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"WE WILL CLING TO THE PILLARS OF THE TEMPLE OP OUR LIBRETIES, AND IF IT XUST PALL, WE WILL PERISH AXIDST THE . SINKINS, DIRISOE & Co., Proprietors. -EDG -EFIELD, S. APRIL 27, 1869. Farming vs. Planting. Which will pay? This is a disputed point. Agricultural writers on both sides have exaust ed all their argumentive force, in sustaining their respective positions ; and yet the subject still presents an open field, not only for specu lation, but for many practical suggestions. There are many persons who have never thought upon this subject sufficiently to per ceive the distinction which is justly made by writers in our agricultural papers. Farming is that system of management on a farm, which, without regard to present cost or profit, aims at perfection in every particu lar, and is satisfied with the mere success of every operation. Planting is that system of energetic indus try which stretches every nerve to its utmost tension for pecuniary profit, with apparently no concern for the future. Now the question is which will pay? Will not some of our farmers give us their views on this important question? We know that many take the middly ground, and by com bining the two systems, their labor is crowned with abundant success ;-but we would like to see the question fairly discussed-Farming against Planting-and Planting against Farm ing. Who will write first? Grass Conversation. Several farmers, not long since,- were dis cussing various subjects, when we joined their company, and the following conversation oc curred: Mr. SHOvEL: I tell you gentlemen, you may all do as you like, bat I am determined to raise my own bacon, and I want to know what is the best grass to sow in lots for hog pasture ? Mr. BULLToNGUE: Well ! tell us first what sort of a lot you have, and then we will tell you what sort of grass to sow. Mr. SHovEL: It is a woodland meadow, with the undergrowth cut out, and shade trees left standing, and the soil is a light sandy soil. Mr. BuLLToNGUE: On such a lot as you describe I would sow blue grass, and white clover. Mr. WOMBLECROP-: 0 shaw, BuIltongue! Who ever heard of blue grass and white clo ver down in the piney woods where Shovel lives ? Mr. SHOVEL: I'll let you know, sir, if we do live in the piney woods, we are progr. ss ing in our farms now; for we buy Guano, and take the Farner & Planter and the Adverti er too-and can show asmuch good farming as you oaky woods folks can; and since you lknow so much, can you tell me anything about the Bermuda grass ? It is said to be fine for hogs. Mr. WomBLEcRoP: No, I can't; nor do I want to know anything about it, for I'm told that all who have ever got it on their phlnta tations have to move to the West or some where else to get rid of it. Mr. SHOVEL: Well, Mr. Bulltongue, where can I get the seed of the Blue grass and clo ver, and how am I to sow it? BULLTONGUE : You Can get the seed at the seed stores any where almost, and when you sow the Blue grass seed, do not cover it, but merely rake off the leaves and trh from the surface of your soil, and scatter the seed, and I presume the clover seed sown in the same way, will do as well. Mr. SHOVsL: I do not like to risk the seed, Sown in such a slovenly manner. It looks too uinscientific. Mr. BULLTO1NGUE : Yes, it looks so; b ut you must remember that the most scientific man ner of sowing seed, especially grass seed, is to copy nature, and you know that the seed that fall naturally, from the grass beads upon the ground always come up and flourish. Mr. WoMBL~zenoP: Well, Shovel, I'll tell you what I think you ought to do. Mr. SHOVEL: Well, I will be much obliged to you, for I really am asking information. Mr. WOxBLEeROP: Well, do you go home, manure your land well, plant more corn, make more cotton, and quit your durn foolishiness. (The farmers adjourned Sinse die.) The Cadenhead Plow Stock. This is an improvement on the Foreman Patent Iron Stock, and is to farmers the most valuable invention which has appeared upon the stage for many, many years. Any far mer who is at all acquainted with the laws of tnechanism, can see at a glance that this plow-stock will run deeper with less strain bpon the horse than any plow-stock heretofore invented; and simply because the draft is brought nearer the point of the plow. We have seen a medium sized horse turning over the soil as deeply as it is usually done by two horses with a large turning plow ; while the horse walked along with as much apparent ease as though he were only drawing a com mon scooter. It being made of iron, it is always ready, and is constructed that with the same stock the farmer can work any kind of a hoe or plow that he may fancy. Any kind of work can be done with this stock that cnn be dlone with any other invented plow. We would ad vise every farmer in our District to get this plow stock. It may be had of Messrs. Fti. voN & Garrrs, Edgefield C. H., S. C. Bermuda Grass. Why do our farmers not get this valuable grass? Because they are afraid that when they get their fields set with it, they never can control it. This objection would be a valid reason for not getting it, if it were a fact ; but those who have tried this best of grazing grasses, assure us that they can, with but lit tle attention, keep it in its own proper place. This grass is very much in its general appear ance like the common jointed wire grass, so much deprecated by farmers ; but it is of a finer texture, more tender, and after running its jointsyupon the surface of the soil, it shoots up a tender head of very fine fodder, soe ten or twelve inches high, and is green and flourishing for the most of the year. It is . ee of the maast beautiful yard grasses we isam.01 amen;. awl from n.r limited esenr ence with it, we have found it easily confined to its proper place, by merely cutting the runners, as they commence running into the walks, &c. This grass is often confounded with the "Means Grass" the "Cane Root. Grass," the " Wire Grass" and other grasses which, when once set, can never be extirpa ted. Hence, farmers very often never know what they are trying, and being afraid of humbugs generally, they let it alone. FARMER's CREED.-We believe that the soil loves to eat as well as the owner, and ought, therefore, to be well manured. We believe in going to the bottom of things, and, therefore, in deep plowing and enough of it. All the better if it be a subsoil plow. We believe in large crops, which leave land better than they found it-making both the farm and the farmer rich at once. We believe that every farm should own a good farmer. We believe that the best frtilizer of any soil is a spirit of industry, enterprise and in telligence-without this, lime, gypsum and guano will be of but little use. We believe in good fences, good barns and good farm houses, good orehards and chil dren enough to gather the fruit. 