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t tlw Canrastcr CcCiger. *2 per annum * in advance I 3 Jinnilg nab ^nlititnl Jitiu8|ia(it[?fltuuiti to tije Jlrts, StiratM, literatim, ifhratioa, Agrirnltan, Snttrtiul Siuprnuruiriits, Jortigii nub flouiMtir jsitins, nub tljt jlhtktls. 1 VOLUME VIII. LANCASTER C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 1859. NUMBER 2 J . frliTt ^nftuij. "Where i? thy Sting!" Who call* thee grim and terrible, Thou glorious angel. Death ? Thy form should wondrous beauty wear, Like sweet perfume thy breath. Thy robes should be of woven light, ?>f clear, resplend^ht sheen ; A crown of stirs upon thy bead, Thy face as heaven serene. Once Wert thou fearful in thy might, .. .......... ...... o.v... .../ When multitudes before thee passed Despairingly uwny ; lb-fore lhe Sun of Righteousness Arose to glad the earth Then Sio and l'ain and Thou didst blast All loveliness and worth. Hut now, midway from eaMh to heaven. Upon thy ebon throne, A glorious boon is granted thee, To tliee, groat Death, alone : The golden key of Life, true Life, Op'ning the pearly gates. Where never enter woes or strife, Hut re>t the freed awaits. tlHlTtfil itlU'lj. From Russell's Magazine. My Landlady's Story. ih.it hour o' nights blaek arch the key stone. i'-kM O'SllANTKK. M s. Crowe, in Iter \? ;rk untitled the 1X g.'.t Side < t Nature,' in ikes u'lttsion to ilte facts upon which '.In? fo'low.ng lit tV story is toon led ; but, sir.iiige! she doe* ma give tbo details. Ii whs a case tsH'cnu' y hi point (-.it Iter. Was it too hori.b!c to put in her b< ok, or was she r raiueJ by the sunt' delicacy tlint inalccveiy marvel monger speak oi it in * u*hisp?r J It was to!.I t<> mo in K fmbur^, by my Ian badv, Mis. S . She was Iroiu M n.tri? , and spoke ill >? Well ihaiked <i.i''no idiom, ilial greatly enhanced I r rp'ive power. It i- a remarkable t i t lli.it no Inng i ?tt<; is so well adapted I t ie thrilling, the pathetic, and the III HI -I. us. ns tiie dialect ol" tliu dcottlsli II e|i|?nder Sir Walter Scott owes t iua,li of i.is sue ? -s to't, and tin; lyrics of llurtis won <1 t.e eoinpnr .tive'y inspired witlioul i'. I iene nber once ho.wino Mrs S j *'. v\.t!i h r husband about sonic lion .sc. . o lie perpetrated in his courtship.? S'ic was .o much amused at it tliat she 1.1, hack in bor chair an I exclaimed, "I canna think ??' it but it makes me ii'most splcet me seeds a lachinj*.' I lie same expression, in plain Knglisb : 'I cannot split my sides a laughing,' is utterly tame by the side of the other. Mrs. S , moreover, had a manner which made her narration vividly impressive. It was tn the evening twilight, and we were watching, from the parlor window, the Inchkeith light in the Fruh of Forth, throwing its dashes of warning to the mariner. I forgot what drew from Mrs. S the awful recital, the interest of which 1 have feebly attempted to main tain, by drawing upon iny fancy for some amplification ; but she began in substance as /allows, occasionally tapping ine upon my shoulder, and reducing her voice to a hissing whisper : It is scarcely a year ago since a young USD died m the town of Haddington.? His conduct had been so outrageously dis solute that everybody repulsed him with abhorrence. Finally he sank down in a half starved condition, at the door of his uncle, an old blacksmith of Haddington, and was kindly taken in and cared for. Everything was done for him that even affection could suggest ; but bo grew worse and worse, until be wont into h tie1 lirium, and utteied things of sueli a friglitful import that few persons could remain near him. There were certain expressions which excited inore astonish men', than others?indeed, they drew tears froui ihuae who heard litem, n? well on account of the earnestness with which they were uttered, as the distracted ges ticulalions accompanying them. lie aeeined to stare at aome very distant object?distant as a fixed star; and, with in* outstretched hands thrust forward, as if to resist the rapid approach of some thing, lie shouted in a vgice bubbling up through hi* death-rattle, 'Hack ! back ! awa'wi*ye! awa' wie ye! Itisnasae written; I am not to be bruised. No, no, no! It is written that the seed of the woman shall bruise?awa* wi' ye?mor cy ! oh, mercy, mercy, mercy !' These ravings at laat ended in death It is the custom in Scotland to sit up three nights with the dead. The corpse .f A --J All-- /<--.! ? -> IM anuio" n11?II ^mr IIIHI was 1110 young man'# name) wan placed up stair* in a back room. It rested upon a rude table, consisting