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Auatorou5 department. Ghildrens department.
COUNTING ONE HUNDRED.

A Danbury man named Reubens recently
saw statement that counting. one hundred,
when tempted to speak an angry word, would
save man a good deal of trouble. This
statement sounded a little singular at first
ably he became impressed with it, and finally
concluded to adopt it. Next door to Reu-
bens lives a man who has made FIVE distinct
attempts in the last fortnight to secure din
ner of green peas by the first of July, and
every time has been retarded by one of Reu-
bens' hens The next morning after Reubens
made his resolution, this man found his fifth
attempt to have been miscarried. Then he
called on Reubens. He said:
"What in thunder do you mean by letting
your hens tear up my garden?"
Eeubens was tempted to call him a mud
snoot,' a new name just coming into general
use, but he remembered his resolution, put
down his rage, and meekly observed:
"One, two three, four, FIVE, six, seven,
eight"
Then the mad neighbor, who had been eye
ing this answer with great deal of suspicion,
broke in again:
why don't you answer my question, you
rascal f"ir e.. 81 tI"..
But still Reubens maihtained his equanim-
ity, and went on with the test:
, I"Nipe, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, four
teen, fifteen, sixteen" .
y The mad neighbor stared harder than ever.
Seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty,
twenty-one-" ,
,"You are mean skunk" said the mad
neishbor, backing toward the fence.
Reubens' face flushed at this charge, but
he only said: 81
"Twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four,
twenty-five, twenty-six-"
At this point, the neighbor got upon the
fence in some haste but suddenly thinking
of his peas, he opened his mouth:
"You mean, low-lived rascal, for two cents
I.could knock your cracked head over barn,
and l. would"
"Twenty-seven, twenty.eight," interrupted
Reubens, "twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one,
thirty-two, thirty-three-"
Here the neighbor broke for the house, and
entering it, violently slammed the door be-
hind him; but Reubens did not dare to let
up on the enumerations, and so he stood out
there alone in his own yard, and kept or
counting, while his burning cheeks and flash
ing eyes eloquently affirmed his Judgment.
When he got up into the eighties, his wife
came to the door in some alarm.
"Why, Reubens, man, what is the matter
with you?" she said. "Do come into the
house."
Z But he didn'tlet up. She came out to him,
and clung tremblingly to him, but he finally
looked into her eyes, and said:
,"Nmety.three, ninety-four, ninety.fve nine
ty.six, ninety.seven, ninety-eight, ninety
one hundred-go into the house.. old woman,
erIal!bust yel' = =
And she went-Danburq Ne,ns.
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HOW TO FORGIVE.

"Good bye, grandmother" said young
Stanley 81 am going to the market-town,
and shall not come home until day after to-
morrow"
"The Lord 60 with you, my dear lad," said
the aged grandmother; "but before you 60 |
want to know if you have settled the quarrel
with Neil Brooks
IL have settled it that shall have nothing
more to do with him. He has treated me
very badly. 1 do not intend to treat him
badly in return, but [ do not intend to have
anything to do with him."
"Have you forgiven him?'
II do not intend to do him any harm"
"Have you forgiven him?"
"He has not asked me to forgive him."
"Remember what the Lord says: when
ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught
against any; for ifye forgive not men their
trespasses, neither will your Father forgive
your trespasses.' We are allowed to ask for
giveness for ourselves only as we forgive 9TH
ers. Forgive us our debts as we forgive our
Debtors It is not safe for US to live single
day without being forgiven. Ifw would be
forgiven, we must forgive Others
"Well, grandmother, Will try ana 40 my
duty. Good bye"
The young man went to the market.town.
He was busy during the day, and thought but
little of what he had said to his grandmoth-
mother. At night when he came lie down on
his bed, he thoug ght of what she had said. He
thought of Neil Brooks, and he became an
cry. He thought of his own sins, and then he
n !, III al. ock
words of his Lord: "If ye forgive not men
their trespasses." He felt. that he must for
give Neil Brooks, even though he did not
turn and say, I repent He tried to do it,
and failed. He then knelt in prayer, and
asked for forgiving spirit, and continued
asking till he felt that he could forgive all
who had done any wrong to him.
Are you angry with any one? Begin at
once to show forgiving spirit, if you hope to
be forgiven.
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MONKEY SAGACITY.

