WAS DONE.
They concerted their plans, and the
furls of Vanvies and Isay wore occupied
by Gen. Eudia, tho Hold do Villc by Du
val and the Place Vendome by himself, j
Gen. d’Anrelic do Pal.idiiifes was still in ]
bed when he marched upon the place]
with his men, and was awakened with i
the message that he had just twenty]
i which to surrender. In just
seventeen m(w-. . , .....
d’Aurdlo was on his way to , \
and Bergeret in possession of the Place
Vendornc. ‘ Had lie been in command
tho 31st of October,’continued tho Gen
eral, “the result would havo been tbc
samo.’
A FLING AT FLOURENS.
‘lt was Flourcns’ want of decision that
lost us. We had Favre, Simon and
Troche under our bands for a moment
and I wished to arrest and scud them ad
to Musas upon tbo instant. llonre ns
I hesitated, however, and that moment of
| hesitation has cost him Ids lilo.
j BERGER era ambition defined lIY himself.
] Correspondent.—But are you also not j
! ambitious? „ . T ,
Bcprorct—l Jo not deny Ibftt I b-ivo
lan ambition. But it is not the arnb.lion |
!of riches, or honors, or present fume, ll
! I can accomplish something for human.
I progress, so that men will speak well of:
Imo when l g uv, so that ono page of
Ip;,.* , v may be devoted to my acts, 1
I am poor, and have always earned my
bread by iho sweat of my brow; but
since being in command oltho forces
of the commune I havo never drawn the
pay ofa General, but simply that of a
common soldier; and my wife has gone
regularly with the wives of men to draw
her fifteen sous per day, accorded by tho
Commune to the families of tho National
Guard. So far trom being ashamed of
our poverty wo are proud of it, and if tho
revolution succeeds I expect to go back
to my workshop not a sou richer than
when 1 left it to command the armies of
tho Commune, If it fails I shall leave
Prance forever.
The Si- K. K.’s.
Salem Butcher, ot tho N. Y. JPi -Id,
is contributing some very lively letters
to that journal front South Carolina.—
Front his last, wo extract tho following;
Tho direful ICti Klux Klan itj made up,
as you know, of (ho gliosis of Confeder
ate soldiers slain in battle, which ghosts
do appear at m dnight upon pale deeds,
and have no connection with daylight,
in so far as their manifestoes arc found |
wh< n the ami rises at the door of news
paper offices, or on the thresholds of
those makcbat.es whom it is doomed de-
sirable to warn to depart in peace, lest
a worse thing o ono upon them. The
Klan is a monarchy, and tho sovereign
thereof appeared not long since near
here. Before a wayfarer juirsueing his
homeward journey thcro loomed up out
of the dark load an imnn rise, a porten
tous figure, fifteen feet at the least high,
taking strides of ten feet, and emitting
a clucking sound as ho walked like Ihe
welling forth of liquor from a full bottle,
only immeasurably louder. Coupled
with I his noise was tho clink of giant
castanets, as it were, there being about
the shade’s neck a necklace of a 95
pound anvil and divers sledge-hammers,
which chinked horribly.
Stretching forth ono arm to ono side
of tho road and tl o other to tho other,
this monstrous appearance grasped a
rail from tho opporito fence and with
the ends scratcho 1 his head. It was
the King of tho Ku Klux Klan. His
edicts, couched in the royal stylo, ‘wo,’
are terrible. H was apprehended in a
recent election that hundreds of negroes
would bo moved about from place to
place upon tl o railroads so ns to ‘repeat’
enormously, and tho diond decree went
(•n th,‘to the ghouls of every den from
the Ohattiioochio to Chickamanga:’—
‘Clutch them upon tho train. Carry
them to your own pale'realm; and then
retire to yonr dread abodo till summoned
forth by yonr groat commander.’ Set
forth on sulphurous lined paper was
tliis dark mandate, with the red word
‘Bloodl’stamped upon it, and tho illegal
vote in that vicinity was light. Also,
in another place, a certain ono wrote to
tho papers to say, how tho K. K. had
flogged him with a rawhide, and how ho
had nevertheless refused to depart;
wheroup m n brimstone-smelling com
munication reached tho paper, telling
Imw the facts were: ‘VYo gave him
twenty-five lightly, and ho refused to
leave- One of tho men that was killed
at Metz then took charge of tho silken
ribbon and gavo him twenly-fivo more.
Ho still refused. Count Bismarck thou
took charge of ttie ribbon, and mounted
among tho stars with it and came down
nn him, and if there in any truth in him
he belched it out. 110 said that ho
would go.’ Terrible, indeed, is the
K. K.
Railroad Fares.— Tho American Rail
wai/ Time s ably maintains that thero can
bn no greater mistake in railway man
agement than a continuation of tho high
faro policy on lines running through
thickly v tiled communities. There may
he, it admits, some excuses for high
fares on lines running through sparsely
settled sections where the local traffic
is quite small, but even here a policy that
aids in the development of business and
increase us population is the ono that
pays best. Take, says tho journal nam
ed, two lines running from any commer
cial centre, like the city of Huston or
Philadelphia, and let one charge a third
more per mile than tho other for i‘s h cal
traffic, ami the cheaper will develop its
business and increase its receipts with
very*flruch greater rapidity than tho oth
er. Dwelling houses and business en
terprises start op with wonderful rapid
ity on tbo lino of the cheap faro road.
Every house that is built and every
Wrk-shop started adds a permanent va
creasing tho vaitf£ tile.road, besides Tu
tlic business interest of the im£l‘H.aijd
on the lino of the high fare road growth
of population and increase of business is
retarded in like proportion. The entire
experience of railway management shows
this to be true beyond cavil.— New Or
leans Home Journal.
