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]VfI COME TO SPRING.
.. ; ■ Sr* 1 "* yfft , n d Kreet her with m<*.
~,:■ j,* the brooklet# are flowing,
with fresh impulse to thee.
, . m etb, mv dearest!
Spring >n(l her with me.
' “ ' k leaves, the May flower# are
njssionate lore, sweet, for thee.
... ue cometh. beloved !
■ rmuii (treef her with me,
" V a .,*s in the tree-tops are calliDg ;
T logins heart, ever, for thee.
. .... - someth, my darling!
\ , i tf r _ri '‘t her w.ta me.
are falling:
' .. -.n.rw fall sweetly on thee.
, 1 V)' .1 TIME and OFT.
.. , j still, and the day is done,
® .. „* t r# re out aloft,
' . f i:.tt fire alone,
• ar.< that are past and gone,
A: V a tim- Jin 1 oft.
• v ilag<* Wide the sea ;
,t Mat Ly the trjsting tree,
m never come back to me;
• . wac y a time and oft!
.... hnshrd and the chimes are still,
, m of the crowd are soft,
• ip r on at their own wild will,
t, and my heart is chill,
V. v a time sml oft.
ft' all faded and fled,
- broken, the shaft that’s sped,
i•.. i: iv time and oft!
TWO QUEENS.
, , r { t inv evening toward the close
uni. 17il, ponderous old travel
,.L toiled wearily up the hill, the
• ~f which is crowned by ihe an
' t towu < f dougne, on the road be
j ns I<'S Haulniers and Besanoou,
. it.il of tin* province of Franehe-
Tin re were two women in the
i ; oi., tall, handsome, and ex
ijnirjv eh-gunt, occupied the seat
. . tlio li r <h; the othor, who sat
.ft, to In r, was a young person of
.|,tiy countenance, whose simple
. and deferential manner an
i ,1 in r at nueo to be either a wait
lll;,i ior a dame de compague. From
, to turn' *ue or the other of the two
, - would thrust her head out of
(..irriapn window to urge on thepos
„ ~r look hack down the road, ap
idly to ee whether any one were
fnllmviuff.
\ i . itlihtamliiig the entreaties of the
.ind Ins own best endeavors,
Mutiv .hit'ipioM, the postilion, failed
, uhlv in Ids attempts to induce his
• 111 in / omish horses to get into a
'one a gallon. The road was
.i 1 • rain so blinding, the ruts so
i, in mud so deep, that the best
i 'leasts eonld do in response to
in i >ter’s oaths ami loud cracks of
p was to give an oeeasional jerk
I, or a stumble, and then resume
■ wonted funeral pace,
"H aven help me, Susanne! 'Phis
iliul journey will never end; we
I os'uhly reach Hesancmt to*
. ohierved the lady who sat with
i i,oi* to the horses. “ Mon Diet!;
i 1 wish we were all over it and
•■Mid ime is too nervous ; that gen
, n horseback we have seen at
!:i i three stations, and who las f<d
,ii , lino frightened her. Believe
I mi him* lie is no spv ; he is too
. i r ili and. lam persuaded that he
>iN !.<••emitted hy nmdaiue's charms,
* ii .l r, cognized her. Oh. he is
i ip calotte than t am."
‘•ii '. I\i i v little what you think
i in oi : I have my fears, and my
lor having them. But your
• I u: -ii -e more, and boo if lie is
i did as she was bid, and pres
t \ Imt iug down the wiudow asquick
e I’ihl to prevent the rain from
iii'ii' io, pave her mistms the reas
i ws that not only had the oh*
ir.meer disappeared, but also
t c tin' gate of .Tongue was close at
•i t. * And, madame, through a break
i the e'.ouds I saw the mountains of
•i • i'/ rla’id ; so you see wo are ap
11 :h' u>r the frontier."
That is well, we will stop for sup
) r I re at the Lion d’Or, and*then
o, n on to It. saucou this very night,”
said Ip r mistress.
in ;> few moments more the carriage
rambled through the narrow streets of
and • i in', uid presently stopped under
In pnrft vochrrc of the hotel of the
golden lion.
" Will tlie ladies get down ?” said the
lv innkeeper as he stood with the half
"I'mied door in one hard and his cap in
t "ther, bowing with extra civility to
Ins two now guests, and delighted at
the prosjx et of their being detained all
hi. lit under his roof, for travelers had
■ mo very rare iti those troubled
‘ime-v “Will the ladies get down?
''"■lT' r will bo ready at a moment’s no
” Certainly, we want it at, onee, and
*" r and boa good, substantial meal, for I
• assure you, we are really hungry,”
■worod the tall lady', as she jumped
fa and, turning to tlie postilion, in
it were possible to reach Bes
iup '>:i before midnight.
I’-rteotly impossible, madame; the
ie> ,uv in a shocking state. We
*'v 1 , - 1 1 v run the risk of a breakdown
i alf way.”
‘ And that would be intolerable.
■ ’ - ' Susanne, get down and bring
hi with you all the shawls, pillows and
’.’.out tiags you can find, for, since we
s, ‘ ee P bore, we may as well make
ourselves at. homo."
'. s; 'J lue ’ '“aded with rugs and satch
■ "'i and her mistress into the house
, 1:r w< * travelers emerging from the
V'l ! ; s I ,“‘ b'/'b entered the brightly
' ■' ' "Hing room. A fire crackled
T ' " hearth, atid the large
p , m .‘ *th many little tables eov
V I! ■: st.cw.vvhito cloths and ohin
•"p; , ° K "y H ; iU' cosy. The la
. l ; ‘. fbr'ir wraps, seated
, ' )v ‘ ,u \ rf N flud presently
’ V drew in front of them a
" ■■ ■’ i she j laced two smoking
1 > of broth.
r ng ,t of tlie fire threw its
. 1,1 fbc countenance of
’ ‘ , liv 'and showed her to pos
v ” r ' a, ‘d stately beauty that
‘ ' 1 <v, on returning to
, ; . l' r,i eh'iimed to her satel
. , ‘ '■ lr ■ r >'er before had seen so
1 !" rs nage “ C'est une verita
, r , . ; " , 10 ' s a perfect queen). I’ll
' some fine court marehi
t wav over the frontier,”
' 1. poor soul, I would be
j T ,' i’ r ' v nf her flight.”
