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A Beautiful Illustration.
THE WATCH IRON MORE USEFUL THAN GOLD

81 have now in my hands," said Edward
Everett, "a gold watch, which combines EN-.
bellshment and utility in happy proper.
tions, and is often considered very vaIua.
BILE appendage to the person of gentleman.
Its hands, face, chain, and case are of chas-
ed and FURNISHED gold. It's gold seals
sparkle with the ruby, topaz, sapphire, en-
erald. open it and find that the works,
without which this elegantly furnished case
would be mere shell-those hands mo-
tionless, and those figures without meaning
are made of brass. Investigating further
and asking what is the spring, by which all
these are put in motion, made Of, am told.
it is made of steel | ask, what is steel 2
The reply is that it is iron which has under
gone certain process. So, then, find the
handspring, without which the watch would
always be motionless, and its hands, figures.
and embellishments but toys, is not gold
that is not sufficiently good, } nor Of brass,
that would not do) but of iron. Iron,
therefore, is the only precious metal and
this watch an emblem of society. lis hands
and figures, which tell The hour, resemble
the master spirits of the age, to whose move.
ments every eye is directed. Its useless but
sparkling seals, sapphires, rubies, topazes,
and embellishments are the aristocracy lis
works of brass are the middle class, by the
increasing intelligence and power of which
the master spirits of the age are moved
and It's iron handspring, shut up in box,
always at work, but never thought of except
when it is disorderly, broke, or wants wind
ing up, symbolizes the laboring class, which,
like tue handspring, we wind up by the
payment of wages, and which classes are
shut up in obscurity, ard though constantly
at work, and absolutely necessary to the
government of society, as the handspring to
the gold watch, are never thought of, except
when they require their wages, or are in
some want or disorder of some kind OF
other"
The political and industrial rights and
privileges of the laboriug classes should not
be lost sight Of by legislators. Educate and
develop them, and'they, in return, will bring
iron out of the mountains in greater abun.
dance; will, by their superior intelligence
invent machinery, by which most Of the la
Dor of life may be performed; make two
blades Of grass grow where but one grew
before;" and thus as in other things set the
world ahead. The locomotive, steam en-.
gine, telegraph, printing-press, sewing. ina.
chimes, mowers, reapers, seed d.planters, har.
vesters, and so-forth, will continue to be in
vented and improved just in proportion to
the education and Development Of our people
and especially Of the aoorking classes.
Life illustrated.
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NvIILE SOUTH CAROLINA MORNING.

old associates, who landed with me in the
city. They, like myself, had been torn in
pieces, and crushed in the jaws of some ter.
rible mouth. Well, the little fellow tugged
us along through many streets, and finally
placed us in some kind of mandatory
and as it is said we must all turn to dust, so
it was with me. l was ground as fine as
the finest of dust several little black coflins
were then brought along, about five inches
long and three inches wide, and in these we
were all carefully packed, and the coffin lid
closed over us, and to prevent the air from
getting in, they sealed the lid with wax, Ito
make it air tight,) and the only words
which were placed upon our coffins were
simply these" Pure Mdcaboy Snuff"
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from the Chester Standard !

Aistur Edytur:: The prevalen epydemicl
ov hoop skurts an krinoline hev so waid or
mi mind that am kompelld TO hold forth
on pertickler okashuns and hope you viii
git sum kompitent muzishuner 10 ficks the
followin lines TO muzik:
The krinoline ar all the 90 s.
Snts hoops hev kun in fashun
Whailbone skurts sum twelve fete round
Ar now the rulin pashun
The children kri eff mama shood
Happen to be marrid .. ..
An az for sis an little Tom .....
Tha kant at all be karrid
thank mi starze that I wur born
Afore the hoopin pashun
An got mi groth afore the da
Ov krinoline salvashun
I'm not afeard ov boopin koff
Nor hoops round barl produkshun
But | am afeard ov lads hoops
With sech n spase ov sukshun "
Jona war The first tina; tfide
The whailbone round his karkass
But now it is q kommun thing
To see il on the karkeys
Pore Jona did not like the stile
When he war kwite awaken
An prad to God to free him from
Sich kon6founded takin.
BoNIs.
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Study Men, Not Books"

