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R ?he Canrastcr Cciioer. i1 ?? ?2 PEll AyNUM Hie with ilio woiKh'ni sx^;7.f IN ADVANCE . J /nmilg aoil political licuispptt?Pcuatri In ttjt Arts, i> times, tilrtatnre. tflioratimi, jgriultut, 5?iftunl. Suiftrnuriatnts, .foreign nun Jlnuirstu iirius, nun tge jlhrkris. I VOLUJfi IX. LANCASTER C. H? SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MOVING, MAY U, 18C0, ' NUMBER 15. ~ P aelwt Iwtj. The Girlt Wive?. Homebody I.as wil'n tho following about the pirljj nn^ 1 : God hlcMt'e girls, Whose g<ien eorls Blend with nu^vening dreams ; 4 They hai? our lives Like epilw ives, Vr?a* nnind^ount the streams. 1^. They sc/bo our pains, They rt our brains IWith drenn ol summer hours. God blss the gjri?. God lyss their curia, t?od blessur numan uowera. TI.e wives, <e think, are quite as deserv ing of a blessig as the girls ; therefore, we submit the flowing : Go bless the wives, ThV till our lives With title bees and honey ; T'ev ense life's shocks, Tley mend our socks, I I Hut?ton't they spenu the money T I V'hen we ni? ?;ck, 7hey henl us quik ? Thstis if they should love us; if not, we die, And yet they cry, And place tombstones above us Of roguish girls, With sonny curls, Wt tnsy in fancy dream ; Hut wives?true wives? Throughout our lives. Are evert thing they seem. ???? ??? I Iflfrtrii &tnrq. A Short Fireside St-ry. One < ven ng a poor man and his son a little boV, shi hv the watside, ue?r the gate of an old town ill Germany. The i Uiln-r took oui a ioaf of bread which lis l bad bought hi the 'Own, hud broke it, ft and gave half 10 his |:oy. "tyot mi, *ath er,' Hind the boy ; "I shall i:oi eat until *tu you. Von have been v.O'king hard all day. f>r small wages, 10 support me; and you must be very hungry; 1 shaii wail till you are done." "You speak kindly, my son," replied 'lie p'.enseu fat bet, "your love to me does to. uw.r.. ,,nAn lli.n n.. r.?..l ...,1 .1 eye* f yotm me ot jour dear i;}ol|ier wlio l.as U-l? ua, who told v?>u U> love ine as \oii u*ed to do, ami indeed, my bov. you have been It g^??t strength i<nd coiufotl to me; lint itowr tliat I have eaen the first morsel to please yoti, it is \ our tin n to eat " 'Thank you, father; l>ut I reak this P'ece ill two, and t > k toil a lillie more; lor y? U see tlie lo?f is not large, and yon require much more than 1 do" "I shall < 1 vS<Ie 'he loaf for you, inv bov; but eat it I shall not ; I have an abundance; and let n? thank God for his great goodness in giving U8 food, and in giving us wliai i? better still, cheetful and contented lie r a. He who gave us the living bread from heaven to nourish our immortal souls, how should Lie not give us all oth F mortal bodies!" | The father and the son thanked God, , nod then began to cut tho loaf in piece* to begin tbeir frugal meal But as il>**\ cut oti? pmion of the loaf, there (ell out everal | recea of gold of great value.? The little bov gave a about of joy, and was springing forward to grasp ?he unexpected treasure, when be was pulled back by hit father. , "Mt son, my eon !' he cried, tlo not touch that money } it is not ours." "But whose is it, father, if it is not ours f" 'I know no', as yet, to whom it be long*; I ut probably ft was p.;t there hy the haker, through some mistake." "We must inquire. Hun " "But, father,'interrupted the hoy, "you are poor and needy, and you have bought the loal and the hak?r may tell a lie, and " "I will not liaton to you, my boy, I b"tiL'ht ih * loaf, but l did not buy the gold in it. If the baker sold it to me in ignorance. I shall not be en dishonest as to take advantage of him; rememt>er Jim who has'told us to do 10 others as * ' wo.jIcl have other* to do to us. The juicer inkv possibly rheat us I ant poor, indeed, but that ia no sin. If we share k &e poverty of Jesus, God's own Son, oh ! !Vt us share, also, bis goodness, and hir tVust in G'>d. We may never be rich, but we may always be honest. We may Jie of starvation, but God's will be done, ifliould we die in doing it! Yes. tnv boy, ttusi in God and walk in lib ways, and you shall n*?er be put to shame. Now run to the baker,' in J bring him here, Ad I shall watch the gold until h? comae." So the boy ran for the leaker. "Ilroth r Workman," said this old man, "yod bavr made some mistake, and almost lost your money ; and he showed the ha^er ih? gold, and told hitn bow it bad been found. "Is it thine V' asked the father : "if it is, take it away." "Mv father, baker, le very poor, and?"Sdenre, my child; put me not tc shame by thy complaints. I. km glad we have saved this man his money."? The baker had been gasing alternately upon the hooeet father and bia eager boy and upon the gold which lay glittering ' upot. the green turf. "Thou art indent anr boneat fellow.