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ignorance, and they only marry in
the rich families, because they
know aud do 80 little, and need so
much waiting upon that it takes d
rick husband to support them. 1t
You ask Il Chinese women how
many children she has, she will give
you only the number of bo>s. She
has to be asked the second time
how many girls she has, as they are
thought so little of that in many
cases they are killed as soon as born>
n large.tooted women told me
once that her first child WAS little
girl, aud she '!escriocd to me bow
she loved the little one. My hus-
band went OUT she SAID, land
brought in tub of water. / beg.
ged him to spare its life, but he
took the little one and put its head
in the water, and held it there until
it was dead" Her second baoe
was d daughter, and it was served
the same as the first; the third
child was boy; he lived until he
Was abont 4 years old, then the
gods got angry and killed him
"th,n my husband died: and now
if eat anything that is nice and if
| wear good clothes, my relatives
become angry and treat Inc harsh
ly. Even in our Christiou church.
es in China, the women are not al
lowed in the same roolu with the
nleu, but are Iartitioned of in II
lattice work k-rooM.
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A Story Of Old Fuss and feathers

Gen. Taylor, who was proverhia||>
democratic in his habits, was access
bic ut all times and i'll all places to ANY
officer or soldier who had Octa.inn t.
call upon him. His tent Was always
open to all callers. and no ceremony
was required to gain an auhicncr
with the General commanding.
| General Scott, on the contrary, WAS
! very rrmonous on this Doint and
visitors were not always successful IN
their applications t"Scc him, and nine
times ont Of ten were referred I" ii
subordinate officer, who acted Is the
medium between the genera'-in-chirt,
and themselves. This was not in
every ease satisfactory to those VIII"
expected to be- favored with an inter
view in person; but there wai no help
for it, and they were compelled t"
submit, The following anecd",c.
which, occurred early in 1916. and
has never before been published, Illus
tiatcs the point:
There was Il certain Lieutenant
-(now IL general officer 10y trrvcr
VIII" happened 10 come dnwn the R:H
Gra,it shortly after Cen. Scott ha|
landed at Brazus. Bling d,sir"uS OF
paving his resI"cls to the c"mnlan-
,irr-il,-rl,irt, he hurried oft to hrad-
quarters ir the way that WAS custom
ary whcH visiting Old Zacl, AS he
approached he saw two wall tents
with fly" il front, which were The
headquarters. Outside walked i srl'-
incl. aud inside the sentinel sat an
orderly upon stool, while in the
first tent were seated Col. -, the
Generals military secretary, and
Capt.. one of his aids.
Az Liutenan.-appr arhcd the
seutinel he was saIuted: aud his hu>i-
ness ,krd
To see Gen. Scott" was the reply.
The senti'rl turncd to the orderly
and said: "Llcutenunt wishes 10
se,. G,n. Scott"
The orderly walked toward tn" ont
ward wuli tent, and opening it said t"
Col -, "Lirutruart- wishes to
see the General"
Capt.. rising, went quietly to
the inner tent. and pcrring in. SAW
that Con Scott was asleep. Rc;urn-
ing on tip-toe he said, in Il cautious
voice: "iiush! the General SLIM
bcrs." Col. turned to he orderly
and repeated. "Hush! the General
>lumhers.' and the scn,iu.l repeated
to the astonShcd ears Of the snIaI-
terms: Hush. the General slum-
bers."
Lieutenant-, who stood in dumb
establishment ut this exhibition Of for
mality, turned on his heel, the worst
disgustcd man in those parts.
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ward
Many popular puzzles depend on
the ambiguity or doul'le meaning of
words and phases. Thus, We are
told there WAS man who had six
chil,r''m, and had never seen one of
them. We are led to suppose that
none of the children had ever been
bchrld by their parent. But tn"
"ris may mcan equally a> well that
one Of thrin had been born while lie
man wa> on Il journey, and hr had,
couqacni V, newer Srrl4 that one. An
nihrr puzzle is this :: Thrr" was poor
blind brgGrr VIII" had Il hl"lhrr. TN"
brother died, hut the man who lird
had no brother. What relation was
the hrggar to the man who died?
We are apt to think the hrSgar Il
man; but when We think that the
h"ggar might be asirl, the answer be-
comes u;lilc plain.
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FEET N CHINA.
Something Fresh about Chinese Wo-
lIlGu.