1t was wild and dreary part of the coun-
try, in the plains of India; while journeying,
that one day friend and myself sat down un-
der the shade of an outrageous banyan tree,
and we were enjoying a meal of various edi-
bles, to be washed down by glass of Bass
best, when we were disturbed by the arrival
and the noise Of troop of large black-faced
monkeys; the branches overhead literally
swarmed with them. They looked on US as
interlopers, no doubt, and for some time their
gestures appeared so menacing that we were
apprehensive they would dispute the ground
with us. But after time things seemed to
settle down, and we went on with our repast
in peace. We had just risen from our meal, and
were strolling forth from under the shade,
when to our surprise, one of the Monkeys
young one-fell down from high branch at
our feet. 1t was quite dead The camor
that arose above US on the occurrence of this
calamity was deafeuing. The whole assem-
bly, of monkeys clustered together for con.
fab Long and loud we're the gatherings and
various the grinaces of the tribe, each indi-
vidual vieing with the other in the loudness
of his tongue. Their looks and gestures made
it apparent that they suspected US as being
the cause of the death of their juvenile COM
rade; and had we had guns in our hands, or
any other mutderous weapons, we should no
doubt have been set upon and maltreated
But we were unarmed, and the good sense
of the monkeys seemed to tell them that there
must be some other culprit Having come to
this conclusion, one monkey, apparently the
senior and leader of the whole tribe, separated
himself from the rest, ran to the spot on the
branch whence the young monkey had fallen,
examined it carefully, snelt the branch and
then glided nimbly down one of the pillars or
pendant roots, and came to the corpse Of the
monkey, took it up, examined it minutely,
particularly the shoulder, where there was a
small wound. Instinct Immediately turned
suspicion into certainty. He placed the corpse
on the ground again, and turning his gaze in
every direction, endeavored to pierce the TO-
lage in his search for the murderer. After a
little while something seemed to rivet his atten-
tion. In an instant he had mounted the tree,
sprung to the spot, and with one clutch had
seized long whip snake, with which he hast
ened to the ground. Now occurred a most
curious scene. The whole monkey rabble,
following their leader, we're on the ground al
most as soon as he; then as many as could,
ranged themselves on each side of the snake.
Each monkey put his hand on the reptile,
clutching hold Of the skin of the back tightly.
Alta given signal, the executioners dragged
the writhing snake backward and forward on
the ground, till nothing was left of the MUIR
derer but the back bone. The mode of exc
cution was effectual, and, in the way it was
carried out, showed the clear understanding
which the monkey language conveys.-7fav-
els IN India. ~ &'....' ,.
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STICK 1T ON THE MIND.

A boy, in aft of passion, spoke Gods name
in vain. AS soon rs the words we're out OF
his mouth, he was ashamed and sorry, and
when he went home he asked his mother to
write down all the Bible said about profane
swearing. He said che wanted to study it,
and stick it on his mind, and carry it about
with him everywhere" So she found and
copied the following texts:
"Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord
thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold
him guiltless who taketh His name in vain. 3"
Exodus 20S.
aye shall not swear by my name falsely,
neither shalt thou profane the name Of thy
God I am the Lord" Lev. 1872
because of swearing the land mourneth
the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried
up" Jer. 2S:10.
"I say unto you, swear not at all neither
by heaven, for it is Gods throne; nor by the
earth, for it is His footstool neither by Je-
rusalem, for it is the City of the great King.
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, be-
cause thou canst not make one hair white or
black. But let your communication be Yea,
yea: Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than
these cometh of evil" Matt. 5:94-97.
"Above all things, my brethren, swear not ;
neither by the earth; neither by any other
oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay,
nay; lest ye fall into condemnation" James
5:12
He learned these scriptures, and I have
written them down for every boy who reads
these lines to learn them also.
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BEGGING FOR WORK.