; ” •■'dy justified these en
-11 figure was graceful and
' • h r features regular, lie.
' ’ vivacious. Her hair,
hngered traces of powder,
h i up over her ample fore
„ ' ',' heavy curl hung down
' Her complexion was
bant-, and, varying con
-1 the least em< tion, gave the
her ei emits who declared
The only defect that
! s-'iblv found with this other
: ’• :’ce was that tlie lower lip,
1 thkk, protruded a little be
, pi "per one, as is frequently
1 ' portraits of the sovereigns
mse of Am tria.
''■'S'ume was simple, consisting
tticoat and a flowered chintz
iuade in the fashion recently
' md styled “ Dolly Varden ”
in r, whom she called Su
pretty and unpretending
belonging to the viva
of French serving-maids
7 - 1 by Afolicre and Beau
ftltbre//es.
travelers had scarcely tas ed
M’ >onful of soup when the
1 '• apartment were thrown
i "icJionnairG of the pro
. m rnmout wea i'ing his tri
w. .'v”-entered. Striding up to
i ’,"lueh the two lidies were
• i W r : wfro,a bis pocket a letter,
V •"^VV^ 8 Wi^‘l vivid iuteree''
i u 7. made n mental com*
By BREWSTER & HEATH.
parison betwen her countenance and
that of some one described in the doc
ument he held in his hand.
“What is your name, citoyenne?”
asked he suddenly in a tone of au
thonty.
“ a y I first ask, sir, who it is I shall
hav the honor of answering when Ido
give my name?” returned the lady,
who, although she had become exceed
ttJgly p le, retained her self-possession
in a remarkable manner, for it was no
joke for a woman of position to fall
into the hands of fonctionnaires in
those days.
11 1 am the Mayor of Jongne.”
“In that case, M. le Maire, I am
Madame de Pryne.”
“ Have you no papers about you—no
pass-ort?”
“Mon Dieu! Yes—no; that is, of
course I have, but in my trunk,” an
swered the lady. “Wo are only going
to Uesanoon, This is my maid, Busanue;
we are two women traveling on busi
ness. I have an engagement at Besan
oou ; and really, M. le Maire, T had no
idea passports were neoessary when
traveling in France,”
“ You said that you had one in your
box. Very well, Madame de Pryne,
allow mo to soe this passport."
“ Willingly; call in your men, and let
them bring my largest trunk ; all my
papers are in it.”
The order was given and the box
opened.
“It is at the bottom of all,” said
Madame de Pryne, rising as if to search
for it herself.
“ It is useless your troubling your
self, eitoyeviue. Bee ! Look at these
grand trains, those ahum suffice to prove
that you belong to the court, and intend
emigrating into Hwitaerland.*’ cried the
mayor, as he threw out of tun box Jou
to the table several nittgniUooiit robes of
velvet, one of which was lined with
ermine. “And hen*—hero, uiy susoi
emiw are more than confirmed. An !
Ah! Madame de Pryne! -that is your
name, is it ?—and von wear a crown, do
von?” exclaimed the mayor, a*he sud
denly rose from his inspection of the
box's contents, brandishing in ou hand
a crown studded with large gems, and
in the other a sceptre, “Ah! ah!”
laughed he exultiuglv, “Madame de
l’ryue, n,i you were going over the from
tier with the crown jewels of France?
1 know who you are.”
“ Who?” asked Madame de Pryne, ns
pale as a sheet.
“ You are Mario Antoinette, of Aus
tria, sometime queen of France.”
“Is tho queen expected to pass this
way in her flight?”
“ She is, aud you know that better
than any one. In the name of France
aud the law I arrest you.”
“ Without any further proofs ?”
“Certainly ; I do not require them."
“Will you not at least look at my
passport?”
“Bah, a borrowed passport,” said
the mayor in an impatient tone. “ You
had better give yourself up, madame,
without any further ado. Believe me,
it will be for the best.”
“Then, sir,” the lady answered, rising
majestically from her seat, and assum
ing au imperial attitude, “I am the
queen.”
It would be difficult to imagine a
more noble figure than that of the un
fortunate princess as she spoke these
four words. Seeing that Susanne was
impatien’ly about to interrupt her, she
silenced her by an imperative gesture,
and then reseated herself with much
dignity in her chair. S3 queenly did
she appear at this critical moment of
her existence, that, staunch republican
as he was, the mayor of Jougue forgot
all about egalite , bowed low before his
fallen sovereign and retired at once to
give the necessary orders for her ma
jesty’s detention and to announce the
news of her capture to his fellow-citi
zens. A few moments after his exit
two gentlemen were sent to mount
guard at the doors of the 6aloon, and
the unfortunate queen, concluding a
few words of whispered conversation
with Susanne, threw herself on her
knees and prayed earnestly for divine
assistance. In less than an hour the
mayor returned accompanied by a dozen
or so of the municipality. They found
the queen calm, and even cheerful. She
acknowledged rheir deferential manner
toward her with royal grace, and when
informed that the upper floor of the
hotel was placed at her service until
further instructions were received from
Paris, followed them thither with so
quick and even gay a step that several
of them afterward remembered it as an
instance of unusual self-command.
When once the queen was safe, and
guards placed -at her door, tho mayor of
Jougne gave himself up to a transport
of revolutionary joy. “He had the
queen of France under lock and key.
On him, before three or four days were
over, would be fixed the eyes of all the
world. His name would descend to
posterity, and live forever in the annals
of his country.”
Having his fellow-func
tionaries in the saloon of the. inn, lie
made them a patriotic speech, in which
be invoked the spirits of Brutus and
Cato, aud wound up by proposing that
the “patriots of Jougne form them
selves into a battalion of true republi
cans, and, placing Marie Antoinette of
Austria in their centre, lead that arch
traitress before tne national tribunal.
Possessed as they were of her crown,
sceptre, globe, and royal mantle, they
could carry these emblems of fallen
despotism in tlieir triumphal proee -
sion, and offer them as a holocaust on
the altar of liberty.”
