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I ? I tin Ccmcflstcr Ccftqcr. ? I'l'-l: ANNUM ' ' ' ? Big Willi 2hc uoiKlrn of (>n? II |MiWiiiff day. \ I ) V \ ]V( ^ I !_*?? j? ^ ??? lhm> m m xmi KIUIMK VIII. LANCASTER C II, SOUTH CAIIOEIMA. WEHNESUAY MOBSINlt JIPKII. 7i h? ? A i A! i; ! ; \\ 11. &plert Gray Hairs. RY MRS. T.. H 810 OUR ME Y. j <Irav hairs!?I marvel why they strike 1 c SkMi terror and dismay, I No mark of wickedoes or shntno ! I Or foul disgrace are they ; i ,\s silent as infant dreams teteal c'or the c.radlv-down, They wave their sparkling silver threads I ' In with the blaek, or brown. Gray hairs!?the waning beauty eiitiek* ? Before her mirror's faee, And forth the 'un.blest invader flies Uprooted from its place. ) i ?Oh .Lady, stay that li'v hand, I | If on? such guest should fall, : j The v H.iv a (i?i7cn nmr?? will rctino. i imijiii >m < ~i ill 'nil Country, 1 V lilt" UlloS ii-iibilious manner iii winch it aoeom j iM'.klit'H its work of charity. V e httve on mote than one occasion made reference t > the Older hh opportunity |?r*>. it m'!I ; lint, reallt, 11.4? repelitiuiit of its l? '^<1 wink* w hcli w e fi? iinui t.'y hoar are t.i 11111114*1 ou*| that to record them ail would In i ke a ".a'c I w ice told.' Ah 11*4* ohilC tie* i?*iloriii?' l by it Hiii iii accordance wiili tin* Scripture inj-inciou, t?? 'let n>>t llij left li ml know what thy ri^hl 11 ;t 11 I doelh,' ninny Mir 1 iiim^s jittd speculation* MIO illll'l'ofd i|| hh III 1(8 lloillJ^H Hlld oli ' j-vtk ; lib I ill order that out reader* Ijjav . hi; 1'illy posted in regard to it, it i:i?>y not j he out of place to poo a ?hort account i>f the jOider, and from * Unoc it (tprunp : In the jear 1048 some met chants of M.-:ii| li s trailing to the Levant, obt tilled leave of the Caliph of Kp; pt ti> erect a house tor those who went oil a pilpriiu ape to Jerusalem. I lo*\ erected a ho* p I d for the 8*ck, A. J >, I 104, w hen they obtained the name of Iloepiitaller*. A. I Jy., 1118, they became a mililarv order, and many person* of nohle blood enteral they rank*. Afer the Christian* had lout their interi st in the Kant, and Jerusalem was Ink *ii, the Knipli',* returned to Margett, Acre and 1'ieces*, which they de fended in l'JoO The order of tlm Son* of Malta, of which the I*?dpe in our city i* a branch, and which embrace* ho many of our ditlinpu nil; d fellow citizen*, i* a direct represent ilion of lliirt forniet Iv mil. ' itary religious order. The I-bind of Malta ' i- Mill in | ossession of the 'Sons of Malta' I alio rent it to ihe 1 (ritinl? government a? a place i f dejosii fof military stores. It v j<, however, contemplated by the Grand ; J-odge of the Union to erect '.hereon ? magnificent retreat for those whom long aervj.-o in the order and old age have en- , feebled. Ail 'Sons' familiar with the his lory of the order, will remember that it J w?? one of the rsriy Son* of Malta, i'ui>< Jins, wt.o entertainer), in tbe mi?st hoapii.iUo i^amipjr, St. I'aul, when be was ship t wrecked on the Island whence they de1 jive their name. We do not know that pe i.eld any office in the outer, hut he is described as the 'Chief Man of the Is lama,' J }i?? Sons of Malta have a deep design in '.heir organization. They may startle the world some day wiih an achievement so brilliant, having all the attributes of nobleness and purity, which j are the prime functions of the order, that all mankind will h>ok on with blessing ami applause. Many of their wo^derf-i} , I charities are known to the world,hut very many remain secrets in the order.? Mai- ' limore Dispatch Skxhibi.k Advici.?If you would be happy, when among good men open y<?ur > ears; when anions bad,shut them. And as the throat has a muscular arrange inent, by which it lakes care of the air passages of its own accord, so the ears should l e trained to an automotic dull ness of bearing I It is not worth while to bear what your servants sav when thev nra angry;* what your children say after ' they have slammed the door; what a , lieggar says whom you have rejected from your door ; what vour neighbors say about your children ; what your rivals say ahotyt 1 1 your business, or your dress. I J V - t To ultend the funeral. I t Gray hairs !?I saw the Queen of Frnnce > ? Arrayed in regal state, I t Receive the elite of my hands, i Tho titled mid the great ; And while her dignity and grace Were p.aised by every tongue, The l?ng, white ringlets o'er her brow In fearless clusters hung. Gray hairs!?when sprinkled here and ' them In heart! and whiskers too, Inspire respect and confidence More than the youthful hue ; Of knowledge of mankind U,.