** said the baker ; "ao< ,. . i ' < \ \*... ? ft r j thy neighbor, David, the flax dresse I (poke but the iruili when lie said tho j wert the honesUst man in town." I "Now I shall tell tlieo about the gold i A stranger came to my shop three day ' ago, and gave me that loaf, and told in I to sel1 it cheaply, or give it away, to tb I honeateat ppor man wlioiu I know in tb city. I told David thee to send to me as customer, this morning ; as thou wouldi not take the ioaf for nothing, I sold it t thee, as thou kimweat, for - the last pent in thy purse; and then, that with all i I i.? - ?i ? - - ? " lirnauic KIIU, ICIlfB, 11 IS IMH M11HI!. tliine, hik) God grant thee a blessing wit it!" Tlie poor father bent his head I tlio grputid, while llie tears fell from !> eyes. His boy ran and put bin han about Jiia neejc, and said, "I shall alwaj like you, rpy father, trust in God, and <1 is right ; for I am sure it will nev? put us to shame."? Edinburgh Christia Afagazitit. From the Richmond Dispatch. The Jackson?Dickinson Duel. The famous duel between Jackson an Dickinson is generally known, hut I'a ton's recent nfe of tLe former gives an el cedent account of the affair, with soiii circumstances that are new : Dickinson's second won the choice i position, and Jackson's the ottice of gi HJg the woid. Mr. Overtoil considers tse giving of the word a mutter of grei importance, and he had already dete mined l;ow he would give it if the lot te to him. The e glit paces were measure oti, and the m?-n placed ; both were pe fectly collected. AH the politeness i sucli occasions was illicitly and eh-gaull performed. Jackson was pressed in loose frock, buttoned carelessly over h chest, and concealing in some degree ti extreme slenUerne^s of his figure. Dicl mson was the youngest and handsom man of the two. Hut Jackson's tail, are figure, and the still intansiiy of his <1 ineanor. it is said. oav? l.im ? m??i ? <? " 1 R ,"x",% v" air ax Ik; aluod under I lie t? populas in ill in bii^lil May inornin , > enily awaitinc the inonienl of dooill. 'Are you ready !'*nid Overtoil. 'I am ready,' Mild Ibckiunon. 'J am ready,' said Jacknon, Tim wojd* were no sooner proiiotmct Uiai) Uverion, Willi a midden about, crie imiug lin old country prominent'.io 'K? > re ?' Ibckinaon rained lug pi-do' -pi'xkiv a:i lired. Overton, who wan inokini; wu ai.xaty and d-ead at Jacknon, naw a pi *>f dust lit from ihe breast of Ids cot and Haw linn tame In* arm and place tiglitlv Derosa Inn client. 'He is nure liil,' thought Overton,'and in a bad plat loo, but be does not fail.' Krect and gri an fale lie r-'i-od, ?iih teetli clench*-!, rai ing bis pivtol. Overt<.n glanced ill i)n iiinon. AiniZid ni the unwonted failu of bin aim. and appalled at (lie awful ti ure and face before bin), Dickingon hx uncoiH-ioiirly recoiled a step or iwo. '(ireal Ood !' lie Tailored, 'bava I missed linn ?' 'Hack li? the mark, sir thunder* Overt n, witli hi* hand upon his pistol Dickinson iee*>v*-re<l it !H comjwisur stepped forward to the peg, and" slo< with eve* averted front lit* antagonist.All this wan hut tliu woil: <>f a ntoined though it requires nunv words to tell General Ju Uun took deliberate ai and pulled the trigger. The pistol neit er snapped nor went oft lie looked the trigger sad discovered that it lo sopped at half cock. lie drew it I ri to its place and took nirii a second litii lie fired, and Dickinsons face blanched he reeled?and his friends rushed ft ward, caught hint in their arms, ar genii) laid him on the grass, leanii agaiii.U j huqli. llts trowser* reddene Tney stripped off Ins chillies. The h'o* was gosing from hi* side in a torrent.And alas ! here is the hall, not near tl wound, but above tbe opposite hip, jti under tbe skin. The ha I had pas?< through the body, below the nhs. Sui a wound could not hilt he fatal Overton went forward and learned tl condition ol die wounded man Uej >i ing Ids principal, lie said ; 'He woi wguT any more of you, General,' hi r conducted him from the ground. Tin had g<>ne a hundred yards,Overton wal ing on one side ol Jackson and Ins sti i gwou on the other, and neither speak it A word, when the surgeon observed di i one of Jackson's siloes was lad of bloc 'Oh, I lielieve,' replied Jackson, Mb i he has pinked me a little. ' I^at iq? lo< I it. but say nothing about it tber pointing to the house. He opened his coat. Dickinson'* ai had been perfect. He had sent the hi precisely where he supposed Jacksoi heart was beating. But the thinness Ins body and the looseness 01 Ins co combined to deceive Dickinson, lb" bi bad only broken a rib or two, and rak the breast bone. It w?? a aomewh paitdul, had looking wound, hut neith severe or dangerous, and he was able ride to the tavern without inucli incc venience. Upon approaching the house he we i up to one of the negro woman who w churning, and asked if the butler h i come. She said it whs just coming, l i asked fyr some butter imlk While s ; was getlfog u for him, she ow him It lively open his cost nud look within it. ' She saw that-his shirt vm saturated wi > blood, and stood gasmg with black In I ror at the sight dipped in hand. 1 caught Iter epre. and hastilg buttoned r his coat again. bjkie dipper! out a qui , measure frill of huttermili, and gave it j him. He drank, it *.