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the Canrastcr CcOger, ?2 PER ANNUM fSS&rss* ' IN ADVANCE .1 >'amilg aaJ ^nliiitul iJtius|ia(itt -Dtuultii :u Hit ilris, ituacts, tittrntort, Mutation, tlgrirultnrr. Salrmnl 3m|irnuciutuls, .fortign aui) JPuuirstir fituiu, cu?i tjj: JUurktts. V 0 LU M E VIII. LANCASTER C, II., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNINO, JUNE 8, 1850. NUMBER 17. j t i i clii ii ?>n I lie si ile ol Im tliront ?' ?>.si.ri titu ! > ia\.i i.? .. . i .i - - I 1 - ... KliTt ]M\n\. : Ion Is it Anybody's Business oul y<? H ( BY HAKIMF. F. CARLETON. j ( * | lou in it anybodvs business | If ? gentleman should cl|ouse am To wait upon a lady. on If tin* lady don t refuse i iioi ' 4)r to spenk a little plainer, -vv' That my meaning all ut.iv know, la it any body's business If a lady liaa a beau ! J' 1 , . , , . oil is it anybody h business ( \\ hen that gentleman does call, . ..U| Or when lie leaves a lady, wo If he leaves at all ? nit Or in it necessary au< That the eiirtnin should be drawn, j bf To save from farther trouble I The outside lookers-on ! ' am Is it uiivbodv's business Hut (lie lady's, if her beau ^ Rides out with other ladies (jj. And doesn't !? her know ! S|M Is it anybody's business ! pu lint the gentleman's, if she ^ Mr Should aecept another escort bis \N here be doesn't cjiaiice to be 1 tor . tlii frlrrtrii sturq. |H: Mischief Making. j"v ! tin ' I tell it as it was told to lile." I Stic A vi-rv ! *iig lime ago in lint western part t Kngland, there lived an aged con wlin-o 111 no I! r??I parsed away since |lt, .irlv \' < > < I' 11. Ill llo? i'lerV 'lav tolllid of r (I'll tile, mill who had never heel) known t)|( .> l.:i\f tin* least ill feeling towards each ||, i .m I'Vi'i siiu'i' the lime when good old jM,| iiiiviii 11 it .i.| litol unit ?*< I them in the (|u > v 'imii'N ol wclliirk, i we.ul v*five Years WH r.'.n... S i w.*;l was ilirir coiii'igal Imp- j Wu it m ? - - k lowii, 'hat thev w ?*ri. spoken of t i r iml ii ?r, as tin* happiest J?* i r known. ! wo \ i?. 'In* I >.*vil, (excuse the abrupt inrn- i VlM lion of h's iianii*,) lool ln?t*n trxitig for ? I.vimiIv tens t" make w hat is ?o common- ?H|, !y - it! It*.] 'h fu*s in ilu* fami'v,' between 1 bos.. it 11111 ih tons. Kill it it- it lil? lilor ,ie, r.lir iMoi , 111* Ii ii not Utii ah'.u to iinluri' j?,i ill.* oM gentleman to gitiinhlo aiiout breakfast heing too Ih'.i* iiliri*. or the old w|, i oil to give a * *11o|I- rurtain lecture. Af i |t(v ' r repeated I'tY'iitc. tlit* iK.vil became dia1 j jn "inaged, and liad In* not !?? ? ?? a person 1 *.|t< . f great di tiTiiiinat oii, In* would have ; js , .1' iili' iss irivi'M tin the wiiil; in despair. ore < hie .'av n * lo* wa !Ve>l along in a very fan i? 111\ mood after another attempt to get ; 'In. old l olv 'o Quarrel aliont the pigs I g. t Tig into tl a tard. lit* nibt hii "Id wo j die man. a in-ar neighbor of the old couple. ' r \s Mr Devil and the neighbor wer? very j cot particular friend*, thev nuir.t needs atop mc pn tlit* wax to chat a little. i tin 'do m! morning, sir,' -aid "lie, 'and pray ! p'e wliat makes you look sorcowiy this Im'hu ? iful morning, isn't the conlioveray l>e 1 iween the two church's doing good *er. mi \ ice!' Yes.' ! , 'Fsi.'i I >..,...01. W ... .Li - - ? I" .1,, bad whisk v f ,v - hu <>h' a* Well, what in the mailer, my highly j ^ honored master }' Everytiling else going on well enough,' ' replied the l>evtl, 'bill,' and lie looked as , 111 sour ns a s ck monkey on a crab apple tree, 'old lllnefoid and his wife over here, ' 1 atv iteming the cause terribly, by their bad example, and after trying for years ! Ct*' to otdiice them to do better, I imi-t say, I "j"" I consider thuui hopeless.' . **s Th<; ohl hag stood lor a moment in j deep thought. 'Are yon sure that von j w I have tried every way }' 'Every way that I can think of.' 'Are vou certain !' . 'Yea.' j rof Well,' said she, 'If vou will promise j "j lo make me a present of a new pair, of shoes, in cnse I succeed, 1 wili make t!ie Pa attempt myself, and see :f 1 can't raise a *8 quarrel between thein.' I ? ' To tins reasonable mpiest, the l)evil 1 /bidly ar.4vnted. The old hag went her Hay to neighbor lllueford't house, and ~11 II- in.. i? i ? 1 # !*? invj .?ir*. i>iufior<i nusuy engager: in gelling thing* ready for her husband'* w' vomfort on lui return iroui work. After t"1 Site iikuhI compliment* liao passed, lite . l" follow ii?if dialogue look place. 'Well, friend It., you mid Mr. It. linve n!1 Itve.l a long lirn* i ? j ? 'Five and twenty years come next No* , * vember,' replied Mrs. It. . I 'And all this time you have never had the the least quarrel ?' tni 'Not one.' toe 'I ant iialv glad to hear it.