An address to the national assemb v
stating their intention, and giving -3
most minute details of the queen’s ar
rest, was forthwith written out and
signed by tlie entire conclave, and dis
patched immediately to the capital. To
this letter was added a private one
from tlie queen herself, and so artfully
was it sealed, that do what they could,
it was impossible for them to read a
angle word of its contents. Having
dismissed the council, the mayor went
once mere to the queen, to inform her
of what had been determined. Being
a kind-hearted man, however, he spared
her the knowledge of the manner in
which he proposed to conduct her back
to Paris.
While he was conversing wifh her
majesty, a gendarme hurriedly entered
the chamber in a state of great excite
ment :
“ M. le Maire ! L. le Maire ! we have
airested Polignae or Lamballe !”
“Ah !” exclaimed the queen, “it is
that young man.”
“What young man?” inquired the
mayor.
“ A gentleman who followed onr
coach, that is all,” answered she, in
some confusion, seeing that she had ev
idently committed an imprudence by
this last observation.
“Let him be brought up here jimme
diateiy,” commanded the mayor, and in
a few moments a tall and remarkably
handsome young man was dragged into
the apartment by two guards. Hi*
®jK CnrtmniiUc Sentinel.
clothes were dripping >et, he had lost
his hat, and his soiled cloak dragged on
the ground behind him.
“ It is the same,” whispered Susanne;
“perhaps he may help us.”
Plea-e God ! murmured the queen.
.No sooner was this young gentleman
disengaged from the hands of his cap
tors than, throwing himself on his
knees he raised Ler band to his lips:
1 ardon me, madame. Had I but sus
pected it was the queen of France to
whom I presumed to raise my eyes I
would have died rather than have so far
forgotten what was due to my sovereign,
especially in her hour of trouble. lam
a gentleman by birth, the Count de Mil
lettes. Unaware of your majesty’s
true rank, I followed your carriage,
struck by your surpassing beauty aud
enslaved by its power, hoping through
persistence to be favored with one
glanoe of pity, if not of love. Now that
I recognize ray error, as your majesty’s
moat humble servant and subject, my
life is at yonr service, and I crave only
your gracious pardon. ”
“ Oh, you have it, count; I grant it
willingly, and only see in your con
duct,” auswered the queen smiling, but
with au evident meaning, for she fixed
her keen eyes on tho kneeling gentle
man in a mauner that forbade his an
swering—“l see, sir, in your conduct
only a proof of your desire to serve an
unfortunate woman and a fallen queen.”
“ It is well,” broke in the mayor.
Notwithstanding all appearances to the
contrary, this young man evidently
forms a part of your cortege, madame.
He is arrested and shall share your
apartments. The chamber at the‘end
of the corridor, sir, is yours. Yon
have, however, free access to the queen
whenever she desires your presence.
Mesdame*, I wish you a very good
night I < 'itof/t H, tarn Mir?" aud bowing
civilly the good mayor withdrew for tire
night.
when the door wa closed on the
mayor the count was about to withdraw
also, but the queen prevented his doing
so, entreating trim to remain aud par
take of supper with her, which was pre
sently served. During this meal the
oueen became exceedingly lively, and
tun merry laughter of the imprisoned
sovereign and her new friend being
heard outside in the corridor, led the
guards, when changed, to announce to
the public “that her majesty was r
siugu arlv fearless woman, for, not
withstanding the danger Bhe whs in, she
laughed like a true daughter of Monius,
aud was having a tine time of it with
the prince, who was evidently her
lover,”
It is unnecessary to tell how the im
prisoned queen passed her time in her
confinement at the Lion d’Or. Wo are
compelled, however, to record that her
intimacy with the count b< came so great
that once the guard at tlie door, spying
through the key-hole, actually saw him
kiss her before retiring for the night.
The sixth and last day of her captiv
ity at last arrived. The auswer from
the national assembly reached Jougne
toward noon, and the queen was at
breakfast with the count aid Susanne
when the mayor entered her presence,
followed by the whole municipality and
several guards. The good mayor was
flushed with excitement, and in his
hand he held the as yet sealed docu
ment. Arranging all his colleagues ac
cording to their various official grades
in a semicircle around him, he addressed
the queen, who rose to hear him, with
a stately and majestic air : “ Marie An
toinette of Austria, we have this morn
ing received the following answer from
the government of Paris, and hasten to
communicate to you its contents.” Here
the worthy magistrate broke the seals
and read : “Citizen mayor—Marie An
toinette is still in Paris, and Las never
left it. Let Mademoiselle Sainval, ac
tress of tlie theatre Francais, pass on
to Besancon, where she has an engage
ment.”
Had the earth opened at his feet, the
mayor of Jougne could not have looked
more utterly dumfounded. “So you
have played us a Irick, have you, Mad
emoiselle Sainval ? “cried he, furiously.
“ My dear M. le Maire, allow me to
remark,” answered the quondam queen,
“ that it ia you who have played me a
trick. Had you but examined my pass
port, as I told you, you would have
found that, although I have been queen
of Tyre, Sidonia, Greece, Jerusalem,
Home, and Mesopotamia, I have never,
up to the present time, laid claim to the
throne of France, even for a single
night. You, however, have forced me
to play a part which does not belong to
me for six days and nights in succes
sion. and au irksome role it has proved.
Confess, now, that it is not my fault if
vou have mistaken the crown and scep
tre of Melpomene for that of Gaul.
But since lam free to proceed to Bes
ancon, perhaps you will order my car
riage to the door, for a- soon as I have
finished my breakfast I intend to be off.
Bonjour, messieurs,” added she, bow
ing to the mortified council as it with
drew. Suddenly recollecting herself,
she cried out, “ Eh, may the count go
too ?”
“To the devil if he likes,” answered
the mayor snappishly as he slammed
the Moor.
Mademo selle Sainval turned grace
fully to the count and said, as a sweet
smiie illuminated her charming face,
“ And you, my dear count, when you
have done justice to that omelette,
perhaps you will give me your arm and
lead me down to the coach. Oh, how
I wish that poor queen had left Paris
whilst I was enacting her part, which
I did in hope that these people, be
lieving the paste to be a real diamond,
would have let the true jewel pass 1
Poor, poor queen ! Allons, Susanne !
let ns go. Count, you have served me
as sovereign of France ; will you not
still continue to be my inquire as trage
dy queen ?” . , , . .