"Can you give me any work, sir2" said a
travel-worn lad one day to a Cincinnati ner-
chant.
"Got all the help I want" was the short,
but kindly spoken reply of the busy mer-
chant.
"It's hard" rejoined the lad, "that fellow
who is willing to work can't get a job. I've
been all over this city, and into all the stores,
and nobody wants hel p"
"Why did you come to Cincinnati? quer-
led the merchant, looking askance at the
desponding lad.
because want to earn enough to help
my widowed mother and sister, who live in
Illinois They depend on me mainly for
their support"
This reply, with the peculiar manner Of
the lad, somewhat moved the merchants feel
ings, and he asked
"What are you willing to do?"
"Anything, sir Anything in the world
that can do"
"Well, 20 and take hold with the men,"
replied the merchant, pointing to the hoist
way, up which bags of coffee, barrels of rice
and other heavy packages were ascending.
Without hesitation, the lad pulled off his
jacket and began pulling Justify at the rope
Clearly, he meant to do the best he could.
Toward night the merchant said to the fore
man
"How is that strange lad working?"
"Like beaver, sir. He is killing him.
self" responded the man. .-E.. ~.
When work was over the merchant offered
the work-worn lad a dollar. He pushed it
back, saying
"No, sir. I've not earned dollar. Give
me half dollar, sir. It's all I've earned,
and will buy me supper and lodging"
This was uncommon honesty. 1t pleased
the merchant. He bade the lad come again
in the morning He did so. During the
day, in the absence of the foreman, he wrote
down the weight of several packages as they
were weighed of. His figures were so beau
tifully formed that the merchant noticed
them, and inquired who wrote them. Find
ing them to be the work of the stranger, he
called him into his office, and bade him write
line as specimen of his handwriting: The
writing was so beautiful that the merchant
readily admitted him not only to his employ,
but into his confidence and affectonate re-
gard. So that this poor boy became, success
sively, his servant, carrier, clerk, book.keeper,
partner and heir.
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PROPOSED TUNNEL THROUGH THE Rocky
MOUNTAINS. "A scheme is now on foot, says
the Denver (Col,) Rocky Mountain Ne,cs, for
running tunnel through the Rocky Noun
tains. This may seem prodigous enterprise
at first, to the casual reader, but the parties
who have the matter in hand are sanguine of
the most complete success. The idea is to
tunnel the mountains from a point about one
mile below Black Hawk to the Middle Park
running in northwesterly direction. The
tunnel to be run will, it is presumed, cut rich
veins of gold and silver, and thus great
mining interest be developed. Money for the
prosecution of the work is furnished by Eng
iish capitalists, who are sanguine of the ulti:
mate success of the enterprise. Some idea Of
the magnitude Of the task may be gathered
from the fact that the tunnel, if completed,
will be twelve miles in length. 1t is intended
to make it large enough to be used for rail-
way purposes, and so, if road is ever to be
constructed to the Middle Park, it will find its
most convenient route through the tunnel
It will be called the Sierra Madre Tunnel
Company, and the incorporation papers tor
its organization have already been filed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-03

AN NExpLANAr1oN.-Ith has puzzled many
people to decide why the dark wood so highly
valued for furniture should be called rose
wood. Its color certainly does not look much
like that of rose so we must look for some
other reason. Upon asking, we are told that
when the tree is first cut, the fresh wood poss-
esses very strong rose-like fragrance, hence
the name. There are half dozen or more
kinds of rosewood trees. The varieties are
found in South America and in the East In
dies and neighboring islands. Sometimes the
trees grow so large that planks four feet broad
and ten in length can be cut from one OF them
These broad planks are principally used to
make the tops of piano.fortes When grow
ing in the forest, the rosewood tree is remark
able for its beauty, but such is its value in
manufactures as an ornamental wood, that
some Of the forests where it once grew abun'
dantly, now have scarcelya single specimen:
In Madras, the government has prudently had
great plantations of this tree set out III order
to keep up the supply.
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A HAPPY DADDY.