* continued ci?< the hag 'I consider it my duly to warn hie you that though this ii the case, yet you sel must not aspect to be so always. Ilare lo you not observed ot late that Mr Blue, Ba ford lias grown peevish and sullen nl he limes ?' " # I ins 'A very little so,' observed Mrs. Blue- tin ford. an 'I know it,' continued the hag, 'and at le' ip<j w<v/>j >ou io lime lo l?o 011 jour ces guard.' !o? Mrs It. did think she had bythjr do so, An and asked advice how sh? bad belter,t^fta *'e age the case. me 'Have you not noticed,' said the hag, cor 'that your husband has a bunch of long of coarse hair growing on a mole, under the , 10 'Yes.' vice dot 'These are the cause .of trouble, ami as Hangar g a> tliev remain you had better look France L. Now as a friend 1 would advise Kv'er sill ii to cut them oti the first time you get lias trea diance, and thus end the trouble.' tyrrany, 'If you say so 1 will,1 replied the credit tor aid I is old lady. which h boon after this the hag started lor home coinhats ;1 made it convenient to meet Mr. B. l?ly diiv the way. Much the same talk in rela- to he d n to his domestic happiness passed be Francis een them, as did between hfer and the ed, hold I woman. April, 1 But, friend BlueforY said bhe, 'I think rian 1'ri ny duty as a Christian, to wain you to of life, I on your guard, for I tell you that your been hij e intends your rum.1 victoii Old Mr. B. waa very much astonished, Vict > . he could not wholly discredit her irds. When he reached home he throw ,m'ncess uself upon the bed in gieat perplexity, (:|,.ir|es 1 feigning sleep, studied over the niat? j in his own mind. IBs wife thinking benrin" s a good opportunity to cut otY the |nr j noxious hair, took lier hushand's razor Hr,? d crept softly to his side. Now the |over ?? I lady was very much frightened at rjt> ^ t|(l Iding a lazor so close to her husbandY . h , , . . i since ?!? oat, ami I.or band was jiot so stea iion of as it once was ; so, between the two j(H>v i went to ivmk very awkwardly and |)>a(j lied the hairs instead of culling them j <Jj, ,r|(.s . B. opened his eyes and there stood j ?,on) H wife with a razor at his throat I At were 'lr what had been tohl hitu, ami seeing u s, lie could not doubt that* she iiiten ||,|-ou ?|, 1 to murder him. lie sprang from the ? - , ' 1 in horror, and no ex plan -at ion or en j f j( atv could convince him to '.lie contrary. , , eJ , . , , ! e<i liims from that tune forth there was no , ... , , , . I>.?it.e o ire peace in luat house. It was jaw, ar(ll,. w v, ijuarrelinnj ami wranglirg all the ^tr'*-s With delight the Devil heard of the I Jl'V! \ , , , . . , , , v. Men I cess ot l!ie faithful emissary, ami sent . , , .. , iii- I the Is,a r word ti at it sue would meet him at ^ s end ol the lawn, at a ceitain time, . 1 would pay ln*r the shoes. ' " . i l l \ g I I, W III At the unpointed tune she i. paired to i ..i ir i? i i i I Mil!?' ! >poi ami four,-1 the Dev?! at the place. ?,anue| 1 put the shoes on the end ol a long , , 1 , ,. , I , hlisbaiti le and standing oil the opposite side ol | M||,:? .? fence, handed them over to hot. She |l( s very much pleased with thctn, they i |i; i? re exactly the article. Dud v 'But there is one thing, Mr. Devil, 1 u!d like to have explained, that is, why , i i ii . .. ?i w i:li hill hand ilium to me on a stick . . .. i ? i- i i i he ret us Very easy to explain, replied lie; Ia v One ? ho lias the cuii'iing and mean* . . , , , ii. ' ''"I he ' iS ll) ill) Hs Mill III! I'D 11(1111', (lull I l?et , , .. I . / |? e. I After tl rrer lit.in twenty leel of me . So mi, i , i .1 i * " i ii" linn : ln> lli-il 111 te;n>r. After :t while Ilio old woman died. ami ^ ^ en the applied fur admission to the ! ^ ^ ^ if r regions, the Devil would not let lier I e i i ii KdIIK', lor Icar sue might dethrone Itun, as i^nce 0 i was Ins snpciior. So the old woman ' , ii. ? i ii at.(I m let compelled to w ander over the world, .l, nj at hilt ouairela and s'rife in peaceful ' ' , i i i i i i '*'rs m!!" allies and heigliooraciiods. that al' Would yon like to know her name ? f It ia Madame Sicandal J W hen she jj id. her cliildr.iu, the voting Seandali , , i r I t i i. i elo?e ?d *, were left orphans, tint the Devil, in |Cn?