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F. R. FILDES, Editor. VOL. VI. Ilte (Quitman fanner. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. T K R M 8 *. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR VHEX nin IN ADVANCE. ADVERTISING. On* senate, (10 linos, or l*.'ss*,) first inserticr $2.00; each following insertion, SI.OO. When advertisements are continued for one Month or longer, the charge will be as follows : |No. of Sq». 11 Month, p Months. 5 Months. 1 Months. 5 Months, fi Months. 7 Months. 8 Months. 9 Months. 112 .Months. 1 $5,001 $ 8 silt *l/1 14 151 ir 171 181 20 2 8.00 1? 15 18 21 24 2(1 2f! r.i- :'5 3 lo.oo] 15 20 2.»| Sc 84 : 0 ;--S| : | 45 4 12.00 18 24 SO 80 10 4? 44 lo| 55 5 14.00 25 88 30 11 li !4- 514 52| ( C m.ooj 30 40 43! 50 551 50 57 SH ( r.. 12 30.00 50 65 70 .V * 1 f'o 18145.00 05 75 80 85 ttfjUiojlH 24010.001 75 SO 90) 100 110'l2n : 12O Up;. LEGAI iIA Sheriffs Sales, per levy of 5 i'»ne:-? $ 2.50 j “ il exceeding 5 lines, pr. sqr... 5.00 Sales by Administrators, Executors and Guardians, ner square 0.00 Citation of Administration or Guardian ship, per sqnare 5.00 Notice to Debtors and Creditors f. ; C itation for leave to - ell land Citation of Dismission of Adndnic.rator.. 10.00 j “ “ Guardian <‘.oo Homestead Notice 1,1 For announcing candidates for office, SlO.tiO j Obituary Tributes of Respect. and 1 aulclew of a personal character, charged tor a advertisements. 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] [52.00 per Annum ISO. 23 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