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VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTII-CAEOLINA, MAY 21, 1852. NUMBER 41. - TUB CAMDEN JOURNAL. 1TBLISJIED SEMI-WEEKLY AXD WEEKLY BY THOMAS J. WARREN. TERMS. ITT ?f Tl.rnn ti1e *n?mi" l* cifjivbl oulu.iaji 13 ^uullclivu ut A*uvv J Dollars and Fifty Cents, if paid in advance, or Four Dollars if payment is delayed three months. The Weekly Journal is published at Two Dollars t if paid iu advance: Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if pay- 1 ment be delayed three months, and Three Dollars if not ] paid till the expiration of the rear. ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserte<l at the follow^ in^r terms: For one Square (fourteen lines or less) in the ' ) semi-weekly, one dollar for the first, and twenty-five < / cents for each subsequent insertion. In the weekly, < ' seventy-five cents per square for the first, and thirty-sc- ] ven auda half cents for each subsequent insertion. Sin--1 .L.iifir Somi.niontlilr. moiitlilv and ?11.- UHl-1 V..V quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a sin- 1 gle insertion. ] p59**The number of insertions desired, and the edition to be published in must be noted on the margin of , nil advertisements, or they will be published semi-week- ' ly until ordered discontinued and charged accordingly i ' WHY MOURN THE DEAD! BY EDWARD D. BOYDEN. Why mourn the dead, , Ye monuments of living woe ? , There's nought to dread, Beyond the noiseless grave below ; Death is not death, But quick release from mortal pain ; ' A moment's breath, t For life eternal?mighty gain. 1 Why mourn the blest, In sable suits and hard-breatli'd sighs, With fallen crest, Pale, blanched cheeks and tearful eyes? With sorrows deep, ; t Earth-dreading moans and piercing cries; I : For saints that sleep, J 2 In angel arms beyond tne sKies, Mourn those who fall T From virtue's empyreal throne; In sin's black pall Mantled, in sadness and alone; They pity need ; A curse site frowning on their brow; Their vile hearts bleed % At mention of God's avenging vow. Mourn those who waste Allotted time in pleasure's courts; Whose joys are plac'd | On evil deeds or wicked spGrts. j Deluded man! i Here is no joy, nor peace, nor love; ! 'Tis IieavVs great plan, To win you to the world above. Charleston, S. C. | A SKETCH OF HARIO.VS IJFE. In personal appearance, Marion presents a ; striking contrast to most of the ollicers in our ? army. It is a curious fact, that the generals of 1 the highest grade, in both armies, during the ' > l'cvolutiouarv war, averaged nearlv two hundred 1 pounds in weight, llut Marion was a very small i: man. and of diminutive propoition every way, f lie was not only short but remarkably thin.? i t llis countenance was swarthy, and grave in its s expression, and his eye dark, solemn and poetic, t Kxtreinely plain in his dress, and still plainer ' maimers, he did not strike a stranger very fa vornblv. lieservcd and silent, he seldom spoke, except when nesessarv and then expressed his s thoughts in the most direct and simple language u lie could command. These peculiarities in- i creased the mystery which his actions threw ' 1; around him, and doubtless added much to the ' influence he held over his band. Cool and ijuiet, he went on the most desperate missions without cxeih ment?as calmly stormed through the 1 fight, and then in the same comj?oseJ manner 1 drew off his men to their dark and lonely en- t cnmpinent. Seemed utterly destitute of. passion. lie possessed neither revenge, nor thirst for glo- 1 rv, nor love of excitement, nor di>sire of in >wy v <*r power. He showed no fondness fe?r the ta- | i Me, but was abstemious as a hermit. Even the a . women had no influence over him, and he moved t :*riii 1 the turbulent scenes around him, like one 1 whose mind is wholly absorbed on one great ob- c jeet, yet to be accomplished. Drinking his vine- ! t gar and water?enough to keep any man thin? t -ating his coarse hominy, or rice?with the trees t f ,r his shelter, and the swamps for his retreat, lie fastens himself upon our affections and in- I j terest, with a firmness nothing can shake. \ Living.iu lawless times, and among rough and ! i I lioisf1 rous men, he retained all his delicacy of j ^ feeling. refined tastes, and scrupulous virtue. 1 Moving in an orbit of his own he like Washing- s ton, was beyond the influence of others and seem- c ed free from tlie common frailties of man. Jt Witliout pay?without even the hopes of vie- 1 tory?hunted from swamp to swamp, and cha- , ! fs'.-d" the length and breadth of his State, he still i struggled on to keep alive the waning flame of i :I patriotism in the hearts of the inhabitants. ; . landing his men to him by love rather than by I commands, lie would let them disband to their j homes, no security but their single promise to '{ * f'"O vr.viiiito was never broken : I B I'd in II. A tt l>Ul?V l/i VI11M.V - - and the love those stem hearts bore him, is i oiio of the most touching incidents in his career. 