|RIV isiileratiou of tUo service done h\ the i.i i conntm ituc-T, adopted IheJU, so you bee he is Ml|iuat t father of that respectable class of peo - , II i II I l,,eHn ? called scandal mongers 1 o , Sardim ininiste From the Philadelphia Press, ' .rround io Three Fighting Men of Europe. | As many of onr readers may desire to terms o ve their memory refreshed, as respects ; diHon>si j tfiree sovereigns who have plunged I which i rope into w ar, we shall rapidly sketch 1 IKissia. much ol their |mhlic and personal his i i.,,. ?..r . ! y an will ilo this, without wearying by Franca, er minuter)*** of detail consolu ANCIS JOSKI'll, KMPRIIOK ??K Al'STIil A. it) Wort) hruncis Joseph Charles, Kmperoi <>i ^ Prince istria, was born August 18th, 1880.? I ihle of uncle, Ferdinand I, nbdit'Hlcd on lie 1><?1< 1 an nber 2, 1819, and this young gent'e 1 person i in ascended ibe throne, a* next boir ? 1 ! *?, no is too common in Europe, the young j affectioi jperor commenced his regit b\ issuing 1 tional li >roclamation to bis subject*, full of prt? ; and pai ses. Under this rule Austria was to j for the vo freedom ami a constitutional form ' i.ot is government?the monarchy was to be | brined ? the people were to have equal. | lliog of governmctit on ibe hast. of. true j Xapolct erty, union lite basis of tbcir equal ; paper n iticipuion in the representation and 1 dm.us t [ialation. Scarcely wan ' is signature | |,orn ?t y on tbis document, when lie closed the 1808, v tional reptosenlaiive assembly met at parte, 1< einsier; cancelled the ancient conslitu 1 tteaulwi n of Hungary, sultsiltuting a now press Jt arter which, being a deatl letter, was |eor, p | thdrawn in eighteen months; called ?ul of l< the aid of the late Einperor of liussia elder br cruslt ail vitality of freedom ill Hum erlan 1 > ... 1 I I* 1 - - I- - - ? II I - iv, Mini, uii'it-r i\iiUHWKV,iiuppnMie?i ah Iy?um l1 einpt* at liberty in l/ombardy and Ve |? |),e e. Thus fiilliilsni^ the memorable say hruj },|A > ! took pa e nirdc n solitude, and called it pence " ; The bro ? Kmperor of Austria showed his real 1832 t< nd by asserting lor himself as much au- the de ratic cower h? the Czar has ever exer LLome, I ed. He made Ins ministers accounts family, i, not Iq the law, hut personally to him | duct.I *< f. Moms few concessions ho appeared 11 * w \V make to tbe rjassga, hut, in Austrian highly i ly, his will is supreme, and in Austria we helit has substituted bin own personal com hook at iod fpr lite wholesome restrictions of In If law. He lias maintained an immense unsucce ny, even in lime of tho greatest peace, lion at ! a c;?l so vasi thai the naiiona? 'osour OoutiWy i have been greatly injured. Loan after Stale b; n, each at ruinous rate*, have kept er'a bea i?tria in difficulties, and under a great Switaerl ight of taxation. His latest financial lippe, h asure, since the war witli Sardinia 1830 So niinjr.ped, W u to suspend the payment ness,' a specie by tho Hank of Austria, and been is create fictitious money by the issue of York. *?. i, nc iciui iu'u i in* svr 10 !o hiin in the suppression of tint inn rebellion, by Hiking part with and England against Russia.? ico bis accession to the tbrone, ho tod bis Italian subjects with groat , In tbeir discontent tliey look j Lo free Sardinia, and tbe appeal, as onco more made Franco a tut on Italian soil, and will probft' o the Austrian* out of Italy, has ecidod now by force of arms,? Joseph is said to be well inform , scheming and unscrupulous. In 8o4, be was married to a Bavamoss. In the private relations lis conduct is saiJ always to have jhlv moral and exemplary. t KM.MAX UK I.. KINO OF SARDINIA. r Emmanuel II. was born March 0. His mother was an Austrian , and bis father was tbe iate King, Albert. Brought up under clertruclion, Victor Emmanuel, then the title of Duke of Savoy, went into society, bore a commission m v, and was well known as a keen tield sports. In 1842, be marArchduchess Adeiade, of Austria, ad. \\ hen the French Revolu1848 caused political commotion , the I'ope actually taking the * a political regenerator, King Albert raised the banner of I'ied nd a few days after tbe Auslnans iveu out of Milan, proclaimed tbe if Italian Iiuh pendence. All tbe campaign which followed, Emmanuel spiiiledly fought bv el's side, and greatly distinguishell. on Match 24, 1840. ia tbe f Novana, when the Sardinian as defeated. 1 bat very evening Albert Abdicated, and Yietoi nel became King of Sardinia ? ;ii g loin really includes not only nd of S irdiuia, but also l'ie lm?>nt, llie Eoiiiellina and tienoa, ;i I in Clonics Albert retired to I'ur'in . r?* lie died so >n after was expected iVoin Victor Kin, tbe pupil <>f Jesuit-, and s n and I ?>{ Austrian Brinrosses. II s ratliei distrusted loin, and, for a bail to encounter many internal iev Austria ottered him tbe of Banna, if be would repudiate islilution, to wbicli be bad sworn - father, in K. I.mure ICIO f...i till llio bribe. Cenoa proclaimed is't>i:nl Government against him, peedily put down (In* Hnuiitr.? it* beginning of 1850, when tlic iti )'trlinmetil tunitiv ratified the iili Austria, public confidence l>?