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HOME LIFE.-If home life is well
ordered, The children having according
to age, working time. play time. books,
games, and household sympathics, they
will love home and find pleasure there.
Give the little ones states and pencils.
and encourage their attempts to make
pictures. Drawing will amuse them
when noisy plays have lost their zcsi,
or are unreasonable, and the art will be
useful TO them in after life Have them
iead TO each other stories and para
graphs of your selection, and save the
funny things and pleasant ones you see
in papers and books, to read to them mt
your pleasure. You cannot imagine
how much it will please them, and how
it will bind them to you. But choose
we'll for them; for the impressions
made on their minds now will last
when the hills crumble. Have them
sing together, and sing with them,
teaching them songs and hymns. Let
them sing all day-like the birds--at
all proper times. Have them mutually
interested in the same kind of amuse-
ment and occupation, having specified
time for each, SO that their habits will
he orderly. Let them work together
in the garden, boys and girls--bo,h
need out Of doors work-while the pa.
rents eyes direct and sympnthize, and
their loud voices blend in loving accord.
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Mr.. YANcEY's SpEECH.-An i'm
mense as>emhlage greeted Mr.. Yancey,
upon The occasion of his first appear
ance before the people Of New York,
last night. Not outstanding the high
expectations which had been raised bv
ahe Southern press, relative to the ora
tory of the eloquent Alaha,nian, we
will venture TO say that no one was dis
appointed. and that no speaker at Coop.
er Institute ever before made deeper
impression on his audience. The
speech held the people spell bound for
two hours, and reused an enthusiasm
that was almost impossible 10 repress in
order TO permit tie speaker 10 proceed.
MIR. Yancey was bold and manly in the
expression of his opinions. Our read
ers will see that he made no equivoca
tion on the question of secession. Ills
exposition of the commercial relations
between the sections was characterized
with cogent reasoning and unrefulable
facts and figures. Ills appeal to the
Union. loving men Of New York to step
forward at once. and save the confcte
racy by beating back the coming tor.
rents Of fana,icism, was expressed in
eloquent terms, and brought forth an
enthusiastic response from his hearers
The printed report of the speech, though
II cannot give with il the clear and
pleasing voice and graceful style Of tile
orator, will be found well worthy OF
perusal.-Ne'o York Day Book.
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- YouN0 oMEs.-The article below has
so much, Of truth and justice in il that
We transfer it to our columns with plea.
sure: .,.r:...,.. a.: =.
" Everybody knows how common i, i,
for old and middleaged men 10 try to
keep Young men from rising in the world
by sneers at the youtlfulness ofihe aspir-
ahts-asc even in the case, Of Walpole,
whose taun,s against Pitt so signaIv
failed 10 depress the latter, and, served
to-" damn their author 10 everlasting
fame" No young man of talents, but
has had such enemies TO encounter-
men who seem TO take a ficndiSh de-
light, and cherish q certain malicious
pleasure in seeking 10 deprcss every.
thing like genuine enthusiasm and tile
buoyant ambition of the bright boy or
bnlliantyoung man.
"This arises half from their malice,
and as much from sheer ignorance of
the nature and tempe. ament of genius.
When the climber upward has gained a
place among his peers, then it is that
these miserable flatterers cringe and
fawn ms basely as they formerly malign.
ell and ridiculed lriin, and would fain
crowd out of sight his old friends and
staunch adheients. In his green age
and budding season, the youth Of geni.
us Graves and requires sympathy. II is
with him especially, (tnd ina measure
with aiimen, an intellectual, want a,
evident rs the coarsest, necessary Gle
ments Of existence. ... ...'
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SMALL MEANs.-Tho power Of mon.
ey is, on the whole, over estimated.
The greatest things which have been
done for. the world have not been &C
compiished by rich men, or by subscrip-
ton lists, but 10y men generally Of small
peeuniary means. Christianity was
propagated over half the world by
men of the poorest class and the great
est thinkers, discoverers, inventors and
artists, have. been of moderate wealth,
many of hep little. raised above Il the
condition Of manual laborers in point
Of worldly circumstances. And il will
always be so. Riches are oftener an
impedi:cent than a stimulus to action,
and in many cases they are quite as
much misfortune as blessing. The
youth who inberils wealth is apt 10
have life made, too easy for him, and he
soon grows saled with it, because he
has nothing left TO desire Having no
special Object to struggle for, ho finds
time hangs heavily on his hands he
remains morally and spiritually asleep ;
and his position in society is often 10
higher II than that Of a poly Dus over
which the tide floats. .