1 As a partisan leader, Marion had no equal. ( ' One cannot point out a defect in him, nor sug- j i gest a single good quality which he did not possess. To sleepless, tireless vigilance, he added 1 an energy and perseverance that nothing could 1 t shake, and to bravery, which never dasertod ! j liini, a prudence unmarred by a single ra-li act. , jVuvoked into no haste, beguiled into no pro- ^ ,-rn-tiiiatioii, undated by success, nndiscourag. d 0 bv defeat, lie bafflled every plan of his pursuers I ' t'"> take him, and kept the field in the very midst | of l.is foes. For a long time the only patriot a vhn dared to lift the standard of freedom in his 1, )ative State, lie became theobji ct against which ' ^ th" British directed all their efforts. Yet they ^BceV( r disbanded his corps, or broke liis power, e ^ D'he name of Marion became a spell-word with v vhich to conjure up the republicans, and friglit n the toi i>. . Seeking the recesses of the swamps lay by day and stealing on his foes like the panher, by night, his swift hoisemen came and ivcnt like the invissible stroke of fate. No precaution could escape his penetrating glance, and concealment furnish security against his deadly itles. lie seemed omnipresent to the enraged, error stricken loyalists; and when they deemed hemselves safest, he was often nearest. And ret, not a vice sullied u his ermine character. No ferocity was mingled wiih his courage, and no cruelty accompanied his tierce onsets. Neither the barbarity of his enemies, nor the treason of his friends could provoke him to injustice? ?ven the clamors of his own followers were unable to swerve his just soul from the path of integrity. Given to no excess, lie asked no share of the plunder, and never used the power he possessed to gratify a single selfish passion. Ilis patriotism was pure and lofty as his character; and for his sufferings and losses he neither lsk'-d nor expected remuneration. His country he loved better than his life, and liberty was ..ii t,.?. uvaiv.1 K.yj in in ciiiiti tin tuui^o vi.^v v>i? vm iu ?/*side. Wealth, rauk case, safety all Mink beneath his country's claims and he seemed to aim at nothing but its interests. His like is seldom seen. His followers were worthy of him. Bold fearless?true as steel in the hour of danger, hey closed around him with a faith and d;*vi>:ion that excite our admiration, and claim our OVC. Beautiful Thoughts. BY BISHOP TAYLOH. God has sent some angels into the world, vhose office is to refresh the sorrow of the poor, mil to enlighten the eyes of the disconsolate. Vnd what greater pleasure can we have, than hat we should hring joy to our brother; that the ongue should be tuned with heavenly accents, ind make the weary soul listen fur light and asc; and when he perceives that there is such i thing in the world, and in the order of things, is comfort and joy, to begin to break out from lie prison of his sorrows at the door of sighs ind tears, and by little begin to melt into showers and refreshment ? This is glory to thy voice md employment tit for the brightest angi 1. .So I have seen the sun kiss the frozen earth vhich was bound up with the images of death md the colder breath of the North; and then he waters break from their enclosure, and melt nth joy, and run in useful channels, and flies do ise again from their little graves in walls, and lance awhile in the air to tell that joy is within ,nd that the great mother of creatures will open he stock of her new refreshment, become useful o mankind, and sing praises to the Redeemer ; o is the heart of c sorrowful man under the liscuurse of wise comfort; breaks from the desiair of the grave and the fetters and chains of orrow?lie blesses God and lie blesses thee, and ic feels his life returning; for to be miserable 5 d -nth, but nothing is life but the comibrtu*. iod is plcasod with no iuu<ic below so much as he thanksgiving song of relieved widows, and U] ported orphans, ot rejoicing, comforted and hankful persons. The Call to J'kavku.?Among the many eautiful allusio s to the solemn and soothing ound of the "church-going bell," as it titigs out nthe clear morning air of the Sabbath.comneiid us to the following quaint, yet surpaSsingv effective homily, from the pen of the gifted errold, the well known author of "St. Giles and it. James." There 13 something beautiful in the church ells. Beautiful and hopeful. They talk to ligli and low, rich and poor, in the same voice; here is a sound in them that should .scare pride rid envy, and meanness of all sorts from the icart ot man ; that should make him look on the \oild with kind, forgiving eyes; that should nalcc the earth seem to him, at least for a time, i holy place. Yes; there is a whole sermon