(f at a draught, th I be weal in, took off his coat and had I I wouud carefully examined and drees< r, | Tlihi done, Iim dispatched otic o! !:is ri? u tinue to L)r. Ca Set, to tnquirO respecting j i the condition of Dickinson, and to sav J : thai the surgeon attending himself Mould he glad to contribute Ins aid t<.wauls Mr | le Dickinson's relict. I'olite reply re-] ie turned that Mr 1 hckinson's case was he ! ie | vond surgery In the course of the day a Jackson sent a hot tie of wine to Dr. Cal | 4t j let, for the use of his patient, o Hut there was one gratification which I ;e Jackson could not, even tinder such cir- j tb cunistaiues, yrant htm A very old friend ! is of <?en. Jackson's writes me I litis : 'A I h though the tieii had been wounded, he i 0 did not vmsIi it to lie known until lie left is the neighborhood, and therefore lord con d coaled n at first from his best friends ? *h His reason for this was, as he once staled j lo to me, that as l>iektnson considered htm j soil the hest shot in tiro world, and was n certain of killing him the firs* fire, he did not want him to have the gratification even of knowing that he had touched htm. j Front tlic Scientific American u 1 The Iustinct of Appetite l Chemical analysis and physiological ie research have established, hex ond dispute, that every or ielu of f?od and drink is of <! mposed of eieineuts dilfnnog in q ianliv tv or ipiaiity. It is ? quii.'y true thai the nl various parts of the human frame are dil *t feieni in their composition, as the hone, r the Uesh, the neive, the tendon, dec, lint ill there is no element in the human bodv d which is Dot found in some Ailtc'e of food r or drink. A certain normal proportion of of these elements, proper y distributed, lv constitutes v igorous health, and forms a n perfect body. It one of these elements is |>e in excels, certain forms of disease e | manifest themselves ; if there is not en k lough, some other malady affects the er j fraini;. When the hlood contains less ct 'han its healthful amount of iroti, it is e po? r. watery and comparatively colorless; if the muscles are iVtlthv, the face pale, the ill eyes sunken, the whole body weak, the >i inilid listless and sad. If the hones have not enough lime, thev have no strength, are eH'ilv bent, an I the patient is rickety; | it ih?*re w ton mudi I'liie, then the b >nes J are brittle, and are broken bv the ^11nli id est fill 01 unusual strain. The highest <1, I skill of ihe nhvsic.an i.i ll?8sj con ii, si? s hi deieimining the excess or ileficit of aii\ element, and in supplying s.icli id | f.in.l ar drug as will meet the case, when il' I the medical attendant can not deteiimne ill ! whai is wanting nor furnish the aupplx, it | nature is often loud enough in her eails. >1 I through the tastes or appetites, to in li I* cute verv clearly what item of loml i r 'P. j dm k contains ihe nended elements; this m | s the''Instinct of Appetite '' ChetniMn s is uiinb'c to sav ol lint oi e article ol liu< k I mail food, that il contains all the eon re stitiients necessary to supply the human IX hodv with every element requisite for its id welfare, ai d that is pure mi k, as supplied 1 i by tbe mother of the new beini{ ; but afI | ter the first years of ihe, tiio audi de ! mauds new elements, in order to enable ?d | it to meet tlm duties which increasing aye I imposes; hence, iditure dries up this ?*, j spring, as being no longer adequate, and "! coinncls the search t??r i.llisi Lu..ls. . I ? I tenance, showing ilutl milk is a propel it, I sole foon lor the \oung ones; ami heal l tliv grown persons w ho live upon it mainni iy will x!w;i\b become invalids. Ii A11 kinds of life, whether vegetable or at animal, have within t' em a principle ol *?I l preservation, as well as o( perpetuity ; ik were not the ease, all that breaths or '*> grows wouhl die ; this principle or ^ualt I lv is common to loan and beast, ami all r tbat springs from root or seed ; it is nam id ?