’ The count bowed low, raised the fair
actress’s hand to his lips. Then, lean
ing on his arm, and follow; and by her
faithful maid, Mademoiselle Sainval
swept down the staircase to the car
riage, in which the oount took his seat
opposite Susanne.
Clean Teeth.
If you will only keep your teeth clean
they won’t decay. The wonderful den
trilices which are sold at fabulous prices
aye greatly in'erior to a simple mixture
of soap and prepared chalk, with a little
something like orris root; but, the es
sential articles are soap end chalk. The
druggist will prepare you enough for a
quarter of a dollar to last a long time.
When you go to bed, with a broad, soft
tooth-brush go through the mouth thor
oughly. If disposed to a bad mouth,
you may lepeat the dose in the morr.-
iug. But the principal article for keep
ing the teeth clean is a toothpick, a soft
goose quill, which you' must use after
eating, no matter though it is a piece of
appl , and if convenient, after the pick
use a mouthful of watev to rinse from
the teeth what the toothpick may have
loft. .Dio Lewis.
Virtue and Intelligence— The Safeguards of Liberty.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1871.
tobacco worms.
How they are Prod need-The Be#* Meth
od of Destroying Them-Ten Years of
Investigation and experiment—setter
From a Kentucky Grower.
From the Clark sville Tobacco Leaf.
Much has been said and written du
ring the past few years relative to the
history of the tobacco-fly; yet the sub
ject remains an obscure one, owing to
the indefinite and contradictory views
advocated. To better elucidate the sub
ject, I propose to lay before the readers
of the Ltaf the result of my researches
within the past ten years. Since the
year 1863 I have closely investigated
the natural history of the tobacco-fly,
and have experimented largely in the
various methods of its destruction by
poisonous ageuts, and I hope J shall
not be charged with an undue share of
egotism when I say that much that has
been published in newspapers upon this
subject is entirely erroneous. Tobacco
worms, as other caterpillars, have
three states of existence, viz: worm,
chrysalis, ana butterfly. The latter we
term a tobacco- fly. The worm is hatched
from the egg of the fly in two or three
days from the time of its deposit on
the leaf. When eight or ten days old
it assumes a passive or drowsy state
for throe or four days, and then throws
off its old skin, which has beoorae dry
and loose. By this change its dental
arrangement is become much irapioved,
its powers of destroying greatly aug
mented, and it becomes full grown at
the age of about twenty-eight days, in
the in Jimtime having well earned the
reputation of the plauter's most bitter
enemy. The last few days of the
worm’s stay are passed in trips book
and forth from plant to the ground,
seeming oth to try tho uncertain reali
ties of such habitation. Having finally
entered the ground, its last, time, it
descends to tlie depth of eight to twelve
inches and usually rests with its head
down. Thus is begun iis llrtt state of
existence, which period continues ten
months, when it has undergone great
change, now being encased in a hard
shell with articulate rings in the eouter
by which motion is secured. Wo now
observe to what use the horn of the
worm has beou turned ; it is no longer
a seeming useless appendage but has be
come him! aud is shaped like the bit of
an auger, by which tho chrysalis is ena
bled to bore its way to the top of the
ground, where its shell is thrown off,
and thence begins the third, last, nud
we may well say the most enviable state
of its life.
Tobacco flies are divided into males
aud females, and present considerable
variety iu their size aud color, the i'e
males having shorter aud thicker bodies,
and their color not so sandy as the
males ; they suck the flowers of various
plants, but manifest a partiality for
those which have a strong odor, such as
the gourd aud jamestown weed, as it is
commonly ea\led, but more properly
datura stromonium. At the age of sev
en to fourteen days the female is ready
to lay eggs, which arc deposited on the
plant of which we have traced the his
tory. When tobacco is scarce or is
wanting, the flies put their eggs upon
some other piaul, viz : the potato
(Irish), tomato, hosre-nettle, and black
night-shade, all of wnicli belong to the
natural order solatium. About two or
three weeks are spent in depositing the
eggs, when the life of the fly terminates.
It is thus seen that the life of the fly is
about twenty-eight days or one month,
the same as that of the worm; ad
ding these to the period as a chrysalis,
we have one year as the whole of its
life. It is impossible then, as has been
asserted, for worms to change into flies
and deposit eggs the same season. Ac
tual experiment has proven the contrary,
and nature is uniform in her laws. We
now come to the most important part of
our monograph, the different methods
of preventing the multiplication or in
crease of tobacco worms.
A large percentage of the worms that
mature and go into the ground, do so
after the tobacco crop has been cut and
housed, and thus we readily see tlie ad
vantage to be derived from digging up
or turning under with the plow the
stubble of the plant after the crop is
cut; for this stubble puts forth sprouts
or suckers, upon which immense num
bers of worms feed and mature. Some
years we have an early frost which kills
the suckers and obviates the necessity
of destroying them as recommended.
The next method of preventing an in
crease of worms which suggests itself
is, the plowing of the land cultivated
in tobacco the previous year, in the
months of January or February, so as
to turn up and expose the chrysalis to
cold, freezing weather. Plowing the
land immediately after the crop is cut
would not prevent the worm returning
to anew position in the ground; where
as, when the plowing is as late as be
- stated, the chrysalis is torpid, in a
semi-changed condition, and cannot re
turn to au abode underground. It is
obvious that spring plowing would not
answej: our purpose, unless the plowing
were succeeded by a freeze. Poisoning
the fly seems to be the most popular
way in vogue within the past few years
for preventing the ravages of tobacco
worms. Cobalt, arseniac acid and cor
rosive sublimate are the poisons recom
mended. Strychnine would not be
suitable, as the tobacco-fly has no spinal
cord, only a nervous ganglioD. The
cobalt is most conveniently used by the
melting at once in a pint of water and
adding a pint of liquid honey. The
bottle containing this should be kept
out of the reach of the children, as a
number of cases of poisoning have oc
curred owing to negligence iu this par
ticular. An ounce phial, with a cork
stopper, inf/) which is inserted a small
quill, is suitable for putting the poison
ous solution in the stramonium flowers.
The best time for doing this is every
evening about sunset. Two or three
drops are sufficient for one blossom.
tramonium has a tubular blossom
which opens about an hour before sun
set and remains open until after sun
rise next dav, when it closes, withers
and dies. Every evening there is an
entirely new blossom. It is a mistaken
notion that the cobalt kills the blossom.