in he very sound of the church bells, if we only lave the ears to understand it; there is a preach r in every belfry that cries?'Tour, weary, struggling, fighting creatures?j>our liunian things, ake rest, be quiet. Forget your vanities, your ollies, your week day cnd'l." And you, ye 1 utnan vessels, gilt and painted, iclicrc the iron tongue that tells ye that, for all our gilding, all your colors, ye are the same Idatu's earth, with the beggars in your gates. Anne awav, eonie, cries the church bell, and learn o be humble: learn, tiiat, however daubed and tained about, with jewels, you are but grave lay ! Come, Dives, come, and be taught that II your glory, as you wear it, is not half so beauiful in the eye of Ileaven, as the sores of the mcoinjilaiuing Lazarus; and ye, poor crerttires, ivid and faint?stained and crushed by the pride ind hardships of the world?conic, come cries he bell, with the voice of an angel?come and earn what is laid up for ye. And learning, take leart, and walk amidst the wickedness, the entities of the world, calmlv as Daniel walked mong the lions. Qif.eii Fauiuc.?Austrian papers announce he fact that a merchant of Vienna has lately resented the Industrial Union of that capital lie details of a scries of experiments made by lim to manufacture spiders thread into woven issues. The thread is wound off ou a reel, and wo dozen spiders produce in six minutes a beauiful and delicate thread, two thousand feet in ength. The stutis manufactured from it are spoen of as being far superior in beauty and deliacy of fabric to those of silk. Cure for Wounds in Cattle.?The most <j'jrravated wounds of domestic animals areeasiy cured with a portion of the yolk of eggs mix1 in a spirit o!' turpentine of Florence. The part affected must be bathed several times a *h dav with the mixture, and a perfect cure vill be ffe -ct 'd in forty-eight hours. Self Instruction. , Self-Instruction Joes not consist alone in reading, even good books. The mind must be dis . ciplined to analyze what is said, and to select . and treasure up what is best adapted to its wants and improvement. It must be taught to I separate the wheat from the chaff. The ] arti i ular business in which we are employed in lite, ; ought first to engage our attention, as administering immediately to our wants. When our personal concerns are provided for, we have high j duties to our friends and our country. We may be greatly aided in these private concerns and public duties by the example and advice of otlij ers, capable of instructing, which are to be found i in books. These furnish us with the experience ! of every age and country. Nor are the pbyw-, | cal powers to he overlooked, in our efforts to im' prove our minds. The body must be trained to j temperance and exercise if the mind, its consort, | j would attain to distinction and usefulenss. The ! mental powers can only be kept in healthy tone i with the consent and co-operation of the body. | Hence, men who have displayed the greatest cf! forts of mind, have in every age courted cxcr cise, in order to impart a heath fill vigor to the | body. I do not mean to quarrel with anyone's . habits, by the remark, that most of tlie men who i have, distinguished themselves by successful lit; crary and philosophical research, have chosen the j dawn of morning as the favorite time for study j and contemplation. It is not a little singular, 1 that most and I believe all, of the brute creation, except beasts of prey, which subsists on the substance of others, obeying the power of instinct, retire to rest and repose with the sun, and rise with it to renew their daily employments; while j man, endowed with reason, perverts the seeming designs of Providence, and ignobly wastes,' I m slumber, the choicest hours, which wise men i have consecrated to study or to business. Self-Instruction is a means of improvement i that lives within the reach of every individual in j this favored nation. In this respect we enjoy i high privileges, and sustain high responsibilities. J In most of the Asiatic countries, the influence of i castes has a paralyzing effect upon the dcvelope-' ment of genius and culture of intellect. Every' sou is born to the business of his father. lie cannot rise above it. The mass of population : arc virtually serfs to the privileged classes. Nor J is the condition of the people of Europe much siij erior. The advantages of education, and op- j pumiiiitics of self-instruction, to the laboring! classes, are comparatively limited. They arc! not permitted to look up to the honors and distinctions of society. A restricted education b st lits them for the menial condition which they occupy in the social scale. And even in j Great Britain, whose inhabitants ju-tly boaU of more learning and more freedom than any other portion of the world the maxim, ''Lit every out j who is below, or under me, stay