-d "Instinct." It is instinct which calls, >g hv thirst, for water, when there is not llud. t?l enough in tie system. It is instinct i >d wliicli cails for food. by hunger, when a I ? man is weak and need* renovation. It is lie curious and prat tic-ally valuable as a ist means for the removal of disease, to r.o cd [ lice the working of this instinct, for it. | d; seems to he almost possessed with a dis criminating intelligence ; certain it is, he that standard medical publications give n welliaiithtnticated facts, showing, that i'i following the cravings of the appetite, ol the animal instinct, has accomulished for I i*y more than ilia physician'* skill was able k to do ; lias saved l:fe in multitude* of cair *es. when science had done its best, but ig ' i'i vain. at j About three years *70, the little dangh. d j ter of a farmer on th?. Un ison river, had at ; a fail, which induced a long, pninful and i'k dangerous itinera, ending 111 blindness ; medication availed nothing. By accident, a switch containing maple bud* was plain ced in her hand*, when *he began to eat *11 them, and called earnestly for more, and t's continued to eat them with avidity, im of! proving, meanwhile 111 her general health ' 'at ! for some fifteen day* or more, when this all I particular relish left her, and ?he called ed ' for candy, and, a* in the ca*e of the bud*, a' ate nothing else for two weel^s, alien this er also was dropped, a more naiurai taste to | returning with returning eyesight and >11- usual health. This was instinct calling 1 for those article* of food which contained I nt the element*, the want of which laid he | a* tsreen disease and recovery, ad A gentleman aged thirty-six, seemed Je to lie in the l**t singe* of c<in?iitnp;ive 1 "e | du>e**e, wlicij lie ?n? ?eiz*-d with an tin i >r controllable desire fur eoir.mori table null; { ? he ?pread it in i lin k layer# over hi# meat, th and over hi# bread and butter ; he car >r ried it in hi# veal pocket, which wa* dai ile 1 |v emptied by eauug a pinch at a time, up He regained hi# health, and remained ?rt well for year# afterward*, to Mere recently, a caae occurred in Rng en land of a child gradually declining in hi# health, in *piic of i!l if at could be done ed. by a remarkably abrewd and olmervant physician. < >n one of his visits, lie fotthd iIn*, lather sipping a glass of toddy. I lie thought occurred to the doctor to offer some of it to ilie child, who took it with great satisfaction. The hint was improved ; more was given, and more J and for two months this child of two vearsold ii??-u si wnoiiv on wiitsKy toddy, when tlie desire declined, a tuoie natural appetite returned, tlie health improving exerv hour, mid was eventnaily entirely restored , hut ever thereafter tlie child loathed the very smell or even sight of whisky toddy. A similar esse is teporled where a sick chihl took a p ut of ale daily, and nothing else for inany days, ultimately r? covering, when the sight of an a'e bottle could not ha endured The child of a New Yorker was supposed to he dvitig of the "summer complaint." As a last and desperate resort, it was hurried <>tf to Rockawav tti August, having the (usual lv considered fatal) ioccup when it start ed. Immediately or. its arrival, on a cold raw, chilly evening, aliont t\n hour after sundown, some tresli milk from the cow w is instantly boiled mid ll'cred to it.? It was with dtfli ully that the bowl could In* withdrawn from Us poor emaciated tinkers. After an hour's interval more milk was given, and nothing else, for a i.umber o days. Tliat child is now one of tie heartiest., hpalthnst girls in New York ! In the cases above given, the children could not name their < ravings; hut ac cidenl threw in their way what the in stincts required, (irown pet.sons can e\ press tlieir cravings There '.re inanx persona who can record, from their own personal experience, the heginning of t return to health, fiom gratuyiug b toe in satiate desire. I tie c<* ehrated l'rotessor Charles Caldwell was tolnl of relmii ,r ii. Iiis lecture*. that a \oting iad\, abandon ?*?I to ill*-, called lor some pouiut cake which "science" would have pronounced a deadly dose ; luil as her cas?? was con ssdered hopeless, she was gratified and recovered, living in good health after wards. Hut in s< me forms of dyspepsia, to follow the cravings is to aggravate the disease, life is made intolerable, and sni ride close-- the scene. In lo.v ft\ers, ti phoid, yielding to the cravings is certain deal I'. To know when attd liow to foT?w tiie ii s:met of appetite, to gratify (lie cravoigs of nature, is of inestimable value. There is a rule which is e.l-?avs sale, and wid save life in multitudes of cases, where the most skillfully exhthiteo" d?ngs have been entirety unavailing l'lirtake mi fiist of what nature seems to crave, in very small <|tiaiilit!es ; it no nttCoinf >rta l.le feelmg l illowr., gradually uicivi??J the ainotitii, until no more is called for.? These suggestions and facts find Conlir illation in tlie large expe rience of thai now beautiful and revered name, Ff retice Nightingale, whose meinoiy will godown with bh-siiig i%n?l !miior side l>v side with iIihi of ilie immortal John Howard to rn'imiest time She imvs:? "1 have wi'ii not 1 v ones or Iqiih, hut hv hundreds, cases where tlit* stomach not onlv craves, but digest- thing* which have never heen Ini*I down in >mv dteiarr for the wieic. e.?peciallt for til** rick wliore diseases where firoduced 1 >\ !