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A- ! 'JO f I- 1- SALISBURY. H.. a,; JAIHTAEY, 18, 1877. NO 14 VOL; VXU-TJtUKU SEttlES; , -KK.- EliUER. Associate E0. ' SCEfeCRIETIO, llATES : per Ye payaleliTalvance;............. t 00 .' six iaoptUs,.,1t..y.....j V y . ? J - ad.Vj:ti8ixo rates : one Inch- onefmbllea-ion,. two uVbeiT.lons. ............ $1 00 - aWi.; 1 60""" cbutrocwatcfMiorjaofltlis or, a Tear. SOJES FROM ARKANSAS. ." .'Climate, Crops.'etc., by aj Yankee who ha resided twentysnTe years in me Mate. . TO TH E Xi Di xf nil. a i viiai A i j- i - The 32r;culrnra1 resources of Arkansas are greatly enlaud1y the leading characteristics of the countryiiequuiern nu eastern pans of the stale are tne lowest, xience me conn- I f' .V - . ' -I FT ' . . -1 rV ride 10 me JHW'wc?!, niiaiuiug uii average . I . . i - -v" i J. :: attitude, on ine vJi.trK - nunniitiiio ui uuut at-litiul' 000 feet above the level of the sea. The rati.- fuH-wUicJv is" about GO inches in the S. E. part of the State, faUs off towards the west to about 4.i indies in the N. W. portion.. The altitude -'d rainfall have thus such ' a modifying in fluenceon the clirnate and seasons as to give in 31 of laiiud,H ihe vatnable prodncts of 10 There is not theiefore a single one of the great agricultural proihici of our ; whole countrj, if we except 6ugar corn, which may not be pre- ClllCCil 'tl JV! lyttUII Jll tills VIlUIAhV of the Arkansas valley is.oeuer than eisewnere .1. L TT-:i,..T C'.Im-' 5i4 It camo toiiriulA II tile IMLCll . .uiai.va . m nui Latitude is not trie o'lilvi felement mwiiiving climate, a srftt'aiuerence8 exisi tn me cumaie of tlie ne latiUigej-t llHrt uiav. be Reeir at a glance in" Ark?naas, lhe Ozark .Mountains nheller the valjey front the cold norlli winds. The Aihans:Ts river rising iii the Rocky Moun tains, jia.ssfes across the broad western plains swept liy, lhe dry trade wiiids of the Gul of Mexico, beore it enters "the State, and thus mollifies lhe climate in winter, iff the same manner iha,t the Ilio La Pllla affecta the cli mate of Ihienoa Avers. It is the same climate the Aljw gve to Ae-Ilalian. And thus it re- buIu t!iat tlie temperature of Arkansas valley, is ironi 10 to 15 degrees farmer in winter, than in'a'iny olher portion of the United States between tlie Altejhany andjlocky Mountauison theaiue pjirallel. So aain, esxsedto theGulf wirwls'ri the u name'", which Mow with all the reg ularity of"these breeze over I befl;tt mountaiiiless dihliicis of. Tex as, thesnniiiier tempeivtures is froni o'Mo 10 Cooler than elsewhere, north or eai of -the ,i.iiMil;l. TIier ihe thermometer does not show as high a-temperature during Fiimmer is in lhe Xoihern Estates, and in win- lcr, lilc 1U61 JTii itict ; itii iki nf.iiiii jv of zero. , Snduen aimowhefic changes are less frequent fe :e, than in the noiljiern and casicr.i States' This unrivaled, climate 4s a most ma terial lenient in the agricultural success and .u'niiii u tiiH -lli!. ..i iiere incii ruw rtuii -ul ! . . i I, , i I'iriii nfr :iimt' !iiifi wr ' mnfiesi v imil Liie in- i .-.....0... . - r qune,, wne.e io a:, me iNoru. or ortuwew . does genial wealtli result from farming slone? The wi .!eis of the North eat up the fruits of ! thesmnmeri Kvery ioi thrn fanner knows, J that whv jc pi ace lhe icy br between him and j lhe general warmth of prosperity. In Arkans as wiiUereah'notdriveawholepeopleinto lion or Ifix seik.snbttistence In the workshops of the' city or to toil and exposure to. ice and snow and howling blasts that tooii brir.? down the strong ban in Ms course! ahd send the feeble ! and sickly to a betterj h nd. There, every moiitli in thtj-year, invited agricultural labor and industry, j Th"po all' kind tre excellent thin rear, ihrourthnnt the. State, esneeiallv in the tlfwestein PortiMr of tlie State, along the Arka,aSiIiiIernd1alonB the line of the UtMRojknd rt Smith Railway. Wheat JsgelJirigVtgOwntcprnSOcents.porkSto?! : . I , Xi J j . - , , ; centsier pound. All-other products are abund ! aat ahocueaiv 'Good "unimproved lands are wprlU from $2.00 to SlO.OOiper acre. Improv edfarmPell fronSo.OO to S3O.0O ner acre accordiii tQqasyUy location and improve- raents. ffkri 1ko some good U. S. land that niay be-homesleaded or pre-empted. : " A. B. GAYLOR. prin- fielJ-ArkPec. 1876. i - NlSANl 1 NOPLE. Constantinople is about thirteen miles round, auds-nclosed by walls on the western or;landljideJ The "Harbour," or Golden Horn, on the north, divides it from Galata, and lhe BUsphoroas divides j it from Scutari. These are properly but' suburbs, but made up together; the city of iUonstaimtT(uaC i11'108 possible to imagine a eite better lutecLior . . "- . - . - .1 - ' mm Ihe buildiwg of an Imperial city on. .,olinng WoSld eeemwanttng and it is io wonder' that the eye of t lie world is very now and then fixed on it. lhe wpuiatioir oi tins imperial city is about lalfa million, "and is njade up of .