of four small benches supportin|J two board a. It was wrapped in a sheet, and two half crown pieces were placed upon '.he eye* to keep them closed. The blacksmith's house was built upon a simple plan. The outside door opened into a ainall hall down ataiis, and at the farther end of thia ball wars two bed rooms. A staircase commenced near the door, and led to the second story, in which there were what might be called an ante room, and the large apartment whore the body of Andrew Allan lay.? A door opened into this chamber (roin a x narrow platform at the bead of the ataits. Any one descending tho stairs from the f?m*j mum must pass in contact wun tin door. Kveninj; camo on, and tile blacksmith' two sons, cousins of I It e deceased wen appointed to sit up the first r.ight. The* were to occupy the anteroom. It wa too warm for fire; so they were provide with a couple of tallow candles, n juij o a,.? ? ~.. i -? , ...uu.amiu MC", OIIU J1IUIB UMIHCCO Hilt , pipes, Jamie was just twenty?a fine look i itig lad of quiet ?lemeanor, and industri ; ous habits. Archie, however, iwenty-twt I years of age, was far more sprightly.? j He took great delight in be ? involve* i in love scrapes. In fact, he was wha they call it: the Highlands, 'the vera die amang the lassies.' Hour aftet hour In entertained Jamie with his conquests, tin til the latter began to show symptoms o doubt. 'An' are yo sure, Archie,' he asked ' futi're na tell in' me a pack o' lees ?' They had not given their cousin in t'.n adjoining room a single thought. The] could not <U?guise the factfnohodv could that they were glad he was dead ; smotli enng their gratification, however, untie1 the old maxim, 'it was weel the puir ho | uy was relieved or his suHerinV Tin night dragged on. Archie continued hit amatory reminiscences, to the great an novanea of .lamie, until the town cloel 'stiack twal'?it was midnight ! The candle required snuffing, and Jf mie reached forward liis hand f?g tint purpose ; but a sound reaching his en's from the room where the corpse wa:?it sound like the moving <>f a bench?cats ml him in his tremulousness, to put ml (ho light. The darkness was total. Tin young men held their breath- each one choked by the throbbing of bis heart. 'Jamie,' said Archie, 'it was naething? naething but the wind. Oae doon an j il liK''"'.' 'Oh, Archie, for the love o'Ctod tal hol.l o' me?it tin your voice?vol ilinna speak in your aui voice !' The next moment tin? brother* wen I l ...I. J ??. -.1 luism hi mcii iiiiifrs arms, ami mil co>v t?rini? against the wall. ^!nici<leriup in tin extremity of terror : f-.r another sonml readied the in, ami one calculated to par alt ze the bravest. They heard with un mi'ta'.ahle .listinctnea* the two lialfcrowr pieces <!ro^ up in the floor. When the old blacksmith went up stairs at davliglit, ami saw, Ins run | crouching in the corner of the room, lo thought thev had been drinking too mod .tnd began to chide tliem. lint he soot I SI * > J i | )t*tl f (?> ln.o ooa ti ? .4 ?m ?% >? t, meet him with a wild expression of jovfii I relief on their countenances ; and peinle< I to the door at the head of the staira.? | They were not able to speak a word.? | The old man, without hesitation, ptishet open the door and entered the room ; bu be came rushing back, uttering a orv o horror?such a cry as none but an oh man can give?shrill?tremulous. The; fled down stairs?out of the house, am into the street. Hie neighbors were a roused?the .story t ?! ! ?ami in Isss thai ball an hour there was a tumult. Th staircase in the blacksmith's bouse wa soon tided with people ; bet none bai courage to open the door. The bead c the column stood upon the platform, r? sisting the force from behind. It inertia.I ed to such violence, however ill it resis I lance availed nothing. There was in impatient rush from below?the door w.i pushed open, and, in an instant, the ter rible room was titled with visitors. N'< a word was spoken?they could onl; look [Here it was that Mrs. S place* her hand upon my shoulder, and whispei ed in my ear? her breath throbbing pain fully against my excited tympanum.] One of the benches was slightly mot el, and the left foot of the corpse rosie* upon the tloor. The eyes were open wide open, and staring at something la ? far away Without any change in th lines of the face, there was \el an ox pies sion of curiosity?curiosity merging int fear?which, taken in connection wit the disturbed position of the body, h>rce< trie opinion upon the spectators that lh< dead man had suddenly started. Terro ' negnn to