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F. K. FILDES, Editor.
VOL. VIT.
FOB J'HIWfDBJrr,
llOli-A-O IB GUBELEY,
OF NEW TORE.
FOR VICE PIiEiIDKXT.
». GEAT/ IS 15 O W IS’ ,
of mssorm.
STATS ELECTORAL TICKET.
Far the State at L(U'<l' :
W.T. WorpoFi*. II 1,. BSxwsn. -Injan Hart- i
hi>h;k. Washington Hot:.
Far the Districts:
1. 11. G. Tvrxei;; ». li. V Ely; 3. W. J. Hi n*,x: '
4. Jas. M. I’acf; 5. N. 11. C . XV. r, J.
N. Uorfl’v; 7. V.'. D. Graham.
FOR COKGRFFS:
GEN. G.J. SYKIGIIT.
LIFE IN HAYTI,
BY MARIE C. I.ADRKYT.
What sink's a Btiaugcr on first sr’-
ting foot in Hayti, is llie (i smu ami di
lapidated appears nee "f her towns. Jiff*
in mainly due to the eurcles-ness n 11 o
inhabitants, the fn quent oivin tence • !
eaittqiiakc* and hurt icanrs, and the al
most eh ionic state el involute it.
The houses have a dingy arid tumble
down asps ct, the Inwer stories In..'
mainly uat and for stores, wan house- ml
Ktaides, while the upper are t ectipied I \
tin: families of tradesu.t ii. Noun ns* a
order ate not tie tushimi, and many i '
the household apt ’ ; a usual y rezaul
td as indis) enenho . e, awl almost .
know Adhere. Tie disc mforts attend.r
upon IlaJ’.tian don i siie life ale iiikm i
ons, and tie ' el traveller* may di pi and
< n being * p|.!T'd v. I- plenty o| g I
toed and detieionn Units, ai.d even v. oh I
I'heneh wiiies tie r me,-I no: exp ct I
find Will III!' se ed Ivdgo.gs h-ust i ■
all, prompt and ; ctiv iva: Is. led
lei ee is the rule in t t o ijc plan ,
among a I class s Tie men of Ilayt
p ss nn st of their tm e in snot ~.
and I laying gau on f chant skill.
Aside fri m the untune lii c of rfimni -
cathm which exists everywhere la.ttreei
the edueatea and the illiteiate, and fi u
the consideration to which official |is ■
lion or wealth may entitle an individual,
there is very little giadnlion in Ilayt an
Society. Whites, blacks, and ere. h s
mingle together■ on tcims t.f eqr.a'itj.
stud the higlinst may hold iiiterci.m ■ ■
with the lowest without llegradnlio
The re is this pr culuti ity, how evei, about
liayti, that while she admits all African.-
or It diatis to citizei ship, ha i c nsiituiinn
not only and. nii s the same | riv age t
wl ite people, hut < v : the right to he
cilnc real vitiate owtieis.
The population of the capital ,and the
principal scrip its is largely Compost J o(
foreigners cf dIC .-rent natioi s who tin oi
ly engage in Ct inlet IC!'. 11l pet, -he
cteole uii rcl ants at and n ;.t iiluctn ei tle
jtei.d greatly or; fo»r*i::n clei ks. eta I tv
■of whom many l cir tmj ..yets’ (laugh,
terser neiecs, at.d it.;! e on the Island
Some of the morel- inti; : it- rj tu weal
thy and keep flue c untry !.< • bob, white
they occasionally given nm r s . n.i hall-,
and make a tolerable display. There is
hut little systt malic visiting among
them, unceremonious calls promoting
-greater cordiality at and bevlci acquaint
anceship. Bail. arc in favor, hut of not
very c mmon occurrence, as they in
volve more trouble and dressing than
are compatible with the Haytian love ol
ease aid dolce for mente The leading
features of all such entertainments am
much the same as in atsj other eoiintiy,
aid the toilettes of the ladii s are, with,
hut slight modificat oi.g, in accordance
with the dictates of fashion. Less re
straint prevails among the men, mid in
truth, - tiquette is frequently ov- rim died I
altogether. Tin y an slightly wanting
in suavity, in refinenii nt ft language j
and wunneis in delicacy of pi icepln.u j
and tact. Their code e) liter.. * ;s, nc-te
over, decidedly clastic, aid uot always j
consistent with honor. But allowance ,
must he made for the r< quirements and
influeuci-s of « tropical climate, auu lor
the mixture of different races and na
tionalities, tin representatives of which >
do not always come from the best classes
among their own countrymen.
