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f!w Canrasttr feirger. ' ?2 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE .1 /umilg aui political jdruisjiapct?Fruaiti) !a lljt Arts, stitaras, 1'iltcaiutt, it'iacaiiaa, Agritalturt, 3atraial Siupraurumria, .feign aaii Fnuirslit -Onus, nu'a ti)t iliartris. V 0 L U M K VII. LANCASTER C. II, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 13.59. N U M B E R J 9. fflrrt Scotch Argument for Marriage Jenny is poor, ami 1 am poor. Yet we will wed?so,say no morel \nd should the bairnes to us come ? As few that wed but do have some? No doubt that Heaven will stand our fri< U.I bread, as well as children, send. {So fares tinmen in .farmer'* ) urd ; . To live alone she linds it hard ; I've known her weary every claw In search of corn among the straw; lint when in quest of nicest food, She clucks am >ng her chirping brood ; Wit it joy we see the self same hen Tlta i seratehed for one, could scratch for These are the thoughts that make it e wil 'I o take my girl witnout a shilling ; And for the self same cause, )'DU sec, Jennv resolved to marry me. From the Chester Standur ADDRESS 11V DR. A. P. WYLIE (/ iitluwu of the jiihiny Creek .1 cultitntl Society :?1 fully appreciate Compliment conferred by you in sfilee me to aijilre>s \ou .?n the science of jiiolugv ou ibis occasion. \I v 111 v r??<rii?t. is ll.nt I um iml I' in- I t<i .! > pi?tiee to tlit> subject. !u i ly life I coin r.ictct! a passion lor the c vaiio.i of I'lu:!, wine i li es been occis. a 'v a source of pleasure ami rcorca to urn ever since ; but owing to an ai ous piol?ion, uiij a resilience on a ] c.av soil, tlii- most unfavorable to < i t i\ alii ii of irna ; in\ opp >ri iitiit o* ml ill 41:10 tli-s taste have be 11 0 lito It I I 111 y profession i? that >.f a physii I propose to f,ay some.hint; in regar. lite proprietv of mating fruit 4 pari our <1 hley diet. A most pernicious J 1 1 ce pievaiis wi Ii somio peisons i Iriilt is a ore it cause <if aiekness tin 0 ti ^iinii'i and autumn il ill tuliis, a dineny the reverse is tine where g rijie fiuit is t ik'-u widi any decree 111 deration. it is titit? dial giuuti Jet el or bully matured fruit, soin-ti 1 ce- d<*o il oca * n children ; or thai m)iis an i.'customed to a regular sup inav o.cMo.i.ialli, when all opportu 0 curs, surfeit their stomachs, cam theiehv si 41 t illness ; but persons i 1iave a regular supply of goo.I fruits, dolt) del iiioe liieil s\steute by !* ' a.1 vstor* c one from the North of lino w4o*re ihe summers are cuiup.iralii stool, aid die thermometer scarcely 1 1 111 ces above tile temperature of eig i.'-oriw, and dim brought with them iiiaiiii?i{i and customs adapted to 1 temperate climate. i?o.v, it is nolor (ii .1 there is nothing a people .allien witli greater tenacity than their nc turned food and beverages. We to day generally prefer b.ic.>11 or other meat as t' e chief articles i f diet, are ii lieveriiije, whisker or oilier i'.roug i! ? iring n >l s<> much tor culinary veg "j!ei ami rarely making fruit a neces; p?rt of our or?l narv meals. We I consequently suffered l!ie penalty of <I s<>l?edlenoe to tlm laws of climate short 11led from fever and biliary discs Tlie Krelicli, Italians and Spaniards, i gra:iug from a warmer climate, wl every meal is composed chiefly of and vegetables, ami their ^leverages light win 's of their native country, i deseetidanls still adhere to the custom heir ancestors to a considerable ex: Now, ii is a fact well known to physic ot the South, (hat the French. Ila and Spanish families, sutler much trout the 'uah-piant fevers and biliary eases, incident to our bot summers, t the Scotch, English, Irish and Oiern 1 repcodect well of hearing Dr. 1) son, of Charleston, dwell upon the c parative immunity of the French Spaniards, from the yellow and othe vers about Charleston. Mobile and ! Or'eans Hoth theory and the prael observation of the customs of the nal of different climes, clearlv establish truth, that the inhabitant* of warm cc *, ics, require a diet almoel entirely di crni from- those of rvihl latitude*, f Ireenlander can eat two pounds of hi or train oil, and <11ink a quart of whii dully with impunity ; whilst the nal of the tropica subsist chietly upon coo acid fruits peculiar to their jlimate. high latitude* a tat oily diet is essenti required, to supply the carbon neces: to generat animal heat ; but in our I summers, where the temperature stsntly approaches no J sometimes < rise* alsoe tliHlof our laxlte* ; we re<| but little carbon to develop* heat, uiucli cooling acid fruit*: It is most ' | tliy of remark in this place, that jj ripe fruit contain* only from 10 to 12 I ceut, of carbon, the great general* I animal heal, and < hie! constituent of whilst bacon or oil contain* 66 to 80 I c?ntf ol dial material. In the proce: tiling iiml curing, men! loose* man ^ it* ii)o*l important element* ueceeaar 4 the l<?i