* i rely on 111f? wwdoin, patriotism duess of ilir lvinl;. I Iti hrokt* with asserting the national iiuleptiii f his kiit^iitxii in temporal mutters 113 he saitl to have become indet of the Papal See in spiritual mat 1. In January, 1855, lie foiuiei! iance with France ami Knghitwl. Russia, which tell to his sending iii"t 11 armv to the Crimea. At the the wai he vi-it* ?! France ami 1 niiri was warmly rticeivetl 111 both 's. In the Congress at l/aris to he ttirnis < f Peace, after the Cri (V31 r, Austria slrong'y objected to a being represented there by a r. This was overruled, 011 the that having height Sardinia had a right to have a voice on the I peace. It is known that, in the ons, Sardinia sid? ?l with France, b* irad to give favorab'e terms to It is probable that in this lav .,T%f the present alliance between Sardinia and Russia?which was lated, as far as France and Sardininvo'lved, by flie recent union of Napoleon with the Princsss Cloth Sardinia. Victor Emmanuel, a <i uv-mng Soulier, commands in 11nriitthe present campaign He doubt, encouraged the crv ol dis ii in Itiil)', partly l<> obtain addimitorv, on a division of 'the spoil,' tlv to l>e avenged upon Austria defeat of Xovarii, in March. 184'J. N.VI'OI.KO.V, KMI'K.IIOK OK TIIK FKKNCII. raphical particulars relating to an 111 are so well known by newspaders. that it seetris nearly supero give any here. Louis Xapolwon, the Ttiileries, in l'aris, April 20th, ran the soiotid son of Louis Bona ling of Holland, and Ilortense nans, only daughter of the Kinmephine. After the fall of Napo[lie Bonaparte family had to live "iance. Louis Napoleon, with Ins other and mother, lived in Swiljp vhen the Revolution of July placed hilippe on the throne of h'rnnce. following year, Louis Xapofeot) brother went to Italv, where both ?: - - " ii iii mm nnunrvuvu m iiume. >lher died (lie same year. From > 1835, 1/otiu Napoleon, who |?y alii of Iiik coo*in, the King of iad become head of the Napdleon devoted himself to study and pro veral works, political and military, lanoel stir l\\rtillene' has been poken of by military men, and ive that it is now used as a textWest Point. 13C took place Louis Napoleon's ssftil attempt to get up a rovoluStrasbourg. He was sent out of the , and v?a* iwsiieii UiU the United f the alarming state of his moth Ith. In 1838, being driven out of and, on the demand of Louis Phi a wont to reside in London. In i published 'pes Idees Napoliom true translation o! which has iust sued by the Appletons. at New In 1310 be iii . ie tl>:'*. upsucceas ivii uesceni upon uouiogio, vMucli co i signet! Iiiin, a political i?rison?-r, to tl Fortress of Ham. In 1841 be escaped England, where ho remaned until tl Revolution of 1848 refilled him France, and soon placed Km i:i tlie 1 *rc j identia! chair there. On deQsuibcr 2, 1 8i? j in consetpience (iiis appolcgists say) of knowledge that his opponents medilah | a heavy blow at his authority, lie executi the cuitji it'etnt, which overthrew tl National Assembly, and caused his eh | lion, first as President for ten years, at next as Emperor, with succession in I family, lie whs proclc' ed Knperor < I )eceinber 2, 1852, and immediate after married Eugenie, Countess de Tel His recognition its Enipeior wa? iniinei ate on the part of the Uriited States at ; England, and rather tardy by the C< j man States, influenced by Nicholas i liu?sta. Napoleon had his revenge, soi i after, when he persuaded England At | tria, and Sardinia to make an allian against the Czar, which caused the (J mean war, and the defeat ol Russia.* Th ! alliance was as unexpected as the me recent compact which France has ma with Sardinia against Austria, which snid to include Russia also. 1' remains be seen whether this now condition 1 affairs will not disturb the friendlv re! lions hitherto existing between Engla J ami franco. That great changes are on t I tapis wo cannot doubt. Austria. "Cries havoc, and lets slip the dogs ?.f wa and tin one can any where or how it w en I. The sympathy of the nations strongly with Italy?so long crushed, t wretchedly misgoverned. Justice deinan that Italians, not Anstrians, shall n ) North Italy. "What auk Bums Hood Foul"?T American Agriculturist, in answer to tl inquiry, relates the following auecdot "In connection with thi< subject, will give an anecdote related to us 1 ! winter hv tlov. A:ken,of South Carolii | of the rice birds. These little creatu I gather around the rice fields at harvi time in countless myriads, ami of con eonsume considerable grain. Somove: ago ii was determined to make war tip them and drive them out of the count and the measure was in some degree, s, oessful, so far as getting rid of the bir I ' v\ I)at are Inrda pood t?