Oh, but books are such safe company,i
They keep your secrets well they never
boast that they made your eyes .glisten, or
your cheek flush, or your heart throb. You
may take up your favorite author, and love
him at distance just as warmly as You
like, for all the sweet fancies and glowing
thoughts that have winged your lonely
hours so fectly and so sweetly. Then you
may close ,he book, and lean your cheek
against the cover, as if it wers the face of
dear friend; shut your eyes and soliloquise
to your hearts content, without fear If mis-.
construction, even though you should ex-
claim in the fulness of your enthusiasm,
What an adorable soul that man has r'
You may put the volume under your pillow,
and let your eye and the first ray of morning
light fall on it together, and no Argus eyes
shall rob you of that delicious pleasure, no
carping old maid, or straight laced Pharisee
shall cry out, " it isn't proper !" You may
have thousand petty, provoking, irritating
annoyances through the day, aud you shall
come back again to your dear old book, and
forget them all in dIeamland. 1t shall be
friend that shall be always at hand that
shall never try yon by caprice, or pain you
by forgetfulness, or wound you by dstfust.
Study men !"
We'll, try it don't believe there's any
neutral territory where that interesting study
can be pursued as it should be. Before YOU
get TO the end Of the first chapter, they'll be
making love TO you from the mere force Of
hahit-~and because silks, and calicoes, and
delaines, naturally suggest it. h's just as
natural TO them az 10 Is To speeze when a
ray Of sunshine flashes suddenly in their IA
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MoTHERs.-By the quiet fire-side of
home, the true mother in the midst of her
children, is sowing as in vases Of earth the
seeds Of plants that shall sometime give to
Heaven the fragrance Of their blossoms, and
whose fruit be a rosary Of angelic deeds, the
noblest offering that she can make through
the ever ascending and ever-expanding souls
Of her children to her Maker. Every word
that she utters goes from heart to heart
with a power of which she little dreams
Philosophers tell us in their speculations
that we cannot lift finger without moving
the distant spheres. Solemn is the thought,
but not more solemn to the Christian moth
er than the thought that every word that
falls from her lips, every expression of her
countenance even in the sheltered walk and
retirement, may leave an indelible impress
sion upon the young souls around her, and
form as it were the underling strain of that
education which peoples Heaven with that
celestial being, and gives to the white brow
Of the angel next to the grace of God its
crown of glory.
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The FEMALE TEMpER.--No traits of char
acter is mote valuable in female than the
possession of a sweet temper. Home can
never be made happy without il, it is like
the flowers that spring up in our pathway,
reviving and cherishing us. Let man 60
home, at night, wearied and worn by the
tolls of the day, and how soothing is word
dictated by good disposition 1t is sun
shine falling on his heart. He is happy,
and the cares of life are forgotten. A sweet
temper has soothing influence over the
minds Of whole family. Where it is
found in the wife and mother, you observe
kindness and love predominating over the
natural feelings of bad heart. Smiles,
kind words and looks characterize the chill
dren, and peace and love have their dwell
ings there Study, then to acquire and re-
tain sweet temper. 1t is more valuable
than gold, and it captivates more than beat
ty, and to the close of life it retains all its
freshness and power.
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From the Lady's Cask.t Indian Spring, Ga
Life of Piece of Tobacco.