unit ion of healthy b'ood { cc 1 queiilly, i* found that salt baco other meat, and bread even with addition of sugar anil coffee, will not lain human life long without the addi of oilier aliment4. This has heen roughly tested in the navy and largt lilies, where it was impracticable to cure fruit, fresh meat, or vegetable-; der such circumstances, scurvy, a (lis | of the blood, invariably makes it* app , aiice, dcMng all ireMimenl, unless l fruit and vegetable.., necessary to \ "' 3 , elaboration of perfect blood can be pro- nun cur?d, whenever they can he obtained in bee sufticient quantities, the disease soot, dis die appears. It is said that in Europe the ver lowest population, w hose diet consists of Soil Irish potatoes or oaten bread alone, which nur (jo contain all the elements of blood in froi their proper proportion, have a most in and ferior physical organization ; being hinge had jointed, pot bellied, and extremely nglv, ted ?nd, with heads and faces, like some ofotn rice rnei plantation i egroes. A reasonable deduc unt , lion from what I have said is this : It tba we wish our childiHl to a-qmie a line par physical coiistitmion, which appears to he con | necessary to the best mental development, of health, and greatest longevity, we should the t as one of the means to attain that end, 1 o endeavor to supply tlnun daily, parlic- I'oi ularly in ihe warm seasons, with good tinten. ripe frmt, as a part ot their aliment, for bar ling without it we cannot expect a pel f-c pea ! elaboration of the blood, the great palm No lum from w hich all our organs and lis I In | sues are formed. | on! m^m It has been truly said, that "no eulttue ma 1 of intellect that dorrs not embrace tin* is ti ^ J culture of health ? no weahh, no uioraii- rca j ty, and not even a leligiou, that docs not embrace the preservation of the physic il liar | system from ail deterioration, and its cul- cics Ovation to tin' 11iir 11est perfection, will ever out jri last long. No nati jii or people will ever ' bre tlie preserve the weight of influence to n\ i.ic-!i ken ting | they are naturally entitleil among ethers. pre J'o without tit an linens of development as the its only reliable foundation of matmiic.ss and ?i? :i pro reliability of character. o p car- It would be well for those who think *?r tllli- that there is no necessity for a change in All ;o'i our customs with regard to diet, to recol- ' con lion ! led that we are the most iil formed, mi Am rdu healthy, and short lived peon'e under the our pipe sun, occupying as line a climate and hav- vai the 1 ing as manv of the comforts of li'e with- hat I > j tu our re uli ; we cannot compare with as'i mi | the same class ol people in the South of ( ha* | Korope, who make fruit a thief coinpo nia i.?n neat part of ilieir diet. ine I to The science ol i'oitlologv has made ' -o-i t of j more rapid advances within the last 50, ?ii< fire- j hilt more particularly within the last go wa hit ' yeais, than any kindred science. It is J il.i: nng most astonisliing the vast inimh. r of new cu! hen j and ta'tlaMe varieties thai have been c?| Mm oad Heeled ami originated by i 'oiiiologists ?l "I 1 ? thin that period. 'I lie greater part of iiis 'ay j the o!<ter vat eties, especially of the I'ear, I' r. - in ii " n i. in 'i uui i ?i in iii^ in:; i:im i i? !?< r century, some of which we tiiui growing j ^ |ily, I hi our old orchard*, tuc now considered W tiily j unworthy cf cultivation. Unfortunately ' v ii i ?If i lor us, tin* science has made romp aralive- iec ivlio j |y lint tulle progt o>a in tin; South ; more ! lli>< *< ! |? irt cu!;tr!y in South Carolina. Willi a c?i! 1 ?or 1 few excepti ?ns we have ml a* good Iruit ( ope, | now, in tiii* Slate, a* had our ancestors ha* rely owing to the luui that they generally "J'C v?-r i planted their 'iees on fresh land, whilst Si lily ! most of our people plant on old worn out cm tiie I soil?after preparing holes for the rocap' onl that tion of tier* is if they were about t > the tons , plant a fence post, leaving them to the ten a to | mercy of worm* and iVeij ienlly of caltlo out cus- j and then most unjustly blaming tbo nor j *ioi this seryinan, soil or climate, for their want of I'm fat sue 'Oss. ! tec 1 as I One of the main sources of failure with c s rink ' lliu l'# v p asoas wlm L;fVy treated the r am eta ' trees properly, has been in cultivating va !y < <ary rielie* n??t adapted to our climate ; more the tave ' especially of ilie apple, pear and grape, km our I'ntil very recently our trees were mostly pla , by purcliase<l from uoithern uur?er.e>. of va- o\ ises. rieties which bad been ?h telly originated bill t*n?I- in the north, and const ipinillv, most of yoi here them only adapted to thai cluraie. A ve< fruit person who h ippem-d to hava u taste for is the horticulture generally procured some work pc; Heir publirht-d at the North (for we bad no tail s of Southern publication of the kind) d-s. iip l>\ ent. live of trmt ami their cultivation ; he next is < iatis would proceed to gj>? a patrflogiio of a ma liau Northern nursery, and from this he would ing less mnke oat his o.der. After years of tie | cur tba !ay and expense in their cultivation, it > e\t liau generally turned <>ut that the largest pnr- <loi rian. lion, particular IV of his wppY-y utu hck- cherries and grapes, would prove a failure. are om His winter p -ars and apples, if the\ hi ? oiu and tared at ?