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flie Lancaster Ceiigcr. %2 PER ANNUM ESSiTTC* IN ADVANCE 3 /nmilg anil ^alitiral JJnnapaptt?Dtaottl) to tljt 3rts, stirarts, litnntnrt, ifimmtiau, agrirultarr, 3alminl Siiiprouruirnla, .fnrrign auii Camrstit Sim, aui) the JUnrlttts. VOLUME VIII, LANCASTER C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 13.39. N'IIM'R iTI7 ? J>plert j*My Ain SweetyJean. ?< " , I wad nn gi'o mv ain aweet Jean < For a' the *? ivea I vet hue ?een ; i I a , ll'a no her look*, its no her air, I . Tinit mnk's her seem to me uaq fiur ; | ' , it'* no her form o' modest grace, ! Nor i?'t her w inscuie bonnie face ; j try , jdut 'lu her heart, sea pure and free, yoi ' I'llnt makes tier a* the world to (ne. ' ha; | I , ia*t it'.iers fret : 'tis mine to sing , |IMr The joys that riches carina bring, j y?i Let me the bliss o' rupture share ; cliii Where smile* dispel the cloud* o' caro j 1 (,ie nie my eoaie happy hauie, , *? ? That's *' the gear on earth 1 claim ; j fy My wife and buirniea three, *?? Arc mair than a' the world to tnv ! Jrlrrteii &tanj. '*, Kioui the Home Magazine. ? |j Gifts. i?J _ ' ** ! >?? UV HKI.BK H. CfTl.lt It* t ,|*t " ' A very small gift ni*v ?ometiinea j'?g cause groat pleaaiire," sa\a Miss IJitford, i ?? t "yet h i* cli ?ry we arc of our gif.s, even j 'oul wli.Mi 'giving will not impoverish, nor j c',a Withholding en*tell II*. | |>ro A siiiiie, a kind word, what treasures ' they may prove; but how neglectful we * ?' are to heatow tiiein. Tliey have in them a quickening power; tbej convey 'vital; ^ 'air' to the depressed spirit. I ',,,r 1 tried an experiment once, illustrative "I1C of these truths,. \\ alkilig out otie even' ',("r | .1. i. ' u?, ? i?i uie limine 01 H poor wi<l l"> oa, wlmiii I had nonH'tmien employed to s',e wanl: for me, and v.ho?o two interesting i clmd/m niric e?peci*l favorite* of mine. 1 co" I loond her rclting ImiU-nslv over their fee | "*** hie lire, Willi liniuln folded ill her Up, the , H',M \ort picture of iKipelenntmna miiiI daapair. ' J liree v earn before, her hualiMlid had j'''"j Lt-en til.el hy llie tall of a tree. Prior | ' uun to lit in, limy had culaaiatrd on the j *u" WN|>H? of l|In dallv UhtM, Hlld afl?'?" Ilia ?Unl ileMili, Ih'M'Ih the hur.ien of her ^rh*f, tlm j had to Ikjm." llial of imiiti^ f.,r the nup- j pcit of h.,r little family, iler ntreo^ili "A heumi to docllll--, and alio feared it inlit toe wholly fail. Mini "lie and her children ho lint com* bc^tfar*. I Ilia upjiallln^ prospect ! An I (1 *pianne?| her riierjpen Mill further, arid ' h.*' i.l ll.e t'til alio dreaded, *a* faM j Lr:i!*i;in^ it upon hef. H*r little #ir!, alie told tue, had just re j j turned from takint; home nemo clothe* .j.^ ehe had heeti Wimhmg for a lady in the { * tie gh'e<?rljo?.d. I lie lady *?? HtMfiilfroui iioiiiw, and ahe failed to jet the money J . she etc peeled, Mid of which nlie Mood I 1 ,e greatly in new I to atipplv protein want*. I . 1 gently obtained her confidence. t lie\ had no food in the house, hut , j some 11'>tat<>es ninl corn mewl. She ?ai I j . nil* had been thinking all day, over her ^ work, that ?Ixo * ? ?U1 take some of llie . ? ii "he iiioii?v s he wan earning, and buy tome . pice lui'e relish for supper, her appetite * j ^ wan an poor. Slot m 1.i, tha* perhapt ' she wan uugtateful in indulging a r?*|?in ! 1 ing spirit, ami ought to he thankful thai j alio had any food, ?Liii thousands, she , . ^ supposed, were starving, but. ahe felt ;ta if j she lihoui.l miiikt ami couldn't hel|> it. iShe j wui nfraHl she wan going to be l*id up { with a fever ; she felt it 'in bar bones' I . ? 1 took Iter hand. It we dry 9ml burn- j ' ing. licr breath had a fetid smell. I -,U| knew these fevcfii.h symptoms might pro | Ceed fro?,: a depressed statu of nond, ami tli't mind and body to react upon each . oilier it ia often difficult to tell where the ' * first cause of iliseeae lies, or ?o which to ' app-y 1 lie remedy In this cane, i thought j"^1 both had l>een too heavily burdened. I had two shilling* in my pocket. I j V?' had no morn. I had placod it thorn to j . J purchane for myself some little gratdica ,er lion lh tl uuglil suggest itself. 1 sai-l, I * 1 wid treat iu\welf to a greater one than 1 '* iiitemled, and tr< an interesting erperi I"" "lent besides. Rising, 1 said to the wid 1 ?>w, "! am going out for ? few moments. 1 Sit where you are, till I return.' sue looked up inquiringly, mix] teeing ( me smile, *he said, '1 *?il!.