0 - t Horses. Those who have the care of horses are fre oueutly very negligent in the manner of dis caharging their duty. There is no animal in existence so susceptiWe to the effects of dirt, impure air, bad bedding, &c., as the horse. All excrements in a horse's stable, however small in quantity, should be removed at least once a day, and a clean, dry place left for the animal to stand or lie down upon. Many a horse when stabled for an hour's feeding, is placed in a close, filthy place, without a breath of pure air-there obliged to make his meal. We would almost as soon think of eating in such a place ourselves, as of compelling a horse to do it. If you have no windows in your stable, by all means make one at once or knock off a board, to let in light and pure air. When you have removed the droppings from the stable at night, strew the floor with dry straw or muck;-the value of the manure will more than repay the expense-besides rendering your horse healthier. Horses take cold very easily; for this reason they should never be turned from a warm stall, whe e they have perspired for an hour, di rectly into a damp pasture. Neither should a horse ever be left to lie down over night in a damp pasture where there is no shelter, but let a shed be built, to which they can retire at night. A horse will never lie down in an open lot when lie can find a place of shelter; and if there is nothing better, they will always get near a fence or tree at night. A CnFAP AND GOOD DRINK FOR SUMMER. Careful house-wives will cut out the following recipe for making a pleasant, palatable and wholesonde beer, and past. it in their recipe book: It is made of honey. First, press and strain your comb so as to obtain the clear honey. Then soak the, remaining wax and -honey in hot water, and press it again. Boil and skim the sap so obtained. To every twelve quarts add one pound of dried apples and half a pound of hops. Boil again. Skim and strain the mass through a cloth. Then take a small portion out i add to this a little yeast, and keep it in a warm place until it works. Then pour it back into the main li quor, and let the whole work three or four days. Then draw it off into a clean tub ; let it stand twenty-four hours; draw it off into bottles, and place these, well-corked, down in the cellar. A few corks may fly, but the re mainder will pay for the trouble. HOGs vs. Docs.-" What a dlog lives upon will keep a hog." If anybody doubts the truth of the saying, let him lill his useless dog, and puat a pig in the pen and give it the d'.g's al lowance. He will fiud in a few months that he has a fine, fat porker, fit to be eaten-a use the dog could not be possibly applied to by any Christian man. There are too ma nv. If they had all been killed a year ago, thiere might be 200 lbs. of good fat pork in the country, to balance against every dog so et aside, which would be no inconsiderable item in the present scarcity of supplies. Dogs are a nuisance, and should be taxed. While every farmer ke'eps his dog, and every free negro his two or three dogs, sheep stand a poor chance to geCt throug the world, anl yield their annual' fleece wi h untora throats. The increase of the dog population accounts for the scarcity of sheep.-N. C. Planter. "Snrouw 'rHE SticKERnS BE IREnovED FROM CoRN ?"-Not unless you have plenty of boys, with nothing else for them to do. The argument in favor of removing the suckers from corn, I suppose to be this: The suckers rob the stalks of nourishment necessary to their growth and perfect development, and appropriate it to their own use. They never have but little if any corn upon them, conse quently are of no value except for fodder. I think it will not pay to remove them, unless, as I said above, there is no other work for the boys; and perhaps not then, unless it be to keep them out of mischief. Stckers are not often thrown out from corn on poor, hungry soil; and when they are, it is conclusive evidence to me that every thing is as favorable ss it can be to the growth and percection of the crop ; that it is growing as fast as It can; that the roots are taking up the necessary food for tbo plant as fast as It can be manufactured (so to speak) into corn, and perhaps faster;i and that, as a natural consequenco, these new shoots or suckers are thrown out bcause the sap or food for the plant can go in no other direction.-Glenesee Famer. A HARD AN DURABLE goAP.-A patent has been granted in England for an improve ment in the manufacture of soap, by the ad dition of sulphate of lime to the usual ingre dients employed in its manufacture. The sulphate may be added with any of the usual ingredients emloyc~ed in thme manufacture of soap.- The proportions of thme sulphate which it is best to employ, vary according to the article manipulated upon, and the quality of the soap to be produced. Thug, about twelve ounces of dry sulphate is sufficient for one ton of the best soap, whereas, in ciomon or highly liqnored soap, six or eight pounds may be used with advantage. Soap, made with the addition of sulphate of lime, be comes hardenedl, keeps dry, and is not liable to shrink while in water, its durability is in creased, and it dues not wear or waste away before its cleansing properties are brought into action." CiuiRsrAN CiiitiRuE.--Nothing is more beautiful than piety in a child. A few wveeks snce, an interesting little girl was brought to te Masahuseus Hospital, ini Hkston, to be sujcted to a very severe surgical operatiou, the only thing that could save her liIe. As the medlical p~rofessor, in thme presence ofC his class, placed her ont the surgical talhe, she lay dnwn, and clasping hetr hanuds together andl liftinmg up her eyes, exclaimed, "() Jesus8, I know thounJmovest nme, and if I die, I shall go right home to heaven.' The goo I professor Iwas so much affected that he coul niot pro ceed immediately, and nearly aU were moved tn twarn-Zion's Herald. A TEMPERANCE SKETH. * -0 DY CLARA AUGUSTA. -0 "Young man," said the late eminent Judge Halliston, at a fashiQnable party where wine flowed in abundance-"young man, put down that glass! there is death in it !" Harry Gordon dropped the goblet upon the table, startled by the abrupt exclamation of the Judge, and the ruby wine flowed in a bright stream over the Persian carpet. " Sir! what mean you 7" he cried, his face flushed, and his eyes brilliant with excitement. "I mean," said the Judge calmly, and drawing up his noble figure to its full height, "I mean to discountenance always, in every place, at every time, and in every available manner, the use of intoxicating drinks! My young friend, you were about, thoughtlessly, to place an infernal poison to your lips-you were doing it