-li, ripening enily in the fill and ?I < r fe- rotting before winter ? his cberrt tree* ma ^ew cither dying or producing no fruit; his res Lical grape* rotting before maturity, t >o? ven ing ives efalde an I intelligent friend, l)r. Wiliitol >wi tbo ffibbs, imported many vaiieties of Iruit die jun* trees fioiii tbo north, and devo'ed a con ffer- siderable portion of a long life to their suj 1'he ' fc.lv it-Ill' i-ii liv-ili hi ' I.-it Ins .-it'iris >\ -r.i rim icon attended by r? pealed failures. I recollect Soi .key hi* aMen.pl to cultivate the far fnm< d scr tvea i Newton Pippin Apple of the North. I; wo iling grew I......it.fullv, forming a tine tiee ; li.it f?r In never produced one mnwired specimen of 11.f '. illy ' fruit; they >.11 dropped when about u... itv. *ary 1 thirds grown. I visited him several lime* long within a few \ ears before his death, and pot cou- want around with hint to mm; his oreb nd the sven and vineyard; ho still appeared (o be an .in [.lire enthusiast on the subject of Pomology, u>? and although ne ?r eighty j ears of age ; I.a the wor expressed his regret that he I.ad *|Kjnt so p>od much lima in cultivating trees of Noitli wo per ern origin, slid said, thai if ho was only for >r of as young as I then was, that lie would M i bile devote l.isJost lima and expenditures to bio per collecting and cultivating treos of South cut ?s of ern origin, of < / of 3ur ancestors alien thoy first einignt Tu y to ted to this country brought over seed of jec .use- ail their rarities of fruit : front these htm n or dreds of kind* were originated, many of cie tlm superior uualily adapted to the various km regions of our wide spread country. The t!n ilion North being in advance of us in the use ll.t tho? ful arls an-l sciences, established large ext i ar nurseries more than half a century since ; nn< pro- a fourth of a century since they cominen wil un ced the Votpolocical Societies : By these nal ense means tboy collected a vast number of ma >ear- , foreign varieties, adapted to their own ori| resb climate, hut what was of still more impor the the j lance to them, thev collected a great kin ^ f1 | ? * iiber ul seedling varieties which had a n originated in the Northern and Mid r States, adapted to tln-ir latitude, but a y lew of which were well suited to the li ilhem Slates. The South having no e -eta s of their ow n, purchased entirely l< n the North?neglecting to collect ? I disseminate the good varieties which t I originate I in tliuir midst, and adap to their own climate. Disappoint' c it and d'saster followed their etlorts, o ii il began to l e the settled opinion li t many of the more valuable Iruits, t ocularly winter apples and pears, t Id not be cultivated with success south t the Alleghany mountains. Within li last few years a new era has begun t dawn upon lis. A few enthusiastic r nologists have been collecting and tes j ; aiieliesof Southern origin ai:J the) g e secured a list of seedling apples and a n lies, which cannot be excelled by the c 11li, ami the work has onlv begun.? I ndrcds of good varieties, which are ' ?J y known in certain neighborhoods, re- I? in to be vet collected and tested. It ) t iow no longer doubted that we can 1 ) - ;i:.e waiter keetcic atmvs .- > t 1 < 1 ilea is a Ml of our domestic vaiiulies of fruit I 0 ated from wild, worthless spe- , I . and have heen lnott^lif to tlieir pros < improved slato l?v cultivating, cross i pilitio !tii<\ reproduction. Man lias ta t 1 ml van! mj^o of itn import ant law which s sides over I oth animal or plant iroin f natural wild stale, cultivate or domes' r i'.o it, no?l you soon tnoilify its laws of t rodo< tion, so that it produces vaiielics s \ dill'Tolit liolti I lie original slock.? i of oar endless varieties of apples have t lie from the wild crabs of Hurope and I i, which are eon ally as worthless as i wild crah apple. The hundreds of i I i-ta s ut the pear now in cultivation > n' all sprang i' tii the wild uoi^nilicaiit ?. nn^ent p? ar of the K ast. No fruit i I eetl liloiti sinht neglected w ith lis? I nv ol the new vat icties con e into hear j sooner than the apple, and are p?>? I id ol higher tla\or, more nutritious1' I dioestihle th iti the apple. I *r (idibs < s llie only mail t<? iiiv knowledge, in , t or ilia neighboring I >.-* ricts, wliolias i mated ilie pear t.? any extent ; tmfor- | i lately lie only tiiel the oil varieties, , iidi 'late been mostly abandoned, and : soil was of .a very unfavorable cliarac . < At the l.i'c meeting of the National t uio|o"ic 1 Convention, liutd in N.