We are not obliged to tell how the follow
ing funny letter fell into our hands All the
reader has to do is to read it and laugh:
Dear Sister Emma: I now take my seat
and set down to take the opportunity to in
form you that am daddy" or at least I
suppose I am, for Addie has got as nice a
baby as ever made up faces. We hope that
these few lines may find you enjoying the
same great blessing. Now, this is to be strict
ly business letter. Firstly, as Isaid before,
Addie has got 6ne'baby; secondly, I have
swapped away old John, and think have
got a pretty nice horse, it is girl, and
weighs nine pounds-I mean the baby-it is
Just as fat as butter, and has good, strong
pair of lungs. She is red, and has bob
tail-the horse I mean-and white stripe in
her face, and is good driver; she has got
blue eyes and a dimple in her chin-l mean
the baby-and has just the prettiest mouth
that ever opened to receive pap; judging
from her teeth, I think she is about six years
old mean the horse now-she is sound,
smooth and kind-I mean the horse or the
baby either, now-and the doctor says she is
the fairest he ever saw, without any excep-
.tion-he meant the baby-I got s24 to boot,
not on the baby, though, for in its case the
boot is on the other foot, and two or three
sizes larger, Us near as can find out. am
going to harness the horse now, and 60 after
mother; she was born last night at twenty
minutes past 81 hope you don't think |
mean mother or the horse; mean the baby.
She is as hearty as pig; eat an egg, biscuit,
and drank three cups of teal mean Addie-
she is getting along nicely, and if she don't
have any bad luck she will get along first-rate:
She is subject to disorders of the stomach, and
they say it is a sign of colic-I mean the
baby-I hope it is, for the nurse says colicy
babies never die. She talks about her rose
as she takes snuff mean the nurse am
going to name it Ediena-I mean the baby.
There! I've been reading this over, and 1 see
plainly that aint fit to write. The amount
oft is, 1 am frustrated ; I am happy father
and that accounts for it, so you must excuse
me this time Your brother, JIM
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ADVICE TO MARRIAGEABLE GIRLS.

"Girls," said worthy old lady to her
grand. daughters, whenever fellow pops the
question, don't blush and stare at your feet.
Just throw your arms around his neck, look
him full in the face, and commence talking
about the furniture. Young fellows are very
nervous sometimes. l lost several good
chances before 1 caught your dear grand
father, by putting on airs, but learnt how to
do it after while.'
A girl in town found the above in q news
paper, and determined to act upon the sugges-
ton. She had tried other plans to capture
wary fuzzled-lipped youths, and had failed.
As last resort, she concluded she would try
the furniture business So when the young
man whom she was angling for, dropped in to
see her the other evening, she received him
with smiles, and lured him along in the CONVEX
sation up to what she considered the popping
point. ..'
She held the bait temptingly before his
eyes, and be opened his mouth and said:
"Angeline! I have long entertained feel
ings of the highest regard for you. have
the greatest respect for your judgment, and l
would ask. you question upon which much
of my future happiness depends. Wouldyou
have me-"
He was interrupted The girl threw her.
self across the room into his lap, and as she
held him in an iron embrace, she stared into
his eyes, and rapidly vociferated:
"Oh! yes-double bedstead-wth all my
heart-mahoeany sofas-bless you-.parlor
and kitchen sets-my love-marble topped
cradle-and, ah p
The astonished youth, partly recovering his
senses, strove to pacify the excited girl, and
find out what was the matter with her.
AS he soothed her, she held tighter to him,
and between her sighs whispered of love and
furniture. Suspcioning that he had been
misunderstood, the young man said
"Angeline, calm yourself You didn't hear
me through. 1 was about to ask ifyou would
have me" ="
"Oh, yes, chairs and"
"Do listen minute-wonld you have me
marry Miss Gertrude B., Of Glasgow, or Miss
Emma P, of Lexington? You see I am
undecided, and l."
Like cat arising from hot griddle, that
girl arose from off that fellow; and she pour
ed hot epithets upon him, like scalding water
rushing from a kettle on to dogs back.
"Said she: "You consarned, insanish, idiot
ic, green simpleton What do you reckon I
care who you marry, you fool? You lubber-
ly, obtuse, unappreciative, authenticated,
Jack cared"
She stopped-he was gone.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
norMmx or nupareR-cnnRT nF COMMON PLEAS,