My first recollection is, that of being press
ed very closely in large square box, with
many of my associates. And think thew
were very warm friends, for they all gather.
ed SO closely around me, that it was impos-
slble Tor me to move or scarcely get breath
OF AIR. Well, we were put upon steamer,
and sent to New York, and placed in
large store in Broadway. 1t was not long be.
fore the cover was removed from the box in
which we were lying, and there we were ex-
posed to the gaze of all passers by. At last,
began TO miss some of my companions.
One ~ one, they were carried away, until
began to be very lonely. But one dav, as
lay there thinking of my departed friends.
and wondering if / should ever again see
them, young gentleman came along, and,
taking me in his hand, seemed to admire
me very much, and, to my utter astonish
ment, the saucy fellow raised me to his
mouth, and, placing me under that heavy
moustache, bit piece from the corner of
me, about four inches each way, and then
ordered me to be rolled up in paper, placed
me In his pocket, and marched off with me-
But that corner which he severed was twist
ed and turned and revolved in his mouth
until he saw young lady coming up the
street, when it was suddenly dashed to the
ground, as though it had been so much fire !:
and as the lady approached, you would
have thought that the young man had new
er been guilty Of the least impertinence in
his whole life. How deceitful But so il
is, and so | was doomed to be used the re
malnder Of my days-for as often as once
IN twenty minutes, must be decreased by
four or five inches until i was scattarad ali
over the sidewalk, in pieces about half as
large as hens egg.
But, reader, this was not the last of me.
There ] lay for weeks; no one would take
the least notice of me--even the dogs would
turn up their nose a. me. But as l said
before, this was not the last Of me. One
sunny day there came along little ragged
urchin, with basket on his arm, who pick.
ed me up and placed me 10 the basket,
where, to my joyful surprise, | met all my
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VALUE OF TIME.-The Roman Emperor
ssid, {" have lost day !" he uttered sad
der truth than if he had exclaimed, " have
lost kingdom" ....
Napoleon said that the reason why he
beat the Austrians was that they did not
know the value of five minutes. At the Gel
ebrated battle of Bivoli, the conflict seemed
on the point of being decided against him.
He saw the critical state of affairs and in.
stantly took his resolutions. He dispatch
ed n flag to the Austrian head quarters, with
proposals for an armistice. The unwary
Austrains fell into the snare-for few min.
utes the thunders of battle were hushed
Napoleon seized the precious moments, and,
while amusing the enemy with mock neGo,
tia,ions, he re.arranged his line of battle,
changed his front, and in few minutes,
was ready TO renounce the farces Of discus.
sion for the stern arbitrament of arms. The
splendid victory of Bivoli was the result.
The great moral victories and defeats OF
the world often turn on minutes. Crisis
come-the se,zing of which is victory, the
neglect of which is ruin. Men may loter,
but time flies on the wings of time, and all
the great interests of life are speeding on
with the sure and silent tread of destiny.
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5elfrtra purtry.
The Exile's PRAYER.

In his work on The Mind, DR.. Rush men
tions the fact, attested by clergymen of his
acquaintance, that the aged Foreigners whom
they attended generally prayed, on their
death-beds. in their native language, though,
in many cases, they had not spoken it for
fifty or sixty years .
lie speaks The lingering locks, that cold
And few and gray, fall DER his brow,
Were bright, with childhood's clustered gold,
When last that voice was heard as now.
lie speaks and as with Pickering blaze
LIES last dim embers, waning, burn,
Fresh from the unsealed fount Of praise,
His childhood's gushing words return.
All who can tell what visions roll
Before those wet and couded eyes,
As, DER the old mans parting soul, ...
His childhood's wakened mem'ries rise
The fields are green and gladstone still,
That smiled around his sinless home,
And back, from ancient vale and hill,
Exultant echoes bounding come
He treads that soil, the first he pressed
He shouts with all his boyish glee-
He rushes to his mothers breast
He clasps and climbs his fathers knee
And then--the prayer that nightly rose,
Warm from his lisping lips of yore,
Burst forth, to bless that evenings close
Whose slumbers earth shall break no more!
Dark though our brightest lot may be,
From toll to sin and sorrow driven,
Sweet childhood we have still, in thee,
A link that holds US dear TO heaven
When Mercy's errand angel bears,
'Tis in thy raimsnt that they shine,
And.ifone voice reach Mercys ear, ."
That Blessed voice is surely thine!
God of his fatherl may the breath
That upward watts the exile's sigh,
Rise, fragrant from the lips of death,
As the first prayer Of infancy
Frown not, if through his childhood, back,
The old man heavenward seeks his way
Thy light was on that morning track,
1t can but lead to Thee and day
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ces. "Study men ~ that's game, my
dear, that two can play at. Do you sup
pose they are going 10 sit quietly down and
let you dissect their hearts, without return
ing the compliment No, indeed that's
where 'hey differ slightly from books -
they always expect an equivalent.
Men are a curious study Sometimes it
pays to read TO "the end of the volume"
and then again, it don't-mostly the latter F!
Fanny Fern.
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Hliarrllanruua Rrahing.
A Graphic Picture of NAPOLEON.