gaily, carelessly ! Would you, if you stood at the very gate of Death's do main, dare, in the face of God and the angels, to quail the draugbt which but a moment ago filled yonder shattered glass ? Would you?") The young man's brow grew paler-he shrank before the solemn, penetrating gaze fixed upon him, and his deep voice was slight ly unsteady, as he spoke the single word "How?" - "Sit down, my friend," said the Judge to the gay company that had been smitten to stillness by his portentous wcrds, " and to you, Harry Gordon-I have a little story to relate to you, which will possess double in terest when I tell you that I know it to be strictly true in every particular. Thirty-five years ago there resided in the township of Milan a happy family. There was a father, a mother, and three children, two boys and a girl. The father, whom I choose to call John Wood, was a lawyer of high repute-a man of brilliant intellect and solid education. His wife was a beautiful woman, richly gifted by nature as well as art, and well worthy to be the companidn of her husband. I said they were a happy family-it was true. Peace sat all day with folded wing by their hearthstone, and happiness was contented to abide there. John Wood stood very high in the opinion of his townsmen; and by-and-by his name was whispered abroad for the nomination of Senator from the Milan District. He receiv ed the support of his party, and the election proved him the successful candidate. It would have been difficult for him to have ben otherwiie than pleased with this testi nonial of esteem; and his hitherto quiet home was thrown open for the reception of political friends. It was fashionable then-as in some circles at the present day-for every table to be freely supplied with wine, parti. cularly if there was company; and it requir ed a great deal of moral courage to break in upon the usage. Of course, the successful candi late could not refuse to treat his fiends; and intoxicating liquors became and every day accompaniment upon the dinner table of John Wood. At first he did not sanction this; he only suffered it-but habit accus toms us to all thinge-and in time he grew to think that meal very in..ipid which lacked the crointg charm of vie ! " Time passed on, and having discharged his duties at Washington to the satisfaction of his party, he was re-elected for the ensuing term : His talents fitted him for the highest rank in society, and at the busy capitol no party was deemed complete without the pre. sence of the %itty and accomplished Senator from the Milan District. He drank the high est flavored champagne which was offered hin-first, because it would not do to seem " odd"-afterwards from pure love of it. Wine became almost necessary to his exis tence; luxurious living had vitiated his tastes, and enervated both mind and body, and to prevent reaction and consequent remorse, he endeavored to cure the disease with the very cause which had engendered it. [low many others have done the same, until the God given intellect has set in blackness, and the light of life been quenched in the eternal night of a drunkard's grave ! John Wood, at the expiration of his term of office, came home to his family a confirmed inebriate. Promise after promise he made to leave forever the tempting poison, but appe tite always triumphed. The serpent was too strong for the seed of the woman. Friends entreated-temperance votaries did all in their power to save him, but they produced, atbest, but a momentary feeling of self-re proach in the breast of the miserable man. John Wood was stayed once in his course of sin by a terrible discovery which made even his besotted soul shrink with horror ! His wie-his beautiful and accomplished Mary, had yielded to the temptations of the spoiler, and following the example of her husband, was fast becoming that thing of which no one can speak without loathing-afemale drunk ard. For a time, John Wood retreated in affrighit from the yawning abyss of intemper ance which had opened at his feet ; he shun ned the tavern, and abstained from the daily glass ; his footsteps left the slippery places and took hold upon the adamantine path of truth, but, alas ! it was for a time!i No gen tle wife to keep him in the light of the Tem perance Star ; but only a creature, to add her temptations-her example to thestrength of the Wine Demon. He could but illy re sist the double fascination, and so they drank together until intoxicated. Their youngest child, the precious baby Mary, was quieted by the mother with wine, and one day, when the child had tried the patience of her moth or, she became angry, and poured down the infant girl's throat a large quantity of brandy. Mary was soon thrown into convulsions from which naught could save her, and in three hours tho helpless child was taken home to her heavenly Father, " The two boys, Arthur and William, for awhile stoud aloof from their parents' bane of life-but at last the younger, William, got the habit of tating occasionally, "out of curiosity," he said, to quiet his brother's ex p'stuatior. By the goodness of D'vine Proyi deuce, Arthur was enabled to resist the fas ination of the accursed cup; but William went on and on, even unto death. After ten months' career at the gaming table (the in separable 'companion of strong drink,) he was shot by a comrtade of a drunken brawl. To the deadened faculties of the father and mother this circumstance was not an affiic tion ; they scarce looked upon it as anything for which they should grieve, and when they stood together over the silent cotlin of that dead boy, the cup was there to comfort themn. They wvent to that beverage which has been strongly but not inaptly termed "the drink o hell," for the comfort which is [Heaven-born, and ti-at cometh down from God alone ! " Their handsome property was long since squandered ; their beautiful house and furni ture passed under the hammer of the auc tioneer ; and a lowly hovel received the drunken couple and their wretched son. Oh, the scenes of horror which the eyes of that son were forced to witness ! A father-his nole manhood prostituted to a vile appetite, his intellect ruined', his soul wandering in the shaes or infidelity, and cast out from the good to the coumpany of sinners! A mother -her gentle love turned to indifference, her nature wrought upon by the foul viper she had taken to her bosom; her whole hmfe but a series of quarrels with him who, at God's holy altar, she had sworn to love and honor ! 