* Now, I said to myself, hi I gained the c"n street, 1 must bring a little of my Mrill) 14' nvtic into requisition, end ley out tlii? me quarter uf h dollar to the best advantage, it *hall furnish a supper tit for a king,and \'o f will prepare it mtseif, for that poor for- IUU lorn toul. I went to a shop a little wav Vll, off. wen varioaa articles in the eating MJj line were k ?pt fbr valft. to tuvesl iny two #t,| lulling* Hefnre i went in, 1 maile ovlt koii a lift of tbe item* i intended to purchase, 11>u and tbeir pat, on a leaf of my note hook. n4, It won like thi* ?pe 4 apple*, 4 centa. Hgi Small wheat loaf, ft " Wli Half pound (.Mice, C M Do do Sugar, 4 44 tjc, A slice of lltin, nnd two or three jou egga for the remaining, ti " ?u(l Having obtained my purchases, I bor- ly < m?vi] a banket of the kind shopman, and as placing I hem in it, returned to tbe a id ihu owY Setting tuy backet on tha table, I prii aid to little Mary, 'Now, I waut aouie more Are in tha st??e,' and she run out to ho, get a banket of chips, end I took off my ( thing*, and l*gan to bustle about in a the business like manner. Tbe widow smiled <?,>;, feebly. She bad a auspiciou of tt.v de< w,t 8 ?'&? bot Now, I don't want you to inteifere with life me. I *m mistress of the house for a lit- ma lie while,' I said, playfully, na I took a ma baaio from tbe cupboard, and pouring ant r ? .r .* ., / y^y I i coffee into it, begun to preparo it for 1 wiling. I will miiul yon,' she answered, 'but I l'l like to have you take ro much I nble ?; mv account.' Trouble,*. 1 *aid. 'I haven't been so j ipily employed in * long lime, ami all sk to have my own way for a little j ile, and Mary to help me.' Yyu shall have everything a* you nt it.' said Mrs. Kreeman, 'and I will ' to l?? very good aud quiet, to please i, for I know you want to inaka me , look Godey from my pocket, and ided it to her. 'Hero in a Magazine i can look at, to keep you out of misi'f while I am operating.* knew aha wan foud of reading, ami loin had liine, or opportunity to grabber taste it) this respect. She was ii alworlwd in a story, and forgetful of present circumstance*. browned tlio coffee, and putting it in coffee pot, with a small portion of one the egg*, ! poured some cold water on ( (it's a wav I have of making coffee) I I set it on the stove. Then I tried the j n and eggs, and baked the apples, , il.i little Mary set the table. It occur ! to me there was no cream for the cof I was acquainted with the lady It v. j next door, and knew she had abon ee, and to spare, ao I took the cream j . ami ran in to ank for a Itltlo cream tarnish llie feast I bad prepared. I 1 nd Iter lounging in a luxurious, easy ; ir. clad in costly apparel, y/hen i ' ffered my request, hIih laughed, and 1 ed me, 'an eccentric girl,' but rang for j ?rvaut, and told her to till tpy pitcher ! Ii cream. A'hile I was waiting for it, I spoke of neighbor, the poor widow. I saw ? . j e. by thy expression of her face, that heart was steeled against any synpa for my particular portege, whatever upghl have for others. Mrs Kreeman,' she said, 'was always \ iplaiuiug ; but for Iter part, she didn't | what there was to prevent her getting ig a* well as other poor people, and j thought all that was lacking, was a I' tfl tloli to do so ' faviu? tiikl'Ofccd of the matter in this unary manner, she ree!?n*??l among Iter liioiiM with seicnitv, an<l a conscience ; rilling of offence. As i walked back li tlu? cream, I thought : wretched soul, bruised with adversity, bid be vjuet ahuii wc hoar it cry ; were ti burdened with like weight of pain, \ much, or more, wc should ourselves emu- i plaiu." placed tho suppbi on tlin table, an<l n eat down at one side, and poured Coffee, and did the l.onom generally. widow'k countenance looked lera hagd alien she took her seal at lliu table, u it had done alien I canib it), with rest, the withdrawal of her mind from r, which the reading brought, and the lltOT I 11 sa f ul>W U ae ?..? la .? ?. I I . / ? ' - .M?? o?^ ""O ??v#fc nuiliiv lUJSHMJi:, I ? my euro for her comfort gavo her. I wan an imeroaling study to observe i gradual clearing up, an the drank the and partook of the food. When I returned to Iter rocking chair, after meal was tin fluid, the weary, hope* 1 > expression had given place to a bright erlul look, and the conversed u> r.n mated, hopeful manner. I knew the rid wore (or her a fairer aspect than it J 1 presented two houra before, and that i burden of care and anxiety, which i pressed .so heavily upon liar, was in ;o?j'l measure removed. And all this, I aid, for^the trilling sum of two shillings I a little kiudneita. How cheaply wo may confer happiness ny time*, I thought, without the dileat pe rson;.I sacrifice. if wo only do i opportunity. The widow told tr.a -rward*. thai sh i want to work the ;t iik.ruing, after the little incident