>r f' The ? I planter soon found out ; tor, with the < crease of the birds, the worms increai I ho rapidly, that, instead of a few soalt ing seeds to feed \tn% birds, the w\i crop was demanded to till the iiisatia ! maw of tlx? army that came to consti every voting *linnt as fast as 5hoy spri | from the ground. Most nndonbte !lv I birds were invited hack again with | heartv welcome. liice cannot he cnlti | ted without their assistance." Til K BUST IIRCOM W I" M) AT ION.? A yot ' seeking employment went to one of < large cities, at'.d on impiiring at a cert counting room if they w ished a clerk, v told that they did not. Op mentioning I recommendations ho had, ono of wli was (roin a highly respectable citizen, merchant desired to see them ; and turning over his carpet bag to find letters, a hook rolled out on the floor. 'What hook is that ?' said the mercha 'It is the )>ihle, sir.' was the replv. 'A what are yon going t" do with that tic in New Vork C Tlie lad looke I seriou into his face and replied, 'I promised t tnolln r I would read it every day an shall do it, and buist into tears. 'I merchant considered that the host recc mendation ho could nosiihlv Bret. and i mediately engaged the hoy. tn due ti lie became n partner in the firm, ont the most respectable in the city.? AT. Lcih/tr. Tub Guavo tita?r-Kew of our re; ers, {lerliaps, are aware of tire amount business ilia* lots been reached in 4 Guano trade of this city, which is but its commencement. We have recei\ some figures from a well informed fric and witout, at present, going into dcta we may state that the amount sold 1 this city since the 1st September, 18, is nearly <*600,000. There was little <i< I in the first quarter of the coinuiert I year?September. ? retober, Novemberso that this amount may be fairly credi from the 1st December, a*, which ti the large transactions began. Oft amount, one thousand toiaofl'eruv uiintin were ol direct import to tins ci ? CbfwU&ion Courier. Awsk op tiik Krankino I'kivii.ko The Constitution slaws that a man nair Philips has heen arrested in Wajdiingt charged with forging the frank of a me ber ol the United States Sonata, a attaching it to a circular for cireulat through the mail. The grand jury li indcited him l>e(ore his arrest. The cir lars related exclusively to hit private hi ness and a large number of them li been sent to the post office. A vot'no physician, a recent gradut was asked why ho bad not gone to his father, who had just died. The fat1 lived in Indiana, the son in Virginia. I replied that 'the immense torridity of circumambient 'atmosphere had, by condensation, so diluted the placid ho ous dual of the enormous river Ol 'hat with the most superlative reludlar I bad to procrastinate a premedita egress into the palatinate province, ui the morbid excitement of the pericani ! had extinguished the vital spark.' Whatever you may choose to giv? way, always l>e sure to keep your lemf Imiiliuj lUuiiiug, | to "He is Faithful that Promised." llow multiplied are the proofs that j tl God is faithful to his promises. A caso | o !l m point is the following : j p iJeac>n W was a plain man, ? ?d who lived, during the latter part of last f\ ,H century, in a ipjiet country town in Con- p IC* i necticut. lie was an inleligent, hard o 'd i working farmer, contented to support his fj "s family of eighteen children l?v unrcmit |< L,n ting toil, and to serve God in the humble c '3' sphere in which He had seen tit to place |j r'' l,im- i1 (July one fact of special interest in re- ?. 'd gard to him has come down to us, and t 'r that preserved in an old letter written || more than half a century since, to one of s in his numerous children. It was this: that r he was in the habit of praying for all his I c.(' j children every day by name. i o n' ! What a patrimony for that large fami- 1 n !il i |y ! How many prayers, warm fr in that I I father's heart, were ottered and accepted a d? j at the mercy seat, and laid up in remem c ,s I brnntte before God. p f? 1 T. W , one of the sons of this [ ! g00(! man, passed through his college 'n ] course without becoming a Christian.? z "d i Ho entered the medical profession and s '10 practiced in his native State a few years, t j when he was separated from all the hah ^ r " lowed associations of his old homo. Here s ill | his indifference to the truths of the gos- | go | pel was more and more confirmed, until < to | lie became decidedly skeptical in regard ( ids j to all