11r child no lunger regarded her with that mat hallowed of all enimnts untia love. His heart no longer- gladdened with her smiles or led into the paths of Right anc Truth by the light of her Christian counsel. Worse than orphaned-the child of shame and contempt! Judge of his life! Men may cry out against the usage of strong language in speaking of this demon which yearly lays in the grave its thousands, but think. you the. child o those miserable parents would call any expression too strong ? No; language is too weak and inadequate to convey to you the loathing, the utter detestation and hatret which Arthur Wood bore in his heart for in toxicating drink. Would that every mani, woman and child throughout the length and: breadth of our land felt the same! . "But, to return. Five years passed aw*yll during which gaunt Poverty established him. self at, the fireside of Wood. Starvatioll paused often before the door, and want and, suffering were the every day guests. Broles and domestic strife began at sunrise, and? ceased not at going out of day. Oh, 'tis a. black memory to the soul of Arthur WoodL' In a fit of drunken fury, the miserable h bind struck down his wife with the fragmen of a chair which had previously fallen sacrifice to his rage. Sobered by the sigh John Wood stooped over the body of o who was once dearer than all the world, an sought by the long forgotten endearments their early love to call her back again unconsciousness. In vain! she lay thep.s before hiaand still and white-.adark streu of blood gushing from-her temple, and clottin the long, dark hair which fell in a neglec mass over her shoulder. She was dea murdered by her own husband! " Stung by remorse and fear, as he saw he cold pallor of death setting over her featu the wretched man drew a razor across his throat, and fell bleeding upon the floor be-J sides his lifeless victim. And there was only a brief struggle, a little calling out for mercy and John Wood had gone to his account.! And Arthur Wood, over the corpses of hit murdered parents, took a solemn wot i-never, so long as the spark of life burned in hi breast, to swallow one drop of aught that wil - intoxicate! Could that son be blamed fo the vow I The Judge paused, and the awe-stricke company broke not the silence. He won on " Harry Gordon, I have loved you as my. own son-you are soon to stand in that n relationship to me-and I wish to warn yon against an enemy which walks the land alike at midnight and at noonday, an enemy that is found in the homes of the rich as well as the poor. Will you be admonished 7 Oill you beed my counsel ? Shuu more-nay, a thousand tines more than you would de'athb the wine-cup. Hell itself lurks in its dept and eternal torment burns in its crysta brightness! Harry Gordon beware !" There was a brief pause, during which th face of young Gordon alternately paled an flushed. There was a strong influence at' work in his soul. Ju4ge Ialliston saw the impreson he had made, and bending to-. ward the company, he said "If anything more is needed-know, the that John Wood was my father, and the wif. he murdered, while under the influence o ardenplmritsbwaathe. mother. whio..bhus , Arthur Wood Halliston, was that son who, beside the dead bodies of my parent-t, took the oath which, by God's grace, has never been broken!" Harry Gordon stepped forward, and] took the hand of the Judge reverentially in both his own. "It is enough," he said, while his noble brow gleamed with a new light; "1I solemn ly declare, in the presence of my Creator, and these witnesses, that henceforth I will shun everything that can intoxicate as I would Satan hinself-and imiy ily Great Father deal with me as I keep my vow!" Judge llalliston threw his arms about the young man's neck, and kissed him. "May God sanctify your promsise, Harry -and your life bear. testimony to your truth!" Reader, it was even so. Wine was ban ished from the home of Harry Gordon, and pure, beautiful water, rich from thbe sweet fountains of the earth, was his daily drink. The fair face of young Ellen Halliston never had cause to blush for the conduct of her husband-and, when, in after years, the peo ple made him Governor of his native State, and his talents brought him abundant gold he forgot not the life-experience of his step father; and accursed to him forever was the winecup! EXCET.LAE M-tXMs--Among the victims of a steamboat explosion somne years since, was Stephen Allen, a man (of high and excellent character. formerly Mayor of' New York, be loved and esteemed by all who knew him. In his pocket-book was found the following collection of admirable counsels to all, and especially to the young: " Keep good compainy or none. Never be idle. If your hands cannot be usefully em plyed, attend to the enltivationi of' your min~d. Always speak the truth. Make fewv promises. Live up to your engagements. Keep your own secrets, if you have any. When you speak to a person look him in the face. Good company and good conversation are the very sinews of of virture. Good character is above al thingrs. Your charaeter cannot be essen tially injured except by your own acts. If any one speaks evil of you, let your life be nch that no one will believe him. Drink no kind of intoxicagng liquors. Ever live, mis. fortune excepted, within your ineome, When you retire to bed thinkt what you have been doing during the day. Make to haste to be rich, if you would prosper. ,8mall and steady gains give competency, with tranqmttlity of mind. Never play at any game of chance. Avoid temptation, through fear you may not wvithstand it. Npever run into debt untill you see a way to get out again. Earn money be. fore you spend it. Never borrow, if you cani possibly avoid it. Do not mtarry until you are .able to support a wife. Never speak evil of any one. Be just before you are genier. ous. Keep yourself innocent, if you would be happy. Save when you are young to spend when you are old. Read over the above maxims once a week." RAriTY OF A TRUE GENTL.EMAN.-Perhaps a gentleman is a rarer gentleman than somse of us think for. Which of us can point out many such in his circle -men whose aims are generous, whose truth is constant, and not only constant in its kind, but elevated in its degree, whose want of meanness makes them simple, who can look the world honestly in the face with ant equal manly sympathy for the great and the small? We all know now a hundred whose coats are very well made, and a score who have excellent manners, and one or two happy beings who are what they call in the inner circles, and have shot into the very centre anid bull's eye of fashion, but of gentlemen how many? Let us take a little scrap of paFer, and each make out his :iit.