|. Mrs.. 5. Baldwin, the missionary
to China, 'crttrrd in l'lniadclphia
ae 'e.;;y. ,Ot the women in China
she said:
The wnnien.nf China are divided
into two cI;lScs-the bound footed,
who are the ladies, aud the large
footed, who are the common class
The latter carry the burdens, do all
the druid lying and out door work,
while their husbands do nothing.
When little girl is born the pa
rents think the gods are angry
with them, and they hold consul
ia ion whether she shall be allowed
to live ornot. 1t she is, when she
arrives at the age of 4 years hey
hold another consultation whether
! she shall be hountl-tuoted
or a large footed woman. If she is
chosen to be a bonnd- footed she is
not permitted to do anything, bot
if otherwise she is to be the familv's
slave. | have seen IA woman with
four children stripped to her back
and rowing Il beat, while her hus-
band Land in the cabin smoking his
pipe. Girls have no choice of their
husbands; the young girl Is sold lay
her parents at the highest price
: they can obtain for her. She new
er sees her husband, nor he her,
until after they are married. II he
cl i"OseS he can be divorced from
her for talking too much; it. he
becomes po'r, or gets tired of her,
he sells her again. In the coolest
weather the large. footed women
are not allowed to wear stockings
and cannot dress in any other colors
than black or blue. The manner in
which they make their feet small is
by binding the four toes under the
foot, which they keep bound up for
eleven years, when the foot be-
comes dead. I have walked
through the streets when the wo-
men would brush against my dress
SO Us to see my feet. so they could
tell TO what class [ belonged. I
would say to them, 81 will show
you my feet, but do not pull my
clothes dis it is rude." When /
wuuld expose my feet to them they
would exclaim "Why have YOU
no real ladies' in America?" And
the only way that 1 could make
them believe that we had was by
telling them that the Women read
BOOKS like The men. which utterly
astouuded them, as the real Chinese
lady is brought up in the utmost
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To Clean W-(ioths.- If you wish
to have them look new aud nice.
wash them with soft flannel and
lukewarm water. and wipe perfect
ly dry. It you want them to look
extra nice, after they are wiped,
drow a few spoonfuls Of milk over
them, and rub them with a dry
cloth. .. ...@.
Objects of wood, stoneware and
porcelain, picture frames, ETC., may
he made to receive a beautiful
bronze by applying, by means of q
brush, ! thin layer Of water glass
solution, aud then busting it over
with a fine bronze powder The
excess of the powder is to be re-
moved by gently y tapping, and the
article. if of porcelain Or stoneware
slightly heated. The bronzing
may be polished by means Of an
agate stone, thereby assuming a
beautiful effect. =
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VOLUME XIX---NO. s.. s.

SECRET OF HArp1NEss.-An Italian
bishop who had struggled through
many difficulties without repining, had
been much opposed without ma"ifest-
ing impatience, being asked by Il
friend to communicate the secret Of
his being always 80 happy, replied,
1T consists in q single thing. and
that is, making right use Of
my eyes," His frjond, in surprise,
begged him to explain his meaning.
"Most willingly" replied the bishop.
In whatsoever state / am, l first OF
all look up to heaven, and. remember
that my great business is to get there.
| then look down upon earth, and call
to my mind how small space ! shall
soon fill in it. I then look abroad in
the world, and zee what muItitudes
arc, in all respects, less happy than
myself. And thus I learn where
true happincss is placed, where all
my cares must end, and how little
reason l ever had TO murmur, or to
he otherwise than thankful And to
live in ibis spirit is to be always hap.
py."
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Mr.. Lenox, Of New York, the
owncr Of the Lcnox Library, which
is to bs gwen to the public after
few years il rec!u>e in his habits
and has always been exceedingly
sverse to allowing anybody to inspect
his bibIiogrsp..ic treasures. Some
time sgo Henry Ward Beechps was
anxious 10 gain admission to the H.
brary, To consult u rare volume which
could on y ue tround there. The
person in charge told him the admis-
sion was impossible. and that the
owner could not ~ seen by anybody.
Beecher, however, desired to take his
card to Mr.. Lenox, which was finally
done. "Beechcr," said the scholarly
hermit, as he looked ut the card,
"who is this man? | have never
heard Of him. Give him my compli-
ments, and tell him the Library is uot
oren to visitors"
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Under the head OF "'Thc Ku-Klnx
Chircc," the New Orleans Times of
Monday. sth instant, has the follow
Ing: "One Of our coast planters who
has anumher Of Chinese Iaoorcrs in
his employ. seeing q disposition on
the part Of some Of the negroes to
annoy The Oric tails, and ap rrchend-
Ing Il rrrolt BY tic latter to the use
OF the sharp knives which they
always wear. cautioned them not to
lake the law into their own hands,
bul in ease they were troubled ty
any negro to bring the offender he.
fol" him and he would see that JUS
tirc was done Accordingly. one day
the planter, whilst sitting on his gal
lcry. observed procession Of the
Chlnamen coming from the quarters,
bearing at their head u dark package.