-y ten, j I Perchance of serious thought, I An<l lessons nt the expensive school t >f sage Experience taught. 1 <iruy hair*!?I think them beautify Around the itneieht face, lake pure rnaullicd ?n^\v* that lend The w inly landscapea grave ; When f'-und in wisdom's wavsthoy crown Willi weaitn'a exhauitlcaa nluru, A prelude to tnat home of joy Where e i.nige i* known no more Sous of Malta Within a tdiori tune, past, our ears have become quite familiar with the good d -eds |>eitormtil hy t.h.t .organization 1 known ? ? die 'Jiiilio of Malta," which, though Iiv no mean* a modern institution, , I has of late \carn attained a wide spiead 1 Correspondence of tlic South Carolinian. ' pi C'liAltl.KRTON, April 15. <p Tue United 6tales Court Hootn wa?, M hit morning, again thronged with eager * tnd exerted listeners to the now a'.babsor ' ng be ho case. M Mr.Spratl opened his argument at 10 w 'clock lie said if he were to consult m lis own feelings for those whose patience j C)( tad been already tasked to some extent, ! h( >r for himself, who was h irdly in a con- f? 111ion for rhetorica.1 display, he w ould not v d.tempt to add anything to what had c| teen fiaiu by the counsel who bad pre vv eiled bill) ; nor, in fact, would it be post ible to de so under the most favorable (| -ircumstnnces. j lie counsel bad spoken y( n tones so just, and so sustained the line I >f argument, w ith illustrations so apt and o conclusive, and a spirit and a tone so j lecoming tbe better days of the lb-pub. ? ic, that be would shrink fiom the task of Cl iddilion and travelling over the same round, as even excellence itself would be , l'' iltlo more than imitation. ; He said he was free to confess, bowev- j e> r, that in this matter he did entertain , .jreat interest?an interest for thote who | *re upon trial, a solicitude for whoso sale- 1 IV had giowu w ith the time during which ; ic had had their ease in charge, and he *v experienced more than perhaps even a [irofesrioiihI zeal hi the question wbicli un 1 ? lerlies the prosecution. Hut in the hope ; lliat if a doubt should yet remain upon '' their minds he might possibly be able to '* remove it. he asked the jury that to the , 11 little be bad to say upon the tubjocl they 1' would giv? him, as lie was sure they wou'd, their kind attention. w I'mey had beard tlie charges and the ? testimony to support them. It was now ? for ihein to consider of their verdict, w ith v regaid as well to the rights of the pris c> r>;.crs as to the in'eresl of the Stale. It *' w.?s the privilege of counsel for defence **' to come before '.be jury with the ground '' that the proofs of the charges in the in* I' dictuienl are insnllicieiit for conviction. In S1 doing so it needed no ?-tTort to as-uune a !' o-i se of grave r? spomahility. The lives " of fel o v beings w?.re suspended on the l' is-tie. To ilo-ir counsel tlicy bad com- M tnittid the trust cf their defence ? wlietb c er they s'lou d tiencefor h yvalk the earth c in suiiiight or moulder in dishonored " graves, was dependant possibly upon the w way in winch that counsel performed J' their otlice. | * Hut there is, (he said) it may be, a greater and gravtr state than tliat at ? stake for es as veil as them, J-'or near * " a century '.lie thought has grown upon ' the world, that tlo-re is a propriety and " right in the perfect equality of man. It H was announced in the lleclaralioc of I1 American Independence, forced a fearful practice in the French I'epublic, giving M its coloring to great political events.? k I here was exultation at the tall of liered- j' itary forms in Kurope? there was rej.iic M uig ai the fall i f slavery in the West In- 1 du-s?there is gladness at emancipation here, there is repugnance to every form ol , s hereditary power ? there are execrations " hi t- r an 1 intense to every form of M slavery, and under a comin -n sentiment v that in the growth and spread of this " idea there is sorely a realization of a po x iitical inilleninin, there has come to be in all countries where slavery is not?and 1 in many where it is ? n concurrence most 1 singu arly perfect in acts and efforts to suppress the foreign slave trade. Hut 1 nunc iiur* is lli'J ft J? J>I ?' 11 t'llftlOTl iJICW.i " upon the public mind ??f certain seethe . <1 of tlio world at least, that this conception " is not strictly nnd fully ju-?t, aici it is ' still conceded among equals, equality is r right. Kilt it has become a question < whether all are equals?whether races do j ' not difler in social nature ? whether, while 1 some arc Capable of self government there 1 lie soine not capable of seK government v ? whether it be not a privilege of the | r weaker to share the homes and fortunes | ' of the stronger, and whether, w hile a* ?