-w , W, "iiioi.o nunneo'is exhibitions, Col. I ilder, of Massachusetts, exhibited SOS ' i ielies of iIn* fiuil of the pear, and I | ollect of noticing a few tears since, |i it i.e had 6U0 varieties of lids fruit in < !)i.r numerous varieties of the poaeh I ; re all originated from 0110 bitter wild I vies, a native of lVrsia hi.J India.? i long a* \\\s I111.I to ie'v upon the North 1 nnrseiies I'm our supplies, we could 1 y procure tree* of tld* fruit, to ripen ir fruit from May to the fiist of Sep- 1 I her; now we can procure them from I S mi! H'tii nurseries, to ripen in succes- I II from M n to the M ddleof November. I t we still continue to plant tlie peach < d without any regard to having a sue ' .-ion of fruit throughout the season, I 1 I procure therehy only a supply, most 1 of inferior peaches, to ripen through j ! months of July and August. It is < >w n to I'omologots, that the continued 1 nting of the peach seed has a tetiden i 1 to degenerate the hind, rendering it < ler an I small ? although occasionally 1 1 may succeed 111 pioducing an i 111 pro- < I yaiictv. \\ ith a few exceptions there < no o rtainty of producing the same ; 1 icli hv pla iting iheccfd?the only cer < II method of perpetuating a variety i? budding or grafting. I ho Nectarine mly a variety of the poach ; there are ny fine vaiieties in cultivation, hut he. 1 ; eijnally as li .hie to the ravages of (he I volio as the plum, it is unworthy of 1 1 tisive cultivation. The origin of our I iieslic chenics lias heen assigned to , I or tsso wild species of Asia. There j several hundred varieties described in 1 CMtologuc. It is better adapted to I . Wiiillii.iii ill..I M l,It.. S'tilett * vltll . ...v.. ~ " t ti\ of tlie finer vaiieii.-s may be sue sfully cultivated in the South, by traintlic.it with low branching head*. 'I ho < e?t varieties Hie itn Im|'ortaut article of | t in (ieimany. i I he domestic I'lutns or Prunes, are ail 1 posed to have originated from the wild < e, a native ( Asia and North America. I mo tuioo or four hundred kinds are d? I ibc.l in oar hooka and catalogues. It i old he one of our it o?t valuable fruits I general cultivation if it were not for ravage* of the curculio. In order to i id this pest, it is best to plant it in a I r clay soi', or in lots where hogs and t ullry have constant access. Many ot ' t larger varieties are very convenient 1 1 excellent for drying The prune is i d extensively as an article of diet on ! continent of Kurope. I The Apricot is a native of Asia. It < old be one of our most desirable fruits i cultivation, as it ripens its fruits in i it and June ,' if it were not that it 1 iomg so early that it is very liable to he i . < lT by spring frosts. Mr. Weslbrook, < fjrevnshoro, N. C , tells nie that the i rkey Apricot is not liahlo to that ??b- * t ion. j I'lie American (jrape is a different spo I s from thai of Kurope, and is the only ' id worthy of out door cullivattolPln < s country. Every attempt to cultivate ? i foreign grape to any considerable I ent, has been attended with failure, i I is now abandoned by all acquainted ill the subject. Hut several valuable j live varieties have been collected, and I iny more it is'to be hoped will *<ron be < gin.tie J by by hiidixMig the native wi(h I r foreign species. The finer native i ids "an be procured frvfm the nurseries, < i lid nothing of fruit kind can be more emunerative or conducive t<> health, than few rods square of native vines in a ligh state of cultivation. How easily very family might cultivate a sutliciency jr their own consumption during the uinnier and autumnal mouths ; but still hey are utterly neglect* d. 1 shall not attempt on the present <>e , asi? n to give the details ol the best mode f cultivating the ditlareul varieties ?>f mil trees; or the soils best adapted hereto. 1 will only make a few suggesions, thiefly on points which it is e>setiially necessary for us to observo in our lot climate. All fruits do better on a olerably rieh soil, pears, apples, and cher ies reipiire a much richer soil than the teach?but ton canuot ptoduee the h?r- j ;est and best peaches without rich land, it least'in all llie necessary mineral im ;redieuts, which can be most easily supdied by the application of wood ashes. ! \s a preliminary to the planting of all ;ind ol fiuit trees, the ground should be boroughly tienelicd or subsoiled, the loles should be dug from b to 0 feet wide md from two to three feel deep ; and ben before fi'iing lip ti?e boles, their hotoms should be dug up and their sides | lag rough I v down with a pick or b?r of roil so as to prevent them trom retaining xater, which is especially necessary in a till clay sod. The holes should then be ilied wiib the top soil, mingled with well otten vegetable manure, and a shovel or wo of wood ashes, unless the soil is ulHciciitlv rieli of itRelf. If the tir>t stunner should prove dry, particularly where rees are planted as late as January or ! ebruary, they should be thoroughly j iiulcheu for two < r tlir.