The merchants remain ; ri their count
ing-houses during the greater part ol
the da}', and towards sunset, either dri\e
for an hour or two, or lide on horseback,
the latter course being preferable owing
to the Condition ol the streets and roads,
some ol which are almost impassable—
and roads bordered with floweiing jes
samine and orange frees and luxuiia t
palms I
The cu. tom of the country prescribe a
cup of coffee—watch beverage is sod to
be (xcchei.t there—on rising, or early
in the mol nil g; Lnaklast is served t.p
towards 11 o’ciocn, and genera.ly con
sists oi meat or poultry, vegetables and
fruit. Alter mis tun. I '.no men go to
business, while the l«dirs Cither leceivc
or pay lheii n.orniig cads, in lire Utter
cate i iding out, >uiin< ut caps or, bon
nets, in 0.-lantes, ; v.jn en---.me»os high
p-U.X -'i'.y-V .-'A ,/| p-" ;
wl cels, and springs and axffs so tu rang
ed as to adapt them to broken ground.
Ilu Hayti a lady is seldom seen in the
streets. Tie usual dinner hour is C
ip.in,, after which comes the season of
j social intercourse and gaieties,
j Tt.rnmiddle class among the city peo
I pie are extremely fend of stage entertain,
j ments, so much so that many of then
] have amateur theatricals at their tesi
lienees, while little [days are not nnfre
; qtiently per! lined hv the pupils in some
| of the private schools,
j The peasantry of Hayti are ignuant
I and indolent beyond tin asure ; they have
|no umbitiuii and no etnnlation, and are
| content with c arse food and clothing. |
anil mi re animal eiiuiy meats. They are
I docile, lowever, and though they s tne
! times indulge in thieving and pi Icing,
Hy v are gem rally Irec from criminal
ten h ucies. uuou lahorers an ‘ scarce,
notwithstand l .' g < very riieana is used to
conciliate thorn by kind treatment. In
!*-!• ed an entire equality seems to exist
i etween many masters at and servants j
Owi:.r to tins lack of industry and on
tei pr -.:, Huy li, so rich in nuturu! resoti r~ 1
c. sand p oduettons, lias to import IVotn
f-ri igoi coui.triesnr st of t'.e manies m.d
iiecc s*ai ii.s of lif. , such as clothing, flour,
uni -lisa, pres rveil meats, s up ,Ve
The native retailers in the towns are I
mostly w mi'ii, b tli black and mdir.yes j
(or hall hhod), who employ lemalo
huekstei's to peddle their wares through
I the island, in order to dispose of them
: in distant villages and hamlets where no
business is carried <m. Many of hose
I march an Gf.'! manifest a greater spirit ol
j etiterpris than their male Competitors.
Every morning the roads lending to at!
! tin- large centres of population present
ian animate.l appearance. Groups ol j
i eoiintiy people an- met at evety step on j
j fool, on hots, back, and in quaint eld
j sin Is, In inging provisions to market i
Tli women are dressed in common
prints, with Madras handkerchiefs tied
around tin ir heads like tuibnus. They !
| ride astride like tin n, and many ol then. |
e riy one or mure infants asleep in tie ir
i nns, or in « apron fold, and at tin ir
Iliac S The men are clad in tattered
wl t e jackets and trousers and nave;
! rati r r ■ meg .ii.iifliri appeaiance Tmops ;
. fno si, ha I naked urchins tol uw lie!- j
ter sketti r, tumhling over ane urioLhei j
i in their frolic.
T oct cole dialect, or jargon, which ;
vaiies i.rC iding to liH'alitt.s, is spolo i
jby the common p< op'e, while I’nnc -
the hit mage poken by the educated j
i classes, and tie only one tang l I in tie!
j pit l lie schools Education is niilortu :
| nalely at a very 1 w ehh; and this is not
I due - nly to the unset 1 led a:ate ol affairs,
j hut chiefly to the fact that the hi
certoi sos the present Malians having
been slaves, vveienot taught to read;
j and nd fli rence to knowledge has there
t fore pievaih and aniong Iheir desi'emlaid .