> rnoiig all people there is stability in un* 1 equal orders, and yet relations of direc- ' tioti and dependence, depends the condi- * lion, the well being and existence even I of others tbat tbey have tiie guidance of * a higher p iwer ? peculiar to is.'es unfit' ' ^ led to ilirect themselves. Such are the h social theories that have come to battle " in this world j 11 In the one it takes its stand and ein > bodunent in the forms and constitution ' of the North, the other stands in the * lorins and embodiment that we find in * the constitution of the South. W hich J may bo right i? perhaps to be detoiinin ' ed now, Tiro North has power and shares in which numbers tell on legislation. Thev have (Iim rtnurer I/. n?n I / " r~? * law* they please, and they have passed c them. They have circumvent*") in* ' sutuiinn hiii) have restricted i' to certain v latitudes. They have precluded it from " vacant Territories. Tliey liave abolished ' llie slave trade in the Ihsiricl of Colum- " I>m. Tliey are preparing to suppress and 1 abolish the trade between the States and 1 to a dominion most perfect, there is wan '< ling but penal laws and the means to " their enforcement. Ii One step in that direction they have t taken now. They have passed (he law I that is now the object before us for en- * forcemeiit, and to bring it to emfoice- i ment is ll.u la.it. remaining step at which aggression trembles. ? It is our hope that no such question " will occur; it is our hope and confidence tl that the proof is not sufl'menl to sustain p the charges in the indictment, and it is t otilv to commend these friendless stran ? gers to jour favor aud to induce you to * jield tliem kindly what is indeed their l right?the hecetit of every reasonable doubt?that wre have sought to show that the boil which lays them low will , 'ft * #0 ?l tss beyond ii, and, piercing tliein, will ! niver in the very vitals of this country. I ,r. 8pratt then went into it searching I iview of the testimony, and spoke ably J = r two hours, although laboring under , vce indisposition. He was followed by , r. DelTex'tlle on ll.e same siths. who j ^ as applauded so wartnlv as to com- I J* land a rebuke from Justice Wayne, and tils of order by tho marshal and con aides of the Court. James Conner, E-rp, Ilowed on the part of the United States. tre cannot, ju^t now, do justice to his | ear and convincing arguments, but will Hr iserve for a future occasion. i ,, The case will be closed to morrow and I ip ie result ??f course I shall telegraph to p? on immediately. * co A Whisper to Mothers. . She is such a strange child?so differ* it from other children,' mother remaik- ' ' I in my hearing, with a sigh of dtscon 1 1,11 til ; as if .-ill chijdreu should he made Iter one model ; its if one of tLu ?rout?t charms of life were not individuality ; j U,J t it one of the dreariest, and weariest, at ast improving, and most stagnating ' lings in the world, were not a family or I'ighhorhood which was only it mutual ho and re echo. I ",l '1 >.Herein from other children !' Well '* -Ie*. her he different ; yon can't help it y?>u would?you ought not if y<>* could. )c is not your mission or that of any pa- W1 tit, to crush out litis or that faculty or w ias whi' h is (Jod-imttlanted fm wise puroses. You are. only to modify and dir. l sucli by judicious counsel. A child !" I o thinks for itself, prefers waiting up- t!H it itself, and is naturally self sustained, tu ' f course much more trouble than a ho.a* i y headed child, who Slavs pill' wheiev* S!t r and however you choi.se to 'dump' him own ; hut it is useless to ask which, with Ie ijiihIIv good training, will he the most of* cient worker iri the great lifefiehl. Sup ?.st he <|oes tpieslioit your opinions occa* onally, don't be in a hurry to call it 'im* ertiiicuce;' don't be too lazy o| too dig died to argue tho matter with him ;? ' liunk (hid, rather, that his faculties are nil: awake an 1 active. Nor does it nee >,?otnly follow thai such a c hild must he llllllllloo i.nl- .? a .1 .11 . w 1 w. .".