Josh Billings discourses thus on the
‘Dinner Horn:’ Tltisiz the oldest and
most sakred horn there i/.. It is set tew
rrmsik, and plays ‘Homo Sweet Homo,’
about noon. It has been listened tew j
I with more rapturous delight than even
| GnitVrial’s band lias. You kan hear it
| further than you kan one of Mr. Rod
man’s guns. It will arrest a man and
: bring him in quicker than a Sheriff’:!
! warrant, ft ken out foot eny other)
i ijyiisc. It kanzes tho deaf to hear, an 1,
! the dum to shout for joy I Glorious old ]
; instrument! Long may yuro lungs]
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Curiosities of Use Dublin War.
The terrible conflicts in Europe have
dwarfed, by comparison, tho Cuban strug
gle, until wo had almost forgotten that
a revolutionary war is going on so hiear
our shores. The Cubanfgovernment has
sturdily maintained its forces in tho
field, despite the difficulties of obtaining
munitions of war and material, and had
shown n r j little fertility of invention in
producing such articles as were most
necessary and could not be otherwise
obtained. Thus we find that the gov
ernment lias factories for making shoes,
hats and clothing from hides, besides
founderies far cannon balls. Their can
non arc made from raw hide s, which, in
credible as it may seen), will, it is said,
sustain sis eon or twenty pound dischar
ges. Think of it, Krupps and Kurt
i’ilts! an army with arlillory made of
belting! In the manufacture of powder
tin; Cubans have shown great ingenuity,
bavin.;' snec ssfully used for tin’s purpose
the guano deposits in tho oaves frequen
ted by 1 process 13 the dis
e. v re of Fenor Cktstelio, a graduate df
s' lad niiio College, of Philadelphia.
From 150 to 200 pounds of serviceable
powder arc thus mad", per day. Tho
Cuban army is comp tvd of 40,000 men,
but 15,000 of whom are armed, all of
whom are still sanguine of success.
Moon Farming.— Aocoiding to a North
Carolina correspondent, tho influence of
tho moon on vegetation may be detor«
mined by trying the following experi
ment :
Take any given quantify of common
peas, and divide the same into four Darts,
keeping them separate. Then, on any
ground at all fit for vegetation, when
the season approaches, sow the contents
of the first parcel on tho first or second
day of now moon; the second parcel sow
near the same spot, on tho first or second
day of (lie second quarter; tho third
parcel sow on the second or third day
before tho full moon; and lastly, sow tho
fourth parcel on the second or tliird day
before the moon is out. Now tho first
parcel, sown under the new moon, will
grow very fast, blossom most beautiful
ly, but will not bear much fruit; tho sec
ond will blosHom and bear very little;
the third parcel will not only blossom
beautifully, but will bear fruit in abun
dance; asd the fourth and last parcel
rill icarcely rise from the ground. Liko
wh o all fruit trees set at tho new moon
Ido n, but three days before tho full
moon, bear abundantly. In pruning
f i ■ >3, tl io bo me effect takes place, for u
tree pruned at tho new moon will shoot
forth brandies, but will prove unproduc
tive, but if pruned at the full, it will
bear abundantly.
ifrnit (Culture- Old Erors Corrected;
1. Instead of ‘trimming up* trees,
according to tho old fashion, to make
them long-legged and long-armed, trint
them down, so as Io make them even,
sung and symmetrical.
2. Instead of manuring heavily in a
3mal! circle at the foot of tho tree, spread
the manure, if needed at all, broadcast
over the whole surface.
3. Instead of spading a small circle
about tho stem, cultivate tho whole sur
face broadcast.
4. Prefer a well pulverized clcatt
snrlaco in an orchard with a moderately
rich soil, to heavy manuring, and a sur
face covered with a hard crust and weeds
or grass,
5. Remember that it is bettor to set
out ten trees with ail the necessary card
to make them live and flourish, than to
s'd out a bundled trees nrid have them
all die from carelessness.
0. Remember that tobacco is a poia
eon, and will kill insects rapidly, if prop
erly applied to them, and is one of tho
best drugs for freeing fruit trees rapidly
of Beta!! vermin—and is belter used in
this way than to make men repulsive
and diseased.
FcBETING CHARACTER OF MIUTARY GmH
■v. 'Of the 1‘ o thonvand battles that
have b-cri fought; of all the fields fer
tilized wilii (".image; of the banners that
have been battled in blood; of the war
rior; who lutd hoped (o have arisen frorrt
a field of conquest to a glory as bright
and as durable no the stars; how few
that continue long to interest mankind!
The victory of to-day is reversed by tho
defeat of to-morrow; the star oi military
glory, rising like a meteor, like a mete
or has fallen; disgrace and disaster hang
on the heels of conquest renown; victor
ami vanquished presently pass away tri
butiryc," w.vd .the world robs on in its
lives and so much treasure.— m many
Labor, not Genius* —Alexander llam 4
ilton once sad to an intimate friend
'Men give me some credit for genius. All
the genius I have, lies just in this: Whctl
1 have a subject in band, 1 study it pros
lonndly. Day and night it is before mo.
I explore it in all its bearings. My
rniud becomes pervaded with it. Then
the (dibit wlvcli I make, tho people aro
pleased to call tho Iruit of genius. It ia
j tho fruit ol labor and thought.’
A Yankee was walking with an Irish
: man on the road to New York, and
! thinking to ri • l his companion, said to
1 him - ‘ Where would you be now, Paddy,
~ q,’,, ij. oi ■- due?’ ‘Faith,’ replied
: ‘y ; 'I Ibo w.ilk’ng by viysclf 10