The fly sucks the poison by moms of
its long bill, which is nothing more
than a hollow' tougue, and is killed by
excessive purgation. Tlie time required
to produce dt ath depends upon the
amount taken. I have often seen them
killed by tlie poison in fifteen minutes.
One or two dozen stramonium plants
should be set in a rich moist spot in the
tobacco ground early in the season, say
May or June. All others on tlie farm
should be cut down, for the flies prefer
to feed from the unmedicated blossoms.
In order to work the destruction of the
flies effectually, the planters through
out every neighborhood should use the
cobalt as directed. Planters must not
rely too exclusively upon this prevent
ing them finding worms on their tobac
co ; if they do they will not get enough
of the poison to produce death the first
dose, and are apt to shun it afterward
unless it be disgnised by using another
weet instead of the honey.— W. D.
Chambers , M. D., Henderson, Ku.
■—
The Temperance Revival.
The temperance revival has attained
to a wide variety of manifestations, but
does not apparently weaken in genuine
earnestness and persistent purposes. It
continues to break forth in new places,
and everywhere attacks the local weak
point of the liquor interest, in a manner
adapted to the character of the com
munity. Nothing new is reported in
New York, save a general disgust at the
Harry Hill advertising dodge ; and the
formation of a committee of fifteen, di
vines and laymen, to petition the legis
lature for certain temperance measures.
In Pittsburg and Allegheny, Pa., the
women have obtained au order directing
the closing of saloons on Sunday, and
kave been hooted and jeered by the
mob. The notable feature at the west,
this past week, has been the visit of one
hundred women to the Cbicago common
council, with a petition signed by 16,-
000 women against the repeal of the
Sunday ordinance. They were attended
by a crowd of idlers so great that a
large force of police had to serve as es
oort. The council in their presence
proeeded to adopt the repealing ordin
ance—22 to 14. They wero escorted in
their retreat by the police, who witli
difficulty prevented the howling mob
from doing violence to the women, who
were all of the highest respectability.
Tho demonstration was disgraceful in
the extreme. The women have attempt
ed to persuade the mayor to veto the
now ordinance, but in vain. The battle
continues in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan and lowa, with occasional
success. The Ohio constitutional con
vention has prepared three propositions
to be submitted to the people ; one ab
solutely prohibiting the manufacture or
sale of intoxicating liquors ; oue allow
ing licenses in quantities not losh tinui
a gallon, on such conditions as the gen
eral assembly may provide ; one allow
ing licenses in quantities less thau a
gallon, conditionally as above ; the one
accepted to be an article of the consti
tution. The Cincinnati distillers admit
that their business has decreased fully
75 per cent,, solely on account, of
the women’s movement. They con
sider it, a fanaticism, which will
die cut. ns the warm weather ap
proaches. One of the new elements
of the warfare, in Omoinuati and Chilli
ootho, in Williamsport, l\i., and Eliza
beth, N. J., and some other places, is
the bitter tpposilion of the German
population, who have held meetings,
and become so violently denunciatory
as to create au i dignat reaction, and
an accession of strength to the women’s
side. In Elizabeth an immense meet
iug has been held to express the alarm
of the respectable portion of tho com
munity at the hatred expressed at the
German meoting to the Christian' Sab
bath ; and to call all citizens, without
distinction or party, to support th
Sunday laws. Such behavior on the
part of the liquor-sellers’ friends, as
these people and the mob of Chicago
havo shown, does practically work m
favor of tlie temperance movement.
How to Discourage Your Minister.
1. Hear him “ now and then.” Drop
in a little late. Do not sing; do
not find the text in your bibles. If you
take a little sleep during the sermon, so
much the better.
2. Notice carefully any slip he makes
while you are awake; poiut out the
dull portions to yonr children and
friends ; it will come round to him.
i. Censure his efforts at usefulness;
deplore his want of common sense ; let
him know that you won’t help him, be
cause A. B. does, because you wero not
first consulted, or because you did not
start the plan yourself.
4. Let him know the follies and sins
of his hearers. Show him how much
he overrates them, and tell him their
adverse criticisms on himself.
5. Tell him, when he calls, what a
stranger he is ; how his predecessors
used to drop in for an hour’s chat and
how you liked him.
6. Never attend the prayer-meeting ;
frequent no special service. Why
should you be righteous overmuch?
7. Occasionally get up a little gaiety
for the young folks. This will be found
very effectual about the common reason
“there is a time to dance.”
8. Give him no intimation when you
are ill ; of course he should know, and
your offended dignity, when he comes
to see you, will render his visit pleas
ant. On no account intimate your re
covery.
9. Require him to swell the pomp
of every important occasion, unless,
indeed, there are prudential reasons
for passing him over. ‘
10. If he is always in his own pulpit,
clamor for strangers ; if he has public
duties and sometimes goes abroad,
complain that lie is never at home.
11. Keep down his income. Easy
means are a sure temptation and ful
ness of bread is bad for every one—but
the laity.
12. As he will find it hard to be al
ways at 1 ome to receive callers, and al
ways running among the people, and
always well prepared for pulpit and
platform, you will be sure to have just
cause for complaint one way or the
other. Tell it to every one and then
lament that there is so general dissatis
faction with hirm
A Nice Little Tale.
Nicholas L was very fond of masquer
ade balls, and one night appeared at
one in the character of the devil, with
errinning face, horns, and tail, and ap
peared to enjoy his character very much.
About three o’clock in tbe morning he
went out, and throwing over him some
furs, he called a coachman and ordered
him to take him to the Quay Anglais.
As it was very cold he fell asleep, and
when he found ihat the man had taken
him in the wrong direction, for the
Quay Anglais is one of the most elegant
portions of St. Petersburg, while before
him were only some miserable houses,
Nicholas began to remonstrate. The
coachman paid no heed to him, and
presently passing through a stone gate
way, brought him to a cemetery, and
taking a large knife from his girdle, and
pointing it to his emperor’s throat, said:
“Give me your money and your furs,
or I will kill you.” “An I do you give
me yonr soul,” exclaimed Nicholas, as
he threw off his furs, and disclosed liis
personification of the devil. The Rus
sians are very superstitious, and the
Coachman was so terrified that he fell
senseless on the ground, and the em
peror drove himself back to his palace.