there," has unlimited sway among all classes, and tends very much to iv] ivss the march of intellect in the ! middle and lower portions of society. With us the ca<c is a!tog"t!ier different. The honors and .1:: : ..... ?l,.. i iij nl iilt i iiji i> ?n iii'- iin- w j * ii iv vvmi|fvui:-./ii i of all. Wealth conf-rs no civil distinctions; and if it did, such is its tendency to dissipate itself, under the peculiar structure of our government, and free scope which it imparts to individual cnterp rise, that- there is littledanger of its becoming an hereditary evil. Cotton Culture. Some of the incipient thinnings of cotton will j have already been done; but the business of re- J diking to a stand, vet remains; and in this; month, this important branch of cotton making, is to be attended to. Much care and good judgincut is now required, and close personal at ten- i tion should see that all is well done. The fate of tlie crop i> often settled adversely, by careless, j rough work, at this time. The cotton plant is very tend'-r, and by bruises and damages at this , working, is often made to die for weeks after, | when other causes are sought to explain disasters to the weed. Too much care cannot be taken to avoid these results. We have said before, that the distance must be regulated by the quality of the soil, and the probable size to which the plant will grow. Wc have said also that the tap root of cotton is the main feeder. This opinion has been objected to; and it is insisted that the main olrice of this root is, to give strength to the plant.?Wo do not admit our error: hut. that we may not have been fortunate in making ourselves understood. All for which we have contended is, that this is the main root, and the parent from which all other roots emanate; and whilst we agree that the Internal roots may in strictness he the feeders, yet these supplies all come hack through ihe common parent of them all, to send up their support to the plant: ana our theory only insists that provision shall he i made toeticnurage the vigorous and ample growth of the tap root, which we have termed the great feeder, that it may send out a large supply of those little rootlets, that they may search forap propriate food, and bring it. through this common parent, to supply the wants of the ftalk. AVe have thought it necessary to fall hack upon this explanation, for the better understand- , ingof the opinions which we held, and that we may prepare the minds of our readers for the care which we shall advise in the culture of cotton, not to disturb these lateral roots, at't"r they have boon formed, by c1<ko or deep plowing*. I At the present age of the plant, not much dam , ago is to bo anticipated; but as it grows larger, the plow should run further oil'and shallower. In lands which are verv soft by nature, or ; 1 1 ' i* - -. . i I. which Iiiivo ooon inaucso oy previous jrouu wum, we should advise, ?.t thin time, close and rather deep plowing. This is the more important to he done now, because it may be done without dam- ; I age to the plant; and it' not now done, cannot j be safely at any other working. After the | squares appear freely, if the work tip to that j time has been well done, no deep or close plow- i j ings will be required, or should be allowed, in I the culture of cotton. 13y bad management, or with very adverse seasons, cases may arise in which it may be lie c cess a it to depart from this rule. All such ca- r ses present a choice of evils, and the best which I can be done is to choose the least. The hoe is cl the groat implement fur cotton culture and must t be used freely and skillfully. Only enough dirt should be added at this time, to give a better |i additonal support to the stalk, lie-ware of work- A ing cotton when the earth is wet; and if it is very dry, do not depend upon killing grass by covering up, lest you may And when it is too o late, that you have been deceived in the opera-1 tion.?Soil of the South. Bottom Laud* Overrated. j v AVe think that the value or river bottoms, j when compared with fair uplands, has been and I * still is much overrated. For the lirst 11 w years of j' cultivation, the bottoms produce heavy crops, with j 1 less labor than the hill land. But this state of 1 things is of short duration unless the low laud is c within the reach of freshets, and thus receives, as ' it were, an annual coat of manure from the tur- ! " bid waters of the stream. '. An excess of vegetable matter in soils is of no j11 more use than any other ingredient, and without i 0 a due proportion of the mineral or alkaline conMitucnts, it would not bring a crop to maturity. I a A light, spongy, rich piece of bottom is more j likely to suffer from drouth than a well compo- J sod loam. 