-Thackeray. Coxnnxx no man for not thinkinig as yen think. Let every one cnjoy the full and free liberty of thinsking for himself'. Let every man use his own judgment, since every man must give an account of himself to God. Abhor every approach, in any kind of degree, to the spirit of persecution. If you cannot reason or pursuade a maa into the truth, never attempt to force him into it. If love will not compel him, leava him to And, tha jnde d Bury me in the Morning. BY MRS. HALE. Bury me in the morning, mothcr Oh let me have the light Of one bright day on my grave, mother, Ere you leave in alone-with the night: Alone in the night of the grave, mother 'Tis a thought of terrible fear And you will be here alone, mother, And stars will be shining here. So bury me in the morning, mother, And let me have the light Of one bright day on my grave, mother, Ere I am alone with the night. You tell of the Saviour's love, mother I feel it in my heart But, oh ! from this beautiful world, mother, 'Tis hard for the young to part! Forever to part, when here, mother, The soul is fain to stay, For the grave is deep and dark, mother, And Heaven seems far away Then bury me in the morning, mother, And lot me have the light Of one bright day on my grave, mother, Ere I am alone with the night. Never unclasp my hand, mother, Till it falls away from thine Let me hold the pledge of thy love, mother, Till I feel the love, divine; The love divine-oh ! look mother, Above the beams I see And there an angel's face, mother, Is smiling down on me ! So bury me in the morning, mother, When the sun-beams flood the sky For death is the gate of life, mother, And leads to light on high. - Chapter of Wit and Humor. 3; WE have heard it asserted "that there is too much fun in the world fur a poor maan." Now we hold an entirely contrary opinion, believing that rich and poor alike re iqire a great deal of fun to season the inevi able solemnities of every day life. Now fun isdemocratic ; the poor enjoy it and the rich 'ay, if they will unbend and get out of the mrele of precedents, conventionalities and (buine, A hearty laugh is a great medicine id it does our heart good to see the face of ei hard-worked mechanic literally expand 14ato a broad grin of mirth, and hear the loud guffaw of irresistible laughter burst from his ealthy lungs. This is well worth seeing and .earing. Laughter is a time honored institu ti-it was deified by the ancients and its worshippers never die out. Long may they lourish. bINOEXoSLY PiT.-" A good house Wife should not be a person of "one.idea," it should be equally fanqiliar with the flower arden and the flour barrel; though her les :ai.should be to lessen expense, yet the scent fa rose should not be less valued than the eit ?n the till. She will doubtless prefer a rpq. of shrubbery to a yard of satin. If her Tusband is a skillful sower of grain, she is 'a"All skillful as a sewer of garments; he 8 I'oohoes bright by use; she keeps the ose 6lie whole family in order."-Southern Homestead. t" I Kv.zw su. Wour.-Deacon W. was a staid and honest Baptist deacon in one of the interior towns in this State, who had a vein of dry, caustic humor in his composition. The deacon had a boy of some dozen sum mers, who was somewhat inclined to be a it:.le ugly when-not under the parental eye. In school especially, John was a source of constant annoyance to the teacher. One day the mistress punished him for some nisde neanor, and John went home, crying, to etor his complaint, and told his father that the mistress had whipped him. " What!I" exclaimed the deacon, elevating is eyebrows, " been whip ped ?" "Y-a-n's," obbed the boy~. " And did you let a wsman hip ye ?" shouted the old deacon. " Y-a-a-s. [ couldn't help it." " Well, John, you little ascal, you go to school to-morrow, and f is-- undertakes to whip ye again, you est pitdh-in ;don't let a woman whip ye if y :a elp it. Don't take any stick to strixe with, but you may strike, scratch, bite, and ick as much as ye're a mind to." 'The next day the boy went to school, and mboldened by the permission given by his father, was soon brought hefore the tribunal f violated rules. The teacher undertook to orrect him, and he did as his father had told im. The result was that Johni gnt a most umerciful tronning, and was thoroughly mbdued. When he went home, he went to is father crying. " W ell, dad, I got an awfuli ad licking to-day." " What !" said the old eacon, " have you let that woman wvhip ye agin ?" "Y-a-a-s," whimpered John. " I icked her, and struck her, and fit all I could, ut she lammed me orf'ully." " Aha !" chuck ed the humorous oldl deacon, "you tarnail little fool, I knew she would, and she'll give e a trouncing every time she undertakesi it, nd I ndvise you to behaLve yourself in future." John began to have some perception of his father's miotive, and ever after was a sadder ad wiser boy.-Aroostook Pioneer. Sir COOL, Iurunwo.-"Will you oblige e with a light, sir t" "Certainly, with the greatest pleasure," sas stranger, knocking off the ashes wIth his little finger, and presenting the red end of his igar with a graceful bow. Smith commlences f'im~bling in his coat pocket, taken o'ut his hmndhrerchiief;i ahakes. it; rflish in his vdent with a desperate energy ilooks blanks "IWell, I do declare, havn't got one, true as the world. Have you another you could spare?" " Certainly," *says stranger with a smile, "ud I beg you will accept it." There is a puif, puliling till the fresli cigar igites, when they separate with suave bow nd wave of the hand. Smith chucks his friend, ho was near splitting with Iaughter, under the ribs with : " There I didn't I tell you I would get it ? That's the way to get a long in this world. othing like cooi polite impudence I" We hought so, too. & A N EDnTR'S DEFEIVoE-The editor of I ne of our exchanges, betig charged with runkeness, thus defends himself: "In opying these slanders, our cotemporaries for. get that some of the most celebrated nien of anient or modern times have had a weakness for wine. Was not Noah drunk ? Was not kark Antony given to late hours and his cup ? Did not Horace drink ? Did not Charles Fax drink ? Did not Daniel Webster love a glass of brandy and water before breakfast? is Kossuth niot fund of lager ler ? And finally, was nyt a Senator in Congr as reported to have been drunk a short time since ? The names of all whom we have mentioned are house. hold words, and looked up to with reverence by high and low; but whenm we are reported at all elevated, sucha hue and cry is raised that one would thinik the circumstance would bring calamity upon the State." &' AN IlONEsT THECFT.-Fred. Douglass, the darkey orator, tells the followin: " When he was a slave in Maryland, he observed that an old negro, named Sndy, had the appearance of being always well fed, and looked very fat. Heaskd andy if he would explain howit haggened so. " Wall," says Sandy, " I steals it." Douglass remonstrating with Sandy on this point, Sandy replied (pointing to a pig) "D'ye ye see dat ere animal dere ?" "6 Ye' . ' " Wall, dat dere am massa's property, an' I am massa's property; derefore put dat dare property into dis property, an' its all right."' 49- A FATALIST.