I re mentioned, with renewed courage, I her atlairs grew more prosperous.? j timely coining, she thought, raised , front the despondency into which she ? hopelessly sinking, and warded oft fevet that she fell sure would have ued Irutu her over wearied spirit and fite. Siliton giid Printers. "Jov. Packer, of Pennsylvania, was retly invited to take a seal in a e litori* convention at Ilarrisburg, when lie tie the following speech ; Mr. Prrxidrnt and Brother Kditorx: ur worthy 1'ieaident lie* done me too eli honor, certainly. When I was in h! lo take a Mat among my brother lore?for 1 am proud to call myself I an editor, although it is a long time, ne hfieen years, since 1 bare had any ng lo do with the publication of a ?*paper?1 did not etp<?ct to lie thus cially honored. Nearly forty years >, I entered a printing office, when 1 j s a small boy. 1 went llirdhgh all the idea, from the lowest printer's appren >, lo that of th? conductor of a public mal, and I published a paper for lie fifteen or tvyeuy years. \ certaindid not distinguish tuyself as an editor, my friend on my left Las done, al ugh I believe bo never was a practical liter. The Prexident.?1 never bat( that tor, anil I am sorry that I had uot. Jo*. Packer?Brother Pditor$ : It is ' i highest honor that has evsr l?een peered upon me, and 1 look back to it ' h pleasure. I passed through the poor r's college, in making my way through Mv first place" was that in which ny of the editors here present here de their first appearance. Printers 1 editors have a right to be proud of J 'ft ?* j v I their ?rl. I need not say to you, my I fellow citizens, that I did not come hero j to make a speech, because you will learu that before J am through Printers, I say, have a right, to bo proud of their art. | Cast your eyes hack for a few centuries, J when there were no printers, and you will tind that the wjjolo world was enveh j oped in darkness, and that to be a poor man was to he a serf anu a slave. Now, civilization, and thu arts and sciences, , march behind the printing press. Where { ever you send your aruiy, the most po- j lent machine that goes with the army, more formidable than tho cannon, more terrible than the sword, is the printing press ihat is carried with it; every pla j toou contains a printer, and in every i battle that has been fought or. this conli ncnt, tho printers Lave not only done their part with the sword, but with the printing pre^s; and to Oav, the printing press i? most feared by llio tyrants of this world?for it is tho tvrm.t'o foe and * the people's friend. The printing press is more b-ared this day, among tho obi rot ten aristocracy of JEuropc. than aj! tho i anuieo of the wor'd. What is it that Louis Napoleon most fears ? If two hun j dred thousand resolute soldiers were to appear at Paris tomorrow, they would not alarm him half so much as the news that two hundred thousand newspapers, ' containing the true record of Ins govern ; tneiit, had heoii circulated within the ci'y of Paris. Only four hundred years j ago thetc were no printing presses. Con trast that period with the present, and see the advancement that has been made I in all the elements of greatness, iiow do toll account for it? I).? von il.inL- ui i U>i* day there is more patriotism, that the coiiiitrv is more enlightened since the invention of the printing press ? Certainly not; it is that the sheets that come ) from off the toiling printing presses | enlighten the world ; and 111 enlightening ( the millions, you promote their welfare j and comfort. Mr. /'resilient : I do not come, as I said before, to make a speech. 1 thank mv brother editors for doing mo the I honor of inviting tue here 1 thank you i fionj the bottom *?f mv heart. \yiiatever affects the printer, affects me, for 1 feel invsolf a printer. Whatever affects an editor, affects me, for 1 have been myself an editor, f again thank you, gentle men, for the honor you have conferred on tue. From the Scientific American. Habits of Bewildered Persons. Mkhsk*. Knnoit*?In a late number of your paper }ou state, in anawertoaome correspondent, tbat you have no confi deuCe in the report that 'when a man is lost he will travel in a circle/ In this you are certainly mistaken ; it is a fact well-known to all frontiersmen that, when persons aru d*owildere<i, they frequently travel in a circle, sometimes keeping the nmiiu u?' k until iimy have made hull dozen t qu?l rounds ; at oilier Hint." muk ing llie circle larger or smaller each lime. Il is not by any meana always the cam, w hen a person is losi ; but it is so frequent thai il in within the experience of every one wli ? has been inueh in the woods.? In calm an l cloudy weather, and in a country of much sameness of ap|tearance, tho best woodsmen get so bewildered as lo 'take the circles.' 