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HD SB A BEDS AJtD THBItt HABITS. Soroa husband* never leave home In the morning without kitsing their wires and bidding them, “good-by, dear,” in the tone* of unwearied lore; and, whether it be policy or fact, it hat all the effect, and those hornet are generally pleasant one* providing always that the wires are appre ciative and welcome the discipline in a loudly spirit. We know an old gentleman who lived with hit wife over fifty ycart, and never left home without the twa and the “good-by, dear.” Some husbands shake hands with their wives and harry off as fast as possible, as though the effort were a something that they were ftpjiou* to for get,ho!diug their heads 4owa and darting round the first corner. Some husbands, before leaving borne, ask very tenderly, “What would you like for dinner, my dear? knowing all the while that the will select something for hit particular palate, and off be goes. Borne husbands will leave home without say mg anything «t all hut thinking a good deal, at evinced by their turning round at the last point of observation and waving an adieu at the pleasant face or facea at the window. Some husbands never say • word, rising from the breakfast table with the lofty indifferenoe of a lord, and going out with a heartleta disregard of thoae left behind. It is ,a fortunate thing lor their wives that they «an find sympathy elsewhere. Some hntbtods never leave home without tome unkind word or look, apparently thinking that such a conrse will keep tilings straight in their ab sence. Then on 'returning, some) hus bands come borne jolly and happy unsolv ed by the world; tome sulky and early with its disappointment. Some husbands hring home a newspaper or a book, and bury themselves for the evening in its contents. Some husbands are called away every evening by business or tooiel engage ments; some dose in speechless stupidity on a sofa until bedtime, Some husband* are curious to.learn of their wives what has transpired through the day; others are at tracted by nothing short of a ohild’t tum- bling down stairs or the house taking fire. “ Depend upon it,” says Dr. Spooner, “that home is the happiest where kindness, and interest, and politeness, and attention are to rule' on U>. r ~* «i tk. Whand-rfd course, all the reponsMily reste with them —and temptation finds no footing there.” AStOßir jo Task Aw at Wwmxus. —There is an old book called The Toilet Os flora. Hand it me down; it is on the fourth shelf there, third volume from the window. Thanks. It says in the preface, “The chief Intention of this I’erformanco fs (o point out to the Fair Be* (that means wemen) the Method by which they can preserve and add to their Charms,” There am many curious hints in it, but just hear what the author proscribes as “A Secret to Take Away Wrinkles.” bio, you aro sot goiag to ho sold wjth a sentimental old moral about cultivating benevolent seuti meets, and then your wrinkles will not he noticed—the ladies of that day would have pitched away the bock, and caltod the wri ter’s confirm’d prig. listen to tlio words of power ; ■uJhllot au iron shovel red hot. Throw thereon some pwoeTof fiyrrhj’recoive the Bmcsk on your Face, covering your head with a Napkin to collect the Smoak. Do {this three times. Then heat the Shovel again, and when Fiery Hot Bpit on it a Mouthful of White Wine. Receive this Vapour also in your face three times. Continue this proceeding every Night and Morning as Lang as yon find Occasion.” Now, go home and try that, some of you who don’t look quite so young as when I first knew you. Ladies’ Newspapers— -An able En glish critic, on this subject, briefly but sensibly argues; “Asa rule, ladies prefer those journals which combine sens* with taste and fashion. They do not care for the political or party paper, but they do wish to know of Ml great movements in government, in publio enterprises, in education, religion and in the various reforms, temperance, hygienic, etc. Pa pers or magazine*, written exclusively for ladies, lack that vigor and power which all true women admire. The best paper, therefore, combines the two elements, male and female, to blended aa to represent the two nature*, and u> W both the intellect and the sentiment; W from feeding on the wishy-washy (waddle of sick, simpering, literary ‘hacks’ of either sex, we beg to be delivered. Sensible men and women want vigorous, sensible thoughts, expressed by baalthy minds, and not the