'J'lie changes from wet to dry are ( more marked in black mould than in loam, be- |1 cause the latter holds on to its moisture with more tenacity. To make good upland proof a- 0 gainst drouth, it is only necessary to stir it well; and the subsoil plow produces in this respect a a wonderful effect. It operates by stirring the !11 mass to a great d -ptli, into which the surplus : n rain and moisture settles in a wet time, to be held in reserve for a dry one. Bottom land engenders weeds and useless herbage so much fas- j ter than upland, that in order to keep it clear, a ^ greater amount of labor is necessary. As in the process of cultivation the vegetable aliment is . cvfrncfr-d it is ?mt sn ensile reiilncod as in tin- ; land. I j In bottom lands, the alkalies become first cx- ^ haustcd, and our ordinary stable manure does not re]dace them. The variety of crops is grca- ^ ter on upland than low land. We all know the ^ benefit of a change of crops. It is like a change . of labor to the human body?it amounts to rest ! v or to relief, and is still labor and profit. Idleness also produces rest, but no profit; but i if a man who has been working half the day, ^ and is fatigued, sits down to'his lapstone theoth- ^ or half, he becomes rested, and at the same time makes a pair of shoes. Soil is in this respect very much like land; it becomes rested by change : of crop, and yet loses no time. It is. therefore, a great advantage to soil that ! will produce the greatest variety of crops. Up- ; ^ land i- also better for fruit. For grass it is fre- : qu.-ntly as good as bottom land, only it requires j more and better preparation.?West Agr. The Farmer's Home. From an essay on this subject by Mr. Luke s Derwiti, we take the following suggestions: ''There is no farmer too poor in our land?too 0 poor to have a beautiful home of his own ; for it " needs not wealth to make it peaceful and hap- ? py. Cod has scattered the means all around us, a ami a peasant i.iuui tun ui auiimi'ui iu ucuu- , tlfv and adorn it. Spare a little ground around r: vour dwelling tor a lawn, trees and (lowers.? Von can find time to plant trees, and your daughter will, I trust, gladly attend to the vines and flowers. It will take but little time, and once,0 engaged in the labor itself, and lc?-l within you ! the happy feeling which can only be felt in j11 adorning and making pleasant your home. True j a the ground thus devoted, might be useful in a a nit-re dollar and cents point of view, planted ! a with corn: but if refinement of feeling and increased love of home arc any recompense for a c few paltry dollars and cents, then this little will 0 pay most usurious interest upon all the capital invested. If keeping your children from vicious influences, and teaching them to love their birth v place, and care for its appearance, is aught gained : then rich will be the yearly, yea, and daily return from this small spot! Gladly as tlicy grow older will they tend, and still more beau- . tifv it: " Home, sweet Home," will ever, in their after life exert its purifying influence on their feelings, leading them to toil earnestlv to make for 0 themselves in their second childhood such a u sweet resting |>laee as that iti which their earlier years were passed. '1 ^ 1'uuxixo Evekokeens and other Trees.? c< Mr. Downing says: ''The best time to prune j1 evergreens is midsummer, but small limbs may 1 now he pruned at any time, by using gum shellac dissolved in alcliol. Make it the consistence j of paint and apple it to the wounds left by the ' n saw and knife, with a common paint brush. Jt , excludes the air and water, and is not affected ? hv weather. For large limbs of old trees, John n J. gThomas recommends a coating of tar and j:l brickdust; and others advise the use of a ce**" ^ position of equal parts of clay and cow manure. s< The shellac solution, however, we consider the most effectual, and by far the neatest for orditiary use. f Cement for Craftinc.?The grafting season h being at hand, it may be of advantage to some a of our readers to state that we have found the : } very hest grafting win made from the following ingredients: One part tallow, two of beeswax,1 Jo o _ i* : o l ?i. l. i .i illHi mm; ui IUMII, IIH-II tiiii.i i*11*\ IIIU M uuii:? u turn it into cold water, and work it as shoema- , r< kor's wax. Those make a compound that will o not molt in l?ot summer's sun, nor crack in the d severest cold.?Baltimore Clipper. n A Married man who was out at a whist party, when he proposed going home was urged to h stay a little longer. "Well," he replied, "per- j p haps I may as well; my wife probably, is alrea- jd dy as mad as she can be.'' [? Hard of Belief.?Joe It., who was an inredulous dog, was listening to a wonderful stoy told by old B., in which his daughter Mary iore a conspicuous part. Joe looked wise aud loiibtful. "If you don't believe it, you may go u the house and take it from her own lips.'''' Joe took him at his word; the old man foljwed on to see the result, and found Joe kissing lary