1'ersoiia not aceus touted lo ihe woods will sometimes do so, hen llie sun is shining and a steady breeze blowing. On the level or gulf prairies of inm country on a calm, fo^gv morning, no man can travel without a road. il is an incident of everyday occurrence in the Spring and Kali seasons, thai men are thus becalmed on the prairie as effectually as am ships at sea: nor will a conipast mend the matter, for it cannot lie carried steadily enough to km p its meridian, and the course il points cannot lie kept for fifty yards; it a man attempts it, he will make a circle and come back to the place ho started from. The circle will be large or small generally in propor lion to the density of the fog?sometimes only a hundred yards in diameter; at other timet, a mile, but seldom more.? The cire'es thus made are |>erfect. This kii;.'. of wandyring seems to arise from an attempt to g-~> n straight course, or when the usual guide* of sun, wind, or the gen eral contour of the country are disregarded. Il rarely befalls children, who do not attempt lo go a course, but only run from one visible point to another equally perceptible. Many apparently triva! traits in the disposition of animals, which are of great use to woodsmen, are omitted in books of natural history ; cliiet'y from ignorance, no doubt. One of these is the deposition of a horse, when frightened, to rur, against the wind, if anv in blowing. Thousands of borsus which would be otherwise irre vocably lost annually, on this frontier, are recovered by observing this simple rule in pursuit. All animals have similar incx I>nr?i>ie trans in their disposition; And men are no exception to the rule. While men, when they hre scared, will retreat in the smne direction in which they caine. The Indian* know thi*, and lay their plan*' accordingly ; and many a gallant company baa been cut to piece*, simply froiu ignorance of this tact. But tiioae who understand these matter*, when they find it necessary to make a lnUty retreat, always do so in a straight line, and in a direction different from (he one iu which the* came. We frequently see notices in northern papers of Children being tost. ?uch thing* rarely occur on thia frou'.ier; thoguh children uf ten wander, and there are but few neighbors to help search for them.? Psrnaps the cause of humanity might ! be subserved, the publishing a few rules j ' 0 to be observed in such searches, child will make a Utu-k or trtil plain oogh to bo followed by the eve, ovei ground, unless there be much passu men or animals to spoil the trail ; a can be folio w ed by almost any pcrsi good sight, although he may not had anv previous experience, (io to place where the child was last seen, ook for the trail, glancing along ground with a sharp scanning look ; i it is found, a faint kind of a line vvi seen, which may be followed at s walk, until a well defined track occui II the trailer stops to look for the i he will probably lose the trail, and go hack and take it up again will same scanning glance along ihy gre The trad which hunters and Indian low skillfully, is not so much compos tracks or footprints, a* of indescril little signs, such as leave* and hiad grass bent or turned, twigs broken, other things so small and faint that cannot be shown to a:iy one. vet * when all put together, make a kit line along the ground, win di line ca seen by a rapid glancing look, but w will disappear when at Steady. 'I he of human being is more eas-ily folh than that of any other creature, be< there is a kind of purpose in it. dill from the trail cf irrations! animals child will change its course around < thick clutup of hushes, ai.d go n strait where the ground is open. If scared and running, it will run fron wind, if much is blowing, and from voice it hears ; iu such ci?m?*, therefV is not good policy to call much upon lost child's name. M. M. tioliad Texas, March, A Few Words About Birds. It is amusing to see little boys s ing birds. Indeed, it is uot provoc of gravity to behold grown men pur with huge guns diminutive songster Valentine's day, when the birds their partners, is the period usually ted to put an end to their amiable Birds are useful, as well as agre creatures, useful to tin; farmer in do I ing tiii? many insects that would i I wise mjnro the fruits of tho earth | probably, in tins way, birds do good U> society than the unfoat I tuned* who ho rcmorselocsly pursue 1 Some St iles have passed law a to pi | the shooting of bird*. on account ot l value to the agriculturalist. Even | I