-Morne-hat motly graiip-of (Greeks, Armenians, Uew AiHbs-,"Europeai!ia" aud Turks; the X inks making up, as it , would seem, about ive half of the population. Ilmustbe need- eo.eay that the city ptauds on the ite of antique Byzantium, founded 656, , v. IJut long belore iiyzantium, even, iere oniiftt iteedrf have Leeni u -nliinu nf (i.me sort in such a spot ot earth as this, nd ihe fifsi building on it of human abitious urayiiave been of the "atonaga," nd bytadefmen wlw left no" record, il'he Iosenctitfdeg his flaV and night into fl-iy'f?t) hoarsV-N is , true but his day egijjs .with, the naset. An hour after un tt it-is- 6iie-4elo-k. it is sunset, there re; tlfii the "eall'.to prayer" is - made oui1ihe allrles of the mosque miuarets, bd uot,a any one stated or set hour, f u-JJJmh .made; not a, little signi iernificant. i ueMbfience ldf ? churches and" clocks, leijftlrejnjiwt1 make the eify strange if bihihelse did so. ' The there is -,ha; jre,edt 5af to . be ' expected the jiirowntss aud tortuous cfetracter of, the pcad' ways, w here anything in the 7 of plan or arrangement never could Ee8Cilje, n-inds of those who ilt the fiouses or dwellings which line f rThey can only be compared to It! ff?ul.lr a-j ncrAai an ll novnn GiAA w ith cotiaKes built close to fSe edgeSft, as the traffic acroa g'otjrear by yeCr 'o be iliicker. " Eatli street is a "perfect; zig zag aud a straight lioa is not to be foopl. Indeed, there is a total absence of "plah ning" io any sense, p From east to west thetHy is about three miles and aifiajf, while from north to fouth it is about three miles. The Golden: Horridividessr the mam part of the city from Galata oft te north ; while ' the Bosphorus dividwt from Sculari. ( As to the streets1 of Hnn stantioople, they will but. just bear, the name rtheyare rather long crooked aes with low,, timberbuilt houses ; and, jcoji trasted with like streets here, wtth atrrfip-tit and nniformlybuilt lines of brick-burH houses, would look hut poorly. 1 Much la sacrificed, doubtless, to the picturesqpe in the streets or ways of Constantinople. AOriental u bazar" is but littlCelse than aered in- street with goods exposed $n either side of it. . : - - - 1 " ' 3 1 A CASE OF ONE WHO WOULb MARRY A NEGRESS ANYHOW. " The other morning a marrl"sent tor the office of .tbejRegister of D-ed8 to get a marriage liceuse. He who was sent for the license had to , answer certain rjues lions and'among these as to the cplor of the parties who were about to contiact in marriage. The deputy Register of Deeds was eui prised to hear in response to his questions that' the man was white and the womau colored. Of ourse the license did not issue. ' ' In the-afternoon we happened in the Register's office, and while there the mur who had wanted the license entered. He had come to inquire why it was refused lii m, and though he had it fully explained that the intermarriage of the races was illegal, he left evidently unt at all s iliax hfd, because, he paid, there are whites and negroes living together here, and he didn't see why he couldn't -Hve .with a negro if anybody else did. TJie man stated that he was born and raised in Denmark. His conversation, however, indicated that he has been living in thi country for some time past. There was present in the officewhen this Dane appeared, a gentleman to whose mind the circumstauce recall an incident of by -gone times. He remembers to have heard, all his life, of a Hessian Mr ho came into Halifax county, this Stale, just at the end of the revolutionary war, and af ter living there for awhile, became much infatuated with a negress liviug in the iie:ghboi hood. There was a legal inhibi tion, as now, to the intermarriage of the racer", but there was a clause of the law which provided that if a white man de- eiiiug to marry a negro woman, or vice . . . versa, suouiu appear uerre a magistrate . ,t. and nittlte oalu llial lie oriue uatt uegro blood in his or her veins, the marriage might be 60emi2ed. . The Hessian w.a aware of ti,isj aw ad gQf j., orr to do?e ;ta j entM well as to shield himself from indictment for pcijwy) li6 drew about half a pint of blood froiathe arm of hibeiia-i.negresH, drank it and then went forth? tne with aud made the necessary oath before a magistrate. xThe marriage was thereup on solemnized, and the descendants of the couple are Sim living lu llalilax. Kaleigli News. mi A EDITOR IN HEAVEN. . J u.3t as 5f itors were-not in the habit 01 g0S Iw Uttrnm Ue ii venture to 8av inal 8 ?r P",m OI lemC" ",a "i"oc w"u "aC, r-'"""" their mission of mercy on earth, than any . J utuci piuicseiuii ui bailing in i, pour ujut - tals fill. An editor in Heaven I There's noth ing strange about that, at all. It is al most a moral as well as professional im- I possibility for them to go anywhere else. Once upon a time, after the demise of a member of the i'corps editorial." he presented himself at the gates of the Holy City, and requested adtnWiort. The doorkeeper asked him what had been his occupatTon on terra firrna. He replied that he was - an editor. Well said the watchman, we have a crowd of youc kind Iia-a nftnf a-n tflAir-otl J... m - 1 mm il.Ait as heads. If you cau pay y.ur passage you can come lu, it not, you must place your self uuder the contnd of a personage yoi OU ruled tyrannically down bel.iw (meant meaning , tne lievii.