-"'IIUH'III, OUCil H II}.?I ? ire, however, should In* tenderly dealt w nlli. 1"irin vol gentle words? never in- <M istieo or IihthIi usage. You may tell uch a cliil-l to 'l.oid il.s tongue' when it inner* you m an argument, often with* ul in intentional ilisrespect, but you can- I'1 t prevent it-? ihmkinr. It should not . jMow tliat a young person inn-t, us a 'l natter of cotsise, though thei mostly ?lo, ?lopt tii? parental religious creed. Some areola 1 have known unwise enough to isist upon liiia. A forced laitli for the t| pear and tear of life's trials, is but a bro y on reed to lean upon. < >11 these cub |4 jots talk yoiliself; lei your child talk, p ml then lei bill), like yourself, be free to KinW and choose, when this is done. Out of twenty violets in a garden, you j" ball not find any two alike, but this does w ol displease you. One is a royal purple, m notber a light li'ac color; one decked s( rilli little bright golden spo's, another haded off with dill"-rent tints of the same ,1, iolet color, with a delicacy no artist (] mild improve. Ynu plant them, and let |,, hem all grow and develop according to ,.j heir nature, now ami then plucking oil" a n lead leaf, now loosening the earth about n be roots, or watering, or giving it shade ir sunshine, as the case may be, but von lon't try to erase the delicate tints upon u ts loaves, and substitute others w hich vou s| met aro better. No liuman lingers could n e create what you would mar?you know n hat; so you bend over it lovingly, and ' g el it Hod to the breeze, and bend plianllv ? o tbe show, m lift its sweet face, when , lie sun slimes out. and through all its . M nriotis ciianges you do not sigh for ino j ,j ioioiiv. r>o, when i see a family of cliil a Iren, I like the mother's l?lue e\es repro l, I need, and the father's black eves. I like l( lie waving, sunny hick", and the light 0; >rown, and the raven ; ! like tlie peach , ii*om skin, and the gipsey olive, all round v\ lie same hearth *t?>iie, all rocked in the M nine cradle. Kach is beautiful of its v ;ind ; the variety pleases me. .lust so I ,j ike diversity ?n tegard to temperament i, i)d mental faculties. fCncli have their u aerits; Heaven forbid thev should be ft oiled up and swathed up like mental t, nuinmiei, bolt upright, rij?isl, and fear1 H allv repeated; no collison of mind to tnke out new id'-as, no progress, no iin iroveinent. Surely this i? not the age >r thai. Fankv Fkiix. ; 1: Nkvrh (Iivk Way To Mki.akciioi.y. ? Usitl it steadily, for the habit will en- * roach, i once gave a lady two and e< wenly receipts against melancholy ; one it vas a bright lire ; another to remember s< II pleasant things said to her ; another ni o keep a box of sugar plums on tliu cl iianth-piece, and a kettle simmering on h lie hob. I thought this mere trifling at lie moment, but in after life discovered M iow trim it is that these little pleasures fen banish melancholy latter than |, itgher and m< re exalted objects, and lint no means ought to be thought too t)1 ritling which can oppose it either in our t? elvea or in ollieis.? Sidney Smith. J, Poistikss Skii^onh.?In one of bis nl erinons, John Newton has tins pithy re v, nark : 'Many aennons, ingenious of *H| heir kind, may lie compareil to a letter iut into the Post Olllco without a direc ion. |t is addressed to nola>dy, it is own ,] d Ivy nob al v, and if a hundred people j, rere to ruad it, not one of them wo J,J litnk himself concerned in the contents. These (WO linoa without a doubt, As you perceive, fills thiq column out. f}t Religion and Business. j rear 'They are buying, sir, lliul you arc nc | soling vour business, and lliai it must | *les iier; " ;c,,lt 'Who snjs it ?' says the employer. j l',e 'AH vour neighbors along ilie street, 1 i ' i iiiin 'Do any Christians say it V i S'"I 'Well, i hardly know whether thev | erul a Christians or not. 1 >ut I thought 1 I " ght to let you know what was said. ',ro L'sides, there is a good dual of money to ! h paid, and I do not know where it is ining from.' 'How iiiucli are yon short ?' ' 'About six hundred today, and other 4] lis mature to morrow and next day,and ] relt anxious to know how they arc to be Sir bt.' Do yon believe our Saviour meant any 1 4 ing when ho said, 'Seek lirst the king- I ' >nt of heaven f I Ch< 'Ceitainly I do.' 1 Well, what do von suppose he meant ?' ' 't 'Oh, I do n-.t know. I nev r thought die, it. I'erhaps I should not he able to ' ?t iswer it if 1 should try. But I do think ' fie!? at business is not to be neghv'ed.' j ' 'I am very much astonished to hear ' >u, a professor of religion, talk in this j 4 ty. As for ill", \ believe he mean.- just 4 hat he says, and I mean to do literally tint hat he requires, I do not neglect my 4 isiness. 1 know what paper is matnting, Cat id I do not give myself the lea*t tin- ' 4 sines* about it I use nil proper dill* lib< nice, an 1 the lest I leave to tiod.' I 4 When speaking of it, th.i un reliant ' 4 id,'I knew where I could )i\ inv hind 4 i the money at once, though 1 lid not ing II my oleik of it. 1 went to the noon- 4 iv prayer meeting as usual. < >u coining cm me afier 1 o'clock, r. xi, I asked my ecu ink about the means to meet inv hills < r today.' mv < /ii, saiu lit', "we are :?ii light. Mr. has been in, and Iifcl, \V X>, and some other money !i is come in.' 