bo diminished mio simple wot der. TI10 people, at length, oop.vei ! sod willi one another but all the | could do was to close the eyes of tiie d? ceased and replace '.he half crown piecei lift up the log, and attain envelope it i | the sheet. That day no work was don | in Haddington ?no one ate niiytlulig.But night came on again; and othci . must take their turn at catching in th ante room. Twelve men volunteeredeleven of them citizens of Haddington but the twelfth was an upstart studer from St. Andrews, who durided the c? duiity of the people, and ipioted I> Brewster. Kxcellcnt cheer was provided f>?r th watcher/ ^ tire was kindled in the ant? room, and a kettle enlivened the conip: ny with its song. The student talked ir cessantly about spectral illusions, but hi companions did not listen to him?the ' sipped their hot water and whiskey in s ' lence, occasionally holding their brent at some fancied sound. The night wot on. The town clock struck the first pe? i of the midnight hour. Each strok | swelled on the air like a groan. It w? midnight. The student hurst into a bo'u terous laugh. It was, at first, a laugh t derision; hut it soon ceased. Theyoun tnan rose up?gave one look towards th !>latform at the head of (he stairs, an ell down swooning, for the half crow pieces jingling upon the floor?reInjund ed and fell again ; two benches were turr ed over, the ends of the clanks wliic they supported dropped down, and tli corpse was distinctly heard to slide alon the inclined plane. The listeners a I sprang to their feet, under an impulse t s make the escape, but they durst not pass llm Ireaded platform, so impressed * were the with the certainty (as they all e afterward testified before the investigating f commit'?) that Andrew Allen would ap s pear in he door of bis chamber, and irn- | ' plore thni not to leave him. Long bef fore delight the house was again throng* eil / crowd rushed up stairs, to the groat relief of the watchers, who hastsn ed totc?piaint llieni with what had oc 1 curre. Great excitement began to he " tnatiiested. The peoj>lo needed someone * to led them, and no one had the cour 1 ageo approach with the intention of I : opeing the door of the terrible apartB met. At this juncture some one cried < ?>U' f I Kin for the curate! rin for the curate ? Hiis good man, a Mr Handyside, lived . inn neighboring hamlet, preferring the oiiet he erjoyed 'here to the noise in the f Lisy town of Haddington. He is still ' liv" ami beloved by everybody ; out, ) inco Lis participation in the myslerionr horror? of the third niyhl, he has been r regarded a? a man having knowledge of things which no man ought to possess. 8 lie cheerfully obeyed the summons, s and repaired to the blacksmith's house. It was now after sunrise. The people t gathered around their pastor and told I him what had happened, lie paused a | moment in deep meditation, and then en tered the dreaded chamber. Not more I than three persons accompanied him ? the others, as each one passed the door i and looked into the room, pressed their j hands over their eyes and tied into the 1 \ street, uttering loud cries. 1 i 11 remember the distant chimes of St. 1 (?iles reaching our hearing at this iiio" ' ment, accorded sadly with the whisper to which Mrs. S had again lowered her voice 1 The two benches, supporting the feel ! o| Andtew Allan, were found thrown i some distance from where they originally 8 stood, as if they had been kicked with ! some violence. I lie dead body wa- con i j seijuently in a half sitting pasture. Tlie eyes were again opened, and tbis time I K v* *v'r " [ nearer, than what they ha I stared at on 1 | tin- previous night. The hands were un' locked an.I thrust forward as if to im 1 plore or resist ; the physiognomy, with * out any change i' the facial lines, beto' kcn.'d the most agonizing aiarm; while 1 the general attitude inclined the beholders 1 . to the belief, that the Itody had luten J j-oir. ..vo - -.4 1 make it- escape. Some of the person' I who tb-d from the house had Allan's " death struggle so forcibly recalled by therw ~ a[ipearauces, that they leclared his voic< I was issuing from this corpse, ami repeat 1 ing his dying words, 'IlackV back?awa wi've! it is na sae written ! * I Under the encouragement ar.d direc r lion of the curate, the body was re adjus 1 I ted. He proposed to the people thai >' they should bury it at once; but the) :1 would not violate the old Highland cits u torn, especially since 'it was hut ane nighl * ! inair.' 