-e feel around j heir stems with straw, leaves or other j Vegetable matter. AH fruit trees ill this , Itinato should be pruned and shortened .. ... i.. I?.. 1:-? ? i , .. .-X, .i j iu i miii iuw r I Munching at about two feet from the ground ? litis is essential to protect their odtes from our scorching summer sun.? I hotisands of ticus art' annually ciipp'ed, iiseasod ami lost by a neglect of tins pre' autmn. Vou cannot succeed well with lie [euli unless the limbs are shorten*<1 n so as to form a low flattened head. It liould never l e permitted to brtmeli into t lew leading shoots or branches. Cut ut all the leading shoots so as to dilluse lie sap eipially into the side branches.? ll>? unle branches may also be shortened L>a< k to a shoot hud. ?)\ ijood (ultivs ton, in conjunction with this mode of pruning. your peaches will he near all one izo <>n the same tree, and double the size a I those on trees pruned and cultivated ti the old plan?and you will never see your trees split or Lioken by the s'.eet or run acting on lite long branches as so natiy levers. Hjr proper planting and ;ultivati< n, a tree will grow as much in Itree years as they will in ten or twelve rents, neglected as tliey generally are. 1 would advise you to purchase no tiees rout the North which you can procure rotn our Southern Nurseries, us 1 have otiiiu iroui considerable experience am: dscrviition, that they do not flout ish ?s trees grown hore, owing, I suppose, lo their want of acclimation ; besides heir nurseries arc not supplied with the 'southern native seedlings which are in dispensable. W e call nuW purchase front nurseries of our own and iieighboiing States, apples and pear.-, to iipen in succession from May to Mav ; and peaches lo ripen from bfav to November, and everything else of the kind adapted to Jiir climate. 1 have atreadj" alluded to the great dvances the North has made >vi*r us in the science of l'otnologv, and this lias arisen chiefly Irom their niuncr nils nurseries and porologicnl societies.? I'licir ftrst society was organ-zed about iw niy-five years ago. Since then they liave been rx tended to every Northern Stale, and almost to every country ; and by those means they l ave not only col? lected all foreign varieties, which aie or promise to be valuable ; hut besides, have secured and tested a lost of native seed lings which exceli all those imported from Europe. The South has been tributary to the N'oilhern nurseries to the amount of linn J rod a of thousands of dollars, for trees, the greater p?rt not adapted to their climate, until recently wo had no good nurseries, slid until very lately no pouiological societies Hundreds of improved seedling kinds adapted to our climate, have been oat from want of propagation and disaeni nation. The South is at last arising rroin Iter apathy. We have now several Extensive an.I reliable nurseries and koine rocieties?m great number of superior native seedlings have been col ected and on ted, and aie now in the nurseries for >alo. 'I'llo noitliern and middle States *erc beaten in their eiliihitiou if apples ?t the National Poinological fair, held in tfew York, list Septeinher, by West rook it Mfiidenhall, of Greensboro, N. . 1 have no douht that tlie South car, f she exerla her energies,excell tlie North n most fruits. Hundred* of superior seedlings are iratti-red over the South which only re pure knowledge and industry to bring nlo general cultivation. Every District diould liave their local societies to exam lie and romparo the fruit in their neigh [>orhood, so as to bring all local varieties !>efore the public. A convention was re Mmtlr held in Charlotte, N. C., and the >rgaiii/ation of a Southern Poinologicxl Society commenced. It is to hold its first iiiiiumI meeting in Chailotte, next fill.? 11,0 object of ibis Society is to collect to {ether delegates from the various kindred ocal societies of the Southern States, to rxhihil fruits at ono or more annual fairs, to establish a r oinendalure of frnita?to iscerlaiii the varieties best adapted to rarious soils and localities?to oncourage the collection, orig >? ion and ?!:>s?*?niu tion of valuable new varieties?to encour age tlie study of the nature ?.f the insects aiul diseases ol trees and their remedies. Fti short, to bring iho whole South into co operation to advance the science and cill'iisu the benefits of i'oinologv. Itut without tlie co.operat ou of S'ate and dis trict societies, a general southern conven tion can do n >thing. j there! re suggest that the tueinhets of this S ci-ty take some measures to make poino'ogv an in tegral part ol their bod v. Let us assist in the great cause of developing the resources of the South and cease to he tnii utary to tlio North for trees not adapted to our climate. Reveries of a Maideu Lady. ?