ic, uiilitarian, and matter of fact C< ! ticut has done this, ai d will not I Intle hoys or grown up boys to hill j useful creatures. We say uothiti j their beauty, their innocence, an | sweet songs with wliicli they deltg! , ear and tho soul of men. It is In I imagine what pleasuiu a human with brains can derive from slaugh | the&o little singers, who havo at an; i verv little Hesh 011 '.heir bones, am d?r more gratification to the eye I beauty of their plumage and to tl by the sweetness of their strains, tliev can to the palate us an arli 'food ^ Anti-Bad Luck SocietyFrom the earliest times to the pr | superstition has been an ever p quality of tho human mind, and pi I>? ii\j -I i io mriii>ci?n ^'11?ur. ?1111<?us loudly denied it in others. Thi { ilu'ir uioa of reform. Even in this on I ened age, tlio old household belie hold by id my with groat perlinacitt no argument will convince tbem ol J fallacy. The only way to do this ; prove the position that the belief is i sense, by h bold defiance. Sonio 1 Fruqchmon arc trying to do this. J fifty has been forme.1 at Hordes I put down tlio superstition of evil ot 1 An everybody knows, it is 'bad lucl j begin ant ibin^ on a Friday, or j down at a tabic with thirteen, or t< J ance your chair on one leg, or t< . salt between your?uif ai.tl friend, new Society propose to have regula ners tin Friday, to have thirteen i? j to turn chairs on one leg, and spi around before commencing. In tl.o 1 I year, during which ill luck has been I defied, no single iataiiiv has oconri ; any member. ? Scientific American 'I nit Vol-no Man's Couitait.? 1 | h>m first at a social party. ilo tc single glass of wine ; and that in c?i ance with the request of a young I with whom he conversed. | *aw him next, when he suppos was Ulinrvll, IHKlllg 8 g|AM8 lO SHllSt slight desire formed by hit social i gcuce. lie thought there was no ! ?*rI saw him next again with tho*e < owl. ago meeting ml night to spei short lime in a convivial pleasure, said it was only innocent aiunuMiieii I met hnn next late in the evenii the street unable to get home. 1 as . bun thither, lie looked ashamed we next met. I saw him next reclining in the t | A confused stare on bin countenance ! words of blasphemy on hit long bhauie was gone. 1 taw him ytt once more, lie ' pale and cold and rnoliogleaa, ant carried by his friend* to hit last r< filace. In the small procession tint owed, every head was cut dowr teemed to thake with uncommoi guish. Hit father1! gray htirt were goi the grave in sorrow. Hit mother to think that the had ever given bii tuob a ton. 0 3j Suuikij H?ailinq# milt' Beautiful Doll. on of A little girl returning frotn school 01 liave day, skw in the window of x toy shop the large and beautiful doll that she ve and much wanted. The price wa.-? two dollai ; the and this would take all the contents when her little purse. ill be Some ti:ne previous she had heard tl i fast missionary tell of the ignorance of cb rs.? dren in heathen land*, and their gre rack, need of the gospel ; anil she had del* must mined, as soon as she could earn a fi i the i more shilliugs to bring up the previo lUiid. | amount of her savings to five dollars, s fol give it ail to the Missionary Society t-d of help educate a heathen child. All h able dunes and half diiuea had been ercba es of ged for a bright, new, five dollar g<> , and piece for this purpose when the doll t they traded her attention. Inch 1" her anxiety to possess the doll, tl id of ' wants and woes of the heathen were f? n he I gotten, and Iter mother's consent to t1 ihieh purchase eagerly sought. This whs gi trad j en, hut her pious mother advised hoc wed ' think well, before she decidr d to induli ause herself at the sacrifice of doing good eruul i others far more needy ; and after son A I farther conversation on the subject, tl very alVejiioiiate parent kissed her child hi early i hide her good-night. L'wo hours lat it is when site supposed little Annie was fa 11 the locked it: clumber, her little girl enter any her mother's chamber, and holding o >re, it the gold piece, burst into a:: agonv the ' lears : 'Ch.de&r mother, take it,' said si iv. | '1 cannot sleep till you have promised send it to tho Missionary Society. AH ! I undressed I knelt down and began | shv, 'Our Father,1 but when 1 came ' 'thy kingdom come,' 1 could not say hoot- for I remembered tl.at the good iniaJoi ativo ry U>l?i u?. in the Sunday School, that suing we really wanted God's kingdom to con s. St. ; we should do all wo could to lead our I select low-creatures to know and loie him. seloc And I ktn w 1 was not willisi.r i.. ...... "h '" K1 * c live?, the doll, that my money might help ei