—The water supply of Paris is to be
increased by the construction of the
Montsouris lleservoir, which ia to re
i ceive tho water of the Vanne. It ia to
occupy an area of thirteen aud one half
acres, and will contain 66,000,000 gal
lons of water. The daily water supply
per he ad will be increased from 24 to
j 34 gallons^
FROM WASHINGTON.
UfjMrt* ©r Commlilt***- Th* Fr*#-
raiß'i Buih, Kit.
Fred Douglass has been elected presi
dent of the Freedmen’s Savings Bank,
which has branches in nearly all the
southern states. Dr. C. B. Paris, an
other colored man, has been chosen
▼ice president Forty out of seventy
clerks employed are colored. The new
board of management stated to the
house oommittee ou banking and cur
rency their desire to make the bank an
institution for colored people, and one
which they would regard as their own.
The treasury department has decided
to acqniesce in the decision of the
United States Circuit Court at New
York, that the wool act of March 2,
1867, was not signed bv the president,
and, therefore, not the law until Maroh
4tb. This will involve the refunding of
duties on woolen goods and wool im
ported on March 2d and 3d, 1867.
The special senate committee on priv
ileges and elections, in the Sykes-Spen
cer contest f?r a seat in the senate from
Alabama, vc ted to report that Spencer
is entitled to the seat.
The senate committee on finance
have held a special meeting at which a
compromise of the financial measnre
* as agreed upon, to be report©/ to the
senate next Monday. The bill will fix
the amount of greenback circulation
at $382,000,000, thus legalizing the re
issue of that portion of the $44,000,000
legal tender reserve whioh is now out
standing, making it part of the perms
nent cironlation. The amount that has
been reissued and whioh is now out
standing is something over $26,000,000.
It will also authorize free banking or
national banking system, but will con
tain requirements that legal tender
notes shall be retired from oironlation
proportionately as new national bank
notes are issued. This latter provision
ia regarded as a measure of oontraotiou,
but tho preoeding authorization for
keeping in circulation $26,000,000 of
legal tenders that have been reissued
from tho reserve, is considered a sub
stantial victory for the advocates of an
increased volume of enrreuey, who, it
is understood, will claim in the senate
that the principle having been thus ad
mitted as regards a portion of the $41,-
000,0(H) reserve, tho whole should Ik*
accordingly placed in circulation.
The house committee on military af
fairs have perfected their bill for the
reduction of tho army. It is proposed
to cut off five regimonts of infantry
and one of artillery and cavalry. This
is to be done gradually by the Ist of
January, 1875. Tho number of enlisted
men is to bo twenty-five thousand.
Such officers as may resign before that
lime are to receive' a year’s pay. The
nrmy, according to the bill, will con
sist of twenty regimonts of infant) y
nine of cavalry and four of artillery.
The committee on appropriations
havo reported in favor of striking out
the last section of the bill as it passed
the house which provided that all
claims of all citizens who remained
loyal during the war for stores or sup
plies taken or furnished during the re
bellion for the nse of the army of the
United States, and for the use or loss of
vessels or boats while employed in mili
tary service as including any such
claims now pending and undetermined
on any debt of the government, shall be
presented to tbe southern claims com
mission before Nov. 11, 1875, who shall
have exclusive jurisdiction to hear all
such olaims now pending and undeter
mined in the department of the quar
termaster general of subsistence shall
on the passage of this act, be transfer
red to the southern olaims commission,
together with tbe evidence thereon.
The house further provided that there
should be two additional members of
that commission to devote their time
exclusively to the claims transferred.
But the committee reported in favor of
stiiking out that section and inserting
the following: The quartermaster gen
eral, commissary general and third
auditor of the treasury shall continue
to receive, examine and consider the
justice and validity of such claims as
shall be brought before them under the
act of July 4, 1864, and the secretary of
the treasury shall make a report for
each claim allowed by them at the com
mencement of each session of congress
to the speaker of the house of repre
sentatives, who shall lay the same be
fore congress for consideration.
The senate committee on public
buildings and grounds has submitted a
report on senate resolution directing
them to inquire into the expediency of
suspending expenditure of all appro
priations for public buildings, not yet
ommenced, and of covering such ap
propriations into the treasury. The
committee are of opinion that expendi
tures for public buildings, in the pre
sent exigency for economy, should be
out down with as much severity as any
of the other expenditures, but that they
ought not to be singled out as the least
meritorious of all, and denied in a
lump. In the course of the report it is
recommended that the following work
be authorized immediately to be done in
Washington city, in order mainly to
piovide needed facilities for the public
service, aud save large expenditures for
rent of private buildings now used.
The court of claims should be removed
to the city hall building, to give more
space for committee rooms in the Capi
tol, and the city hall should be en
larged so as to accommodate the pen
sion bureau ; the postoffice department
sh uld be enlarged ; a build iug should
be erected for the printing bureau of
tho treasury department, and part of
the latter should be extended; also
provision should be made for con
gressional library bureau, and the addi
tion recently to |Ah© capitol
grounds should be infiMrovefl eo to carry
out the design of their purchase.
The comptroller of currency has is
sued a circular calling upon the natior
al bank for a report of their tradition
at the close of business on Friday, the
27th of February.
In Anne Hathaway’s Cottage.
Charles Warren Stoddard sends this
interesting letter to one of his friends
in San Francisco :
Where think )ou I am at thWlfto
rnent? Wei', lam in the main room of
the Hathaway cottage ia milefrom Strat
ford-on-AvoD), not three feet from the
very chimney in which Will Shake
speare used to make love to his Anne.
The old settle is elose at my elbow, and
the rooQjt itselfjts called one of the most
perfiwtly-preserVed specimens of the
sixteenth century farm-house living
room. The old dame, whose great
grandmother was a Hathaway, is blow
ng up.the fire iu the big chimney, and
we are to have supper presently, cooked
in the very spot where Shakespeare has
many a time toasted his toes. To-night
I am to sleep in Anne Hathaway’s bed,
which is a marvelous old frame, most
curiously carved, aud which has been
in the house more than three hundred
years. lam quite lucky, in getting
VOL. F. NO. 3.
this privilege, bat I have marie love to
the old dame, axul we get on in the oo
zieet fashion! It seems almost like
sacrilege to think of it, but I shall say
mr prayer* thrice over, and trust to the
angels to make it all square with the
original tenants.