>:? 1 food. Fruit, pickles, jam*. eingerhread, fat of Ijhsii, of hacon, suet, cheer**, Ixi * 1 t*r, in -1 k, were a.l ministered freely, will* happy r?-suite,situ plv hecaure the sick craved ihein." Aucieut Hums in the United States. A new stimulus i? likely to he given to American archeology hy a discovery re Centl\ made some 'JO miles north east ol Fort Stanton, a long account of which has just appeared in the Fort Smith (Ar kansar) Tunis :? I he plain upon which lie the massive relics of gorgeous temples and niagniti cent halls, slopes gradual.y eastward to wards the river I'ecos, and is very fertile, crossed hy a gurgling stream af the pur est w ater, that no', only Postal is a rich vegeta'ioh, hut perhaps fuimaied with tins necessary element tne thousand* who once inhabited this present wiUerness.? The city was probahly hnill hy h warlike race, as it is quadratiguiar, and Arranged wish skill to atlord the Inchest |<roleclmii against an exterior foe. many ot lie Cuild' ings on iin* outer line Oeing pureed with l< op ho.es, an though caicnlaud for the Use of weapons. Several of the buildings ae of vast size, ar,d huiit of massive block <?f <1 hrk granite rock, which could on!\ lave been wrought to their | r ?>*i t Co tuition by a vast amount of labor. Tlieie are the ruins of two noble edifice*, oath present ing a front of 300 feet, made >f ponderous blocks of stone ; and dhtpidated walls are even now 35 feet logo There a e no partitions in the apex < ( die mid die (supposed) temple, so tl. it the room n>list have been vast ; and tbtre are also carvings in ba* relief ami fresm work.? Appearances justify tbe coin.union that these silent rums could once lasst of halls gorgeously decorated by the artists' hand an those of Thebes am) 'slrnvra. The butldiug" all have lotp holes on cadi 8|de, inucli resembling Uoae found iii tile old feudal caatleaof Ktlope design ?d for (he Uae of archora Tie block* of which these ediiicen are eoiii|,>*ed are ro mauled together by ? ape< te of mortar of a bituminous character, w'irh has such tenacity, that va?l masses C wall have ( fallen down without the bloc* being da j Inched by the shock. We Inpe ere long i to be favored with full and descriptive particulars, aa it is probable that virus I and examinations wdl be nade among ! auco interesting relica of th unknown pas', by Home of tha UnitedSiatea offl. i cera attached to the ne?ree? frt. Scifntifir .mrnritn. ! ruiunUJ llfflbiltg, j The Family Altar. 1 One dav. a gentleman was riding on a | \\ esiern prairie, and lost his way Clouds arose in the skv, and not seeing toe sun, lie qui e lost Ins reckoning. Night came | on, and as he knew not which way to guide his horse, he let him take his own i way. It was a Western horse, and was | ! therefore likely to understand prairie life | belter than Ins rider, who was not a Wes | tern man. lit'and by a light glimmered i iu the distance, and it was not long he I fore the faithful animal stopped before a log cabin. | 'Who's there !' somebody, shouted I iiuim mini. 'A benighted traveller,' answered tlio I ! gentleman. 'Can joa give me a night's i lodging !' I 'You're welcome,' said the maji, appearj ing at thu door. Tin- gentleman wns thankful enough to giv* up Ins saddle and bridle to the master of the log cabin. He found the laiiui)' at supper,?man, wife, and chil dren ? and a place was soon made lor the strut gor 'Some time in the evening the ntan ask ed, 'Are vou a minister of the gospel ?' 'No.' an>weted the gentleman; and ?eeing the man look disappointed, he ask' ed wh\ he wished to know. '(Mi! sir,' answeied the tnan, 'I imped a minister ha ! come to help me to huild a faini.v altar. I had one once, hut I lost it coining over the Al.eghanict It is a great lo?s !' 'Perhaps I can help you to build or e. though I'm not a minister,' said the gen llenian, who alwavs had one himself; and at'er a little more talk, the matt handed him an old famiiv ltinle. He read and th?\ s-iitg a PshIiii, and al. knelt. The gentleman prayed lirst ; then the man prated, and the wife and children said, "Amen." f->r it seemed as if each wanted to hate a li'tlo part in building up the I famiiv al ar. 