-A western paper pub. lishes the following: " I know an old man who believed that "what was to be would be." He lived in a region infested by very savage Indians. He always took his gun with him, but this time he found that some of his family had taken the gun out. As he would not go without it, his friends tantalized him, by saying thatthere was no danger of the Indians; that he would not die till his time came anyhow. "Yes," says the old fellow, " but suppose I was to meet an Indian, and his time was come, it wouldn't do not to have my gun." A happy pair, in smart array, By holy church united, From London town in open shay Set off, by love incited. The day was dull as dull could be, So (dreaming of no puu) Quoth John, " 1 hope my dear, that we May have a little Soon." To which his bride, with simple heart, Replied ('twas nature taught hur,) "W elif! I confess-for my own part, I'd rather have a daughter !" A MANY a woman who continually abuses her husband won't let anybody else do it. She thinks it such a luxury that she must needs monopolize it. SW Cicero was of low birth, and Metellus was the son of a licentiQus woman. Metellus said to Cicero, "Dare you tell your father's name ?" Cicero replied, "Can your mother tell yours ?" f3*CLEVERLY TUXED.-At Oxford, some twenty years ago, a tutor of one of the colleges limped in his walking. Stopping one day last Summer at a railway station, he was accosted by a well-known politicipu who recognized him, and asked him if he were not the chaplain of that college at such a time, naming the year. The doctor replied that he was. " I was there," said his interroga tor, " and knew 1ou by your limp." " Well," said the doetor, 'it seems my limping made a deeper impression on you than my preach ing." " Al, doctotr," he replied, with ready wit, " it is the highest compliment we can pay a minister to say that he is known by his walk rather than by his conversation." & " Sam, why am lawyers like de fishes ?" "I don't meddle wid de subjec, Pomp." " Why don't ye see, nigga, because dey am so fond ob debate." So STANING aBY His Fa RIFis.--In the flush times of Vicksburg, when the phrase "hard case" meant something more than it does now, Harvey Jenkins was admittedly one of the hardest. By soime strange accident Harvey found himself at church oie evening. The sermon being over, the preacher reques ted all who were friendly to religion to rise and hold up their right hanils. The whole audience, apparently. were on their feet. After they were seated again, the minister con tinued: " Now, if there is a single one here who desires to see Satan anil his kingdomn prosper, he will rise and hold up his hand." Harvey, with some diliculty, got to an erect position, and said : " Hal the vote been leis unanimous, I should have retained inmy seat ; but I imake it uspohd* ofhonoir never to abandon at friend under adverse circumstances. Catalogue of the Various Miodes of Shaking Hands. 1. The pump-hwudle shake is the first which deserves notice. It is executed by takh~w your friend's hand, and working it up ana down, through an area of fitty degrees, for about a minute and a half. To have its na ture, force, and character, this shake should be performed with a fair steady motion. No attempt should he made, to give it grace and still less vivacity, as the few instances in which the latter hats beeni tried, have uniform ly resulted in dlislocating the shoulder of the person on whom it has bieen atttempjted. On the, contramry, persons who are partial to the pmphalel shake, sihould be at some pains to give an e~quablle, tranuil movceent, to the operati.,n, which should on no account be continued after perspiration on the part ot your friend hias comm ienced. 2. 'The pentdudum shake may be mentioned next, as b.ing somewhat similar in chiaracter ; bit movingts thme name indlicates, in a hori zontal, inste. d of p~erpendlicular direction. It is executed by sweeping your hands horizon tally towards your fiend's, and after the june tion is effected, rowing with it, from one side to the other, according to the pleasure of the parties. The only caution in its use, which needs particularly to be given, is not to ist on performing it in a place, strictly parallel t. the horizon, when you meet with a person who has been educated to the piump.handle shake. 1. is well known that people eling to the forms in which they have bhen educatedl, even when the subistuneie is sacrifat~,d to ad hring to themi. 1 ha 1: two un~cler., buth esti-~ mable mien, one cf' whmi had beenu bruighit up' in the pump-.phandle shtakie, anid anothmer had brought homte the pendulu~m from a foreign voyage. They muet, joined hands, and at temptedi to put them in motion. They were neither of them feeble men. One endeavored to pumnp and the other to piddle ; their faces reddened ; the drops stood on their foreheads. And it was at least a pleasant illustraition of the doctrine of the composition of forces, to see their hands slanting into ain exact diago nal; in which line they ever after shook ; hut it was p lain to see there was no cordiality in it ; and, as is usually the case with comipro mises, both parties were discontented. 3. I'he fouraguei shake is the next in im portance. It derives its name from the in strument made use of by surgeons to stop the circulation of the blood in a imib about to he amputated1. It is performed by clasping the hand of your friend asi far as you can m your ownl, and then contracting the muscles of your thumb, lingers, and palnm, till ycu have indluced anmy degree of comipresslonl you many propose in he hand of your friend. Particular care ought to be taken, if your own hand is as hard and as big as a pingia-pan, and that of your friend as small and soft as a young maiden's, not to make use of the touriqiuei shake to the degree that will force the smtall hones of the wrist out of the place. It is as seldom safe to apply it to gonty persons. A hearty young friend of mine, who had pursued the study of geology and acquired an unusnal hardness and strength of hand and wrist by the use of the hammer, on returning from a scientific excursion, gave his gouty uncle the "tournigneit" shake withI such severity, as had well nimgh redluced the old gentlemn's lingers to powder; fee which my friend had the pleas ure of being disinherited-as soon as his uin ele's fingers got well enough to hold a pen. 4'. T he cordial grapple is a shake of some interest. It is a hearty, boisterous agitation of yoni- friends hand, accompanied with mod mia nfani smalad cea eIlmn of welcome. It is an excellent travelling shake, and well adapted to make friends. It is indiscriminately perform ed. 5. The Peter Greivous toitch is opposed to the " cordial graple." It is a pensive tran. quit junction, followed by a mild subsItory motion, a cat-own look, and an inarticulate inquiry after your friend's health. 