>ixttin l'mrs Old.? I wonder if every young girl forms as many plans for '.lie future as 1 do; and such pleasant plans too. It set ins to me one need only live to be happy. I shall soon leave school ; then I intend to read a great deal, mid studv house keeping, so that when I am mariied I tnay make a pleasant koine for inv husband. Xinctrcn Tears Old.?Two winters in socielv ! Well, I have learned one thing. 1 lind that the world views me neithei handsome, rich, nor entertaining, ous< iitietilly 1 am not of much importance, which is not a very great discovert ; but I am sti'c that 1 have a min i and a heart. What am 1 to do with ihctn? Ttrtnly Time )'vars Old.? i mil no longer happy ; the spirit ol unrest has in ken possession ol me. How can I live this woary life ?>l insanity .' 1 try to neglect no I ouschold duty ; but we have plenty of servants to do all the work. A woman's h>t is a sad one! she is Pud 'her noblest station is retleat." Uii lit: t I w. r. a man, that 1 might be active, were tl but hi money making. ! am not good enough to live a holy bein voieiit life vet. I waul occupation, i have no desire to go to paily alter parly e- many a voting lady does, I.oping to lind a litishatid.? The whole s v stein t f society is degrading to woman. It s? em* to nie it wind I be latter to oiler proposiU ol marriage opetl I v to gelilltfllivn, than to Us,, t he lUal.o'U' Vets now praclistd?'.iiat is, il a waiuaii must be married. Ma-i she, in older to j be happy ? I do not know. y?^c? tj tjr.? ?> cji J. 11 ? tli? \fi?> pliie on, marked bv mat v events hi><! e\pel!f!;>? ?; Irit m\ iiti:.<I - -nil un certain about life. Man\ women in tuv place wiml.l bate iiihiri?*<l .\lr. lb lor l.e lovml nic, t>1 ;ttn ami unattractive as 1 an.; but thoupli lie was won lit a bctn-i wo in;iit tliuti nit.-eil, 1 did not !o\c bm as a wile should love l.er llllsband. Tile t-'W men wbo liave happened to rare lot n e 1 bate tiol fancied, an.2 so ! will lie an |o|i] mail!. I?ut, wbat shall I live |'>>r?? \\ bat shall 1 do to be happy Thirty fire Yturs (>! !.? A faint gleam o! light seems to shine nju tt n.y pub ? a feeling of the t rut It thatoiir life h-re is a on bation : tliat "ei j yiiK-nt ami not rI rotv, is our destined ei d or wuv." 1 bate et < i been seeking after happiness; ?e n b ' Iv happiness , 1 lit now I feel a degree of willi.gness to reeeite iteit event, wbedi er j it fnl or s;ol, as sent by an All wise II 'realor. Willi ibis willingness, routes a feeling of strange e< ntentiuenl. What mattejs a little nioie or .ess of transit! '\ I eartbly pleasure? l ite gieatost allium of Comfort in life is mured In heing adv. to llio blessings tliat we receive ilat bv ilnv, appreciating tlie blessings of oni lot I?not ehvt inp others. '1 lie education ol oil's is teiv citiel, tliev hi-' obliged to learn wisdom bv sad experience. W lit cannot they be fitted, as far as possilue, to bear life under any aspect ? Instead 'of teaching tlieiii tliat the oulv Lapp\ state of woman is tliat of wife and 'notIter let them prow tip with the idea tl at in n riage ;s an incident in life, sometimes a f ti'iil frtw*. r'tlSnr tl s'unil.1 1... .. Iti'O.i. -I ill this w.av, or the opportunities ??f marriage should be as free to woman us to man, Why could uot parents invite geu tleiueti In their houses with the avowed object of selecting husbands fur tlieir i daughters! Many a worthy man would I then gain a wife to whom lie would lie i have dated to aspire. Why al ould it he 1 thought more immodest for a girl to show an innocent prefeti nee founded on true admiration mid respect?'hat! fur her to love and marry a man merely out of gratitude for hi* fare' nig her ? It wo m in only felt the certainty that thev can marry if they choose, half the foibles o| their character?such as vanity and jenh i ouay ? would be much lessened. I heir aium would be nobler, they would make | better wives.? Ifome Journal. TllH SCIKXCK O* (ioiNU IO I' Kl>.- I lnj earth is a magnet, with magnetic curienti constantly playing around it. '1 lo- Inn man body is also a magnet, and when the body is placed in certain relations to lliu eatlb. these currents harmonize, when in any other position they conflict. When one position is to le maintained for some time, a position should be chosen in which the magnet c current* of the earth and the body will not conflict. The position, as indicated l?y theory, and Known hy experiment, is to lie with the head towards the notth pole. 1'ersons who sleep with their heads in the oppo site direction, or lying cros*wi*e, aro lis hie to fall into various nervous disorders, When they go hack to the right position thes disordera, if not too dt <*ply impressed upon the constitution, soon vanish. Sensi live persons are always more refreshed hy t sleep when their heads point duo north i Aclii'.ects, in planning houses, shouk bear this principle in mind. tflnlfil Ituiij. "lie: c she goes, and there si (ioes.'' The following amusing and well to storv was published for the first time, ' if of tlte city papers of Gotham, son lil'ifc' n years ago. A day or two sin we fell in with a gentleman who let pa,ns t ? ar.plaint hin.seil personally wi tiie fait.