religions truth. I do Years passed on. The praying father \ 5 was taken to his heavenly home, ami the , 1 unbelieving son was already past the s |,e meridian of life, "without hope and with j his God in the world." He liven in neg- j | lect of the Hihle, or read it onlv to cavil . J raiurr ur llluuitT nd may sink into the crave, yet the fervent, >ok effectual prayer of the; righteous is never sly forgotten before (iod.?Am .Veww/cr, ny _ , M _ d I . ? ? ']ie A Good Suggestion. >w I liov. 1 >r. Murray closes some excellent m I remarks on long sermons and minute subme j ilii'isions, with the following prominent of I quotation t j "Some preachers cut the bread of life so ' small. The greater part does through the basket ?l , '""j 0f 1 So full of beads that nothing else there j the! ?eem?- , , i j,, 1 \o room is left for body, life or limbs. ... j Whate'er the text, the sermon still must be ( n<l A little body of divinity. j|4' | Sweet is the gospel, and it well beseems . I in I To dwell with rapture on its glorious - ^ ! themes ; ! j ,nJ Yet some discourses would he full as good, i ,j.4| If they were not compressed in latitude. ! j Thev lose in substance what they gain in ' ted : " lerrgti,, me As thread, spun out too fine, impairs the ; his strength. ian S?ine Rre "K>re garrulous the more they're I ; lt luet, , And when they've least to say, 'enlargo' j the most." led 1 Tub VViiolb Ciicrch at run Pray on, meeting.?What an encouragement it n* would be to many a discouraged and al |nc' most worn out pastor! What a testi-' 1011 ii.a ?/..!.! .n-. lad " ""J ,v/ i,,w mat vyiirisiirnn were ; c?. in earnest in their profession, ami that isi they loved communion with God ! Hoiv IR|' would it make sermons and means of grace full ot witasort, life and power, that it,, now seem dull and lifeless ! How would see >t promote growth in grace, and honour her Christ, and quicken zeal, and increase He spirituality, and make the Church on the earth like the Church in heaven ! Let its all the Church he regularly at the prayue er meeting, and all would ho faithful, and tio, active, and useful; all would he a help to ice, the paator and to each other ; all would ted feel the power of the Gospel in their own ( ntil hearts, and tlnu he burning and shining urn lights ; and men would take knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus! See to it, Christian reader, that you do i a. your part Joward having all the church >er. , alway* at the prayer-meeting. # 1 * it i t> sacred truths, tin J remembered not VNt' the God ?,f his f;*ther. 1 Vet God's long sulVering failed not.? "a? Ho was mil one ?l.iy alone in the woods, r,'s when it seemed to him that lie heard his name called ; and that, on turning round, ( rs<" his father said to him in solemn tones, Iirs "All scripture is given by inspiration of 'on God." It seemed to him like a voice from r)'? heaven, lie was seized with deep con- j ,c" viction foi sin. He saw, as lie had never Is. seen before, his guilt in rejecting the word '*'e ,?f God, and with the hiimilitv of a child 'L*' lie cried, "Lord, I helievc ; lieip thou mine nnheliet. pr" I Kroin this time this son began to lead >,^p 1 a new life, and till itie t'unn ..r i.? v\ 11ieli oocurred when about eighty vuars mo nf age, he was ft laithl'ill and consistent Chiistian. ",w What an answer to thai father's prayiJ fr ! llis voice had long heen siletit in the v:l grave, yet tlie eye of liod |ih<1 followed that rebellious and skeptical son through his life of unbelief, till, in Hod's own time | tilt truth was sent home to liia heart with irr>ur resistahle power. ain What sn encouragement to parents to > hs pray for their children, to "pray for them the every, day by nftme," I n this case it w as ich doubtless the holv life and example of the that father which came back upon him in like a living voice, and was to him indeed bis as "hfe from the death" llow sure is (iod's remembrance of his lilt. ' nr.iiiiiB<?B I lio - ili|nrultur?l. Scientific Farming Memoranda Krhaustiwj the Soil?It is well km hut if tlio same kind of crops are plai r sown for several years in successiot lie same soil tliey will at last cease icld. This is called 'exhausting the s ir which a partial remedy is found lie use of manures, but even with t ugh manuring every season, the soil ?il to yield, if the crops are not frequ y changed l>y what is called roiatioi roppirif.' To account for this, it is ieved that each crop exhausts the so he peculiar nutritive matter which it [uircs, and thus it takes some year iring hack or restore such matter to and. It is well know that some soils o rich in certain salts as to he capabl aising a succession of crops for a n er of years, but this is not the case i rally. A rotation of crops and freqi manuring can alone ensure anv soil f lecoming exhausted. A grain crop ah iKvavs bo succeeded by a root or a gi rop, and rice versa. Thus wheat, l trass, oats, potatoes, coin, wheat, tun >arley, potatoes, rye, clover. Manures,?Guano is a powerful fe ;er, hut it is too concentrated to he i inglv. It is found to produce stipi ducts when mixed with equal quant if common salt, and then stirred up ibout four times their quantity of 11 oamy soil. I lie superphosphates oimng into more general use for -tops, and they are valuable for such poses. 