'litis ? 1.800 was a Itad 1 ?fI?t which / da n r exjHcli'd to be jxiitl,' sa;d tin* tner- tV-r taut. '.So the Lord takes rare of lue, j hiie 1 take caie of the aliairs of my vn sou! and the souls of others, an I k first the kingdom of heaven.' an This man is one of the new recruits to the great army. Hi- hand, his c-ip sart, hi* to ii id are rcadv for everv good oui ork, everv g > >d vvoal, tml no ilutv i* ft undone. d a I Must Die. ha Leader, are you accustomed to think us iis I rue of yourself as it is of others on may he in perfect Ileal.h to dav, hut I* ' as the thought, '1 am mortal,' occurre | V' i you ? Swift and su Men death has >me thus to multitudes. It it should muni' to you now, are \oti p opared for it? o day have yuu thought the end for ' hieh you were created? Have you rei ictnbercd that though you must die, the ml must live forever, and that God will ive to every man the just reward o| his 1,11 eeds?to the righteous, eternal hie?1?. , ie wicked, eternal death. Let no care, \ ovvever pressing, no pursuit, however nger, lead you to fo;g>-t tins truth. 'I lust die'?and 'after death, the j'idglent.' S t \ s a writet c In the giddy whirl of the world, men a vo little pause to retl -el that they are ^ >( tortal. < >n and on they delve and toil, rive and contend, criminating and re ' ? Ji animating, throwing the.r whole ?r.u!s . ito the vortex of the wor! 1, as if it and ( s objects were worlhv to ahsorh their i hole being. I'ainted object of cor tein lation ! A few more passing seasons, all ^ ho are engaged in the exciting and mad (y ening strife of the world, will, one aft-r riolher, have silently drooped into the osoni of death, no more to I e tccn of iii i"" ten ; soon to be remembered no more on ; arth. How unimportant, then, to the . iiMnllAilijI/l .IHPit ..ill .- .... ll... '-Ill - ,, > Ml I1IMT1I Ilir IMH'S ' . , SJll liich to d?V tire so liiucll magnified and Iiicli l>v partial, interest* I, and selti-.li , .1 i i lews, nr?- clothed with so inucli coi se ^ hp nee. I must die! This short sen nee, frequently uttered and pondered pon, would far to moderate asperity of ...( cling, eradicate enmity from the heart, ^ > cool the ardor of worldly pursuits, to ,| hale strife and jarring discord Dull Children The teacher of a large school had a jj ( I tie girl under her care, who was exledingly backward in her lessons. She it as at the bottom of the cla-.?, and seem- vv< 1 to car?) hut little about what passed in During the school hours singing was onetimes employed as a relaxation, and eu nticing that this little go I had a verv ear, sweet voice, her teacher said to er : "" 'Jane you have a good voice, and you ^ lay lead the singing.' , She hrightened np, and from that lime er mind seemed moie active. Her lessons were attended to, and she lade steady progress. One nay, as the ( laclier w as going home slie overlook . sne and one of her school fellows. 'Well, Jane,' said she, 'yon are getting i very well at school ; how is it that r>u do so much hotter now than you did I the beginning of the half year !' I do not know why it is, replied Jane ^ '1 know what she told me the other ay,' said her companion who was with er. 'And what was that ? asked tho teach- m tir Why she said she was encouraged, all Yea, there was the secret?she waa So icou raged. She felt site was not dull ret ? system, because in the f.rit pli umbol.lt** testimony is, that the O aes subsist on the clay at periods w Iter fooJ i* deficient; ami in the sec ace, although the local stnsatior inger may be appeased by ihin-dw Iwtance* mlo the stomach, the mote rlon* tysfemic sensation of h.ii'gf it thus lo be apper.se<f. We mii?t, lit re, l>e content at present with accept e fact, wlrcli the science of future d ay possibly explain.?Jilacktrood. To Cure Wart* : NV arts on the hi ay l?e cured by washing thein *?v< lies a day in strong soda water, t lowing them lo <lry without wiping sats a correspondent, end he is i :t. * verylhing, she had learned self r t, and liiti* she was encouraged improvement. 'ake a hint, dear fellow, and try h the intellect through the heart.leavor to draw out the dormant fact of v our children hy discriminatio ore and well-timed praise, Hive the credit whenever you can. and allu n with hopeful words. Many a dt ded child has been made irreliievah >i>l by constant fault finding or unm is sarcasm. And, on the otiier han r often has a genial smile or an a ring remark awakened into new I le slow learning scholars. Dying Words of Noted Persons. Head ol the army.' Napoleon. I must sleep now.' Bvron. It matters not how the head lieth.'Walter K deigb. Kiss nie. II ml v.' Lord Nelson. 