The personal appearance Of Napoleon, in
the last days of his power, Is thus described
by Lamartine, and will be interesting as
coming from his pen, though we doubt very
much its correctness:
The empire had made him old before
his time. Gratified ambition, saiiated pride,
the delights of palace, a luxurious table, n
voluptuous cough, youthful wives, complais-
ant mistresses, long vigils, sleepless nights,
divided between labor and festive pleasure
the habit of constant riding which made
him corpulent--all tended to deaden his
obesity overloaded him with flesh. His
cheeks, formerly streaked with muscles and
followed by the working of genius, were
broad, full and overhanging, like those of
Ohio in the Roman medals Of the empire
An excess of bile, mingled with the blood,
gave yellow lint to the skin, which, at a
distance, looked like varnish of the pale
gold on his countenance. His lips still pre-
served their Grecian outline and steady
grace, passing easily from smile to men
ace. His solid, bony chin, formed an ap
propriate base for his features. His nose
was but line, thin and transparent The
paleness of his cheeks gave greater brillian-
cy to the blue Of his eyes. His look was
searching, unsteady as waverimg fame
an emblem Of inquietude. His forehead
seemed TO have widened, from the scantiness
of his thin black hair, which was falling
from the moisture of continual thought. 1t
might be said that his head, naturally small,
had increased in size to give ample scope
between his temples for the machinery and
combination of a mind, every thought of
which was empire. The map of the world
seemed to have been entrusted on the o, b of
,he reflective head. But it was beginning
to yield aud he inclined it often OH his
breast, while crossing his arms like Frederick
the Great-an attitude and gesture which
he appeared to affect. Unable any longer
10 seduce his courtiers and his soldiers by
the charm of youth, it was evident he wish
ed TO fascinate them by the rough, pensive,
and disdainfui character of himsef-of his
model in his latter days. lie moulded him.
self, as it were, into the statute of reflection,
before his troops, who gave him the nick
name Of Father Thoughtful. He assumed
the pose of destiny. Something rough, rude
and savage in its movements, revealed lis
southern and insular origin. The man Of
the Mediterranean broke out constantly
through the Frenchman. His nature, too
great and too powerful for the part he had
to play, ovcrfowed on all occasions. He
bore no resemblance to any of the men
around him. Superior and altogether diff
ferent, he was An offspring of the sun, ofthe
sea, and of the battle. feld-out of his ele
ment even in his own palace, and stran-
ger even in his own empire. Such was at
this period the DroIiIe the bnst and tba av
terna physiognomy Of Napoleon"
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Soc1AL LoyE.-How sweet Is social affan.

Social LovE.--How sweet is social affec.
ton! When the world is dark without, we
have light within. When cares disturb the
breast, when sorrow broods about the heart,
what JOY gathers in the circle we love !
We forget the world, with all its animosi
ties, while blessed with social kindness
That man cannot be unhappy, who has
hearts that vibrates in sympathy, with his
own, who is cheered by smiles of affection
and the voice of tenderness Let the world
he dark and cold, let the hate and animosi-
~ of bad men gather about him in the place
of busness--but when he enters the ark of
love, his own cherished circle, he forgets all
these, and the sorrow from the hears. The
warm sympathies Of his wife and children
dispel every shadow, and he feels thrill of
Joy in his bosom which words are not ad.
equate to express. He who is n stranger to
the joys of social kindness has not begun to
live.
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The Newberry Mirror, in an article on
Sale-day, thus alludes to the crops in that
District:
"The weather had been warm for the
past week, and on the whole favorable
to the slowly growing crops. We heard
much complaint as to the stand of cotton i'm
all parts of the District. L. is poor, and
particularly in the gray soils. Corn is very
backward. We have seen some very good
wheat and oats. The prospects are not very
fattering, and it is generally conceived that
the small supply of cotton will keep negro
property at price not less than the prices
of last fall and winter"
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Woman.