We have just finished sapper—the
dame, the husband, and myself, all
three of c s sitting in the great chimney.
I had bam that was raised on the place
and cured in this very chimney, and a
pork-pie—a Shakespearian pork-pie yon
may call it, made in the house by a de
scendant of the Hathaways.
Character, of General lee.
The more Use thought and individual
feeling of Gen. Lee becomes known,
the more we see how grave and consid
erate, wise in his rare common sense,
unselfish and noble he was. From the
recent speech before the Southern His
torical Society at Atlanta, of the Hon.
B. H. HUI, we caunot refrain from giv
ing two extracts—the former of which
shows his opinion of military presi
dents, and the latter gives us a glimpse
of the vein of quiet irony that only on
rare occasions came to the surface: *
“ All, general,” I said, “ but yon will
have to change that rule, and form and
express political opinions';.for if we es
tablish our independence, tho people
will make yon Mr. Davis’ successor.
“ Never, sir,” he replied with a firm
dignity that belonged only to Lee.
“ That I will never permit. Whatever
talents I may possess (and they are but
limited), are military talents. My ed
ucation and training are military. I
think the military and civil talents are
distinct, if not different, and full duty
in either ephere is about as much as
one man can qualify himself to per
form. I shall not do the people the
injustice to accept high oivil office, with
whoso questions it has not been my
busiuess to become familiar.”
“ We made a great mistake, Mr. Tlili,
in the beginning of our struggle.”
“ What mistake was that, general?”
“ Why, sir, in the beginning we ap
pointed all our worst generals to com
mand the armies, and our best generals
to edit the newspapers. As you kuow,
I have planned some campaigns, and
quite a number of battles. I have
given tin' work all the car® and thought
I could, and sometimes when my plans
were completed, ns far ns I could see,
they seemed to bo perfect. But when 1
have fought them through I have dis
covered defects, and occasionally won
dered I did uot see some of the defects
in advance. When it was all over I
found, by reading the newspapers, that
these best editor generals saw all the
defects from the start. Unfortunately,
they did not eommudicate their knowl
edge to me until it was too late ! ”
Then, after a pause, ho added with a
beautiful, grave expression I c\n never
Forget : “ I have no ambition but to
serve the Confederacy and do all I can
to win our independence. lam williug
to serve in any capacity to whieh the
authorities may assign me. I have
dono the best I could in the field, and
have not yet succeeded as I could wish.
I am willing to yield my place to these
best generals, and I will do my best for
the cause editing a newspaper !”
A Campaign Joke.
When Oglesby and Bross were at the
head of the republican gubernatorial
ticket, some years ago, in Illinois, a
quartette of speakers launched them
selves into the interior of the state, on
a stumping tour. The party consisted
of Dick Oglesby, now United States
senator ; Gen. Prentiss, J. D. Ward, at
present representative from the second
congressional district, and Bross.
Dixon, Morrison and other thriving
towns were visited, and addresses were
made afternoons and evenings to big
gatherings. Oglesby, Ward and Pren
tiss varied their speeches to suit the
places and the crowds, as well as to re
lieve the monotony of the trip. But
Bross had one staple oration, which he
delivered with the same tones, facial
contortions and genuflections on every
platform. As ho was candidate for the
lieutenantant governorship, he insisted
on having at least the second place on
all the programmes, and the others
were doomed to sit miserably by until
he attained his hackneyed peroration.
This soon grew so monotonous that
Gen. Prentiss mildly mutinied, and pre
pared a vile scheme for the discomfiture
of the stubborn Bross. He prevailed
upon Oglesby to vary the order of ex
ercises at the next town, so Ward and
himself should open the meeting in the
evening.
The attendance at Sterling, the spot
selected for the springing of the con
spiracy, was immense, and Ward’s open
ing address was raptuorously received.
Then Prentiss arose, and, to the ter
ror of the startled Bross, made the lat
ter’s identical bow to the audience, and,
with accurately simulated voice, began
to recite Bross’ stereotyped oration.
Its manifold repetitions had made Pren
tiss familiar with every word, and he
followed it through without a variation
in sentiment, anecdote, gesture or tone.
The juice was absolutely sucked dry
from Bross’ orange. He arose, blurted
something about the lateness of the
hour, and the fact that the ground btul
been so well covered by previous speak
ers, and then flopped into his chair
again.
While Oglesby and the Lombards
were winding up the show, Bross slip
ped ont, and hastening to the depot,
telegraphed to the coming train and se
cured the whole of the only remaining
section in the sleeping car. His re
venge was coarse, but sweeping, for,
while he was sprawled comfortably in
his berth, his whilom persecutors were
obliged to sit up all night. —Chicago
limes.
Too Late.
A couple were arranging terms for a
separation, to avoid the scandal of a
judicial divorce, and a -friend had been
employed by the husband to negotiate
the matter. * The latest fmission was in
reference to a valuable ring given to the
wife before marriage by the husband.
For this he would make a certain much
desired concession. The friend made
the demand. “ What!” said the indig
nant wife, “do you venture to charge
yourself with such a mission to me?
Can you believe that I could tear myself
from a gift which alone recalls to me
the days when my husband loved me ?
No ! this ring is my only souvenir of
i happiness for ever departed ! ’ Tis all ”
—and here she wept—“that 1 now pos
sess of a once fond husband.” The
friend, however, insisted. The lady
supplicated, grew obstinate, grew des
perate, th eatened to submit to a public
divorce as a lesser evil than parting
with the cherished ring, and at last
coafeased that she had sold it six
months before.
—Adam had some consolation when
he fell. Fifteen or twenty acqnaintan
cei did not stand on the opposite cor
ner and laugh at his mishap.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
—lt is said the beet means to curb a
fast young man is to “ bridal ” him.
—An Indiana paper talks learnedly
about the “ rear admirable*" of thn
navy.
—Wealthy northerners continue to
astonish the natives ly building mag
nificent residences in Florida.
—An Oswego woman advertises that
she has purchased a shot-gun, and will
shoot any man who gives her husband
liquor.
