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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,