- iot navmg tne wiieiew j to go in, our orouier ui uie quiu I - 1.1 r . I "II and scissors posted off and presented himself at lhe entrance of Clootie's dark domains. A very dark cmnplexioncd gentleman stood sentry, and asked in a gruff "voice, "Who comes ?" "An humble disciple of Faust," was the calm reply. "Then hold on, you can't be admitted," exclaim ed the gentleman iu black, evincing con siderable agitation, and fieicely scowling on him.- "Why not?", demanded the typo, who began to get htifHiah, and look ed around for a "sheep'sTfoot," with which to force an entrance. "Well, nir, replied 1 j sable majesty, "welet one of your profession in here many years ago, and he-kept up a con tinual row with his former' delinquent subscribers, and as we have more of that class of persous here than any other, w,e have passed a law prohibiting the admis sion of any editors, only those who have advanced our interest in their papers on earth. And even those we keep in a separate room by themselves. You have published many things that operated against us, and always blamed the Devil for everything that went wrong, so you can't come in. We enforce this rule without respect to persous, for our own peace and safety. You can just travel:" Casting a droll leer at the outside sen- tinel, oar; typographical friend started again, determined to get in up above. This time he took with him an old file of hi paper and presenting it to the guar dian of the Celestial City, requested that itr might be carefully' examined, and they would seejwhether he , was ' entitled1 to a free ticket.'; In due course ol 'time the conductor came along and took, him in telling him that he published many good things an4 had been a ' martyr ' to the canse of hitman improTcmeht, and that resolutions!had been passed to'admit all members of tho'art preset vatiye" who had abused theSDeviL while below. !. He further added, that they wpa, punished ennagb by their being with the 4devil7 all their lives, their future punishment was commuted.! He further ' elated that not one delinquent subscriber could be fund in all tlearen. ' y Front the IT. Y Herald, Jan. 10. PROGRESS TO WA RD A SETTLEMENT WPP E ELjECTpRAL' QUESTION. : ACTION OF XHFTWO COMMITTEES, -i ,-. COTJXTJNO THE ELECTORAL. jVCTE PUOGRESS OF TIIE COMMITTEES IN; THEIR WORK PROSPECTS OFj AN EARLT , AGREEMENT THE, .VICE-PRESIDENT'S POWER DISPOSED OF ANXIETY OF THE PEOPLE FOB A SET TLEMENT. h i From at special correspondent. Washington, Jan. 91S77. There ia reason to believe, that the im portant work of the session, the labor of the two committees ou counting the elec toral votes, gets on very i well. The I Senate committee, consisting of Messrs. Ldmnnds, Morton, (Junklmg, Frelinghuy sen, Tlmrman, Bayard and Hansom, have been very ; rcl aely engaged for several days aud have bo far advanced with their preliminary work that they will be ready to-morrow to ask for a conference with the House committee. The latter, con sisting of Messrs. Payne, lluntou, Hewitt, Spiiiiger,.McCiaiy, Hoar and Willard, has not held many meetings as yet, but the members have appointed a sub-com-tnitteo to collect all the precedents ou the subject of the electoral cotirjt, and this work has been 'done with surprising rap idity and completeness, and s already out of the primer's hands. It vpll be care fully studied, not only by the members of the two committees, but by all who wish to inform themselves on the subject. The discussion and I conclusions : in the two committees are kept very private, but it is believed that! au amicable spirit prevails in the Senate committee, aud that the whole questiouj will be fairly . and fully considered by the members as an impor tant conslitutioaal question and without reference to wliat the immediate political consequences of their final conclusion may be. The House, committee on privileges, powers and duties of the House in count ing the electoral vote is ready to report and may do so ;ioroorhw. (This is imt one of the joint committees, but a special body, consisting or Messrs Proctor, Knott, Sparks, Randolph, Tucker, Marsh, Burchard and teelye. The! report will be moderate in tone, but will nraijitaio, by preced'Miis and autlmiities, by the declar-4 r .