emptv chaff of empty skulk.” THE UNKNOWN SEAS. - T]m - ** Hsmnf thump. , The rain i* pit.hing on my sill, But all the wind* of Heaven are still; And JO it Jails with that doll sound, Which thrill* oa in the church yard ground, When the first spadeful drop* lik* lead, Upon the coffin of the dead, Beyond my *treamisg window-pane, I cannot see the neighboring vane, If at from it* eld familiar tower, • The bell come*, muffied, through the shower, What strange and unsuspected link, Os feeling touched, haa made me think— While with * vacant eoul and qyo, I watch that gray and atony sky— Os nameless groves on battle plains; Washed by a single winter’s rains. Where, some beneath Virgin inn hills, And some by green Atlantic rills. Soma by the waters of the West, A myriad unknown heroes rest, Ah-i not the chiefs who, dying, sea Their flag* in front of victory, Or at their life-blood’s noble cost. Pay for a battle nobly lost, Claim from their monumental b«ds The bitterest tear* a nation ahtda; Beneath you lonely mound-—the spot, By alt sere tome fond few forgot— He the true martyrs .of the fight, Which strikes for freedom and for right. Os them, their patriot seel and pride, The lofty faith that with them died, Ho grateful page shall farther tell, Than that so many bravely fell; And we nan only dimly gueea What worlds of all this world’s dUtrcm, What utter woe, despair and dearth Their fate ha* brought to many a hearth. Just such a «ky aa this ehould wasp Above them always where they deep; Vet, haply, at this very hour, Their graves era Ideas lover’* bower, And Natore’a self, with eye* unwet. Oblivious of the crimson debt, To which she owee her April grass; Uugh* gaily o’er their borial place ROMANCE. ' »T OLIVER WEiTOAU BOI.XB*. Ohl aha was a maid of laughing eye, And she lived in a garret cold and high, And ha was a threadbare, wbWcefed beau, And be lived in a cellar damp and low. lint the rosy boy of the cherub wing, Hath tusny a shaft for hi* slender string, And the youth below end the maid above, Were touched with the flashing darts of lov*. And the would wake from her troubled deep. O er hit tender tmiet-atmx to weep, ' Or eland like a statue cold and fair. And gaze on n lock of hie bright red hair. And ha who was lata so tall and proud, With hie step so firm and laugh ao loud. Hit beard grew long and hi* f lo e grew thin, And ha pined in tolitude over hi* gin. B*t one soft night in the month of June, A* she lay in the light of a cloudless moon, A voice came floating soft and dear, To the startled maiden’s listening ear- O then from her creaking couch aha sprang, And her tangled trcaeee hack ahe flung, Bb# looked from the window far below. And ha stood beneath—her whiskered ba*u I She did not start with a foolish frown, But packed her trunk and scampered down, And there wae her lover tail and true, In hie thread-bare ooat of the brightest blue. The stars that rose in the evening shade, hooked sadly down on a weeping maid, The sun that come in bis morning pride, Sh*J golden light o’er n laughing bride. Vic* asd Virtue.— That the virtuous person, or ho who performs his duty by obeying the will of God, enjoys much happiness; and that the vicious person, or he who lives in the habitual violation of law intimated to him by reason and con science, is subject to much infelicity, are truths *o obvious, that they ha.* BO t escaped observation in any age. AU men, indeed, suffer a greater or less degree of uneasiness and pain; but the virtnona man experiences far less than the vicious. The first tastes all those joys whioh the moral constitution of his nature impart*; the last not only loses those joys, but suffers the miseries flowing from a disapproving mind. The good person also enjoys the esteem and affection of his fellow-men. Look at two character*; the one is pious, upright, hu mane, temperate and industrious; the other is irreligious, unjust, malignant, treacherous, indolent and debauched. Which of these two would you choose for your friend! To which of them would you commit a trust! All men Distantly, and with one votoe, give the preference to the virtuous character. They esteem him; they love him; they wish him well. Put the vicious person is the object of contempt or detestation, A damsel was asked, “When a lady and gentleman have quarreled, and each con siders the other in fisult, which of the two ought to be the first to advance towards a reconcilation t” Her reply was. “The best hearted and wisest of the two.” Cuaioemxa