cable cftto soino pour heathen child I felt sir >y if it war. mucking God, to ask tliat >tlier kingdom might come, if I whs nut v , ami ling to help. But, dear nio'her, I > more , willing now ; take the money, kid! tli here.I ; | can prav once tuore, and ask God tiictn. forgive my seltjsliness.' event | Will my little readers tlunk of this their i lie girt win n they have money to apeti |>r?.sa- ' And when they kneel down to pr nnec- "Thy kingdom come,' will they ask tl allow own heart* whether they arc willing these I deny themselves to help on this great ; ig cf good cause I If not, it iti as little An d the said, hut mocking the great God to jj it tlio , 'Thy kingdom come;' and we cannot vrd to . pect that such prayers will he heard. lering , Life and Death. rale j Life is hut deaths vestibule i and < il ren pilgrimage on earth is toil a journey jy the the grave. The pulse that preserves i i? ear being beats our de?th-murch, and than blood which circulate*' our lite is floati idle of | it onward to tlio deeps death. To i. ..c arc utir irlCIKlS II) lleHitlt, to inori w? bear of their decease. \\? cihsj the hand of the strung man hut \e?i ilav, and to-day we close his eyes. 1 e?nnt, ! r,?io in the cliariot of comfort but an to recent ago, and in a few more hours the I arsons . black cliariot must convey us to the bo have M|| living. O, how closely allied s was death to life ! The lamb that sportelh light , the ticld must soon feel the knife. 1 as are I OJC that lowetb in the pasture is fatten f. *nd ! t',?r the slaughter. Trees do but gr their t),Ht they may l?e felled. Yea, at d gr ? is to ler things than lliese feel death. Rutin i not) use at.d flourish ; they flourish but brave decay, they rt*e to fall. How often A so ! We take up the volume of history a tux to 1 read of the rise and fall of emp res ie*.? | We hear of the coronation and death k' lo kings. Death is the black servant w to sit rides behind the chariot of life. See 1 ? baJ deatli is close behind it ! Death rea j spill fwr throughout this world, and lit 1 he ; stamped all terrestrial things with I r ?Hn* broad airow of the grave. Stars u?sl?, mayhap ; it is said that couflagratii II salt | |l!4ve been seen far otF in tht distant e whole (,r nuJ astrouomers have marked the i thus | neial* of worlds?tlie decay of th red to | mighty orbs that we had imagined | forever in sockets of silver, to glisten the lamps of eternity. Hut blessed r I liod, there is one place where deali not life's brother?where life reigns alo * 'to livo' is not the first syllable whicl ""i* ' to la-followed l?y the next,"to die.' Th ' ' 1 is a land where death knells are no toll^l, where winding sheets are never i ed he , V(.0> where graves are never dug. Hi y the |an,| beyond the skies! To reach it iiidul- | must die. i dan- ? mi ? ti$* i.titcs qnics *t i'hxykh.? a uf his tie child knelt near the broken lattice lid a : Casting a glance at the sleeping form it., i? t to hit lamer, sue clasped her who hand* ? it. murmured? 'ikf. in 'u Ocd, make my father leave his < MAtci) ways?make hiin my own dear fall when once again ! Make mother's sail lo go away, ami make her old smile Co itreet. back ; but thv will tie done.' s and Just then the mother entered the roc ue.? ! and taking her husband by thubaud, i 1 said : was 'Hearken to Minnie ; she is prayir 1 was 'O God, make father lore me as or wtir.g he did ; and make tiim forsake his b it fol wars 1" murmured the little one again,, i and 'O, I'muI?hushand !' crieii the motli \ au- 'by our past joys and sorrows, hy < ! tusrriago yowii, our wedded lore, blij ng to not the life of our little one ) O, let wept all )>e happy again !' rth to 1 The conscience stricken man bow I bis head and wept. Then clasping i hands, ho said : 'Willi the help of God ! ! you will never have cause to sorrow on ; my account again' And he kept his j vow.?jV Evunfjelist. 3 ^rinilturuL !| of [From the Genesee Fanner.] I Applying Manure to Com and Pota- j lie i toes. : , 'On the relative advantages of applv- t t 'll lug manure in the hill for corn and pota ? 'r I toes, anil plowing it in.' s I am greatly in favor of spreading and u,i : plowing i;: manure upon ground which is to be planted in corn or potatoes, instead ti lo of placing it iu the hill, for several good | Br L reaaone. j * n I would not place the inauuro in hills, i t because its effects are of small value to j kl lbe crop of corn or potatoes. What pus 1 sible benefit can a shovelful or two of un ' f '10 fermented yarJ or stanle manure do a | " hill of corn ? Two thirds of the fanners ( "u use the manure made in Winter, for ; p f v* plication to their fields in t!