1 Km't give up the ship.' Lawrence. I'm shot if I don't believe I'm dyinj tlicellor Thurlow. Is this your friendship ?' Nero. Clasp my han<l, my dear friend' Alfieri. I jive davroles n chair.' Lord Chcjt< I. God preserve the Kmporor.' II tvdi The arterv ceases to beat.' llalit-r. Let the light enter.' Goethe. All my possessions for a moment o.' (jtieeii K.lZibeth. What ! is there no loihino death rdiual Beaufort. I have loved mv Hod, my father a rty.' Madame do Mae!. He serious. Grotious. Into thy hand-, O I.or.l,' Tasso. It is small, verv sm ill, indeeJ,' /ebis her neck ) Anne Bolet n. I pray you see me safe up, and fori ning down let me .-.hit fir m vself,' ( i ling the scaflohl.) S.r Thomas M,i. D .n't h-t that it.?kwurd Mi iad tiie j\ grave.' Burns 1 feel as if I were myse f again.' 1 alter S.coit. I resign my soul to G > 1, and i lighter to my Country.' Thomas .1 son. 'It is well.' Washington 'ImDpendeuce forever.' Adams. 'This is tlie las', of earth.' J. 1 |s. 'I wish you to undeistand the true pr le of government. J wii.li them cur t. 1 wan! nothing more.' II iriiso' 'I have endeavored to do my duly. ,v'oy. 'Tlnjro is not a drop of blood on mis.' Lied crick V. of 1 f-it.nark. *i on spoke of lefreshmeiits, ur, ,\i ; take my last notes, sit down bv mo here, sing tin in Willi tin- in mi ur sainted mntlnr; K*t in-* hear o >re those notes which have so Ion , hi V Solace and delight.' Mo/, irt. 'A dying man can ?lo nothing easy, anklin. 'Let not poor Nelly starve.' t hai Let ?v> die to the soun i of deli :i< isie.' M:raheaii. 'I expected this, lint not so soon.' Atherloii, of New I lainpliire. 'I still live.' Ihmiel Webster. Gating Dirt. IlmiihoMi, a man whose wnial jus riies with it Ivir 'pean anthoiitv, c ins the statement of < mnill a. ill at I toinacs of South America, riming rio<ls of ihe tlooii Is, subsist entiiclv fat aiel feranginnus kiml of clav, licit each man eats il.iilv a noun 1 ire. Spix ami Martuis declare that li-cis of the Am i/.oii e it a knot of h> en when other food is abundant. J a says the Peruvians fn-.j n-utlv ea eel-smiling clay ; and Knrenherg I aly/.ed the edible clav sold in the in ts of Itolivia. which lie tin Is to h xture of taic and mica. The inhn nts of Quiana mingle clay with t! cad ; and the negroes of Jamaica id to cut earth when other food is d uiJ. According to Lihillardierc*, ilhlall'.S of New t'alediililJt - II" fir hunger with a while friable em i<1 l>y V Hinjiiflin to he composed agnosia, allien, oxide of iron, and eln ? conclude |lie list, we must add Si; l>eria, nud Kanwhatka, as countries ?v eaters. Tins is rather a stagger cumulnion* of assertions, which wee it dismiss altogether, even if we s i?e a large allowance of sceptic'.tin ju drift <iranling the fjet that cert lids of earili are really r.utrtcinii* (i is difficult to escape such a eoncltnu j are completely at a loss for an a iate explanation of it. Jcttle hgh town on it l>v the assumption, probx ough, that the earth must contain mm mutter, because in a pound <;f s rth there could scarcely he ooniai llicient organic nia'ter to supply the and* of ail adult. Nor will if get this difficulty to sav that the earth Appeases hunger without nourish f >v ihjnnilturnl. to ?? ? From tin! Valley Funnel*. Reading and Uureading Farmers ' Tliero is n large class of farmers who 111 ? . do not appreciate the advantages of in.. telleclual culture in lis relation to ll:eir I profession ; who do not seem to realize f how much mind has to do will, farming i They count muscle, hone, sinew, as the | grand outfit for a farmer. It he is large I enough, and strong enough, lie will do for the farm, whether he lias brains or not. Now, front all such views we hog leave to dissent Much as we value hone nil ! muscle, we priy -brain more. Min h as strength is needed in the farmer, 7/<<e</ is ? needed more. Valuable as ate the l>...|i ly foiees, the mental forces s.re st.d more so. Tlit? body is but the tool, tie* 11 n I . is the hand that works it. Mtn.l is as p." all ill.I 'Olanl with the farnn-1 as t!..* statesman, tlie poet, or divine. Iinh-ed, nowhere i* mind more omnipotent than ?I in tlm domain of agriculture. <?;ve the -farmer mitti] ciioii<^i, an I he wt'l m i\ * ;r- the 'desert l>lo*sjpi tis the rose,"and the VerV loe|;s yield llilll hart^- >. | It - |. li-l 1. lea e *u:!r\ bceolncs li in' I'nl mid. t t ??f intel! ecu1W-1r '" richest st?il w i-ts its .1 . 