- at the time ol their occurronc an ! who vouches for die truiliftilness the sul'joined narrative : Not long since, twostylisii looking pt sons pat up for the night in the upp part of the eitv. < hi 'lie morrow, alt ouleiing tin ir bill, they sent for the Ian lord, who was not long in waiting upi liis aristocratic guests, i 'I wish to purchase that old clock i stairs ; will \ou seil it !' asked the eld( I while the younger cast his eves over tl columns ol a newspaper which lav up< the table. The landlord, who had set i gnat value upon the ciock, except as i heir loom, began to suspect it might pi sess the virtue of lleywood's chair, i tilled with com?and almost involuiiia the three ascended to the 100:11 whii Coll'.I lied it. 'The fact is,' said the older,'I once wn twenty pounds with a clock like that.' "Twentv pounds!' ejaculated the Ian lord. 'Yes volt see that tin re was one like in a room down in IvseK. and a Felie i iet 11: I:,i i'.?111 * I kep !i> lor- linger sw ii ing with the pendulum I'cr an hour, on > n .iig, 'llete she goes, there site goc [! til.lii't ?h# it. J walked the muii ' out t 1111 ii in 110 time ! 'ion did' \ 0:1 couldn't. wa'k it o of me. MM bet ten pounds I can do ! on the spot. 'i > in; I'ciied the stranger, t In- dock struck eight, and with 1 ha< k to the table and door, the landlc popped into a chair. 11.-1?- she goes, there she goes !' a iiis ling.-! waved a C'.itvo, his eyes fu tixvd i n ti.e pendulum. The lellow's 1 tel l llplioli. '\\ lieie is tiie money ? 1 'lank t tr.oiiev !' Tl.e landlord was not to lose in tl >ni, 11; 1' ?v r..^. 1 .1.,..1, .tint tup went with the pendulum, and his I hand d:sen?ai?ei| his pulse liom Ins pO' let winch he threw holmi I him 011 the 1 hie. All was silent ; the dapper mall iingdi ex el a in 1 cd. Shall I dep.?it the money in the hat ? .1 ' i * ?i iii#* waiicr i I I, IV ?ln' g<>cs, there she goes !' v the only answer. One <>f tli.i wags h it the room. ho:ir<! liiin go down stairs, hut he v Hot to be (listuibed bv that trick. Presently the waiter entered,and loin i?i?_T li in hi.on the shoulder, asked. 'Mr. I'> . are you crazy I W I are you doing 'Here she goes, there she goes !' he siioiule I. Ins hai >1 aloi forefinger wavi as befol'''. The waiter rushed down stairs, rai one of the neighbors, and invited him to see Lis master. They ascended, ? the neighbor s.-i/.iug him gently by i slion'der, in an imploring voice, said, 'Mr. It , ilo nol sit here. (Joi g<> down stairs; what can possibly p sess \ ou to be sitting here !' 'Here she goes, there she goes!' v the oi.lt replv, and the solemn face a the slow moving linger settled the mat 'He is mad,' replied the friend, ' must go for a doctor.' TI.e landlord was not to be duped, was n ?t to be deceived, though the wli ... I n i:?11??i- i*# i ii K'l I ii | >i mill. on liiii] better call up his wife,' adi tin* friend. '1 It*re she goes, there she goes ! rep ted the landlord, and still the hand in ed on. In a moment, his wife entered, full agony ot soil. 'Mv dear,' she kindly said, 'look 1 iiie, it is your wife who speaks !' 'Here she goes, there she goes !' hand continued to move, but his \ wouldn't go; she would stay, and thought she was determined to cons] against him, and inake liiin lose the ger. >he wept as she continued, What cause have you for litis ? \\ \ do you do so ? Has your wife' 'Here she goes, there she goes!' i ln> finger seemed to be tracing its ; progress, for ant tiling she could aseerl to ti e contrary. My deai,' she still continued, think that (be thought of his child, whom fondiv loved, would leml to restore h i shall I call tij your daughter ?' \ 'Heie she gops there she goes !' landlord, again repeated his eves hecoin more and more fixed ami glazed froi i i steadiness of the gaz". A slight sn i which had a great effect upon the mi i of those present, played upon his fac< 11o thought of the many unsuccessful sorts to ?*in him from his purpose, am i , his success ill b.dlVng them. The pit > ci.in entered. lie stood hv tbosideof I busy man. lie looked at him in silc i shook his head; and to the anxious tnr i ry of his wife, answered. Nu madam.' The fewer persons I the better The maul had better i away ; do noj, let the maid' , , 'Tlt-re she goes, there she goes 1' I n^Min in harmony wi'h the waving lir i lulled again from the lips of the In 'tlord. 4A consultation, I think, wilt he ne I snry,' said the phrsicisn. 'Will you at once ior l>r. A ?V The k'lul neighbor buttoned up his coat ami hurried from tlie room. In a few minutes Dr. A , with = another medical gentleman entered. This is ;. sorry sight,' said he to the doctor with him. 