>. Spring It j is nothing more or less than green ma I nure. If the weather, alter planting, | lo should prove wet, it will be one chance 1 ,le in a hundred if the seed does not rot ? ',e corn, especially. If the weather is dry. the manure dries into a solid mass, and ( wr ' is more of an injury than a benefit.? ' j IS* Should the season be just right, the roots ( ec* of corn soon grow hevond the effects <>f ul the manure, agd leave it useless at the ( x bottom of the stalks, wiiere it can bei>t'( ,e? no use until the field is plowed again for ( to another crop. If well rotted inamire is , ,wr mod, applying in the hill will do very | '' 0 . well. Vet its effects are too contracted, 10 i and the full fo.ee of the manure is lost to . it .i 1 11 '.|ie crop. '* 1 am not in favor o' manuring pota- j 1 toes in the hill, under any consideration, j t IU>? a* I believe it more, of an injury than j eh . .1. ? 11 i nave always seen the best | j potatoes raised upon ground Well manu i "P red for borne oilier crop ilse previous ! 'u* year, especially late years, when lliere is HS | danger of the rot. 'm My reasons tor spreading and plowing in the manure, are, because it is where 41,1 it can benefit the crop during the whole '*u period of its growth. Jt is mi.xed with 10 tho soil, ard within ruacli of tho ri<?t of the plant along its whole length, where 1 it must he of moic value to the plant '1 than when placed in the hill. 11 i? uu i HV? possible for the manure, when placed in I ,e'r the hill, to influence the growth of the I crop hovond the first comtcnnceiin nt ; 1 . and although an early start in Spring is very beneficial, yet would not that ' ill k>':* outgrow and out yield, whim, oiu'd ob tx" tain a rich supply of nourishment for its plant;, during the whole season instead j of the ono which had a full supply dur ing it* oarlv growth, hut v;a.s stinted all iur tho rest of ihe season, as corn and .ota- j toes must he, v;hen dependence is made , 0,lr 1 upon applying manure in the hill alone ? llj? i " K P. B. 1 lay Peculiar Bricks. ow | liricks which are glazed on the out side are unfit for building purpose*, bele.r cause thev cannot he cemented by com* " 45 mon mortar, and therefore lequire to be J,,r porous. But this porous quality involves | Hst- , another evil, namely, that of absorbing ; VI 1.4 moisture, hence hrtck walls in wet sittia ,!> 1 tion* or when exposed to severe ram | l)'c | storms, become very damp. Could (tricks \ ',K ( l?e so made tliat llie'r inside would become In^ | glazed or verified, they would prevent ow the absorption of moisture, while at the ei4- same time they would he perfc.llv a-llie- ; re* sive. We learn (?y the London Builder | that such bricks have recently been made , in that city by Win. C. Forster. and that ,u* j ho has taken nut a patent for them. It is ) not stated how they are ntade, but we ; can easily divine a method for accotn 'I'0 plitdimg this, namely, by placing some "* flux, like borax or soda, in the heart of c''" 1 each brick, whereby the interior will he lt'' come vitrified, with a heal notch lower ''1? | than that of the outside. Such bricks d'? | cannot lej made to cheaply as tho com. J,1S tnon kind, but for some purposes it tnu\ 'b i be well to manufacture tlieui even at cm i ^u* I siderable extra cost.?Scientific Amerii IMM? j can. set ( _ mm i im as ( FntsKHViNu Bt rrga.?Tlie farmers of Aberdeen, Scotland, are said to practice ' ,H the following method for curing tlieir ne; ,. , . . . } j nutter, which gives it a great superiority ,.re over that of thoir neighbors : vor Take two quarts of the best common to- salt, one ounce of sugar, and one of salt j est peter ; take one ounce of this composition wo for one pound of butter ; work well into ' li.e mass, and close it tip lor use. The , 1 butter cured with this mixture appears of lit- ! rich and marrowy substance and fine color, and acquires a little hardness. l>r. i of Anderson says : md *1 have eaten the butter cured with | the above composition that has been nvil t kept (or four years, at:d it was awed as i i I *? nur ;u ursi. iik* | It must l?e note*!, however, that butter ne tlint is thu* cure.! require* to stand three week* or * month before it is u*e<l, 11 it im; ' w sooner opened, the salt i* not sufficient ?he ly blended with it, end sometime* the j conlnes* of the nitre will he pen-uived, ig.' ! wliich totally disappears aherward*, tee | 'the above ia worthy the atleution of ad every dairy woman i*r; Stiav Pt'DOivo.? Three enpp of flour; our one cup of suit; one cup of raisin* ; one jht j cup of inolasoH ; two cup* of milk ; one us ; teaspooufol Ucarbo&ate of %oda. Cliop ' the suet very fine, put it in the flour with 'ed ) the other ingredients, and steam it t*o his ! hours. To be eaten with lemon dij>. i.1 V/ ill ?J 1'J LI O i iMiumuts. 