'Sir,'said the man, when they arose, 'theie's main an emigrant that loses Ins family altar before he gets here, and al'er to Sir. it's a cleat mi-.. ' \ es. 111 any Ininilv altars are lost. Some ire Io.m iu politics, smiie in traveling, some in moving, in ilie in n> of liarv'St. a >imii stole* and shops. II is Mil utispeaka b!e I ..-a. Abraliam never lost Ins, yet never family traw'ed farther, and move.I >fteiier i Ii mii Wis. Hot vv!.<rever lie niielij eil liis tent, lie set up liis fivmilv H'tar, and I called upon tlie Lord ; nml the Lord I blessed him ?livfever lie weul. (Jiii'dieii. as well as parents, have an interest hi keeping I lie family Hilar. I >on'l let it be lost. If fatlier forgets, let ibe clitl ireii gently and respectfully temiml loin. 'Father, we haven't vet (banked God for bis goodness, or prated to I1114 lor bis forgiveness.' No fatlier I Min sure, but will 11 auk a ehi.'d for thus helping him in bis duties It is good '0 *tug, and praise, and pr?V around the faintly altar. 'Klest lie the tie that bin-Is' a family around its il'iar They are dearer to eai-b other lor being near to God.? Prairie litrnUi. Death Bed Scenes. The rich Cardinal Heaufortaaid : 'And must 1 die I \\ ill not all 111 v* riches save uie i 1 could pmcliHse the kingdom, it that would prolong my life.' Alas! there is no bribing death An K glisli nobleman said : 'I have a splendid passage to the grave. I die in state, an J languish under a gilded eano pv. 1 mil ex| ir.ng on soli aud downy pillows, and am respectably attended by my servants and physicians. My depen dents sigh ; nit sisters weep ; my faihei bends beneath a load of grtel and yeais; my lovel) wife, pale ami silent, conceals Iter inmost anguish , my friend, who was as my own soil I, su|.pusses his siphs, ami leaves me, to hide bis secret gnof. But, <>li ! which of them will hail me from (lie arrest of death i Who can descend in to the dark prison of the prave w nu me ! , Here they ail /oiiVe me, alter havmp paid I a few id e ceremonies to the breadiiea* clay which may lie reposed in slate, w hile my sotil, my only conscious part, may stand Irembltnp before my Judpe.' The celebrated I alley rand, on b s death bed, was visited by Louis I'hilippe, Kmp I of the French, 'flow do you feel V said ] the King. The answer was : 'Sire, 1 am 1 sntliT'i'g the pangs of the damned !' Sir Tbornas Scott said : 'Until this mo? met t, I believed that there whs neither a God nor a he'l. Now I know and feel that there are both ; and 1 atn dootiod | to perdition by the just judgment of tlie j Almighty.' A ritli man, when dying, was informed ; by his physician that he should prepare | for the worst. 'Cannot 1 livu for a J' 'No,' said (lift dorlor, 'you will probably continue (>ut a little w hile.' 'Say not no,' said 'lie dying man. '1 will give you a I hundred thousand dollar*, if you will pro Ixfig mv 11f.- three days.' Hut in lets than j an hour lie was dead. "As tiiy Pay's is bo Sham, thy ! Strengih nic."?What we are to look for is not grace for imaginary purposes, I hut for real ; not grace for future diftiyul I ties, hut present ; or, sb the apostle lias ( it. grace to ''help in time of need.'' It does not, therefore, follow, that what is formidable in the prospect, may be so in i the event. You may fear death while living, and rejoice in it at last. 'Is this,' said I>r. GoA?la?in. 'is this dying f' Is this the enemy that dismayed me an long ?now appearing ao harmless?and even pleasant f ili|riru(tiiral. Raising Turkeys. Richardson, iu Ins work on tlio Domestic Fowl, lias these remarks: Many writers recommend .a vast deal of quackery itr tlie treatment of the young chicks.? o'tie go the length of ordering litem wine, pepper, bathing in cold water, etc. It is far belter to let tlieni alone. For a few hours after hatching, chicks require no food at all ; and then instead of cram ming them?a i>roce>s in which von likely to break the tender beak of the little chi< k? cln.p up a few haul egg8 with boiled nettle, parsley and a little bread or enrd ; make tins into paste, and present it to the birds in the palm of your hand, or place it before them on a stone, taking oaro that the lien does not rob them. In supplying them water, he careful to put it into very shallow vessels that they cannot wet themselves; for the least rnois tore appears fatal to them As the fur key chick does not seek its food in.1 i ately on leaving the egg, and the hen seems incapable of instructing her little ob'spring how to do so, it is a common practice with some to put a few common egos among the turkey's, (which must he none nine or ten dsvs alter setting,) that those coming out with the little tuikies may, by