Ills only labor is to kill the time;
And labor dire it is, ard weary Woe"
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NUMBER Is.

DoS'r WAIr.-John Poster, in his.
essay on Decision of Character says:
UT is wonderful how even the apparent
casualties Of life seem to how to spirit
that will, not bow to them Z" Words
which we wish all those young. men
would ponder, who, instead Of throwing
themselves into the work of life and do
ing a manly part, and forever waiting
Tor something to turn up. ae..,.r.s
There seems to be altogether too
many Of this class of persons at the pres
ent day, and sad sight they are. Ir-
resolute, indolent, doing nothing, wait
ing for turn in the tide, and yet never
throwing themselves upon the tide, and
breas.ing the wateis, like men in earn
est. Their province seems 10 be 20 wait;
not TO wait as handmaiGen upon. her
mistress; but 10 wait in li>tIessness and
stoth, while the diligent and persevering
brush by them, hasten Oh, and secure
the prize.
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ADVERTIsEMENTs
5rlrrkh Z: purtru.
The Reaper,

~ '& L@fa The Reaper. q
The Harvest sun rode high aloft, e.. D
n Aud downward thro' the branches
Fell chanting beams, as shy and soft,
- As tender lovers glances.
The Summer wind comes dancing by,
~ Sweet perfume in his tresses; +
He spies rosebud growing nigh,
And stops 70 lavish kissesI
The ripe wheat mods her yellow head
~, And blushing gold all over. ,.-
"Come kiss me, too" she softly said,
az" Thou gay, Iight-footed rover"
But now the reapers, one by one, =.
y, Are Fastening from their moorihg;
Some laugh and jest the while, and some
." Amerry cong are grooming. 'r'
Now swirl the lads and lasscs 60 &.
Across the waving meadow,
But-Willie stands with lowering brow
, Beneath the oak tree's shadow. r..a
Said he, "Pve lost my true love dear,
Il know not where TO find her;
IF l should go the reaper here,
Oh! who would GO my binderT -
he heareth not the foot that slept :.
So light behind him, coming,
Butleaning on his cradle, keyt 49,. sss.s..
q, His love sisk ditty humming. <
Ae--tt. IN !. - -,a.., 80 49,
81 He turned in qniek confusion, :
Tho saacy maiden, laughing, said,
81 hope 'tis no intrusionH"
"soi have you. u.lost your true love dear.
And know not,where TO find herr
2 Go. Willie, reapi for am here, !
= !" and I will be your binderr~ -,
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A SMILE.-Who can tell the value of
a smile? 1t costs the giver nothing,
bu, is. beyond price TO the crring. and
relenting, the sad aud cheerless, the lost
and forsaken. 1t disarms malice-sub.
dnes temper turns hatred TO love, re-
venge to kindness, and paves the dark
est paths with gems Of sunlight. A
smile oil the brow betrays kind heart,
a pleasant friend, an affectionate broth.
or, n dutifu son, and happy husband
1t adds charm 10 beau'y, decorstes tho
face of the deformed, and makes lovely
woman resemble the angel Of Paradise.
Who will refuse to smile?
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To PREVENT SHIPPERS IN IIAMs.-In
u communication TO the Cotton Planter
Mr.. MELVILLE says: There is, accord
ing to my experience, nothing easier
than to avoid the skipper and alI worms
and bugs that usually infest AND often
destroy SO much bacon. 1t is simply to
keep y our smoke house dark, and the
moth that deposilcs the egg will never
enter it. For the past twenty five years
! haze attended to this and never have
had my bacon troubled with any insect.