-: -sr - t . - . - - J --' - anon oi i nc mosi eminent statesmen tro-n early times to lhe present, and by the unbroken practice, that 7 the House has the right, duly and piivilegc of taking part iu the electoral count, j In the words of Henry Clay jin 1821 : "ihe two houses are called on td enumerate the votes fnr President and Vice President; of coins they are called; ou to decide what are votes." : And iu case of a disagi cement bfitween the Houses, as Mr.. Clay added, "One -House would say the votes ouht to be c.iunted, the' other that they ought not, and then' the votes would be lost altogether' The Republican memberg of lhe committee have sludid lhe question closely; their1 conclusion is not known, but they are both' 6olid' and houorable men, desiious of a fair aud constitutional decision of the .question. i A ttiong desire is felt by the Lest men of both parties that the wlude question, in every detail, shall be decided on by the two Houses before the day when by law, they, assemble to count the vote. This has been the general though not the universal, practice, andf every body sees that. it would not only prevent much possible difficulty in . joint meetings, but would also relieve the public , apprehen sions of trouble and thus set business going again. Congressmen from al parts of ther conntry! receive constantly numer ous letters fro pi their constituents com plaining of the absolute stagnation of business and industry, protesting against the plans for a new election; as sure to increase the general distress: and urging a speedy settlement of the dispute. Such communications have a good effect here as ihey show the country is wearied out with the political dispute and will not favor any plans which looks to its need less prolongation. A "Memphis Sunday school teacher was undertaking to acquaint a bright little four-year old, with the mystery of her jrreaiion. "Who made you ?" "Dod," quickly replied the cherub. "What did He make you out of? "Yoees and vilets,'' lisped Ijhe little sunbeam. The teacher said : ("Oh no, little girl, he make you of the dust of the earth." The innocent meditated one moment, then looked up, and shaking her. finger said : "I des don't be'ievo you, tans when I get in my baf tub why dou't I tometo pieces den " By the side of a snowy peak, from which light is reflected in couutless scien tillations, there is a yawning, unfathoma ble abyss ; near by an arid, sandy plain there is a grove perfumed by all .the flowers of earth. Thus side by side, in this great world, are to be found good and evil, happiness aud woe. The Mountaiu of Holiness is but a step from the abyss of sin, and the heart paradise is not far from the thirsty heated wilderness. - A baoVeggis not a eboicecgg, but it is hard to beat, t BEAUTY SOLt) BY AUCTION. ' CIRCASSIAN GIRLS AX TOi HUSPRED POUNM TURKISH, AND GEriROIANS At' ' ONB , HD " DEED AND TWENTY BLACK GIRLS ' A3 THIRTY EIGHT. A correspondent sA the Parish Gaulois describes a recent visit to a slave sale., in Constantinople. J Notwithstanding-, he nominal abolition of 1 th6 slave trade in Turkey, tluoagh the efforts of I the cifil ized European governments, ft still 'con tinues in a furtive way. As long! as" the harem exists, this trade wJl exist. , ' This sale was ;iu a house-i And the window facing the streets,; were closed. The correspondent accompanied au Egyp tian friend and his valet in a carriage to the tnoseqne of the Sultan Mahomet, at which point they turned into narrow and complicated streets, which finally became impassable. Tlieyfalighted before a pile of mud which could be crossed only on foot. Reaching ; the house, they were introduced into the elamlike, or chamber reserved for male i visitors. Here they found the slave de'aler standing, a short pipe in band. He Was a little old Tri politan, GassirgiMcssoud-Age, by name, lie has followed the. business ( for forty years. After the customary salutations, pipes and coffee were offered and taken with the silence usual to Orientals before any business transaction. i An ebony young eunuch soon entered and whimpered in Messoud's ear. The latter made a sign of acquiescence, and, turned to ihe guests, said : "Bonyouroun'' (permit me). The guests rose and fol lowed hitn into a room of the bareoi. . A long divan, about a foot aud a half high and four feet wide, 1 surrounding three sides of a chamber. An excavation in the wall held the cushions and coverings used at uight. The floor was coveted with mats and loose pieces of carpet. Upon the divan were seated, side by side, two white girls from Circassia, iu the dress of their country. Opposite were three other wdnieri, one of whom was white, om Georgia, and the others black.. ' a All arose