1 so ti at lie presi nt generation is uriahle j
to aptiree tlie ti e value of edncaiion, ami ;
i has iu,l.it>e<! superstitious and prejudices, ;
1 which it will termite a great a mount o!,
I care, pel sever, nee, and 'effort to crude
} cate. What (inlilic schools are in op r i
lation are well attended by the black i
children, who have ns great an aptitude i
tor learning as the white. They cap ■
daily excel in the imitative arts me
as penmanship and drawing, and t e
hoys almost invariably succeed in pine
ly mechanical branehi sol buaiucas.
That tin: Il.iv tians have brains is prove
by the fact that some of the pure blacks
! turd mu'atlocs u i.ohoid office and are j
:io business, on the island, would heat
favorable comparison with while men of j
i the same class in any part of the world. |
Even one has the l ight. to i Xpress his
i thoughts on any subject whatever, and j
jto print and pub) sli its thc n ics atm
[opinions. All forms I I worship are j
•equally tolerated, provided tliey do not •
interfere with public peace and order, j
I The catholic religion is, However, the
I pro-dominating one. A large number of'
the creole men living in the eil'es arc
said to be nnlelievers. As <P general;
I rule, the women attend mass quite Ire
qnenlly, and fl ick to the Guthcdrals on
•high days, in thelT gayest and most!
showy attire; iu common with other
West Indians, they are fond ol .'iff that .
: glittery, bo it gold or tinsel-—a sure in* ;
' Jicati nos oatiow-mindi liners or u de
tective education.
[ The population of II >yti nnmtiers a-j
! bout 20,000 h t it does not, it cannot in- \
crease as it wolud, if tie inhabitants
were a moral, eniighteued, and active
'race.—Golden A<je.
Toe Slave Trade Stiu, K trr Up. — The
English Anti Slave Society gives a la
mentable account of the piisent eondi- ;
lion of the slave trade on the eastern
. coast of Africa. According to this state
ment at least 150,000 natives are year -
ty dragged away from their bone s, 80.
| oat of 100 of where perish on the way
from exhaustion or violence. The t
i squadron which Great Britain is main
taining on the coast, at a yearly cost of
' £200,000, tois proved a lemciiy worse
than I lie disea-e; the officers and men ol
theciuiscrs tbeluselves being in the
habit of perpetrating the very horrors,
they are cent to discover am! prevent.
A recent writer says ol the extraordi
nary dryness of the ciiurule - I the Ar
gentine lb public: “A hotvl of water
left unc vi ml in the he rung _is dry at
night; ink vautstes from tin- inkstands
an ll by ma ;c. The bodies ol dead an
imals dry up instead ol decamp- s.ng,
add neither exercise nor exp' sure to the
ittu's rays produces perspiration.’
H£R£ SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY PEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN
QUITMAN, GEO., OCTOBER 25. 1872.
LOVE, FOLIC AND Ml LE
BY ELIIIi: DAWKINS.
• Did you ever ride a mule? T and not
men a civilized creature accustomed to
j good s- c etv, but a wild steed of the
plains brought upon grass and rattle
i sunk f, and aeoostom -d to cav - t regard
less ■ I ti e constitution as amended, or;
the rights of man Male- are pretty
much tile alike tlie win Id over, only the j
Texan nin e is n little more so.
I rode one the other day and I’m go—j
log to try to tell you about it. It won’t
j ho very well written, because, my right :
j arm lias been in a sling, and I have;
more bruises than b mes. Yon see I fell j
in love with a girl—deep as a h rty foot i
well—l mean my love, not the girl sin
j isn’t de.-p a hit—and as my luck would
1 j another fellow fell ab .ut tl e
I same distanO..’ «t the same time
lie’s not a had looking Ch ip, ~.,.1
| wears store clothes on week days. He
i pans his hair in the middle and oils it
!up with hergumont and cinn mini IJe
has his name printed on pieces of paste
j float'd, a. and d'ops them reu- and pr m set!