6. The prude major and prude .minor are nearly mon6polized by ladies. They cannot be accuratel described ; but are constantly to be noticed in practice. They never extend beyond the fingers; and the prude mqjor al. lows you to touch them only down to the see. ond joint. The prude mueior gives you the whole of the fore finger. Considerable skill. may be shown in performing these with nice variations, such as extending the left hand, instead of the right, or stretching a new glos. sy kid glove over the finger you extend. I might go through a long list, sir, uf the grip r the saw-mill shake, and the shake wit muaiceprepeuse; but they are only facti tious combinations of the three fundamental forms already described as the puimp-h.,ndle, the pendulum, and the tourniquet. I should trouble you with a few remarks in conclusion. on the mode of shaking hands, as an indiea tion of character ; but as I see a friend coin. ing up the avenue, who is addicted to the pump-handle, I dare not tire my wrist by further writing. Conservatism of Free Masonry. The New Orleans Bdletia remarks, con cerning the Masonic fraternity of the United States: " Here is a body of men, composed of all classes and professions, entertaining every kind of opinions upon religion and politics, and existifig in every State of the Union, who come together and exhibit anonig themselves the utmost harmony o' feeling and action. No word of opprobrium escapes from the lips of any one to insult and wound the feelings of another. No fierce anathema of sections is heard. No extravagance is in dulged in. Everything is done decently and in order. Everything is quiet, gentlemanly, respectful, dignified. The bitterest political enemies meet face to face, and you shall never know by their actions or words that they do not belong to the same party. Re. ligonists, the most opposite, embrace each ther in the arms of an exalted charity. Fanaticism finds no entrance into the society of the brotherhood. Nut a wave of discord diturbs the waters of the inner temple, no plunge into the abyss of atheism, rant, law lessuess, shocks the moral sense of mankkind. No revolutionary hydra comes up from he neath to break up the foundation of order and send thu tornado over the fair face of society." It then asks why itis the Christian churches do not profit by the example afforded them 1 by this philanthropic fraternity ? Quote the Bulletin: a " But what is the secret of their unanimi ty, of their harrkony, of their brotherly love, of the conservative front which, without a tremor, they maintain, and the general com mot ion, hatred, and fanaticism exist ing around then? It is found, it seems to strike us, in one word-tolcrati.u." A Virtuous Life. " The soul'. calm sunshine and the heart-felt joy Im virtue'S prize." The man whose early life has been charac. terized by a love of virtue, and whose actiont ever borne the imtpress of a pure and mar. naninmous mind, is indeed enviable. What a store of joy is treasured up in his memory. Though grief may bend his form in old age, and the overflowing cup of sorrow may spill its poison round his heart, in memorr a balm is found to restore the vigor of the mind and destroy the venom that breeds dispair. Hope is written upon every page of a well spent life, and may be recalled whilst memory lasts. Peace beasin forth from every vision of gileless childhood, and sheds its genial in fluence o'er each rettection upon childhood's hours. The presentt mamy seem ominous, anid the future be filled with the gloom of dreary freboding's yet will the rays of hope steal from the dark of oblivion, soothing the sorrows of the present, and shining through its gloom, cheer up the uncertain-dark of the future. Thus will the present atrect futurity. When he who treads the shore of tims shall feel its footst'pa dampened by the waters of death, its waves will not wa h out the traces of his past pilgrimage, as the Letheani tide, but dash the shades of largetfiness from the footprmits al r eady tr ,d. Happy is lie who thena can look back'tapon a profitable life', for the beams of 1 hope reflected from the happy past will shine over the dark waves, and piercing the gloom of the tomb, light up the shores of eternity.1 Sue WOs'-r HxaR Mi-.-"I wish that you would talk to my daughter, sir. You know all the cirenmstances of her case, and per- 1 haps, you can have some influence for good over hie r. She won't listen to anything that 1 can say." W(hnt words were these to be wrung, by a daughiter's conduect, from the lips of a mother. "She won't hear me." Alas I who, then, will she hear ? She will not listen to her whose eyes were the first that watched over her infancy, and which have grown dim with many tears shed for her sake-she will not listen to her whose heart has never beaten one throb that was not truth to her and her real interest-to the mother whose bosom was hr eradle, and her home in her helpless years, and which yearn. over her now with unuttrable love, pity, and anigulish ; will not istn to her who labors fr lher by day, and drLreams of lher Ity inighit, who prntys for her, with one nneieasing prayer, Thils is thme friend to whom the infatuated girl wili no1t listen. And why not? -What beiug has she founmd that is to be regarded in preference to her mother ? H s DiDN'T Rean Tns Parsafs.-In the trial of Doyan brothers recently, in Michigan, for murder, much difficulty was experienced in o~taining a jury free from prejudice. .At last, after a large number had been rejected, a man from the back part of the country was called, who, in response to the questions pro. pounded, said that he did not tae or read a aper, and had never heard of the murder. 'This was too strong a case, and Mr. Terry, one of the counsel for the prosecution, said: " We object to your sitting on the jury ini this case ; a man that don't take a paper, and never heard of this brutal murder, dunt know enouh to be a jurymanl We doiit want as HUzml.mTY OF A QaUN.