as the visitors entered. One of the Circassians seemed scarcely four teen. She had bright chestnut hair, longpdaik eyelashes, which shaded eyes of liquid blue; a light, well rounded form and regular features, overcast with mel ancholy. She was'a beauty of the first class. Her companion, ugt d eighteeu, was slightly less beautiful, but was a performer on the kemeudj i or Turkish violin. In addition, she was recommend ., sue was recommend- seamstress and wash- ir fell to her knees. ed as a good cook, er. Her brown hai She looked at the visitors coolly, and fixed her eyes on the Egyptian with an expression thai seemed to ask him to pur chase; her. At a sign from Messoud one of the hl.ick girls disrobed the Circassians. This Was not a complicated process, as ' dress was simply a tunic, a pair of '.. . 1 .. ..I '.....:. 'IM. trousers, and a i-iienme. Ilia younger seemed distressed; the othr simply fixed her eyes upon the ffrior. .Messoud passed his hands over them, called attention to their good points, and made them show their regular pearly teetb. He dwelt also upon the strict decorum of their an tecedents. After an examination of the Georgian a td a glance at the bl.ick. girls the party returned to the salemlike to close the bargain. The youngest Circassian was quoted at 200 pounds TuikUli, the elder at. 130, the Georgian at 120 1 he Lgyp nn io ma tti'-n ino .i.tfU-pricif iook one of the blacks for -33 pounds. He simply .; f 1.1 . - 1 - t - I .L t wanted a house servant. The sale being completed, the party were agaiu served w.tii pipes aim cou.ee, ana leu me uouse. -.i - 1 nc It r. .11 I lie tki-i.li tin ii ii vtna. lo tiiia w aia Annri iifr EeMimuuiuuwu iu iuc l",,u bermaid home with him. A correspondeiitof the LVindon Agri cultural Gazelle, traced the change of nniniflll urilll IH.rafll tO llUV 111 llld W II neighborhood. ""Years ago the practice was almost iuvaiiably to feed the milking cow on hay alone then some few -dairy mpn betrau io give; those cjws that had laielv calved two or three pounds of lin seed cake per day ; then soma of the poor grass land on the dairy farmsJbfguM io be broken up, and some mangels grown. Now the rule is often lo cut up partly straw and; partly hay, and mix with pulped mangels, and give every cow four or five pounds of cake or meal, or both." -HINTS FOR THE GIRLS. An ojd stager, who has been through the mill, gives the following paterual ad vice to the girls : - i Tike lessons on the piano, and learn to paint and sing, hut let your mother do the washing. Do worsted work, and make nice little neckties for the heathen, but don't ac quire that mystic art to "cook pork aud beans." :', Go to boarding.School and pursue some French, Spauiard; and German, but neg lect your good old jnother English. Flatly deny the Soft impeachment that you are engaged; Treat your young sprig precisely as; if you were ashamed of him. Itjs complimentary,, anyhow, to the young sprig, j When you laagb, laugh hearty. Your gold fillings may be seen. It is a card for the dentist. Tell people who are posjed, and con sequently kuow betlvr, that you are "w f'-"""7,' " ' " loUowing tnere was a tremendous row in ed with great caution, lhe yalet of the t,al geulement ; mothers discovered that Egyptian was sent the day before to a gingle nJ ht bad c,anged llic 8PX of announce his master a desire,-and Mas- j,. babies observation disclosed physi soud immediate y (Same to the latter to ci, phenomeuaj an(l Uien commenced some assure himself that all wart right by a of lbe u,le8t enaie pedetranism ; living persoual lu.-pectKiii uf hu customer. As . mi,M h ri.iuired lwo daye to lUi4 a mere visitor to the harem would have mix the babjeg) ad a9 many montll9 l0 been eyed askance, the corrcspondenrj rMlorc vbe wocien to their natural sweet was introduced as . lahir-Bey,-a Syrian I dispositions. To this day it is unsafe exactly nineteen last or next summer, you forgetr which. " They'll'' believe 'it, j you jinowVf .- , ....... -.;., .o ,. Say naughty things of your, riyal and next door neighbor, and . speak dispara gingly of Miss Q.'s nose. But entirely overlook yonr own incongruities. By all means "tote" a hicelittle dog after you on the street. There is a chance of you being taken for some' one else, while it speaks volumes for the dog, . Walk four -abreast and . keep the cen tre of the sidewalk, but never for a moment allow yourself to be disconcerted. It shows consideration for the happiness of others. : ' Finally, quit being girls by marrying some old bald headed buffer with lots of "tin," and ruthlessly thrust aside a man of brains with a becoming competency. RUNNING IN DEBT. I dwell on this point, for I would deter others from entering that place of torment. Half of the young men in this country, with many old enough to know belter, would