STATE Of SOUI1 CAhOAlN "A,
COUNTY OF CHESTER COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
J. C.. H, Claussen and VIM. Ufterhardt as Execu-
tors of the last Will and Testament OF John
Campsen. deceased, Plaintiffs, against Wm
K. Robertson, Theodore ID. Kline and James
Doig, Defendants. .-iSumnons for Relief.
To the Defendants, VIM. Il. Robertson, Theodore
D. Kline and James Dog:
VOU are hereby summoned and required 70 an
4 swer the complaint in this action, which Is
filed in the office of the Clerk Of the Court OF COM
mon Pleas for the said county, and to serve copy
of your answer to the said complaint on the sub
scrbers at their office, in the town of Chester, s.
Carolina, within twenty days after the service
hereof, exclusive Of the day Of service and II
YOU fail to answer the complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply
to the Court for the relief demanded in the COM
plant.
Dated June 18th, 1873.
McLURE & McLURE,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
TO THE William R. Robert
son, Theodore D. Kline and James Doig:
You will take notice that summons in this
action, of which the foregoing is a true copy, was
filed in the Office of the Clerk of said county, at
Chester Court House, in the county and State
aforesaid, on the 18th day of June, A. D. 1873, and
that ifyou fail to answer rs required In the said
summons the Plaintiffs will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the complaint
McLURE & McLURE,
P Plaintiffs Attorneys
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PREPARE TO MEET GOD.

Life is proverbially short. Notwthstand'
ing this fact, the few Aeeting years which are
allotted to man, is the only period we have to
prepare for an endless eternity. 1t is sad to
think of the terrible ravages which death is
making in this world; but it is more terrible
to think of the vast multitudes of the human
family that are, to all human appearances,
wholly unprepared to die Some are living
as if there was no heaven and no hell. Old
men, on the very brink of eternity, are care
less and Indifferent about the eternal destiny
of their immortal souls. Men, whose heads
are white with age, and whose limbs are frail
and weak, are living as if they were not dy-
ing mortals. They seem to regard neither
the word of God nor his providences. Their
minds are wholly absorbed in the things of
this world.
How much more appropriate it would be
for those who are nearing the gates of the
other world, to be preparing to meet their
God in peace. The gray-hcaded sinner pre-
sents spectacle'of wonder and amazement to
the whole intelligent universe. All surely
should prepare to die and meet God in peace;
but it would seem that the old would need
no admonishmeut on this point. Such, how
ever, is not the case. Many whose cheeks
are furrowed with age, are going down to the
grave without interest in the blood of Jesus.
To the aged sinner we would most affection
ately saw, "Come to Jesus"
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in twenty feet Of her when she turned and fled
with swiftness no man could hope to rival.
A few days since she was seen again, and
then had in her hand three pheasants and four
rabbits, but although encountered she eluded
every attempt to capture her. She has been
so long in the woods that she has become per-
fectly wild. Her dress is made of the skins
of wild animals and blanket that she has
taken somewhere during some of her noctur-
nal predatory tours.
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MEN OUT OF THEIR PLACE.-There is a
place for every man; his own proper place,
where he ought to be. God has designed him
for it, and it belongs to him, and to no one
else, and every man may know and find his
place if he will. 1t must be his sincere de-
sire to be in his place, and he must 60 to God
heartily praying, "Lord, what wilt thou have
me to do? Where wilt thou have me to be ?"
Let him surrender his own will to Gods will,
and God will lead and guide him; and he
shall make no mistake.
And it is most blessed thing to be in ones
own place. There one is most happy; more
happy than he can be in any other place.
God will be with him there. He will cheer,
and strengthen, and sustain him. He may
have trials but he meets them in the path
of duty, and Gods grace is sufficient for him.
The same compassionate God, who was with
Daniel in the den of lions, and with the three
Hebrews in the burning fiery furnace, will
not leave him, nor forsake him. Being in
his own proper place, he may 60 to God with
confidence, and he shall be comforted and
supported. He shall be joyful in all tribula-
tion.-C -Congregationaltst.
BY There are many who are solicited by the