! ously for fear people might ! rget that
iA. Browne Swivel warn t about. I hud
to acknowledge the fact that between
this fellow hi and myself, in lii >■ affections!
|of the divine Arumintu. it was nip and
j tuck, with the dog a little ahead,
j I put on my best clothes one day and
1 walked over to fr o gal’s house, into oi
i to move on her works, and have the lit
tle tiling settled without further debate ;
My rival w m tlieio, and seemed to have j
on his best clothes. They didn’t amount
to much, for I knew that at ten o’clock,
| six lo urs after mv arrival, he’d have to
\ vv ml bis winding way home for the old
Inly he hoarded with didn't allow irreg
ular hours.
If he got to his frugal couch, or rather !
\ the house containing it, lie n.igl t skin j
| his knuckles and kick his boots off, foil j
| lie wouldn’t get in aft.-r that h mr, and j
j ! e liny-mow is not a very pleasant lied*
ro m in fl-ni lime. -Hot 1 was soon re-I
j U‘ivi d• I all anxi' ty We Imd a diver- i
isioo that broke up the sitting.
j Armeinta is posse-sed of a little broth- j
| er—l hate a girl's brother! If they are j
lilth they play tricks on you, and il tln-v '
; are leg they borrow vonr money, gel !
| drunk, and insult you with impunity, I
' knowing that you are in love ivi'li then |
j-i-ter and won’t resetil nn insult.
V\ hilc we were talkii g in a small way, j
; and looking volumes of love :il the r>i: I !
; and wralli at each ot‘ er, we heard a fear 1
; tul yell iu the garden m and running oti ;
I uml her lift U: hi other on the ground in
active convulsions. Ilehad been trying
j to eat his way through the me! on pacli.
it was a disgUKting failme, for lie could
not have burst and open and g- tie into the
enntenls ol inure than ten or twelve.
! As it was, it looked as if there was
- going lo he adi :it :i in the family, am! j
j A rami ita screamed a scream and yelled ;
a: us lo go lor the docti r.
\\c both took in tlie Nil nation of a I
glace—the man that got the lloclor fi • ! j
tv old get Ai tninlu for lilo Mv rival j
went over the fence like adr ands z- ;
ed tlie only horse in i i-e si able He hr i
dled and sadilieil the animal iri double-;
quick lime, whi'e I found nothing lell I
me but a mule. I«• iz.eil ;i blind brulb-, |
and, i 1 hliin ■at the nniuial, felt « nr— |
thing nii z. ov ■r my lie.iff that lam sure!
was a pair of heels. They riair- wlv if- j
Ctped my skull, hut carried off my hat.
Nothing daunted, 1 seized the creature
by the car, pul on the bridle, nul.i -t ned j
the chain by wliica he was hallersd, and |
led him front the stable. Ho went out j
willingly, so nine a s , indt and, that I had
some difUcuLy in keeping up, and bad ,
not Hie creature stopped on the outside j
to give vent to his f -eli gs iu a prolong j
ed bray, 1 could not have mounted. As
it was, holme he got through with his ;
musical entertainment I was on iiis back j
The beast seemed nomcwnat astonish- j
ed at this p i farmunce, and stood turning j
it over iu iff- mind lor a iiimine, while I
dug my heels \irrorously in Ins sides.!
He seemed suddenly to come to the con
clusion that a Change of administration!
would be. a a excellent thing, and to this;
end began going up and down like a j
saw gate, 1 really thong it Ud he split -
iu two, and would probably Have been
pitched over hut that in t . mills! ol thi
plenaing exercise, Muley caught night ol
the horse disappearing at aloud gallop j
in the distance. He seemed animated ;
by the laudiblo ambition of ov rt«k:ng
i that borse, and started so suddenly he!
came very near leaving me behind. I
worked my way forward until I could j
get hold of the halter eb i .. and, pulling
this riggiug tight, got a pretty secure j
hold.
How that beast did run! He not only •
gained on the horse to sucii an extent i
j that Araniinta might have ofleiedlwoj
to one and lo takers, hut exhibited his j
superabundance ol bottom by tnrowiug,
in, at intervals, the liveliest kicks that,
ever eiuioatcd Ir. t» a mule. About a
mite out vie closed in on tin; cab, and as
: we passed, Muley favored us witu a «u
--! lute that was most ini rually fool; lor,
• planting his two I seels upon the oflquar- .
ter ol t.e honest lino- phams, 1 heard a
yell, and glancing ur uud saw my rival
aid ho se go . jivii la the most prouils
j cuoos uiahuer, .My steed oi U.e desert i
kept straight on. We had a rale <1
j eight min s h hoe ns, and 1 leil satisfied
I that, 111 that distance, nt the rale we were
ti'aveliug, Muley would n .ve a goodil’.-a
’ot the- dtvi; lak-.aout ui him, I became
;l "’in <• ot >ii oi lit r faQt, aid that was that
tnv brat pants wtM‘o jrivinjj away.