force of example, teach them to provide lor themselves. Unless in very warm weather, the hen and clucks should he housed for a mouth. If they appear drooping, put powdered caraway seed, and a little Catena pepper into the food. If von mix the food with miflc let it he previously boiled. Unboil ed milk will purge thee! icks; but for my Own part I prefer pure water. At the age of about two months occurs the most criii al period in the life of a ! turkey, called "shooting the red," or the | tune w hei head and neck acquire the redtsli color of adults. This crisis once | p ist, the I irds may l.e regarded as past danger, and exchange the name of cluck* for that of ; in key* p< ults. The on.y treat inenl necessary when a hiid is shooting the ted, is to furnish nutritive food, with u...uo i. i /v . .. ....... I ]><! < II 01 VNU'HI' I'l'I'JHT. Drillshemp seed* is Also 'ootid serviceable. Take rare l.iat young uukies never out mi hiii account, (except in dry weath er.) until ilo* dew is oil the ground ; and .Ins should he adhered to till they get to h? the size of an old partridge, and have tlieir backs we I covered with feathers; atui in wet weather they should be kept under cover all day long As to the feed ti g of then: when young, many nice tilings are recommended ? hard eggs, chopped line, with crumbs of 6iead, and a great many other things, hut that which 1 have seen used, and alwavs with success and for ail sorts ol young poultry, is unlk turned into curds. This is the food lor young poultry of all sorts. Some should be made fresh every dav, and if this lie done, at.il the turkey kept warm, not one of a score wi'l die. When they get to he strong thev mar have meal and grain; hut still they always love the curds.? \Y hen tin y get their head feathers thev are liaidy enough; and what they want is room to prowl about It i best to breed them uud> r a common hen, because sbe does i ot rumble like a lien turkey ; I and it is a very curious thing the turkeys j hied up by a lien of the common fovv1, do not themselves ramble when they gel old. THK USB OK h KLTIa IN >SUmmkii.? Phy siological research has ludy established the tact that acids promote the separation I ot the bile from th? hlrwwt ! passed from the system 11 mis preventing ! levels, the j retailing disease* id summer. All fevers ate 'bilious,' thai is, (he l>i!e ?.? J tit the blood. VVbatever i? antagonistic ot fever is 'cooling,' and also berries ol every description ; it is because the acidi ty winch they contain aids in separating the bile Irutn tbe blood, iience tbe great \ earning fur greens and lecttuce, and salads in tbe early spring, these being eaten with vinegar ; hence also tbe taste for something sour, for lemonade on an attack ol fever. lfut (bis being tbe case, it is easy to see that we nullity the good effects ol fruit and berries, in proportion as we eai them with sugar, or even with sweel milk or cream. If we eat them in their natural state, fresh, ripe, perfect, it is almost impossible to eal too many, to eal , enough to hurt us, especially if we eal them alone, nut taking any liquid with them whatever, llrnce also is butter milk, or even common sour no k, promo live of bealih in summer time. Sweet milk tends to billii ustiess in sedentary people?sour milk is antagonistic. Tin j (Jreeks and Turks ?ro passionately font of sour milk. Tbe abeperds u?e rennet and tbe milk dealers alum to make il sour the sooner. Buttermilk acts likt walerme'ons on tbe svstem. *JJall'i T I -V II ? i.I j f/isur/tui uj riteinn Ql'ICK BlSCCIT.?1*111 h tunall table apoonful of lard in one quart of flour, and add two teaapoonful of aalt ; put a teas poonful of mi per carbon ate of gnda in a ' pint of warm milk, and add it to lite other ingredients. Make tbe paate of or duiary con-mtence for btacu.il, adding flour or. milk, ii either are needed ; roll it , half an inch (hick ; Cut it in ahapea, and bake tbe cakea twenty minute*. Cocoanut Pound Cakk.? Ingredient* Tliree quai tera of a pound of butler, three quarter* of a pound of sifted flour, nin? egga, well beaten, a little brandy, a *mal I quantity of eacence of lemon, one prated nutmeg, half a pound of flour, quarter ol a pound of grated cocoanut. Mix fogeth er the ingredients, on* after another, at | written above. | inuiionui'j. A Bright Boy. We never read me scene in Henry IV, ' where I'm.Mull Mini l'rince Lleury exchanged characters, without thinking of a Mini* i iar one said to have occurred in an an! cient parsonage a great while ago. The ?n. i ?< i int ivtv ,ur. neguius was hii excellent j man, lather eccentric ami somewhat j economical. Jonas, a farmer's boy, used I sometimes to go with presents to the ' parsonage, a sharp eyed little fellow, but rather uncouth in his manners. One day he brought mi a leg of mutton, laid it down without ceremony, and was mak' ing oil. I'll teach that boy a lesson in good manners,' said Mr. llegulus to his wile.? 