-Mattd, sur named " The Goiod," daughter of Malcolm Canmore, King of Scots, and wife of Henry the First, King of England, was so affable, pious and humble, that she condescended to relieve the poor with her own hands, dress their sores, and wash their feet; and being reprimanded for it by a courtier, as not agree. able to her royal dignity, she made this an swer: " That she followed the example of our blesseid Saviour, and the precepts of the Gospel; andl that the brightest jewel in the crown of majesty was affability and courtesy." -Noble deeds of Women. [3 A SANaar genius, in describing a lake ini Minnesota, satys it is so clear, that by looking into it you can see them making tea in China. A great mind may change its objects, but it cannot relinquish them ; it must have some tingto purue; variety is its rolaxation, and For the Advertiser. The Lamb in the Fold. By EDwix Hauior. Tread the room lightly; let no rude jest, Nor faintost whisper disturb her rest ; Watch, with each motion the lingering breath 'Ti. her last sleep-the slumber of Death. Press the brow gently, lifeless and cold The Shepherd has taken our lamb to His fold. Angels are waiting to bear her away, While rays of Glory around her play."' Breathe the prayer softly, ascending - to God, That theio stricken ones may bow to the red; lie who has taken the treasure onee given, Has sairl that "Of such is the Kingdom of lleaven:,' Speak the w.,rd kindly-words of Peace, That tell of the spirit's glad release; That whisper Hope to the mourner's heart, When the chor's of Love are riven apart. Tread the turf lightly, where the loved sleeps, Saorod the spot where Affection weeps; Innoceuce lies bereft of its bloom In the precincts of the silent tomb. Strew the flowers freely, over her grave, Let the green willow over her wave; Long will fond Memory linger here With its sad tribute,-the sorrowing tear. Our Town, Morally Considered. From a correspondent of the Southern Bap. ist, over the signature of " J. E. R." we ex. rct the following items in allusion to our hurches, &c: Nessrs. Editors: It is always pleasant for he followers of Christ .to hear of the pros erity of Zion; and as I am a wanderer, and e a'nd hear a go64 deal, I thought I would ounimunicate with the readers ot your paper regard to the affairs of the Church at Edge. ld Village. Edgefleld contains four meet. ng-houses: oie'Baptist, one' Methodist, one tholie, and orie' Episcopalian. The Catho' -es are buildig'"quite a large and expensive louse. The Baptist Church here Is the largest, and mbraces the moral strength of the place. s membership is intelligent, and greatly d. ted to the cause of Chrirt. They are benevolent, and contribute nobly aid in the extension of the Gospel of Christ, L spirit of' deep earnestness seems to charao. rize most of its members. They have a large Sunday School, over one Ldred in number, and It is in a very pros. ronls conditioa. They have raised about e hundlred and fifty -dollars to procure for en a ilbrary; and it is selected with a view o its harmonizing, ih its literature, with the Yord of God. They believe it is right to each "our principles" to the children, with. ut the propoundimg of such a silly query to l Assolciation. God demands the pure t-uth, Lad the supremacy of truth over every mind hat has the Word of God in its possession; vud as we believe our principles' are of God, tmixed with the traditions of men, we car. inly are responsible to Him and to them to .e that our work isane right in the instruc ion of infant mind' Great is the responsibility of Baptists as it elates to the rising generation ; and it is del iirabla that every parent and teacher should el it. Rev. L. R. Gwaltney, late of Virginia, Is heir Pastor. I spent several days with this ruther, in his hospitable house, and found im a man who had only to be known in or er to be loved. Bro. G. is a man of educa. iou, courteous in his manners, kind in heart, ud greatly devoted to the work of his Mas er. Re is greatly beloved by his people, and steemed by all. The church under his labors, nuot help becoming strong and ellicient. Prof. J. R. Gwaltney has charge of the Fe le Seminiary, and has purchased the build. ngs, and is the sole proprietor of the School. t has greatly increased since he has had it his possession, andl lhe is determnined to ake it a first class Female Seminary. Bro. . has all the qualifications of a good teach. r, being a man of liberal edneation, and has ade teaching his profession, aid expects to o so for life. An Important Decision.. At the late session of the Court, says the arlington lP/ag,, an action-against the Wil ington & Manchester Railroad Company r ai lost trunk, was tried. The value of the mients was proved to exceed five hundred ollars:a this company have an endorsement upo their tickets which, among other things, Ielares that they will not be responsible for st baggage to an, amount exceeding one mdred dollars; this endorsement was re Led upon to limit the liability of the Company i this particular case. His Honor ruled, and so charged the 'r, hat common carriers could not thus limt heir lialbilities ; he dwelt upon the injustice rhih would result if the endorsement upon e tickets referred to, was taken and consid red as a co~ntract, to which the passenger es p resumed to have assented. The jury ound for the plaintitf to the amount of the >ntets of the trunk, as proved. We learn that the defendants have appeal d. If we may presume to express an opinion, e think the views taken by his Honor are >orrect, and have but little 'donbt as to what sill be the decision of the Appeal Court. This an important question, both aead the aveling public and Railroad companies, ad e are glad an opportunity has arisen for the Inal adjudiecation of it by the highesm tribasal no our' laws. Srat.ar B M'r-Wn copy fo'r the thea I ormation of our ladIv readers, iha an~le2e lescriptive paragrapli from the New York xpress: "The bonnets-for these are al evs the most striking feature-are tilore in' ined In fi'ont a la Matie Stuart, aind hats ~rowns a irifle }atie or ith idi-io~er oapes, e trimming a little less plrol'n.e, and there ire in better taste; consists of flowers, thread tud blnnd lace, and ribbon, with cord tassels, c. The material are light and mrial; straw d chip are in favor for Spring and country wear ;dress hats are composed of crap. and nitl. The exquisite effect of these soft and lelicate materials, especially for eveninug toilet% idapts them to alleonmplexions. Blonde too isfreely used in puffiags and edgings and Lhread laee incol fferes, harbes and medllons rr ornamenting the outside." W.JrA -rar C:nAsI ExP'ECT.-A ,c rreeprn ot of the Harif u i Times, writing fram- San i.-ardo, Cobs, F'ehruary 28, says: " A gen enan nmed Buchiuan was in Cardenas a ow days since, and the S3paniards, Oa l earn Lg his name, crowded around, starig ist him as if he were some wild animal, d'-~some asked if he had really come to buy.a)liand." The Dons appear to'be in a hurry, probably nticipating mischief from :sle mmeCaban revolution whic'h has broken out violently ai the office of the New York Sun. A NourLs LAwra.-A short time.. ago a ~entleman in England, worth ?d0,00Q was indignant with his daughter, an only~ld~l, e marrying. Hedisinherited her, agli left the whole property to his attorney ad;,ther gentlemen~u. . His attornfe'. went to lisa co-leg. atees, got them tou sag'nieir claisis over to him, anid then pail the whole L-I0,OO0 to his iaughter. gA new bak has -been organlisdla St. ,og h a epl a500,'alt Ms