About five miles out we struck a wa
termellon patch and went straight thro'.
I could hear the mellons bursting under
me like ho mi s, and when wo * merged
| ht in the further side sp cimens of this!
fruit were strung on tin- muh’s !<•«•» lik,.
beads.
A mile I ey»»n < this 1 saw our excellent
minister 1 the }iosp< Iw< ndiru: his sn| ’
‘ •nm way across the prairi s with a wn<y-l
<>! ' bill nf II I .HI J;uD*f<s, and 1 rift W ttiat j
unhss in* whipped is hor~e into a most ■
nvi i iMt'.lii.u ii> ..... ... .. i.i t. . : . . i ; I
extraordinary run, we would he into him
about mslaot 'i'. I pulled hard on the ;
near rein with one hand, while I stead-I
icd mys If with lue chain with Iho other, j
l»ut with no more efleet than il 1 had la-!
ken a pull on Pike’s Peak. We struck i
llie paiison'ri family about amidships, anti
went through. I never saw infant Chris- j
tiiM.iiy so scattered as on that occasion. !
I felt tlie parson galliei iiig up his fam J
i!j' ; r * d Continued until l slruek the doc
tor’s lei.ee, a! ‘1 "’ent into his fi out
dooi with the hull and g el ,se at my tat \
tered rear. I knocked over the cradle]
and upset the supper table. The doctor I
cairn* to my rescue with a kick in t!.e !
libs el it is dog- that sent him with a howl !
and a inoultdull of pant.ilooi s into tli • j
I then told the doctor with on. ;
: ihi »i11»—all 1 hud left that Araminta’s
little devil of a brother was dying; of too
much watermelon, and wanted a doctor
with squilig.
We r< turn and in about tlie same style
The doctor having a younge horse than
i my lival had been favored with, kept the |
| lead, with his pill-baga flapping in the
iv’ir, white lua coal t.uls fnude a straight !
l ue behind.
Il his horse flagged any tlie mule star
tl'd him up again lay a vigorous bito on
the rump that seemed to infuse new vig
or into that, medic-tied animal. We pass*
ied my rival sitting on the road-side
j nursing ids off leg* as if it hurt. him. IJe
| ■ ever came hack, acknowledging his do- ;
Meat iu the nit s! gentleman y manner. i
] Tim doctor noon put Araniinta’s little i
j brother in a perpendicular position, and
j llial night, at the bedside id*the little sufi- j
| i r ‘ *'» Keeping well to the front,{l propo***
ed, was accepted, and the happy day i
I was fix and. I rode into Aramiula s affec
! 110 s oil a muh*.
Pat aad sire S*ik«
i A Countryman having killed a pig, j
nnl not wishing t<» divide with his neigh j
bn;:., ;j W S til- FUsiOIII ill that COuhtl'V,
said to his n a (wlm by t e v.ay, was a ]
Still (I tin Prih’i.t Id J.;le):
‘Pat, il 1 give the neigt Imrs who have)
given to me a piece ol my pork 1 11 have
none left to myself. Can you tell in«i
] what 1 am lo do'P
i ‘Be <la(i, sir, said Pal, 'it’s myself that
j can- do that same t ting.’
| *(Jo il/ »uid the e uutryman, ruldiing
j his oinds and looking at Pat. ‘Now'
j tell me what 1 can do.’
i ‘JMi i 111 sir,’ saul Pal, ‘sure and when,
] lii * cmytluir is elmnu-d, just lie aft .er
[ hanging il aea'inst. the door where ivery |
. uot li* r 7 - sou f»f h in will o*e it. and ear
jly in the moramg, before a y one is
j a ou l, get up and filke iu ymn | g, and
! hide it away. Thin, when your ne gh
; imms com- 1 ., jm-t In: uft her telling them
the pig was a 1 hole. 1
j 'Capital idea, Pat,’ xclaimed the conn
| tiyman; ‘Pil (1 * it, by St. CeorgieP
j So, when the pig was ch-am-d, it Was
] hung oiitsidt I .’ the <Jo »r, so ihe neighbors
j uiighl see it. The countryman anxious
ly await'd the .pp o.telling nig t r and j
it last retired to l>ed t hut not to sleep.