very sweetly. "What on earth are you about J" "Oh, taking that awful tough story from her wn lips?but I am satisfied now 1" Bigotuy.?Old Job Dundee was at one time ne of the most popular darkies in our city, lie . as a kind of a patriot among the colored popujtion, and un'versally liked by the white folks* ^.bout the time he stood at the head of the New it icet Church, he was subpoenaed before Squire now Judge) Wiseman, to testify to the characer of a negro, who was charged with petty lareny. "Well, Job," said the Squire, "what do you :now of the character of the deicndant ?" "Well, I knows considerable 'bout the colored ruliwidual, and I neber fin's him guilty of only nc 'fence," replied Job, with great reverence. "Well, what is the nature of the offence you llude to ?" "Why, the nigger am bigoted." "lie's what ?" "Bigoted, bigoted?doesn't you know what hat aiu f" "Why no." replied the Squire, who is much f a wag. "Will you define the term Job ?" "Sartainlv, sartainly, I does. To be bigoted 1 1 *? 1. j'UiaUJI 111 L4 7 L IYI11MV I U'J ilJli^U IUI uuc igger, and not enough for two niggers.?Cincin* ali Times. Going Up. "We have never heard so easy, and yet so mghable method as that contained in a sketch roin the Spirit of the Times, which gives an ac* ount of Joe Merriweather's ascent, as told in he following extract by his brother : 'You recollect Mrs. Harris, says he, brother oe was a dressy sort of a chap ; fond of brass aittons on his coat, and the flarin'est kind of red icckerehers; and this time he had on a pair of uckskin breeches with straps under the boots. .Yell, when I was talkin' to him ov the prospect lext day, all of a sudden I tbo't the little fellar ras growin' uncommonly tall, till I diskivered hat the buckskin breeches, that were as wet as onng roosters in a spring rain, war beginnin' to moke and draw up kinder, and wur a liftin' irother Joe off the ground!' 'Brother Joe,' sez I, 'your'e goin' up.' 'Brother Tim,' sez he, 'I ain't doin' anything he: 'Ami li*> sernneherl down minrhtv hnrd but it ? a v ? varn't of any use ; for afore long he wur a mater ov some fifteen feet high in the air !' 'Merciful Power!' interrupted the widow. 'Brother Joe!' sez I. I'm here!' s^z he. 'Catch hold ov the top ov that blackjack,' cz I. 'Talk,' sez brother Joe, aud he sorter leaned wer and grabbed the saplin'. But it warn't ov 10 use, fur, old 'omen, ef you will believe me, it ;radually begun to giv way at the roots, and tore he'd got five foot higher, it just split out'n lie ground, as easy as vou'd pull up a spring adish.' 'Brother Joe!' sez I, agin. Tin listnin,' sez he. 'Cut your straps, sez I, fur it wur his last ha nee. 'Talk,' sez brother Joe, tho' he looked sorter eproachful at me, for broehin'sicha subject, but rter apparently eonsideriu' awhile, he took out jack-knife and leanin' over sideways, he made rip at the sole of his boot. There was a coniderablc deal of crackiu' for a second or two, and lien a crash sorter like as if a wagon load of ord wood had bruk down, and the first thing I now'd the totlier leg shot up like, and started im, and the last thing I seed of Brother Joe, he rto rtAin' vAiin/) lil-rt n {Vint* cnnl'.ul U'linnl p!aq<v o sundown.?l.Vip n-p: Gentlemanly Bobbers.?The brigands of artary when they attack travellers, use the foliwing courteous language: "My eldest brother, I am weary of walking n foot. Be so good as to lend me your horse!" r, "I am without money?will you not lend me our purse V or, "It is very cold to day?be kind iiough to lend mo your coat." If the eldest rother be charitable enough to comply, he reeivcs thanks; if not, the request is enforced by ivo or three blows of the cudgel, or, if that is ot sufficient, recourse is had to the sabre. Machine kok making Paper Bags.?This midline is of French invention and manufacture, t is very compact, occupying a working space f only about six feet by four. With a small mount of power expended u|>on its working, nd with a slight addition of manual labor, it ill turn out complete, no matter what the trength or resistance of the paper, 20 large (in ado language 7 lb.) bags per minute, and 12" irge (from 12 to .'18 lb.) per minute. With the imi*rinti'Htleneo of two liersons. after beincr put i motion it will do the work of ton, the hags oing superior to those constructed by hand, insiuuch as they will stand open and upright? ','uf/lixh Paper. There is a place in Now Hampshire where liey never have any olo maids. \\ hen a girl' aches twenty-nine, and is still on the ladder of v.niiiiT fellows olub torrethor. and A IJl/L l tIL.WII, Uivjv?.h n 7 raw lots for her. Those who escape pay a bous to the one who gets her. "My dear," said a smiling spouse to her other nlf. a morning or two since, '1 am going a slioping; 1 want a little change"Pooh !" rcsponed the ungallaut man, "that would be no Change t all, you go a shopping every day."