'lie needs to have the clown rubbed oil a little.' 'Jonas ! come back litre a moment.? Don't you know, my fine fo low ibal you shouldn't come into a house in this way, without knocking, and with your hat on. Sit down in tnv armchair. Imagine youreell the minister, and 1 11 come m vith the mutton end show you how a boy ought to behave ' Jonas sits up gravely in the arm chair, and Mr. Itegulus goes out with the leg of mutton Enters Mr. Reguius. in the character I of Jonas, lie takes ofi his hat, with a I low bow. 'Mi father sends his compliments to Mr llegulus, and asks Ins pastor to nc* cept a token ol his regard.' Jonas, Irom the arm ihair. "1 thank you. Mrs. lirgvlus, just give (Jmt hog a it impence.'' '1 he lesson was mutual.?Monthly He ligious Magazine. The Danger of Masquerading. The Cleveland (Ohio) PUmdeaier says t'.iat recently a leading citizen having been invited to a parlor masquerade, resoiied o go, ami to make I.is disguise linpcne , ., oci.i iu v oiuu bus lor a eonvlet's In.I suit. It arnved in doe time, and about nine o'clock ou tlie evening of the inus<pieiade the Judge put it on. covered liiiiisell wnli a light iii.nl;, and sulked a>itli. A violent wind prevailed, and one < 1 the gusts t<nk the Judge's cloak <>tl ami sent it whirling into the air. He spiting to recover it, ami at the same tune a watchman 6| rang for hum The Judge got his cjoak, however, before (he watchman got htm, and sinned on a last mil, hotly puisued by the watchman, the Judge saw it all. The watchman mis, took him for a regular escapee convict. It caeglit it would he unpleasant. The watchman saw it all, 100. Here was a chance to di-tinguish lr.ir.seif, and perhaps to r.iake someth ng by it. '1 he race became exciting. Foitunnlely for tho Judge it happened on a laik stieet. The race continued. The watchman was re intoned by another watehtnau, and both punned the Judge at a furious pace.? I lie Judge finally yielded, and made the watchman after considerable trouble, tindemand who lie was and what lie was I about. He was then suffered to proceed ion his way. He told his wife, who said j she would never say anything about it, j and that is the way it got out. I Fancy Dancixo - v .. < mm -*? ... cu i i it tlvps his views of the several dam es which he lately witnessed at a hall in Washington. He lays : 'The w.-.nt f variety in this metropolitan dancing was, however, fully made up by the fancy things, such as the waltz and polka. These were absolutely barbarous. The old fashioned waltz, the morality of whicn even liyron called in , question, is In re ignored as altogether too ' cold and distant. The lady lays her head r on the gentleman's bosom, puis one hand on Ins, and the other in his coat tail pocket, and resigns herself to his ernbra res, and poe| to sleep, all but her feet, which when not carried by him clear off the door, go patting around on the toes. i j The gentleman thus entwined, t..rows his ' head back and his eyes tip iiko a dying calf; bis body bent in the shape of a figure 4, he whirles, backs up, swings a 1 round, swoons, to all appearance, dashes forward, and leaves the ting, to the de. > light of ail decent people.' Aiiovt IIaiino ? llaie not. It is not . w01 th while. Your life is not long enough t to make it pay to cherish ill wtil or hard i thoughts toward any one. What if that man has cheated you, or that woman has I p lived you IhiM' ? \\ hat il (Ilia frieiui i I has forsaken you in your time of need, or f tliHt one, having won your u'niost confi< fideiice, your warmest love, has concluded I ilmt lie prefers to consider and tieat you , | as h siianger ! Let it all para. What t ; difference will it make to you iu a few i | years, when you go hence to the "uidisr covered country ? All who ill-treat you now will he more sorry for il then, than you. even in your deepest disappointment can he. A few more smiles, a few more tears, some pleasure, much pain, a little longer ; hurrying and worrying through the world some hahty greetings, and abrupt fare wells, and our play will he "played out," ' i and the injurer and the injured will l>e 1 led away, and ere long forgotten. Is it worth w Inle to hate each other f | Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright and shy. If sesttive to grasp it, it still eludes ' us, and stili gliiters. We ptihaps seize I , it at last, and find il rank poison. [ There is a man in Cincinnati in possession of a powerful memory- He ts em II ployed by the Humane Society to remember the ^tonr.' * . f wp #4- r.tPv' 4 ,