j i’at, under c >ver of the darkness of the i
j night, crept round the house and Ht de
j llit; we
j VV hat. was the aslotiisliiniTit of tlm I
Ciiiintryni.iii, vvimn al early dawn tin rose
I to hide uviay his hot found no pig'j
; tliorv, can he better imagined than de- j
[scribed, lu the midst of Ills bewilde
| incut, Pat came in with his usual ‘Top ’o
j the nioi niter In ye, sir,’ and giving him i
1 a knowing wink, said:
*.VI art In r. how about the pig?’
| 'Well, Pat, tins pig was stolen in ieal~ ;
| il y*
) T-’aitn. and that sounds just as uatu- j
1 ala- if you lost your pig.’
; 'Hut you blockhead, 1 tell you the pig ,
■ wa- stolen . ’
‘E.iitli and b gurry, masther, the dev-!
il a hit ’u me thought you could do as
well Ju-t ,tick to that; it’s us natural j
as lil,
‘By St. George.’ roared the now irate .
| Couutryuhi, 'i tell y ill that the pig was
[ stolen.’
! ‘Oce! I-e jih u's,’ said I’at, ‘stick to it,,
j and your neighbors will bdave you, and i
Ia devil a bit of it tuey’ll got. Faith, Ii
• didn’t tnink ye could do so well.’
i Argument Against Sunday Schools.
An Arkansas preacher, of the Liard- :
! .shell persuasion, atmouuced that on the
• following Sabbath lie should ‘preach agin
; Sabbath Schools.’
When the day arrived lie took for his
I text: ‘Wee unto you, Scribe* and Phar
isee*.'
‘My l.reethei'img,’ said he, ‘tliar ain't
! nnrrv text iu this yer Bible that wer’n’t
guv to u.s far a rule, and a guide, and a
. consolation—ih. Now, my lireelhcring,
when we want a nos* to st'.ja when lies
gettin’ too reacniu’ we sui” out to that
yer boss, woe—ah. So the Bible, seetn’
there Scrities and .Pharisees strikin’ out
too reai hill a gait —line these yer Sun
day Sc.-O'd fellers —say to them, woe—
ah.’
This finished the Sunday School for
1 that year.
Mental Recreation.
That simple and innocent amusements
should eiitei more largely into the every
day life of a large class of people is dai
ly growing more evident, A contempo
rary says that m oital div. rsion, mental
< xliiliiati.m mental release from the
e ires, bn.-tii ess and worries of lilo are not
"ly c-sent ia I to healthy thought and
I'ulthy eondilion of the mud, hut they '
materially pr. m te bodily vigor anil
p! ysic I well-henig It is ihe absence i
J of these anius. rneiits that to so grout an
j extent leads to so many social evils to
j many habits and practices which ruin
j he a I tli and morals ol our sons and -laugh
! in a great many cases. Il boys and
[ girls from fifteen and upwards do not j
find amusements al home, especially du
ting the long winter evenings, they sigh
f r places where exhilaration can be
found—Hie sons for the street, the daugh
ters for the dance, for the visiting of
their associates whose homes aro ntoio
live;y. Parents cannot ho too careful !
| that t if homes aro male attractive'
I enough to ke. j> tlieii children at home.
Young people cannot he'expeicted to Itivi
boohs a;id newspapers always in their
; hands, or sit demurely by the family
lir sitle by the hour, in hemming, and
si itching, and knitting. Games and
pa. slimes should he more frequently in
troduced into our families. T ere
should he more off hand visiting, of in
lot trial calls, where one neighbor can
drop into another neighbor’s house alter
dark, spend an hour or two in unrestrain
ed social intercourse, without form or
ceremony, for two or three nights in ev
ery week, thus giving air, exercise, and
recreation.