1t Is woman'snalure to yearn and droop
for love-to shrink in agony from lonely
path-to long for some sympathising bosom
TO which she can trust her Sorrows She
looks to man, her natural protector. No
true.bearted woman but has this feeling
born with lier, implanted there by God him.
self, but it is doomed, too often, to find on
earth no such loving rest. The warm affec
tions of her heart are too often crushed by
bitter neglect and cold Indifference too Of
ten is she betrayed where most she trusted,
and therefore is her lot so sad. Despairinp
and broken hearted. she turns from earth to
heaven. But when she can at once realize
that she is the subject of love as immeas
urably superior in consolation and thought,
aud changeless sympathy to that of man, as
the heaven is above the earth; when she
can once feel that she has a friend, who will
never leave her, nor forsake her-in whose
pitving ear she may pour forth her trials
and griefs, either petty or great, which she
would not, even if she might, confide to
man, secure not only of pity, but healing
when she is conscious she is never lonely
never left TO her own weakness, but in her
very need will have strength infused-then
is she blessed that she is no more lonely, no
more sad. And the word of God will rive
us his thrice blessed consultations not i'm his
gracious promises alone though they them.
selves would be sufficient, but in his deal,
ings with His creatures
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LAST WoRDs.--" Talk to me now in
Scripture language alone" said dying
Christian. ~ can trust the word of God |;
but when they are the words of man, it costs
me an effort to think whether / may trust
te them." This was the testimony of one
who died in the morning of life. g.
Charles, bring me the Bible" said a dy-
ing father. The weak sufferer laid his thin,
pale hand, on the blessed book, aud said
8. I.Tresttin Christ" s15
How pleasant are the last hours of the
Christiani And how often have they borne
TO the, trembling the assurance that death
has no sting. and the grave no victory I
Who would not bear the cross on earth to
wear the crown In heaveni
"Who, If God be there,
Would hesitate to,tread des.l1s narrow vale.
And die to live forsyerfs
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THE WEATHER AND CRops.-Within the
last few days we have had quite spell
of cloudy weather and rain, and in some
portions of the District hail. The prospect
f'r an abundant wheat crop, we lean, is
fine, and should the rust not take it, the
yield will be largely over an average We
trust the expectations of the farmer may be
realised to the fullest extent, and that the
graneries throughout the land may over
flow with abundance.-AGbeviHe Banner,
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THE CoTToN PRosPEcT.-We have never
heard rs general and loud complaints, at
this season Of the year, as our farmers are
now making about the prospects of the cot
ton crop. One planter Of considerable skill
and means whom we know of has plowed
up every foot of his cotton crop and planted
the ground in corn. OTHERS are engaged in
doing the same thing, to partial extent.
Chester Standard.
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THE BLESSED HoME.-Home To he Mt
home is the wish of the seaman on stormy
seas and lonely watch. Home is the wish
Of the soldier, and tender visions mingle with
the troubled dreams Of trench and tented
field. Where the palm tree waves its grace.
ful plumes, and brides of fjewcled lustre fash
and flicker among gorgeous flowers, the ex-
lie sits staring upon vacancy far away
nome lies upon his heart, and borne upon
the wings of fancy over intervening seas and
lands, he has gone away home, and hears
the lark singing above his fathers fields,
and sees his fair haired brother, with light
foot and childhood's glee, chasing the but
tesflv 10y his native stream. And in his
best hours home his own siness home, n
home with his Father above that starry sky.
will be the wish Of every Christian man.
lie looks around him-the world is full of
suffering; he is distressed by its sorrows
and vexed with its sins. He looks within
him-he finds much in his own corruptions
to grieve for. In the language of heart.
repe!led, grieved, vexed, he often turns his
eyes upward, saying al would not live al
ways" No, not for all the gold of the
worlds mines-not for the pearls of her seas
not for all the pleasure of her fashy, frothy
cup-not for the crowns Of her kingdoms
would l live here always" Like n bird
about to migrate to those sunny lands where
no winter sheds her SHOWS, or strips the
grove, or binds the dancing streams, he will
often in spiri, be pluming his wing for the
hour of his fight to glory Guthrie.