go into business that, is into debt to-morrow, if they could. Most poor men are so ignorant as to envy the njerchant or manufacturer, whose life is an incessant struggle with pecuniary difficulties, who is driven to constant "shinning," and who, from month to month, barely evades the insolvency which sooner or later overtakes most men in business ; so that it has been computed that but one man in twenty of them achieves a pecuniary success. For my own part I would rather be a convict in the State prison, a slave in a rice swamp, than to pass through life under the bar row of debt. Let no man' misjudge him self unfortunate or truly poor, so long as he has the full use of his limbs and facul ties, and is substantially free from debt. Hunger, cold, rags, hard work, contempt suspicion, unjust reproach, are disa greeable, but debt is infinitely worse than them all. And if it had pleased God to spare either or all my sons to be the sup po4 of my decling years, the lesson wh(ch-l should most earnestly seek to impress upon them is, "never ran in debt." Avoid pecuniary obligation as you would a pestilence or famine. If you have but fifty cents, and can get no more for a week, buy a peck of corn, parch it and live on it rather than owe a dollar! Of course I know that some men .must do business that involves a risk, and must give notes or other obligations, and I do-not consid er him in debt who can lav bis hands J directly on the means of paying, at so lill!e eacl.ince an ne owes . rea debt that which involves risk some ! of involves risK ot ' sacrifice on one side, obligation, and de- pendente on the other and I fay from all such, let every youth humbly pray God ( to preserve him evermore. Horace Gree ley. ! A MIXIN'OF THE BABIES. Some time ago there was a dancing party given "up north ;" most of the ladies present had little babies whose noisy perversity lequired too ranch at tention to permit the mothers, to enjoy the dance. A number of gallant young men volunteered to watch the young ones while the parents indulged in ,a "break down." No sooner had tho woman left the babies in charge of the miscbvious devils, thau they stripped, the infants, changed their clothes, giving the apparel of one to another. The dance over it' was ; lime lo ,lom al)(j lhe mulbera hur. , j. . , , . . . , f her own, and started some to their homes ten or fifteen miles off, and were far on i t,(tlr Mnn daylight. But the day ' . . i for any of the baby mixers to venture ;.n ,i. ,rr;,AP Where do men usually discover the women who afterward become their wives! J t,,e q"tion we have occasionally heard discussed, and tho result it invariably j comes to is worth mentioning to our young j lady readers. Chance has much to do in tlie attair ; out uien mere are important governing circumstaces. It is certain that few men make a selection from ball rooms, or any other place f public gaiety; and neaily as few are influenced by what may be calh-d showing off in the streets, or any allurement of drees. Our convic tion is that ninety-nine hundredths of nil the jbieiy with which the women decorate or ljird their persons g for nothing, as far .if- husband-catching is concerned. Where and how, then, do men find their wives I In the quiet homes of their pa rents or guardians at the fireside where the domestic graces and feelings arc alone demonstrated. These are charms which most surely attract the high as well as the humble. Against these all the finery and airs in the world sink into insignifi cance. Experience in Australia serves to con trovert the notion of some people that thoroughbred an'mals do not degenerate. Horses in that country are of tho best blood from England, but on tho runs where they have increased without care, they are worth only the value of their hides and hair. The Lutheran Church almanic for 1S77 states that the number of Lutheran com municants in the United States is 640, 415, au iucrease for tho year of G7,27G. T: ,vj lypULTURE,' Commended from a high , and ancient source,; r The followipg is a, translation of .a port ion of Cicero's tractt De Sen-, ; ectute": . ' --' . :' "I come now to the pleasure of the farmer, m which'I delight verjf " much;' which are not obstruced at all by old age, and which seem to me toadd much to the life of a wise man. For they have a re lation td the earth that "never refuses' obe dience, nor'ever returns 'what it receives withoot iatercct, sometimes with less, but generally with a greater increase. Though, indeed, X am delighted not only with the products, but the nature and power of the earth; whichwhen it receives the seed scattered in its broken and. softened soil, holds it covered up in the first-place, and then s wells it by. warmth and pressure, and shoots out from it the green sprout. This supported by the