O HOUSING A I’ItOFKSSI >N. — A lady of
birth, and leader of fashion— aye, and of
intellect, too had throe Sons. The fond
mother, anxioiin to ‘teach lire young idea’
gathered tin se. precious nestlings around
her dm the sola one holiday, and explain I
led that her fortune was small, and died I
I with her, and that thcae three noble |
I buys of hors would have to undertake I
noble work -in fact, they would have to |
I go out into the world, as their father had |
done, and win their way.
‘Yes, mamma, yes,’ cried the earnest
I I’ttio follows, folly comprehending the'
mother's niaii.
j Her eyes ghslened as she listened to
I Iheir willing goodness. Visions of one
I as a general, another as a judge, a third
I as a bishop, swiitii before her.
j ‘Veil, my darlings,’ she said,‘you arc
good hoys to be so willing to work,
j Wluit would you like to lie?’
‘l’lie young voices, without a pause,
without a moment's hesitation, full of
Claude Duval and Sylvunus Cobh, cried
out, with one accord:
‘ IJigiiwayinon, mamma!’
j A Shout Slum in. Here is a hit of phi-
I losiiphy worth r- tiding. Il is an expos
ure of a very common delusion. It is a
good r ndei'iug of an old idea :
“Two thing i ought to he strongly
impressed upon tlm young people of our
j country. The ii security of rici.es, even
j when acquired, and their unsatisfying
j character. There is no fallacy so uni-
I versally cherished as tlie notion that
! weal his secure I }' a weans of happiness,
i The care of a large property is uric of
| lie- ia si buide .some ol c nth’s trusts.
| The only mat- rial good that comes from
ary estate is lo hi: mad” out of a mod
crate income far more easily than a large
one and with fewer attendant dis: (Ivan
luges, lew thoughtful men would un
dertake the Htewnrlsliip of a large es
tate on a positive bargain that tliey
would r r, eciv no more for taking care of
it than ordinarily falls into the lap of the
owner. Thu scrarnhlu after wealth is
due to a wrong estimati ot good when
it is gained ’’
Re Sociable*
Mi n isolate themselves from society,
and have no n ar null dour f mily ties,
and ar.i the most uncomfortable of human
icings. Byron says that ‘happiness
was born a Uvi/i,’ but the phrase, though
pr.-tty and p o tic, does not go far enough.
VVe asc gregarious, and are not intended j
lo maroli through life either in single or i
double file. Tim man who earns for no- ;
hoily, for whom nobody cares, has nulli
ng to live for that will pay fur the keep
ing of body and soul together. You I
must have a heap of umbers to have a
glowing fire. Scatter them apart, and ,
they will become cold and dim. So, to
liaveahrf.sk, vigor us life, you must
have a group of lives to keep each warm,!
to afford mutual encouragement, conii- ;
deuce and support. If you wish to live ■
the life of a man and not of a logua, he j
sociable, he brotherly, he cliaiitahle, be
sympathetic, and labor earnestly lor the
good of your kind.
Hydrate of chloral seems to develop
fresh virtues every day. A ease of rat
tlesnake poison has lately been cured by
it al J’oint I’leasant, N. J. A young
mail bitten by the rattlesnake, and cx
i hibuing the usual violent and alarming
symptoms, was treated with the hydrate,
liv. dog. u of twen y giaius tauh bring
j .administered, when sleep followed, and
the patient awoke alter several Lours
with every symptom ol the poison gone.
At the same time we wuu.d warn non
piolessioua! persons against tampering
with this powerful agent, the ouicimri
strength of which does not seem to have
been agreed upon by pharmaceutist*.
j $2.00 per Anti urn'
NO.- 43
SHREWD.
| Avt net-able minister in Massad’an- ,
K'dte.-T adopted a shrewd and successful
plan in abate a nuisance. lie and two’
neighbors kept liens 1 One neighbor
'oil hint seif kept tln-ir hens shut up so
a- not to annoy others. The other
neighbor, th.mgh often expostulated
with, would let his run at large; and 1
they made sid work in the gardens of
she minister and bis otter neighbor.