'Doctor what do vnu think is the cause if tliis frequent rush o! blood to my lieadt' 'O, it is nothing I nit the ef.ort of Nalire. Nature, you know abhors a vacmm. Susan was desirous of purchasing a vatch. The maker showed her u beauiful one, remarking thai it went thirtyix hours. 4ln one day ?' asked poor SuHtl. When you see a gentleman at midlight sitting on the step in front of his louse combing his hair with the d"orcraper. you iiihi judge he has been out o an evening parly. An exchange sp-aks ot a chap with eet so large that when it rains or when ie wants to get in the aiia'de, iie lies down vn his hack and holds up one foot. It ully answers the purpose of an umbrella. CoNt'NDitt'M. ? Tlie editor of the Lebulon Herald perpetrates the following : Wftv are thu young ladies of Leiianoi. vlien they try to make a 'conquest' of a enlleman, like a hand of untamed Illinois about to engage in rtiuibti com* >at r 'D've give it up ?' 'Because thex enter upon the contest wrh a (w j lioop He deserves to he pinched to death by >ld (Laids. Nakko T lift in ? loo late ccentrtc lolin Holmes, u-ed frequently, in Ins adlresses to difTciont juries, to explain the meaning of the 'naked truth,' by relating die following (ab.e : 'Truth and Falsehood traveling one warm day, met at a river, an<l l>oth went in'o bathe at the same pla.e Falsehood Cotmng fi'M out of the watei ; took bts companion's clothes, and leli his own vile raiment and then went bis way. Truth coining mil of the water sought in vain his ov.n proper dress ? disdaining the garb of falsehood. Truth started, ad Hiked ill piltsllit of l lie thief, hui Hot being s-vit: of foot, lias never over aki tl the til git ve Kver since lie lias been Known as N iked Truth. Bid Property. Some tweut\ vc^rs Ago there wti* hj. ol?l I;trkc*v it*iin***I C *ii.i, living in the Eastern |>h*i of North Carolina, near the iiiiiiiih of one of the rivers 'dial empty into l' liiiino rSoiind. Caio was m teriyuiau at the point, and his master allowed him a certain portion of his wages, with an agreement thai he might nurchase his traedorn for six hundred dollars. lie had saved up ihr*; hundred and handed it to his uias'er, and rejoiced 'n the possession of one hall of himself! One night not lotijj after, as he was crossing the ferry alone a violent storm arose# II.s boat whs trosed about, and finally upset, an.J Cato, after great exertion, succeeded in reaching the shore. '1'he next morning he presented himself with the following muuirv : M i.?sa John, I wants to ax you whe owns ilis nigga V* Whv, I own on? half of you, Cato; yow own the ot tier half.' Well. Mass?, won't you please buy ha.'k mv halt ?' 'If ton desire if, Cato. But what hae changed your mind so suddenly i* J-st please han' over detn free linn dred dollars. Come near geltin' drownded las' night. Nigga property d u bad property.' Taking A Census. Never gave \ou a histoiy ??f my oensiu taking, I bolievc. Wei!, I took Jim Walker's nlace while he was l?id > >> r'lo cago, and ! had lunib lough customers, 1 tell \ou 1 chiiih along one day to a cab* in some four or five utiles from toy neigh, liors ; 11; Hiiiiwfr to ntv knock, an old mo ih ?n about fi rtv came lo tlie door. 'How d'ye do ? Walk in ; folks all gone; take a cheer; were you vranti|j' io see my old i;ian ?' No, madam,' said 1, after accepting her imitation, 'I am taking the census. 'The who f' said she. 'The census of the people, the??' 'Oh, lor'; well, yotj won't find much sense in the people a'aiut here, the fever'n tiger's shook it all out on 'out." i proceeded to explain. 'I)eir sur, I thought you might be e, magnetism man or a trenoledger.' I proceeded lo get Iter husband's nam* and age, also the children ; but w hen I asked Iter age. she came down on u>e fiat; 1 smoothed it over, however, anJ let it go. Rising. I said : 'Is there any one else in your family I' 'There's Aunt bid!*, butVou don't Wi.Ul iter name, no yon 1 'Ceriaiiilt. ma'am,1 I replied, awl proceeded l<? lake u at once. Tlinii there's old Jerry. hut he's pensmost i;in out this full. I Uui-'t think ihtpoor feller'll laul to another sprum ' Jerry? what is his other Iimii r ?' 4Oh, lie liait.i ?rti woollier name vi * never call li>m nothing else ?' 'Iliiw old IS lie ? Why. let tii*"*4?et; HA*rn, twenty, tssr. ly mx ? he must In haul on to thirty !' 'An old iohii at lliiity !' 'Ohl mailt Who's talktnir hIhmiI ol?i mant I'se telling you 'bout the old ho*.' Perhaps I didn't p:ek up mv hat ; perhaps I didn't lake a very hasij Ja?,Y? , ?>l, pet haps qui.'