fibres of theraois, grows gradually, and standing erect, the downy head is shut up as in a sheath; and when it emerges frra.that it puts forth the, ear of grain, ranged in a row, and protected from the depredations of birds by the defence of a beard. , And why need mention the planting, shooting and growth of viues ? That you may know how great diversion and pleas ure I have in my old age, I canuet obtain satisfaction enough of this kind. For to pass over the strength of those things which the earth benrp; from bow 8mall:a seed of a fig,- or from a grape stoner or from the eru.illest seeds of olher plants and shrubs, how laige trucks and boughs it. produces. Dd not the 'scions, phoots, branches, and eiips set out tn grow, effect this in such a way. as to fill any. one wuh admi ration and delight! And, indeed, the vine, which naturally is unable to hold itself up, and, unless it is propped, falls to the earth, this seizes hold of whatever it finds, with its tendrils like hands, that it inayl;raise itself up; -which, as it creeps along with nuiiy turns and windings, the farmer prunes with his knife, and restrains lest it should put out too many" shoots, and spread too far in all directions. So in the begioniug of spring, there is, in the vines that are left, what, , is called the eye, at the joints of the branches. The clusters of grapes spring forth, and show themselves here : they, swelling with the sap derived from the earth nnd with the heat of tlie"stiu, air, taCfirst,. very sour, to to the taste, but after ripening,- ihey be- come sweet, and, being covered by the new shoots; they neither want a moderate degree-of beat!" nor' snfFer the- extreme heat of the simAnd what can be more delightful thau .the fruit, or tupre beauti ful than tlje eight ? For not the, utility alone delight me, but the cultivation, aud even nature herself. So do the rows of jjrojH", the union of the main stems, lhe extending of new shoots, the pruning away of some, and tbe.periauing of others to grow. , I may also mention the irrigation, the digging 'and spading of the ground, by which it is rendered mueh more f-vtile. Audi what -bll I say of the ulilitv oTi manuring ? I nave remarked. iu, the trea tise I wrote ou farming business, that the learned Hesiod, when wining upon agri culture, said nothing on; this subject: But Homer, who lived, I' think, many- gs before, represents Laert'-s as soothing his grief that he felt for the absence of his son, by cultivating the soil, and manur ing i t. Ner auf I pleased iii tlie country with the-eropfV - the meadows- and "the vineyards oly, but with the gardens and orchards : with the grazing of herds, with the swarms of bees, land the great variety of flowers. Nor is the planting of trees alone gratifying, hut the grafting of them, which is among the most advan tageous things in -agriculture. And I will proceed to speak of- some farmers : There were Senators, and those old men, iii the fields; since the informa tion was carried to Chicinnatus of his election to the office of Dictator at the plough. Curious andjther old meu were called from their farm-houses iuto . the Senate. Was their old age unhappy then, who found satisfaction in the culti vation of the soil 1 Indeed, in my opinion, 1 do not know a happier life, not only ou ! account of the duty, but. because the cul i tivation of lhe fields is profitable to the whole human race, but also for the pleas ure which I have mentioned, and for the full supply of all things which relate to the sustenance of men, or the worehip of God. For the skillful and industrious master ba3 his wine cellar, his oil cellar, and his pantry crammed full; the iWhole family is well, supplied; he has plenty of pork, goat's meat, lamb, poultiy, milk, cheese and honey. Cicero adds in De Officiis, Book 1, chapter 42 : But if a merchant, satiated, or rather satisfied with his profits as he sometimes used to leave the opn sea and make the harbor, shall from the hirbc r step into an estate and lands: pucIi a man seems most justly deserving of praise. For of all gaioful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleaeiug, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than agriculture." They had been engaged a long-time, and one evening were reading the paper together. L$ok, my love," he exclaimed, "only fifteen dollars for a suit of clothes! ' "Is it a wedding suit !" she asked, look ing naively at her lover. "Oh ! no," he replied,' it is a business suit." "Well. I meant business," she replied. Women havea mueh nicer sense of the beautiful than men. They are, by farr the safe nmpirer in the matters of propriety and grace. A mere school girl will b thinking and writing about the beauty of birds and flowers, while her brother is robbing nests and destroying the tiowers. One smile for the livingjs better tham a dozen tears for the dead.