4 have now hanging in my smoke house
hams one, Two and three years old, and
the oldest are as free from insects as
when first hung up, ] am not aware
OF other causes for The exemption Of my
bacon from insects, bpi simply the fact
il,at my smoke house is always kept
dark. Before adopting this plan, ] had
tried many experiments but always
either without success or with injury 10
The flavor of nv bacon. smoke with
green hickory ;this is mnportan,, rs the
flavor Of bacon is often utterly destroy.
ed by smoking il with Improper wood.
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SOCIETY OF When we
feel, like Wordsworth, that ".the world
is ever with u.s." that we are growing Of
The earth, earthy that our perceptions
of the beauty and Truth Of Gods uni.
verse are becoming dull--we rush into
the society OF childrsn--into the com
pany Of hearty, happy, silly children,
who love flowers and birds, pet rabbits,
clowns and paniomimes, strange, won.
derfal legends and mystic elfin trsdi
tions--not the ,abominably clever, little
men and women produced by the "forc.
ing system" who have no ftlish for ihe
simple JOYS Of childhood. We Join
them in their sevels; we listen to, their
prattle we make their pursoils ours.
and, as far as we can, Their nature. ours.
II i. as, if We were in The company of
angels, unawates. Our Heart grows
purer,, our mind gfows healthier some.
Thing Of a new fife and new spirit, how.
ever evanescent, lifts us above ourselves.
| WHO'S it speaks Of children as J." birds
withoiN wings from Paradise ?" Ills
must ha @ been "a wise md kindly ma.
re--the comparison Is so apt, so true
for do they not, with ath sir Pheasant
voices make a sweet and happy music,
which seems like nm air from heaven--
like the tender strain OF some angelic
choir s--LoRdoa I4ustrated Neaos.
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HAPpINEss.-Now, let me tell you
secrct-a secret worth hearing. This
looking forward for enjoyment. don't
pay. From what | kno " Of it, ould
as soon chase butterflies for a living,
or bottle up moonshine for cloudy
nights. The only true way to happi.
ness is 10 take the drops of happiness as
God gives them TO us every day Of our
lives ; the boy must learn 10 be happy
when he is plodding over his lesson
the apprentice while he is learning his
trade, the merchant while he is making
his fortune. If he fails to. learn this
ar, he will he sure to miss his enjoy
ment when he gains that he sighs for.
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BILL, I've Leen in real estate little
lately.
Well, John, how much have you dip
ped in :3.-..
Bought lot in the cemetery, and a
half acre for residence lot in the north
Of it.
Just north What The deuce did vou
go SO far north ! Going 20 live there
Yes, Bill, | want homs beyond Tie
grave!
Bill looks solemn, and they both VAN
ish whislling melancholy air.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES vividlv
describes death tn us:
by the stiffness of the sharrcned
features, hy the biackness Of the tear
less eye, by the fixedness of the smile
less mouth, by the deafening tints, l.v
the contracted brow, by the diIating
nostril, we know that the soul is soon
t, leave its mortal tenement. and ia a.
ready closing its windows and putting
ou; its fires"
A CERTAIN Divine who was more
eminent in his day for the brillisncy ot'
his imagination than the force of
his l"gic, was preaching on the Minis.
try of Angels and in the preora,on he.
suddenly observed-"I hear a whis
per" The change of tone started the
deacon, who'sat below, from drowsv
mood, and springing to his feet. he said
~ guess its the boys in the gallery"
4 g.
FATHER, it tells here about the II.
Illuminated MSS. What were they
lighted with e.
The father hesitated, and when ,lse
question was repeated, answered despe,.
ately, :" With the light Of other day !.
my son !" ,,.. ....,'t .
! MAxYa man thinks lis virtue that
keeps him from turning rascal, when
il is only full stomach. One should
he careful and not mistake potatoes for
tprincipSs. I'd. .".... =.
A sIcKman was told that nothis :.
could do him any good but, quar-, ,f
tcatnip. Then | must die" said he /:
l don't hold but pint" g.,
AN editor down South reports hirm-
self son.struck, md ssys he is recover.
ing, though the blow was very heavy
one-an eleven FOUNDER. ...