They marched with great deIlbrration
and dignity up to the mansion, and
laid their burden on the gallery ut
the feet Of the Planter. 1t proved to
be u "chunk Of q Negro" securely
bound az only Chinamc4, know how
to lie a parcel of goods The negro
was scared out + his senses, though
entirely unhurt. Laying him quietly
down m'the gallery, the leader Of
the Chinese, pointing to the dark
mass, said to the planter: 'Niggah |!
too much! too much niggah!' and
then the whole party trolted back to
their work. 1t was an hour. hard
work to unite the frightened negro,
who. on his felea-e, very che-rtulIy
acted upon the suggestion, Of the plan
ter to make himself scarre.'
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THE OLD HOMESTEAD.

All here it is, that dear old pIace,
.Uncl aG2cd through all these wears
How TX: some sweet, familiar face
My ch:lIl o, DIS home arreals!.
The sr.tnd "ld trees ht S de the door
Sill spread heir ban t. VIDE,
The river wanders as OF yore,
With sweetly nurmuring tide;
The distant hills look green and gray
The flowers are blooming wild,
And every thing looks glad to-day,
AS when l was i child.
Regardless how the years have flown
Halt wondering / stand
[ catch 10 fond, endearing tone,
| claSpn friendly hand:
l think my mothers smile to meet,
list my fathers call,
pause to hear my brothers. feet
Come bounding through the hall
But silence all around me reiynS,
A chill crcep> through my heart
No trace OF those love remains,
And tears unbidden start.
What though the sunbeams fall as fair,
What though the budding flowers
Still shed their fragrance on the air,
Within H:e's golden hours?
The foving ones that clustered here
These walls may not restore;
Voices that filled my youthful car
Will greet my soul no more.
And yet Iquit the dear old place
With slow and lingering tread,
As when we kiss q clay-cold face,
And leave it with tile dead.
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A fantastical story is told of the
coat-nf:,rms OF the Bismarck family
whci, CONSISTS of clnver-;ext' ent-
wiued by three ne,tlelravcs. The
cnrunicle runs IL al one of the maid
ens of thi' family, hcauty called
Gcrtru!., Icing c"urled by mauy ai-
mirri.5 =, .rr,,.d one of her first ruuS-
i.,s. However there came u rough
Baron from the German Ocean, ac.
compal,ied hy Il hundred horSemen,
to ask for her hand When it was
refused, he took the castle by storm,
killed Grrtrudc's father, and finally
embraced the maiden, remarking,
You golden clover Of my heart, you
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The late Prof. VIM. Gibson used to
relate that while going through the
ward of hospital with Velpeau, that
surgeon brought him to the bedside
Of two men who were. under treat
ment. for some slight fracture.
Would You believe it," said Velpeus,
these men have made living for
the last fifteen years by being knock
ed down and run over When they
see light wagon driven by some
wealthy person coming by, they step
across the street, aud are sure to be
ran over, picked up, and carried to
some hospital, and then sue for dam
ages. When their money becames
exhausted they begin again. Nearly
every bone in their bodies. has been
broken"
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1dleness is Fashionable.

Nothing, perhaps, is more fash
ionable than idIeness. ..
We all agree in theory, at least,
that the meaning of lite is found in
that littIe-use; that tile happiness
of life lst"und IN work; that to- be
idle Is to miserable.
Here, however we must make a
distinction. This law is sup.
posed TO apply only to men. Men
must have All occupation. If a
man Is with"ut one, we at once
begin to suspec: he must have some
evil designs upon society. The
law adds to the punishment, if the
culprit has "no visible means of
support" That alone is q strong
fact against him.
Not only the law, but public SEN
timent demands that every. man
shall do something.
ale is.an idIer, ," disgraces a man
almost beyond any other statement.