'Pk - under th of hand iif ignorance, ho?t^eVer"*'. r .At max he. Mi tat is die funn r's injpTl. As ? everywhere fist1, so on the fa; 111, nrn l is the niovitiii folic. Fanning is successm! lid iiml profitable j mi in proportion lo tinamount ot meat il force expended upon I ho mi:-.! is the incnjniro of the nian." ami fiin.crs must, h ivicusiite i hv this ;p* standard. I'm that down as a fict?fact nnmher one. * nv Kiel numher two is f%is ; M nd J^t lilts oient in proportion tn?)ftis culture. In re. everv lie'tl of mental l il/.v. mi.v ^ol"er | ei. Is lario-A on culture.?Tl t !..-st inn-: ' ciati is lie who cnittiv i\f- oust his pow Mr er. The ht'si :u!:?t is ke?who jjivas the hest culture to his 'faettny divine.' Mi" nv liest n.avioatoi is he who stm! iii"s'., and with tie' best j 1 lament, the s it of the si'l. The h engineer is the man who most thoroughly prep ires his m n i with the reiiuistte reitliiiesa and sh. f ?r 11 sealing momilait.s ami htidging va' The hesl professional man i- lo- who _'n -s 'in- the larmv.t culture to the min i lie e-n ied plovs in his profe.sitni. .1 1st so it it with 1. the f inner. fin- liet'er his miii I culiiv 1(I'll ill llie direeuoit ot ills ? lino, lite mote successful ?)l he he. 1 lie nine he tnv knows ti e more lie does. To use ma i hitieiv. t apply science, to evo've join, no iip.es ill his pursuit*, l -o l'li-s i Cllltiv iteil 111} mi ml. The doit aid igr."iam s eanii.,; 1 ot do it. A; a olam e, any'i.nlv c ;n > t;, .> nee in nd w o?ks mi, . 1 ssfuliy ji|s? in p.i'p ?r Hi ten to jis 1 ieo 1 -d of oulluie. Now we have a thirl fa '. for the re i? tier. It is this: Head i II J* is otie of the hest means of mental enlightcnim-at ami des cultivation. Tlni read -r is the man of knowledge ami culture. The tiriist sin us dies the hooks of the Masters. The p 't tea-Is the written word- of lire nAsv on f- the paijcs of the great ones 001.e In-fore liiiil. The philosopher reads the pto.lne (ions of all profound thinkers. Tl.e or ?fessional in it: re a 1# the hooks 1 f his jeo fession. 'lo he ere at, one inr si i.nl ?t I v 1? ... 1:? 1 J llt*rtfl|||<r (K'V>'iMj?S 1 !? * M! ?*ll J*I ll ?l> Wl'il "" tin' quality of lIk* mind. Iverv nrm innst read ut 'In- ilncctiiiti of li - jir.tii The farmer dot s not want to re? 1 works ' on plnlos >ph\, po?trv, or in oil', > ' in;i' lt as on farming. I'mrini?i^ is bis lito.m . "r liis profession. In it lie ni'isf Ini', ii-i l',u rise al< 1 shine, i! In- shines a' all. Ihok* ainl papers on farming ?liouM In; li;s stu ilv. lie shoiilil study it and practice it 1 n as a science. So will In- cultivate hi> ,Hs mind; so will lie give a wondrous power :<r" to liis lian I ; so will |,is fiidds wliiten v. itli '* ' an aliur.danl harvest ; liis lin ks inn t ;>1 \ 1 1 and improve ; his homo heautifv ; hi* c "Mr smile; hi* children gn>w to gladden Ins ,,r<' heart and improve the vvorhi. and In i or* e"' gather thick and fast on Ins intell'o.-nt brow. jl 'j Hints koii mik FvitMtut.?Tin1 whi'o . washing of cattle and horse stalls, as well ' K" as the uisidos of hoar cotes and henneries, ' j. not only renders tlietn in no healthy, hut nrovents the annuals and fow I* horn being invested with troublesome and fiithy ver an mm. Keep your stables and barns we!! litteret, ; leaves f/om the woods are excel H"l lent, and absorb ?h? liquid manure wed ; besides, of ihetiisolves lliev make good inaiitire. Nothing that will make nut nnre sliould he wasted hut carefully saved. Never undertake to fatten (in animal 1 " until you have first made it comfortable . in bed and board. If you wonder why other people's cat I tie are gentle, trv tlm discipline of kind . j treatment on yours, and you will learn n the secret. When ton undertake to break a par of young, steers, begin with them while they are young, ami let nolrody drive "? them except yourself. "Too many co.ks lC 1 spoil the broth j' 0 . If von invest money in tools, and then t of . leave them exposed to lite weather, it is :.,n* the same as loaning money to h spend' "" thrift without security?a dead loss in >r 18 l?otli cases. to _ ">pr Worth a Tkiau ?It is recommended to house w ivos, in making their pit Her to add a cluster or two of green grape*, nr>d w'm-'t completely preserve the vigor ?ral of ll,e vi,,cR?rand Stitch in thk Rior.?Take a long ? breath outwardly, *o a? to expel ail the cor- air from the lungs. Th i stitches cease i instantly. IVjiiiarano. \\ ! XI 'i,<l Mosus hl('OI) livit III K l>l"i \ V. i.y, when he slept with in* four f.tiliCIS. A lailv up town ic'nsesl" wear \\ witch in in>r l.o.oin. Itec aiisc it lets hands <>n it. ? ire> ???> CLai. -ril.ro is :1 VnlKI.; 111 :t 11 ill \" .Till ill* w'l ) fi'.-'l* his ocese on iron ti ines, mi] o it It i*rs H'.i'i'l ]> ' is Irom tli< :r ?i:i^s. ?<XC< frTM' ' An o il ho!\ i :riu in! 11 .