1 hey should he applied as * n the season as possible, as they ret considerable moisture to ensure theii lorplion by the plants. There are 11 adulterations of guano sold, and as mi expensive fertilizer, deception i quality is a heinous crime. In bur Peruvian guano, it should loose frot to 00 per cent fit its weight; itsaslisli hi- white, and dissolve readily withoi icivcseenee in dilute miriatic acid lea an insolub'e residue of onlv uboiit 1 cent. A bushel of pure guano wi about lbs.; if adulterated with marl or sand, it will weigh more this. This latter test will detect adulteration ; the former a more re adulteration. Boues ^oMTrees. Hones are always accumulating villages and about countrv residi which might be put to a better use to encumtm the streets or to emit r agreeable odor from under the fence; 1 here is nothing like decaying I for all sorts of fruit liees. They ar? haps best for pear trees, next for n] and then for quinces ; but are gov any kind of fruit, unless it be cranbv which secui to grow on little else In and water. 1 lie true way would be to mak bones into superphosphate of liim grinding, and then adding half weight of sulphuric acid to be appli small doses e\erv year. Hut as tlier not bone mills every where, and a making of superphosphate is a t which could hardly he recommend; cultivators to learn, the next best t to be done, is to break them up into pieces and mix them with the si which trees are transplanted. From a peck to a peck for <lvvarf trees, am. or three pecks for trees designed for dards, is enough. I lie action will be slow but ver ting, continuing through, the life ol ordinary tree. Hones are richly v saying for this purpose, and at the f price at which they can be had in gountry places, they can he broug advantage. They render a tree vigi and healthy, and greatly improve its It is not a had plan to dig tlnma. int toil about old trees. Ma si an Maxims.?At a late me [>f the Farmers' Club of the Amei Institute, Mr. T. W. Field read a j an manures, in which he said : 'The whole subject of Manures iru stated in this proposition : 1. Manure does not waste so lot it is unfermented, or undesolved, these conditions may be effected by ing saturation. 2. Fresh manure is unfit for foo plants. 3. Fermenting manure, in contact iaont matter, has the power of neti zing vicious proprieties, such as ti acid of peat and tnak:ng it a fertilize 4. Manure wasts in two ways?tl cape of gas and the dissolving of its ble salt. 5. The creative power of manure, i with other substance, is capable of i plying its value many times. 0. The value of manure to crops proportion to its divisibility tbrong soil. Tlife iroldan rule of manure s) be small quantities of manure tbroi dividual and. intermingled with the s< There are seven reasons why far are healthier than profession men, vi 1. They work more and develoj the leading musdes of the body. 2 They take their exercise in the air, and breathe a preater amount ol gen. 3. Their food and drinks are com ly less adulterated and far more aim 4. They do not overwork their as much as industrious professional i 5. Thev tako their sleep commonlj ing the hours of darkness, and do n< to turn day into night 0. They are noi so ambitious at not wear themselves out so rapidly i contest of rivalry. 7. Their pleasures are simple am exhausting. UnmofMis. iiwn Ihere is a man in Boston who walks )le(j so slow that ho wears a pair of spurs to i on keep ^is shadow from treacling on his , j heels! to I by < Funny.?An absentirainded woman hor washed the face of a clock, then wound wi;| the baby up and set it forward fifteen ent minutes. be | Aunt Betsy has said many good things it of among the rest that a newspaper is like re a wife, because every man should hare s to one of his own. are A little three year old girl was riding le of i in the cats with her mother a few days urn- since, when a lady remarked, 'That's a gen pretty baby!' The little girl's eyes flash nent I ed fire as she drew herself up to her fullrom est height, and replied, 'I ain't a baby, I icud wear gaiter boots-and hoops.' reen j then ^ modern philosopher gives several lips, P?tent reasons why a man should never marry for money ; but an old epigramrtiij. matist arglis the case very pleasantly on ised the other side :? irior "Whene'er you marry, Crcesus said, ities Take one rich widow or rich maid ; with | For any wife may turn out ill, loist Ibit, 'gad ! the money never will root 'Why don't you 'wheel that barrow of pur- | coal, Neil ?' said a miner to one of his jarly sons ; 'it is not a very hard job. There is juire an inclined plane to relieve you.' 