Now let US turn to the other
SIDE OF the house. In America
we have million young women
with ut the sllghtest l'retense Of
occupation. They spend u portion
Of their time in visiting. Miss
Blanche goes t. New York, in the
wln'er, 10 Si:e'Ia three months with
i'tt very ueaf lrleho, MISS NeIl'e'
"''o' ~ 'ot,l' comes 10 spend three
'n".''n' .,''1 " IN ,n,: n'ss i'''i!cie III she
u't'''e'' iAi' '"'' VI c'la''ge mas
] IUsv"I, o,I NII: Itt'''''se sHlste'n'
n>''1.~.le ',,''... ".'o , teI''e, win LUIS ~,
e''ei''' "oIA ol SlA m"h'ns ol
'lie year, anu ADDING one or two
u'ne' . r. !'!'le a,la'rs. OF Il similar k!nd'
.M.y ''.;,y M MI, up Tue leIlo!e OF Inc TIME
wv; :.'" ., ."e uLess.l'"ker' .' piano Erac'
'.I' I'; '''e tuea'eI' working s'ckiy-
;ooAtus p'l'A uoss III "ursted, ~
'"S !" '''S '''o'n'',S' dr s'lhS. three
'''l'leI 1. "a uay' az! ana reading u few
Ao,e'S, "a l',''liou OF young wo-
','"" ,,,laa;i,. VI ''4e oetler ~ Glasses III
:; 49, ,.s, s,,' "'. '''t"''s themselves
IVA , ~; ~; iu'o'. & "s ~ .4ese !net!loos.
Lar. r'',;'',l ;, va nn,',,',, -. 'u.u ''iI ~: "oa'u
unrIl ,,,.,',,',, ~ I A's -: ''':u ~,
..I. ,.';I,.,, "'s "','
',,'I W r.,, "'S 'ous so'l
w. ~ :" e"'e sung
few Years ~. ~ ',',u w. n,t"nI,. "I ,u n''
Io. lu.l,.uI r,,,.r ~ ,.;,;z."' ~
Can auy ,:n.. r,y.. ~ ,,I,",;;1oc
icuI ur u,.,u,,i5y,;,.I r.as',n ,yE,.
urls Should u"t suiier the same ,ls
lvrioration? Would YOU like direct
uroo, t;.at the, doy Listpn ,n the
couy.r,u,io, of youno women
.unrar.J vnuny IuI;es l-Ka.nx
su,,.,,,,,,,'ts ,E,.,v I L,rI.r h',n'
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Monkeys Afraid Of Snakes.
From Darwin's Descent of Man.

From Darwin's Descent of Man,
Brchm gives a curious account of
the instructive dread which bis mon
keys exhibited toward snakcs; hu;
their curio>i' y Was 80 great that they
could not drest fr,.n occasionally {;
satiating their horror, IN n must hu-
man fashion, by lifting up The lid OF
the box in which the Snakes were
kept: | was 50 much SURPRISED ~ lis
account, that ! cook 4 slunrd and
rolled up srsks in,o the monkey
lluu>e al he ZouIuxlral Gardens, aud
the rxrilemvni thus caused ~as one
Of the most curious SpcctacleS which
| ever hehrid. Three species OF Ger
cophilheru. we're The most alarmed
they dashed about their cages and TT.
tered sharp signal cries Of danger.
which were und"retuod by the other
monkeys, 4 few young monkeys
and one did AuuIis hanObu alunc
took II" nutice Of the snake I then
placed tie stuffed specimen on the
ground in one Of The large conj,art-
mentS. After time all the n,onkeys
collected round in large ciru!e, and
staring inlentiy, prctcnled most
ludicrous appearance. They bccame
extremely hcrv"ls; so that wl!cn u
wooden ball, with which they were
familiar Us playthlns. VAS =. a.cinsu-
tally moved in the straw, under which
it was partially hidden; they all in-
StantIy started away These mon
keys Lrhave very differently when
dead fish, Il mouse, and some other
new objects were placed in their
cages; for, though at first frightened:
they soon approached. handled and
examined them. | then placed Il
live Snakr in IL paper bag, with
mouth I"o>c!y ctoS:'d, in one OF The
larger compartments. One of the
monkeys Immediately approached,
cautiously opened the bag a Ii,tc,
pccpcd in and Immediately daShed
away. Then | witnessed what Brchm
has described, for monkey after non-
key, with head raised high and lurn-
cd oh one side, could not resist taking
momcntary peeps into the UPRIGHT
bag 1T the drcadinl object lying quiet
Ut The bottom 1t would alm'st up-
pear Us if moneys had some notion of
geological affinities, for those kept by
Brehm exhibited q strange, though
mistaken, instructive dread OF iuno-
cent lizards and frogs. An orans,
also, has been known to be much
alarmed at the first sight of turtle.