*?* the wo-M w ?s s!inrt!v omiii ? i" ;m end. v ! i it: 1: i lt what -!i i 1 i ilo t >t snnllT A tnsiix ! mntisicr - ? .1 tli;i' K'.e'y liri'.inic l th ii li" ii ?() an uiioel 1?v Irs llll'l Upon V. llillio H,i, fillllil ll Wis linUo< 1 v bill his wife. IlovV call li s c j i ** I soils i.y, live e_?_; s( *o Iliiii each shall ii'ivvr mi' , Mini slill one renin n in tl;e < 11-11 ' Uii<* 1 ?kos lie1 dish Willi I "lie eon. & 'M i. I' W ^ v, ii? ?*>? \'. i it. J< m;i .j |. J 'II ?' I ' II"1 ill at lei-tie m .11, with a !|i- ill ii ir on iy- lace, c-tch. 1 liohl >! h r. an 1 sa.d lie was eiiini* to lake the. 1, new lion; her l:|is ; lite! sii- rai l, 'wee!:, make h -se " ?ya *??? ! !c .rinjr a |ill\ stein ti IcillHik thai a I low Oil tin- liose W . c i i i lire tk It. o.ir i i ililei .y:-.:uic|; 1 \\ c I, I hilii'.i) 'Ii ml ?!il. M1 hloweW iii\ IMS - a ore at many nn'^7 and 1 \e iie\i r broke i: v.1;.' A man was wakml ii. the nioht ami toiil that his wife was dead. lie liiit.es! ov.-r, .!icw t lie coverlet ci >scr, i ml lei I <|o\vn his t> elit o i}1. and itinttere.l, as he went t 11 i*i i "A 11 ! Ici.v i;rie\ vd I shal 1 1 c ill lie- lie I n l?;r ' An "M ial.. the t'oiintI'v, linn a ia tidy I'loiu l a- . . y (< liiuu wnh her on a certain occasion, |hir the desert du re w is an cifrnions appie pie. 'Li, iii i am'.' - ii i I.fill;.it, how tin \ nil lllilllilgc lo In:: iit* stii'li ;i j?:*- !' '1 -!.i-v <"inu >Iiw is ih.* ijnii-l icjiiv ; \\ in ;U>- tin* ? ra-l mi ;i w Ik i*11>.h i nw, \\iivi*'> it uii.U-r u:i aj.j.V tree, ai.il ll.cu .shake tli Unit <U>\mi into it.' 'III., f. .1 i? V. 11, o \ ?.! llll-l \ :? IVfiK'tt'll I V a i-ni. ;ni'- j ii ,, J j> i v, ?mi ll ? :ti tl.i* M.. iI.'s < !li ?* in iiiio hi ilu" ii.util ies ?>f I.i.i.i ; y\ . liii'l tin' lii-oi'asi-d caii i- 'n hi* ilf.itIi I,y a v?:laii ii In.in (J ii, and ii.i' l>\ ll..- i.Minis < ! xi < ii I*. \W ti ad a;, -ii i-.f i p.i.'ki'l Imi'k, I'.'.tiiiiii iiiii i V-'. i < 5v i'ii 1 .I'tcl.i'f's r. .tik I'.t ?-50, nu.! t?'? i:?.r-a wmm'.ii, ni.il sou e llU t< l' , ami !> :.fliers.' 1 Ii.' K < illlloinl \\ I. i ' i*1 is " JMv1'.'' t> ! s1 ( ,i v i ! i \ 11 j iii.i in iu I.. .\ \... . !ir.:l'??. ii 1 > In* ilr. aillnl.v aiania-il a' ... t'ii.ilf ni. I to In. 'It ti> (lit- uiiinJa in aVn'i! ii, nii.l v. tin-re >'.'1111.1 ii.'ii'i'i'. 15. ii.t. Il-!.t'?l \\ll\ ill' M ? III til till- \M M..I-, lit Miiil. 'l j.MV.' * i "> ll,' Mil..! I'll! I'V.'iMjil, x'. a- .: \ nil v.. lit i sleep ?' * I k: iiia-s i, '/. i.'iiy, re-j 1'ii.ii'il tin* in-. . . i .. I '-liec I ll)il-t? liax e iiviljira veil :i \ A M.\:? xxiiinui MuNi-.V. ? A \ in, , u* m x I? 111 .. -> I > i'. i ix N e a () i.. . mis 'Oi iixii'il l?v a strnii'ji'r, "Sir, have v oil II i 111>>i, \ !. HI: \ mi r \ .wns ill ii'jdy, '1 ill ways make i; i i ..Int t<> t.ir'j mmho in 'iii'i with u.i', ..I !" -.' W.-ll,' r?J lini'.l tin's!ranniT,'1 ?is^Tii> j.i iiir.iM ill.- liit-r; llic f ile is leu iei.i: . W.iiil.l y i mi j?' ? ise to a ecunun Oil ate it with tl.'.l -mil 'l a.' a1 lent ill, liilltili'jf o i a io !< ..; wi'!l :il!"?*'ti*?l Miipi'si', I'M'lninii'il, 'S r, ?!.> X n'.l III'**.I. to say llnit Villi hllVt-ll'l li-1. n-nts !' 'Yes, - r, I haven't :i iout,* oj >i; . <1 ti e s r ?!i?'er. 'W ? !.,' responded t'.o coiideman. ' : \ i.u l.iiv. i.'t a cent, it'll make d ? >1 i l't* < 1 itl?-r?-iiC*?* <> i w h'.ch side nf t..\. i \<>ii are,' and eooll) left the Mi;ii.pi to Ids own >ti. Smoking. There is a hcan'.itul Mul'V, l..!.] of :? plot old C|ink-r la.lv, wlio was add.< >'.; to sin.ikiii^ tobacco, She had iinhilg.-d .ti the lial.it uiilil it iiad increased so up* on l.?r, tli at she not only smoked lier pipe h I argo portion ?.l the dav, tml fiequei.ti v sa' lip in the bed lot' this purpose dur.ug I In* n'olit. After one of these entertain iiiei.ts sl.e full asleep, and dieamcl that siie died and approached heaven. Meeting an angel, sl.o asked liini if her n one was written in the hook of life, lie diS' appeared, but rep'ied on returning, lliat he could not liud it. 'Oh.* said she, 'do look again ; it must l.e there' lie examined again ; hutiilnrnid with a sot row ful fare, 8.t\ing il was not there. Oli,' mill she ?n agonv,"*it must he there ! I hive itn assurance that it is there 1 Do look once more !' The angel was moved to tears hy her entreaties, hiuI again left her to renew his search. After a lone ntisence, tie caitte 1 haelc, his face radiant with joy, niid ex1 claimed? 'We have found il! hot it was so cloinl . ed with tobacco smoke that we could hardlv roe it.' 'l ite good old woman itpon wakin K.hn mediately thiew her |>i|?e away, and nev I er indulged in smoking again. <4