Wor-uk !” exclaimed a North Caro
linian when offered a job, “ do yon s’poae
I wor-uk, when coon-tracks are as thick
as grass-blades ? ”
—Mr. Marrowfat rather snappishly
remarked to his wife, last Sunday, that
a man can’t alwavs be thinking of his
immortal sonl. He must havo time to
e it his meals.
—The manufacture of imitation butter
from suet has become o considerable
mercantile interest. In Albany a com
pany has just bgun operations with a
capital of 850,000.
—Amputation of the left ear reoently
caused the death of a Cleveland man.
You may be astonished at this state
ment now, but wait nntil you go to
Cleveland and see those ears.
—An Indiana editor mildly remarks :
“ If you can’t bring us wood, remember
us in your prayers. It is something to
know, as we sit and shiver, that we are
not forgotten if the stove is oold.”
—For an instanoe of remarkable
presence of mind, commend us to the
sagacious Illinois woman, who, when her
husband was bitten by a mad dog, drew
a pistol and promptly shot the man.
—Mr. O’Shea says the reason no
Irish are mentioned in accounts of the
flood, is that there were none in the
ark, the Irish being wealthy at that
time and having a boat of their own.
—That was a practical woman who
wrote to Fivangelist Hammond, at Bt.
Louis, asking prayers to lift the mort
gage on her farm, that she and her little
ones may not be thrown out of a home.
—" The day is not far distant,” says
a Raleigh paper, “when the world will
begin to look on death as a journey to
another country. ” Yes ; and the jour
ney is one on which we can all of us
go dead-head.
—A monument to the memory of Freneh
soldiers who fell in the war with Prutia
has been erected a* Bonrges. It bears
this inscription : “ The sword of France,
broken in valiant hands, will be forged
anew by their descendants. ”
—When the Prince of Wales was
married, Artemus Ward gave him some
practical hints as to how to manage Al
exandra, founded on his own experience
with Betsey Jane. “ Now you’re mar
ried, my boy,” said he, “ you can eat
onions.”
—A little boy caught his foot in some
worsted with which his sister was work
ing the sentence, “God is Love," in
perforated and got a crack
on the ear that will lay him up for a
fortnight—if it does not injure him for
life.
—Galvanism was discovered hyaman
named Swammerdamn, one hundred and
thirty years before Galvaui called at
tention to it. Tho world, however, will
uot willingly change the name in order
to give him the honor belonging to him.
Swammerdamnism would bo uwful.
—The New York postal law brings a
considerable revenue from tho New
York advertising agencies. Geo. P.
llowell <Sr Co.’s quarterly bills upon
newspapers received, exceed 8131) J those
of S. M. Pettingill & Cos. are ntw>ve
8350, while the agencies of W. J. Carl
ton, Bates und Locke, W. W. Sharp and
others most prominont, pay from one
fourth to one-eighth of the above
amounts.
—This is tho way a Kentucky candi
date for office greets a voter : “Howdy,
howdy, howdy.” “Howdy.” “How
do you do ? ” “ Tollable.” “ How are
you?” “Tollable.” “How’s all?”
“Tollable.” “Your folks well?”
“ Tollable.” “ How’s yourn ! ” “Tol
lable.” “ Neighbors all well ?” “ Tol
lable.” “ How’s yourn?” “Tollable.”
“All for me this time?” “Sorter
tollable.”
—Tho very name of the Kingdom of
Poland having just been changed into
that of the Province of Warsaw, a por
tion of the eastern districts will be
shortly embodied with tho adjoining
provinces of Russia proper. By this
change the inhabitants of the apnexed
districts will lose the right of using the
Polish language in their intercourse
with the subordinate authorities —the
only privilege still remaining them of
their former independence.
—Punch gives the following advice
to an Amphitryon : At your banquets
never allow the wives to sit opposite
their husbands. Not only flirting (i. e.,
fun) is rendered utterly impracticable
under such conditions, but there is a
Gorgonism in each other’s eves which
petrifies their tongues when they catoh
sight of one soother. Let every wife
be seated on the same side as her hus
band, and as far from him as possible ;
then, although it may be carried on in
undertones, you will never find the con
versation for a single moment cease.
—A Chicago parson, who is also a
school teacher, handed a problem to his
class in mathematics, the other day.
The first hoy took it,looked at it a while,
and said : “I pass.” Second boy took
it, and said : “I turn it down.” The
third boy stared at it a while, aud
drawled ont : “ I can’t make it.” “ Very
good, boys,” said tho parson, “ we will
proceed j cut for anew deal ; ” and,
with this remark, the leather strap
danced like lightning over the shoul
ders of those depraved young mathema
ticians.
—Mayor Brown, of St. Louis, sends
a communication to the chief of police
of thateitv. ••'auestiner him to inqnire
if it is t. it “ some of the sewing
machine Gv .anies are perpetrating a
fraud on many poor persons in the city
by the manner in which machines are
rented out for use. It is stated that an
impression is conveyed at the time of
the contract for rent, that the machine
is really sold, to be paid for by instal
ments, when in reality it can be and is
reclaimed by the oompany, and after a
very considerable amount lias been paid
on it.”
—Our lady friends will read this olip
pling with interest: All lovers of flow
ers should remember that one blossom
allowed to mature or “go to seed,” in
juries the plant more than a dozen new
buds. Cut your flowers, all of them,
before they fade. Adorn your rooms
with them ; put them on your tables ;
send bouquets to your friend who have
no flowers, or exchange favors with
those who have. All roses, after they
have ceased blooming, should be cut
back, that th® strength of the root
should go to forming new roots for next,
year, and on these bushes not a seed
should be allowed to mature.
—The physiological apothgem iden
tifying a sound mind with a sound body
is dexterously reasoned conversely by a
recent writer. It appears that in any
large body of people within the same
circumstances —an army, for instance —
a better average of health is maintained
by those who’ can read and write than
by those who oannot. Thenoe it is ar
gued that the mind’s resources of educa
tion, aside from their more intelligent
direction of all sanitary instincts,afford
♦he brain most wholesome distraction
from a turgidity or monotony of con
centration undoubtedly depressive of
physical vitality. The average length
of life fis greater with educated than
with nnadnoated people,