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HrSrsso ON MAaniAae-If Won are: =, :

HISTssoNi MARRIAGE If you are, n
very precise man, aud wish to be Ger
tain of what you get, never marry a
girl named, Ann; for we have the au-
,tbority. Of Lind;ey Murrey and others,
.thatt'an IN an ihdefinite article."- .,
If yona would like 10 have q wife
who is /" one -ofa thousand" you should
marry an Emily or an Emma, for any
printer can tell you that "eins" are
counted by The thousands. -...-
If You., wish to have a busting, flr-
about wife. you should marry one named
Jenneyq;i for every cotton factor knows
that jenuies are always spinning. T.
II you want 10 marry a l,elle, il is
not necessary that you should he sex
ton, just because you have 10 ring her
at tile altar. .. ~.
Ii you marry ono named Margaret,
you may be sure that she will come 10
the gallows, for all the world knows
that pegs were made for banging.
IL you wish to succeed in life as a
porter, you should marry Caroline and
treat her very kindly, for as long as you
continue to do that, you will be good
to Garry.
The most incessant writer in the
world is lie who is always bound tc
Alkaline.
You may adore your wife, but you
will be surpassed in love when YOU
| wife is Dora. ' '.....
Many men Of high moral principles
and who woml not gamble for th,
world, sill have not refused 10 take 4,
Bet.
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g I'll as ~. .asS. ~ 'ue p'esssS = e e
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P 'S>s '-'' VII WV"
- ; ~ Rs,s.,.a A., -, :, u.cs..p IA A..
iqvandei ss ma. yn,no man ,ea,ed,t;,n.
g.,so,iI raa, Lar a.a sh;,;u,, NJ.
y In ,s;,h 80 -. IT, xIos,;s Da.h.s 80
y aisrsd 20 49, .,o,, -,,,,, son as' = :.
I.f'v .She hssm ssid. q eoraaN y.,do, .
ID aud 7 fnd e,honoL + ,honSb, ,o,h;nn
could ever. make me do II that hs,s
her~ Ts"b . 1-'S2"1' ,1o.a.' - '' -. -
T.. sha dss.,vs. !, ~ s,;a NJ, v.nao,
70 sTo .h;aL tia, the sdon,ed d.ush,s, n
my, brotber.in-law. John Williams.
should presume to reject my sonm ),
no matter u sac y john Williams
sdoP'ed ,oaughter' sona Wil'iams IN.
senos 70 iease her al MS properly, said
seo,gs query - = 4
10 sh'nk sad MRS. Sandei, gong
over 'ne past YIN great scorn. : that
mys'sstes shou'h ever nave married such
, = man ast'ohn Williams in The hrst
place man that had no more connec
lions than stick OF wood. Then my
ssastsr died and iett no children"
.sef 4iYes, she did," said George. sShe
= siese 2 son" .,'.,E y.,1z. . as ..s..-aa r.
.Id. And tina. s;s son was lost in the street; rect,
OF LOu0OQ eighteen wears ago. said
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TIE EPREFERENCE.-InM Massachusetts
a black man, by recent special law.
can vote after one years residence,
while a German or Irishman. or any
other European, must wait two years
after being naturalized, making seven
years in all. Yet Carl Schurz ia
"stumping" the West for the party
which makes this distinction between
the African and the German, between
the negro and the lrishman
augusta (Gd.) Dispatch.
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What Makes q Mani

. A man never knows hhat lie is capa-
ble Of urnil he has tried his powers
There seems to be no bounds TO human
capacity. Insight. energy, md will, pro-
dueo astonishing results. How often
modest talent, driven by circumstances
to undertake some formidable work, has
felt its own un,riel and hitherto uncon.
scious power rising up to grapple and
to master, and afierward stood amazed
at its own unexpected success.
Those circumstances, those people,
enemies and friends, that provoke us to
any noble undertaking, are our greatest
benefaclors. Opposition and persecu.
lion Go more for man. than any SEEM
ingly g ,od fortune. The sneers of crit
les develop the latent fire Of The young
poet. Tho anathemas Of the angry
Church irflame the zeal of the reformer.
Tyranny, threats, fnggots, torture, rise up
heroes and martyrs, who night other
wise have slept away slothful and
though;'ess lives, never dresming what
splendid acts and words lay buried in
their bosoms. And who knows but
lhe wrongs of society are permitted be.
cause of the fine gold which is beaten
out Of tue crude ore of humanityl
Here is the truth worth considering.