One day the man who kept his liens shut
up came to the minister i" great trouble,'
| saying, “Mr. I’., I really do not kiiotv
' tii do; I had just put my garden all 1
in fin • oak r, and neighbor ’« liens'
h ive scratched the beds all up, and un
done all my work. I don’t Want to 1
; make trouble in the neighborhood,' but*
wlut rail I do?’
ihe venerable minister immediately
said :
Wool; here; 1 have two liens 1 wish to j
kill.. I will let them out, and they will
‘i light iuto your garden. You shoot
j il'Cm. You may throw them over it you ’
! are a mind to; but yon shoot them.’
i He went home. The liens were let
I out, and were soon in his garden, and he
shot them. The nows flew through the
neighborhood that this man had shot the’
Minister's liens. The other neighbor
Ik aid of it and sai l to himself, ‘lf he will'
shoot the minister’s hens, lie will mino,’
and at once shut them up, and the an
noy uace ceased. This was truly very
shrewd in the minister. It would not)'
of course, have dime for him to shoot
anybody's lions, but if another dares to
shoot a minister's hens, ho surely would'
! any ono else’s.
This was being wise as serpents, if 1
not harmless as doves.
Indignant Virtue.
j A Lit at the Virginia Legislature of
last winter is circulated in Richmond.-
j it appears that t: party who had his own
ia is ms for making' trio inquiry,; ap
proached a Pennsylvania railroad niiui,
uid asked him flatly whither his cotnpa-'
ny intended spending any more money
j in Richmond.
‘.Vo, nil', no; emphatically uoP was'
j the excited reply,
i ‘Why not?’
‘l’ll tell you why, sir. The members 1
id the Pennsylvania Legislature ul*e gen*
tiemen, sir—perfect gentlemen. You*,
don’t have tv bribe them but once; but’
bringing his fist in virtuous indignation
down upon the table—‘these scoundrels
i \ irginia have no more conscience'
than a hog, and you never know when 1
you have done tuying them.’
—
In accordance with a ivcont net of
j (longr- sH, no internal revenue stamps
' will be hereafter re(]uired tiptin any le
gal document whatever, no paper Leing*
subject to t.tuinp duty except cheeks,
drafts, and orders drawn :st sight, or on
demand, upon banks, bankers, ot tniHtf
companies. The act referred to also'
■a Tnpts from stamp duly all foreign'
bills of exchange. A radical and desir
able change has thus been affected in
the s; stem of internal revenue, but what?
effect it will have upon the (jiuvoi nmout/
receipts remains to be seen.
‘I declare,’said an old lady, reverting
to the promise made on her marriage'
dov by her liege, lord, '1 shall never for
ce! when Ohndiah put the nuptial ring
on my finger, and said, ‘With my world*'’
!y goods I thee endow.’ II- used to'
keep a dry goods store then, and then l'
thought lie was going to give me the'
whole there was in it,- I’ was young’
and simple then, and I did not know tHI !
afterward that it meant one calico gown’
a year.’
A Western editor, receiving an invi
tation to take tea with a lady friend,
accepted. While at the table the !a*ly
observed that he had uo spoon for biff
cup. ‘ls it possible,’ said she, ‘that I
[i ; rto give you a spoon? I could not
have made such a mistake.’ ‘h have no'
spoon, madam,’ said the editor, rising
from hiu seal, ‘and- if you don’t believe-'
it yopt may search me.’
At a lengthy conference between 1
(fraut and Blaine at the Fifth Avenue'
Hotel, Tuesday, it was decided to seed 1
the whole Cabinet to stump Ohio imme
diately.
J, Miller Turner is the name of th<4
colored Consul to Liberia, who has come
from Africa to stump Missouri for Ilia'
task-master.
Tkx Oomm.vsduksts : oi? Tire B’-Mr.—
1. Secure if possible a vigoroas ecu*’
stiiution.
2. Eat a good supply of the best food:
'Take a proper uimiuut of physical 1
exercise daily.
4. Use pure water to driiiS*.
o. Secure abundance of pure air fot‘
the lungs.
(i fake eight hours of goOd sleep out’
ol the twenty-four.
7. Observe cleanliness.
:. oL.five regularity in all your liabv
its.
■ Take wise but not excessive’ recrc-’
atioii.
10. Work nt some useful and conge
niul employment.— / 1-obl of llculth.
An Irishman who hail blistered liilf
eiigors trying to draw on a pair of boots,’
exclaimed aloud: “1 believe I shall neV
ter get ’em on tilt I wear ’em a day dr
two-”