'Ah,' rer ah- plied Ned, 'the plane may he inclined, iany but hang tne if 1 am.' it is ? m ^ n its I Special Request.? The prnvers of the niiig pious are earnestly desired in behalf of n 55 several members of the Church who are lould making money very fast, that they may it ef- uit love it too much, and thus lose their iving souls. All who fee they are in no danger, - per are requested to unite in this service. C'H>. , An Irishman on visiting a menagerie than for t|ie first time, while stalking around gross (|ie pavilion, suddenly came on the ele fi' ed , . vvi,rtPl, |.^ ?.i .i ? i > "l *?' ?* > " l"? keeper with surprise ; 'Tunder and lightning mister; what eritler have you got ? in there, with a tail on both ends.' en COS j 1 <a? mm than i The Selection* ok a Wife.?Sam i (lift- I tjHck, in hi* let? 'saying,' gives some ad' vice about the selection of a wife. Says bones |1(J. 1 l)er* j ' Don't marry too poor a gal, for they [iplos, are apt to think there is no end to a hush1 'or band s puss ; nor too ri-jh a gal, for they fries, are tol) Xpt to remind you of it?onpleas?t air nn{ sometimes ; nor too giddy a gal, for lliev neglect their families, nor too dee mure a one, for they are most likely to 5 by give vou the do<lge, race off, and leave ; their ?or loo weak-minded a one, for children ei' take nil their talents from their mothers.' e are M ^ ? l!,e ; Rustic Ionoraxcb.?A clergyman r'!( e' was appointed to a cure of souls in an ei. agricultural district, and had to deal with '.8 a population scanty in number, stolid and . contented in their nature, who, so long as Jl. tbe:r bacon served their cabbage, and their cabbage served their bacon, slept 0 caliulv and snored soundly through his stai1" most rousing sermons. One evening be visited an old woman, who had not, in ' ~ deed, led a verv exemplary life, but was Hn^ still cheerful and unrepentant at the age * .! of threescore and ten. After some littletalk lie read to her the description of thtr mos crucifixion and the scenes previous to it. 11 She listened very attentively and moaned t>rous nujjbly, and at last fairly cried. He was r,,j ' naturally pleased at such a proof of the puwur ui ins muuairy, and, unwilling to weaken the effect, closed the book in oting silence. The old lady continued wiping rican lier eyes with the corner of her apron.? taper < *'I)eed, sir, it's all vera sad, I'm sure.? but,' slie added briskly, as though a sndly be den tliought had occurred, 'let's hope it's not true.'?London Star. and Yankee Trade. ^r.v I calculate 1 couldn't drive a trade with you to day ? said a true specimen of a J f?r Yankee pedler, at 'he door or a merchant in St. Louis. Wl1. I calculate you calculate about rigbtr for you cannot, was the sneering reply, unnic | Wall, I guess you needn't get huffy r* about iU Now here's & dozen real genute es- jne Pazor strops, worth two dollars and & 8?'u" half; you may have 'em at two dollars. I tell you I don't want any of your nixed tnui,t ao you had better be going, nulti- Wall, now, I declare I'll bet you five dollars if you make ine an offer for them i is in are strops, we'll have a irado vol h the Done ! replied the merchant, placing iouIiI t|je money in the hands of a bystander, ighly j|ie Yankee deposited the like sum ; when ttte merchant offered hitn a couple mers of cents for his strops, z : They're yourn, said the Yankee, as he re all pocketed the stakes. But he added, with apparent honesty, I calculate a joke's a open joke , and if you donT want them strops foxy- I'll trado hnok. The merchant's countenance brightenmon< ed as he replied?You're" not so had a pie. chap, after all. llero are the strops? brain give me the money. nen. j There it is, said the Yankee, as he rer dur- ceived the strops, and passed over the >'. try couple of cents. A trade's a trade, and now you're wide awake in earnest. I id do guess the next time you trade you'll do n the little better than to buy razor strops. And away he went with his strops and his J less wager, amid^ the shouU of the laughing I crowd.