ov Hcmasitt. —The hus band that says to hie wife on a Monday night, when code is in revolt, dinner i* behind hand, and “shock down,” “My dear, you look tired —let m walk up and down with the hflij while you rest!” The wife who expends aa much pains upon her toilette $b a rainy morning when there is no one but “John" at the breakfast table, as she does otabe evening when her old sweetheart is coining to call 1 The husband who reads all the Con gressional debatea to his wife without meanly skipping Avciy other paragraph, and always kecps'Bisr posted in floating poi Tb#)wife who"provides herself withspods of cotton thimble* and sewing work before the reading don’t have to jump up once in five minutes to “fetch something from the other mom!” I , The man who inconsistent, and goes out to chop kindlings for exercise after having recommended bed-waking to hi* wife as a laalthfui mtthodTT expanding the chest ! The woman who tells berbusSlnft-jost exactly how mnnKtnoney »be ‘pent in that shopping expedition yesterday! The man who is always delighted with the domestic puddings and pies, and don’t expect a daily bill of fare like unto a French restaurant 1 The sc.*..,who never saw a collar pattern that fits so much hotter than bis aver did! The woman who can't tell the color of her neighbor’s new winter bonneti The husband who, especially during northeast storms, and during the preva lence of domestio toothaches, makes up his mind that it is a great deal cheaper to be amiable than to soold.— Phrenological Journal. Tat Miixessicm —A literary curiosity has just appeared in London tinder the title of “Lotus Naporeon the destined Monarch of the Wtuid,” Ao., by the Rev. M. Baxter, author of “Tbs Coming It is said that twelve thousand copies have been sold, the book finding readers, notwith standing its apparent absurdity, on accout of the noteworthy names used by tbe author as authorities. We are indebted to Mr. Baxter for the cheerful news that the world is to end in 1873—a0 that may set a tout their preparations fofftal event aa sdßn as they like; but during tbebiief interval of six or seven years the Emperor of the French is to become sole monarch of the world, person ally representing the Antichrist of the latter day. He is become sapremo over England and moat of America, the rout of Christen dom submitting to his sway. He is to make a covenant with the Jews, who by his aid are to return to Palestine, resume their rank as a nation and rebuild Jerusa lem. Napoleon is than to begin and carry on the persecution of Christians which answers to the pouring out of the vials. “,Two years and six weeks” after the date of the oovenant with the Jews, “tbe ascen sion of the one hundred and forty-four thousand wise virgins” is expected to occur. The Jews are to bp favored only for seven yoars and two and a half months, and then tho great battle of Armageddon is to taka place, in which Louis Napoleon (the “great best”) is to be defeated and slain. This is a revelation mom startling than any of Dr. Cummings’ inventions. Indian CorrCt.—lndia, perhaps, more than any other part of the world, ia fitted to supply our markets with au abundant good apd cheap flipply of oottou. Hither to the quantity Os this important staple that has found tie way into Liverpool and our principal posts has disappointed the anticipations of loose best acquainted with its immense resources and capabilities; but when we co aider the difficulties which had and are «til to be surmounted, we have reason to (angratulate ourselves th*; so much has alfeady been accomplished. A glance at of countries contribu ting cotton will (how that a very consid erable iocreasa lias taken place in the quantity now i nported from onr eastern empire; andhereute must,injustice,remark that this result is In a great measure, if not altogether attributable to tbe persistent exertiofls the Cotton Supply Association of Manchester have put forth to overcotire the prejudices raff natural conservatism of tits native mild, and to stimulate both th* large and rural! ’proprietors to the cultivation ot ihk cotton plant, wherever it could he grofu with success. It haa noW- been domabstrated satisfactorily that tka landowners of India will, as elsewhere, give up the culture of their accustomed crops where they find it profitable to do 90 and* if only the forces of the soil arc seconded by (fie use of mode in cleansing and pressing maditoery and the means of transport improM, We ntey con- : fidently look to oftr possess!