- . jWhen is a candle like! a tombstone! .When it isput up for a late husband. m, .s l,ir 4 .ii !' . : " When-a man attains the age of ninety, he may be termed XCdingly'old. ' It was a drunken carpenter who , said he could not carry his level- ; . ., . - - .' - . fWat 'piece of carpentr becomes ft gem, as soon as it is fiuished Agate. -n i-'--''-'.rt;i- Goodheadquarters for young men oa the shodlders of their sweetheart. 4 Why is a compositor, like a cripple? Because he can't , get along t withont a stick. . - . 'Wbeu dos a ship of war become a ship of peace 3. When she drops her anchor. The best seats in the theatres are ap propflaled' by themauagers-thejrure i tie receipts. . . .- - ' -i Why is the elephant the most sagacioui of travelers ! Because be never takes his eyes off his trunk. There is a door-keeper in a Edinbarg theatre so very strict that he won't admit an argument unless it has a ticket. "Time waits for nT man." That's another. Doesn't time always wait for a man lo get firmly seated on the top rail before It breaks ! Connubial bliss A hen-pecked has band declared that the longer be lived with his wife the more he was smitten by her. Trying to interest a email audience with a comic lecture, is a great deal like trying to hit the two corner pfias ou a ten pin alley with a single ball, j. Fanny Davenport is said to be a very fine swimmer. Swimmiug is an art that all ladies should acquire. It inspires courage, and it saves soap. Moreover, nothing is so uncomfortable, just after a steamboat explosion, asto find yourself in the water, with a frightened woman, who can't swim, clinging to your leg. The tomb of Agememnon has been found. Ve are glad he had a" tomb. We have all along beenafrald that a subscription would have to be set afloat fur that purpose. The illustrious dead will always find a hearty welcome in this conn try, if they are well provided with good comfortable tombs. baribury News. ' - DO NOT MEDDLE. Above all things, take care how you interfere between man and wife, even though they may not be living together iu the eompletest harmony. Conscious though they may be of each other's faulta they do not care to find the world equally so. Instances are constantly occurring where the uncalled-for interference of someTelative or professed friends between them: has utterly destroyd forever the peace and happiness of a family. And the most hatetul feature of these imperti nentintermeddlings is that they are gen erally committed by wbatare called "good" people, and professedly from conscientious motives. Many great crimes are attended with less destructive consequences. "What, therefore, God has joined together,, let not man pat asunder," is a commandwhich should be obeyed in all its comprehensiveness. It does no prohibit merely the entire eepa ration of husband and wife. It applies to every act on the part of any one cal culated iu the least degree to disintegrate or weaken the bond ; of complete anion between them. . . -. A THRILLING SCENE. From the London Standard. The following incident occurred daring a general review of the Austrian cavalrj a few mouths ago : T Not far from 30,000 cavalry were hi line. A little child a girl of not more than four years, standing in the front row of spectators, either from fright or some other cause, rushed out iuto the open fi'id just as a squadron of hussars came sweeping around from the main body. They mad the detour for the purpose of saluting the Empress, whose carriage was drawn up in that part of the parade ground. Down came the flying squadion, charging at a -madgallop -down directly upon the child. The moth er was paralyzed, as were others, for there, could be no rescue from the line of spectators. The Empress uttered a cry of horror, for the child s destruction seem ed inevitable and such terrible destruc tion the trampling to death by a thou sind iron hoofs. Directly tinder the feet of the hoises was the little, one another instant must seal its doomwhen a st&U wart husear, who was in the front liney without slackening his speed or loosen irr his hold, threw himselfjovef by the side of hit horse's neck, seized and lifted the child j and placed it in safety upon his saddle-bow ; and this he did .withont changing his pace or breaking the comet alignment of the squadron. Ten tbon sand voices hailed 'with rapturous ap plause the gaM tnt deed, and other thou sands applauded when ihey knew. Two women there were who yyild only sob forth their gratitude! in broken accents the mother 'and the Empress. And, a proud and happy moment must it bare been for the. hussar when his Emperor, taking from his' own breat the richly-en-nmeled Cws of the Older of Man Theresa, hung it npb'u the breast of his brave aud gallant trooper. "