'Indeed it is sir,' was the reply. 'It is a sinhh'ti attack, one of the' d 'Here she goes, there she goes !' was the sole reply. The physicians stepped |,e into a corner, an I consulted together. <-'e 'It is advisable, 1 think, that his head k he shaved,' said one to the otber, who asdi seated?'aud I w ill dispatch a servant for l*t a t>ai her,1 a resolution which lie put lmtneol dialelr into effect. 'Here she goes, there she goes !' alr* most shouted the landlord, as the minute l'r hand arrived at the desired point. The haiher arrived, he was naturally a d' 1 talkative man, and when the doctor made some casual remarks, reflecting upon the .pia.itv of the instrument lie was about Jl' to use, he replied, :r' j 'Ah, ha ! Monsieur, you say very had ',H razor. 'Ti? beautiful ! Look !?look I jii very good isn't lie I' 1,0 'Here she goes, there she goes?' scream 1,11 ed the landlord, his hand moving on?on 's" , hi> face gathered a smile, and Ins whole frame in readiness convulsed with a joy. ry TI10 barber was amazed. 'Here sbe -b g..es, there she goes,' lie responded in the best English he could use. 'Vare shall, | vare shall I begin ? Vat is dat Le sat.' J" 1 'Shave his head at once,1 interrupted I the doctor. '1 iere she goes, there she goes I1 for the ,w last time cried the landlord, as the clock 'U struck the huui of nine, and lie sprung 'y from his seat in an ecstacy of delight, s- screaming at the top of Ins voice, as he ey 1 skipped around the room. I \ e won it ! Eve won it l1 ul ! 'What t' said the waiter. 1 ; -\\ hat V echoed the doctors. 'What j1 reechoed the wife. 'W hv, the wager?ten pounds?1 liut, "s ' casting his e\es around the room, and r*' , oiissing the young men who had induced him to watch the clock, he asked : 'Where a.e those young men who supJ') ped h? re last n ght ? Eh ? t^uick ! W neru 1,1 HIO they V They went away in their pliealun near1,0 Iv an hour ago,' was the reply of the w aiier. The truth flashed like a thunder bolt '* - through his niii.il. They had taken his u 1 pocket hook, \\itli twenty one pound* 1 v i therein, and hud decamped?a couple of n swindling sharpers with wit to back thetn. at i ^ |tj? Satisfaciokv.? 'llello boy ! did you see a tabhil otoss the road theie this ,as ?"w ' ' A rabbit I' I j,. \ f" ! la* .puek ! a rabbit !' ..(R ' Was it a Under giay vartinul V ' Yes! yes !' .j, 1 A lotigisli cr? ter with a short tail ?' hs! be quick, or he'll gam his burIHl j rmV* I Had it long legs behind and big re_ | eats V ng i 'Yes! yes.* ' Ami sorter jumps when lie tuns?' led 1 ' ^ es ! 1 (eli you ; jumps when it runs !' tip ' ^ '"1. 1 bail.I seen sucli a crelur about >ml ' lltre-' lite | - "" A kind hearted wile once waited on a jMMsicwtii 10 it-quesi iiiiii u> prescribe lt>r lOS her husband's ey ea which was sole. 'Let itn wash them,' said the doctor, ia* 'every morning with brandy.' "m A tew week? afur the doctor cbanced to meet tlie wile. 'Well, has. your husband followed my ail vice.' "? "lie lias done everything in bis power to do it, doctor, but lie never could gel the bratuly higher than his inoulb.1 i 'omk8tic KkciI'B?a father who liad ^ passed innumerable sleepless liighl*, lias iiiiinortahzed himself by discovering a , metliod of keeping babies quiet. I he mo> Jus ojH-ramfi is as follows: As soon as I lies sq uaher awakes, set i; up. proped by a pillow, if it cannot sit alone, ami smear j(js its tingeis witii tlnck molasses; tiien put bail a dozen featbets into its bands ; and I it will sit and pick tlie feathers (rum one ( band to thu other until it drops to sleep. , As soon as it awakes agan, more niolas. sea ami more featbets; ?t:d in place of ;| the ner e astounding yells, tbere will be silence and enjoyment unspeakable. und " " * ^ m ?irv A Minister repeating ibe first line or Hin so of a chapter in llie liibie, the clerk by soine nnsiake or other, read it after him, ing l lie clergyman read as follows ; lie 'M<*e? whs hi* austere man, and made iin, atolieinetil f, r tlie sins of the people/ 1 lie clerk, 'iho could not exactly catch the the sentence, reported thus: mg 'Moses was an oyster man, and made the ointment lor toe slims of Ins people." itie, - iM m m "Talkin' of law," says Pempev' 'now ',s m ikes trie think of the mortal Onto, who ''' lih 'most a thousand tears ago, once said " do law is like a grouii glass winder, that ^ gives light enough to light us poor errtn* 1 " mortals in de dark passage of dia life ; but t".t it would nuzzle de debble himself to see troo it.' icre itay An honest ton ot Krin, green from hi* peregrinations, put hi* head into a lew\ et vet's office, and asked the inmate ; * iger *''An what do you sell here !' ind* * 11 lock heads, replied the limb of lb* law. ces- Och. thin to hesure,' said Pat, 'it must run be a good trada, for I see that there ia but one of them left/