#;}* to the East ultimately standing at the list tea source of supply. x 'O’lSPteHjßj! In ail thesa raapeota, however, India k bora under very terious disadvantages. The culture of tho plant is carried on in the most primitive manner, and with implements of the roughest and most anti quated character; the product ia imperfectly cleaned; frequently no attempt whatever is mad# to subject it to effective adadequate pressor*, and the means of transport and, intercommunication are positively disgrace ful. If we add to these drawbacks the fact that the article at present grown is mostly of inferior quality, simply because it is raised from- inferior seed, we have a state of the attention not merely of the mercantile community but also of the Gov ernment. Th* Present.' —ln order to enjoy the presenj, itTm»«sury to be intent on tbe .present. To be doing one thing, and thinking of another, is a very unsatisfactory mode of spending life. Some people are always wishing themselves somewhere but where they are, or thinking of something else than whst they are doing, or of some body else than to whom they are speaking. This is tho way to enjoy nothing, to do nothing well, and to please nobody. It is better to be interested with inferior things thauto bo indifferent with the best. A principal |*us« of this indifferenoe of other people’s tsi.t.'s instead of tbe cultivation of our own—the pursuit after that for which consequently, we are not in reality inclined. This folly pervades, more or less, all classes, and arises from the error of building our enjoyment on tbe foundation of the world’s opinion, instead of being, with due regard to others eaeh our own world. A nosegay is easily obtained. Four brandy teddies a day for a couple of months will put you in the way of one that will astonish all your frineda. GOOD NEWS FOR THE ** LADIES AND GENTLEMEN Os Washigton and Vicinity. 11 RECEIVED, A. LARGE STOCK OF SPRING GOODS, FM€¥ GGMB, A LARGE STOCK OP BESTS’ CLOTHKG ASD FURNISHING GOODS. CONSULT YOUR OWN INTEREST BE FORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. Respectfully, J. WILES & CO. WaKhiogtoo, April 36, 1-ts MACHINE SHOP , s, ASD W. L. & I. T. KEOIGH, AT GOLUCKES OLD STAND, XVTB would respectfully inform the public T V thst vi are now prepared to mak* and repair Furniture, with neataee* * IT -’ dis patch. COTTAGE CHAIRS and BED STEADS, of different kinds and qualities al ways on hand. » ' WINDOW BUNDS, SASHES. DOORS. Ao., Ae. Order* for COFFINS will receive prompt at tention night or dev- Versons wishing to pur chaee Furniture, will find it So their interest to cell and examine our atoek before purchasing elsewhere. W . L. AJ. T. ENOUGH. 1 April 26,1866, l-2m 00 tMJij \ EMERIES, HARDWARE, &C., AT CLEVELAND'S OLD STAND. WE desire to call the attention of the p*b lic to onr complete Stock of GROCERIES, which we offer cheap for CASH. Our assort ment.consuls at SUGARS, COFFEES. TEAS. PICKLES, VIN EGAR, LORSTERS, OYSTERS, SAR DINES, mackerel, salt canT NED FRUITS, JELLIES, FINE WINES, BRANDIES, ALE, WHISKEYS, PORTER, CANDIES OF ALL KINDS, SOAP, P I PESj INK, PAPER, CURRANTS, FINK CHKWJNG AND SMOKING TO BACCO, FINE CIGARS, COTTON AND WOOL CARDS, BLyCKING, ALMONDS, RyISINS, HARDWARE. HOES, TRACE-CHAINS! BUCKETS, TUBS, SHOVELS, SPADES; Axes, Hatchett, File*, Screw*, Nail*, Drawknives, Sifter*, Padlock., Broom., Smoothing Iron*, * Shear*, Sythe Blade*, Koirea, Fork., Pocket Kniree, Measure!, Shot and Cape, CROCKERYWARE, TINWARE, &U. tW Produce of all kind* taken in exchange L-rj-ootia at tho HIGHEST price*. Just Received, A line lot of SUMMER HATS end SHOES at F. ARNOLD A.GOB. Washington, Aprils?, 1866, 1-ts C ■ / Stand* for Clothing when fashionably made; L For Light Fabric, to auit th* spring trade; 0 Our establishment, where pies** to cell; T Tidy garment! should be worn by sU; H Hot weather, without fear; I Invite you to buy yow. clothing here; N New styles we we receiving every week ; G Glad to ae* yon vhe& onr establishment you seek. REMEMBER I. SIMON & CO., Fashionable Clothing Emporium 214 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, OA. M»y 18,1866, s— ts NEW EUITION, JUST PUBLISHED, OF THE ELEMENTARY SPELLER & EEADER> By Bov. duo. Nooly. Acknowledged by all who have used it, to ks the Elementary Book of tho kind. SIMPLE, EASY, GRADUAL-' NEARLY 50,000 ttINSS ALREADY SOLD! tsf~ Order > from School Teacher, and Country Merchant* attended to at once. SEi' For sale by A. BLEAKLEY. mtmi