Are you in porertyl Have you suffered
wronga DO circumstances oppose You
Are you beset 10y enemies Now is your
time. Never lie there depressed and mel
ancholy. Spend no more time in idle
whining. Up like a lion! Make no
complaint, but il difficulty fight you,
roar your defiance. You are at school,
this is your necessary discipline, power,
ty and pain are your masters use the
powers God has given you, and you
shall be master at last. Fear of failure
is the most fruitful cause Of failure
Stand firm, and you will not fall
What seems failure at first is discip-
line. Accept the lessons; trust the
grand result /; up and up again strike
and strike again, and you shall always
gain, whatever the fortune of to,day's
or to- morrow's battle.
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Augustu (Ga.) Dispatch.
AN ENGLISH pold guinea of the dat,

AN English gold guinea of the date
of 1885 was dug up on Bolton Hill.
Augusta. Maine, few days since, by
boy while digging worms for bait. The
coin is i'll fine state Of preservation,
and it's value is five dollars. The die of
the English guinea was changed in 1701
from the form of this impression to one
more artistic and graceful, and the coin
of old form is now rarely met with i'll
commerce.
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LIvISa roo HIaH-Mr. Hume hit
the mark when he stated in the House
Of Cornmous, though his words were
followed by "iaughter"--that The tone
of living in England is altogether too
high. What was true Of G,e "motlier
country,"' il, emphsticnlly trne of The
present" day and generation !" repubi:
hcans. Middle class people are apt to
l;te up 10 their incomes, if not beyond
them |; affecting a degree Of .rstyle-"
which is most unhealthy in its effect
upon society at large. There j. an arr:
bi,ion TO bring mp boys as gentlemen,
or rather :" genteeL" men, though the
rcsull. frequently is .only.to mako them
gents, They acquire a taste for dress,
style, luxuries and amusenents, which
.e~n never form any solid foundation for
manly or gentlemanly character; and
the result is, there is a vast number ol
| gingerbread young gentry, thrown up
on Tie world, who femipd one Of the
abandoned hulls sometimes picked mp
at sea, with only a. amonkey on board.
~. III I"F A" "--A---zL--s%>S4s----4-4A< = SHltA
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7, A MAN nacl, addicted TO drinking
being exttenely,ill with a fever.ea cor
sultation was held IN his bed. chamber,
by three physicians, how to cure the
fever and abate the thirst. "Gentle
men, ,"he said I'll take hall The trouble
off your hands ; you cure the feve:, and
viii aLale The thirst myself
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. TuEY ARE PASSING" "AwAY.--They
are passing away. Amid The busy
scenes Of life we are often made 10 real.
ize the shortness of this existence, by
being called to part with some dear
friend. To- dav, we see atcircle Of friends
in perfect henkh-joyous 10y the pros
pect Of long life; their only thought is
tor this world, and the happiness in
store for them. But alas 4! their hopes
are vain. To morrow, dea,h-that 81,
lent messenger-enters that happy, cir
Gle, and one Of their number, With high
hopes and expectations, is cut down. to
be seen upon earth no. moro. Look
upon that happy family, now seated
around the home fireside: they know
not the meaning Of the words care
and sorrow will it ever Ge thus?
Again we visit them but now they
gaze in mute despair npon the mani
mate form Of their darling. Death has
visited that family, and taken the flow
er Of the household, the youngest form
in that little flock. Shrely now they
must truly realize the force of that short
sentenee--they3 are passing away. ..
Come with me TO the death bed Of
the Christian. Ills family are gathered
around him, and are listening for the
last time TO his words Of instruction !!
IIark !! he is imploring them to put no
value on the flceting things Of this
world, but place their trust on high.
lie, too, has passed away, and MS his
friends gather around his grave, and
hear those solemn words, Mingle ash
es with ashes, and dust with It's original
dust" they feel in their inmost souls
the solemuity Of this tru.h-they are
passing away. = 49,. - .., 49,.
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9o ALruouen Linn eprovides grsat many
ladies' boots and sl,oes all tho brogue-Anns
come from lrelapd. .- ~.
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By wM. HENRY PECK.
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