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are not nct,Ic and 10 not sting.
wherrat the spriyhtly maiden "bs'rv:
iny. Il am Il unrtlIr when ] wish, aud
can sting, and so do nctiics ever
sting thr one who world break Il
clover leaf ct the Bi>mark-.' quietly
Snnlr the adventurous lover under
the filth rib with ID dagger, injuriny
hiui so that hr died.
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To remove film from a horses
eye, blow, IN moderate weather, a
little calomel il. his eye through q
geose-ouil. Care should be taken
to keep the horse from getting wet
for three or four days after.
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no Keep Knires from Rushing
An excellent way to keep knives
from rus1iug is to scour them on u
board, crosswise, with some dry
brick, after having wiped them
perfectly dry; and pnt them away
Without wiping OFT the brick dust.
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BLEACHING FOR LADIES AND Chill
DREN's SuoEs.-Take good black
ink, and mix with dissolved gum
arabic. Apply with a brush or
sponge. This gives beautifully
new appe france to morocco shoes
that have become little rusty.
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RIBBON RENEwED.-Wash in
cool suds made of soap, aud iron
when damp. Cover the ribbon
with a clean cloth, and pass the
iron over that. If you wish to
stiHen the ribbon, dip it, while
drying. into gum arabic water.
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Obstructing the Fisheries.

This subject having been referred
by the Legislature of the State, AT it,
iast session, to the Bureau Of Agricul
lural Statistics, the Acting Commits,
si"ncr applied to the Auorncy-Gcn
rral Of the State, as TO his powers and
duties in the premises, The follow.
ing reply of that officer, which is as
explicit as emphatic. is published fol
;nc information of our readers:
OFFICE or THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
COLUMBIA, S. T., May 10, 1871
John h"rt, Esq.,, Acting Commissioner
Bureu" agricultural Statistics.
DEAR SlR:-Your note of the 9Th
inst. has been before me for several
days, awaiting IN opportunity for re-
ply.
An. examination Of the statutes OF
The State since 1850 will show that
The State has sought to protect in The
amplcst manner. the great interested
all her citizens in the free passage oi
migratory fish in all her inland creeks
bays aud rivers.
y series of general and special en-
aclments for the past ninety years al
tests this desire aud purpose on thr
part OF the State. BY one Of these
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AGAIN o'l''S '"' '"''',.' '.''''''> ''' we
cnhpi'le l'ro'cr'l't '' III S'"''Es h'n
nc hrSt "e'''''' q, ''h'S hc' '''''''s
any permanent ""ssrn'a'"' Il any
klnd~ d~"ha''Ver IN any "1 'h' ma "
waters OF the state, |" the m'Sri'''"'
OF hSh ana further provi"es 1"r
"r!ose Time III eari' week, from DAT,
urday night 10 Monday morning, a"a
any person violating the provisions o,
this section is made liable t" Il fine OF
twenty dollars for every offence
Inc second section OF this ACT re-
qutrcs all mah"iartur'''S companies
or persons erocV'nS oa'hS' TO Prov'oe
suitable hShwaNS, ana renders them
liable to i f'ne so,o0o Tor failure or re-
tusal TO comply with Tins raq"ire-
menI I"c lhir1 section ei lhiS A't
makes itan indiriahlc oH'ncc to cause
~, ff Ii. f.bst ht. II n
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To WH1TEN STAw HATS
Scrape stick sulphur with a knife,
mix the powder to a mush with
water, plaster it thickly over the
straw, and place it in the hot sun
several hours; brush of when dry.
An easy and efectual plan.
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1Iof, the Berlin malt-extract
man, las become in fifteen years q
millionaire by extensive advertise
ing. lie usseris that he has paid to
daily and weekly journals l.; that
space of time, the enormous sum
Of three million thalers.
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70 REMOVE STAINs.-To take
the stain OF amy fruit from any fab
tic. put the garment in Il vessel,
pour boiling water over It, and let
it stand till cool, then wash it and
the stain is gone.
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In cases Of kesosiue fires, don't
try to extinguislI them with water.
That will only spread the fire. 1n-
stead smother the flames with blank
cts, woolen clothes, quilts, shawls,
or whatever may he at hand.
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Powdered Borax is death to cock
reaches. We are glad to give our
readers this modicum Of informa-
ton.
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"Mr. Jones what makes the canary
sleep on one leg?" II dont't think
anybody makes him, my dear;
think ho does it Of his own accord.
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What word may. be pronounced.
quicker by adding two more letters
to it?-Quick.