11 ! The n?ttj had hy tl>in lime spread ir I every direction. Persons came from Ed i itiburg ami Glisgow. Crow.Is poured in k from -til the neighboring towns ami ham j lets, until at twelve o'clock the streets ol 11 j Haddington could not hold them. Ni 8 doubt more than a thousand persons vis ! ited the rooms up stairs in the black 't ! smith's house, and hundreds offered tt V watch with Mr. Ilandyside, and accom ' pany him into the dead man's chambei ' . at the first unusual sound, (for such wai r* | the curate's purpose, frequently avowee ' in the course of the day;) hut whet tha' good man, a few hours after niglitfal ; mounted the stairs with his candles ant l' 1 Irs Bible, only four men followed him ? | Seated at a table, he calmed the fears o r his companions, by boldly investigating 0 the awful facts subjected to their conside 1 j ratiott. lie acknowledged his belief t< ? ! he that a supernatural agency was a nuiiv, himi iniinic*! nirtv tun Ull?fllS O '' Haddington should treasure up tlie cir 13 cumstances as a warning against disso 'r ' luteneaa. 'Perhaps,' said ho with heaita '' tion, as if tho idea he wished to advanc< r was incomprehenaive even to hiinsell )' | 'perhaps, in this ease, death has been toi ' eager?so that disease could not complel "i its offices of bodily punishment, and thcr " ' is yet in the disturbed corpse a seniles 0 sensibility, over which conscience and Sa ~ I tan have control?not that I wish l< s judge Andrew Allan, Hod forbid.' e He read such passages.from his liit?l< ~ as had a bearing upon the personality c ' the Infernal Iteing, an I impressed then '' upon the ininds of his hearers bv repeal ' ing, with a happv emphasis, ilie sublim r* paraphasea of Mdton : "Forthwith he bears from off the pool* 0 Ills mighty stature; on each hand the flames 5 Driven backward*, slope their pointing spire 1 and rolled I In billows, leave in the midst a liorrii vale. |8 Then with expanded wings he steers his fligh Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air-?" I- .Mr. Manilysulf thought it wan in tl> li adjoining room ? In* friend* that it wai e perhaps, in the street among the crow< t! ?hut there was i- wail?a subdue 4 sound like a ventriloquial shriek?a voic * pronouncing the word*, 'Hack I back - ! ?hw?' wi' ye, I'm not to ho hruiaed?I'd >f the seed o' the wojhan !' Ainont aiinu g 1 taneoua with thi* there waa a crash. Th e benches were all dashed away from unde d 1 the boards, and the body rolled ujion th R door. The ourale started to his feet, bu I- hie companion* held him hack. Cling i fng to one another '.hey listened in a soi h of asphyxia for what was to follow. The ie heard a step,- a* of a heing barefooted? g heavy, The house shook, and the aoun II would have heen much louder if the fool o ctepa hjsd not been cautions, stealthy. 15ii* soon they heard another noise, like the dragging of a human body over the !lo?"?r. The lour men crictl in a loud voice ? but such a cry ! In its spasmodic ouivering it sounded like laughter and from tlie thronged streets a yell of horror rose upon the midnight sir, such as never | yet had hecn heard ; for the doomed corpse was dashed against the partition, separating the two rooms, with a force t far ahove human. When it fell it was i dragged awav, an i again hurled against the wall?at each repetition the concussion producing a sound more and more ' dull. The curate looked every moment for the wall to lie dashed down, lie had no one to restrain him; he took his can- | j <lle and rushed into the room, exclaiming i as he <1 id so, 'it is my duly !' The noise continued some time after Mr. Handyside entered the chamber, hut - at length they ceased. The people became alarmed for their ; ' pastor, and several of them went into his I ass-stance. Tliey found him in a swoon, 1 from which the? soon resucitated him.? l Hut thev gazed around, ami?what could I they expect to see? There lav the bodv 1 of Andrew Allen, bruised?-beaten into a t j quivering, gelatinous clot of g->re ; while 1 upon the floor, printed, in blood, were foot | j prints of gigantic dimeritions. Mr. Handyside has never told what he ; saw. His onlv answer to the importuui- I ties of his friends has been, '1 thought it j was my duty, hut I was mistaken ? I , committer] a sin Heaven forgive me.' Utilizing Small Things. It is surprising to what hii extent.seem ingly useless articles are utilized in tlie i mmiufacturing arts. We will present a i few examples to illustrate this point:? The prussiatu of potash is ma !< in huge' quantities in < 'ineinnnti, from hoofs, horns ami other refuse of slaughtered grunters. I Cow hair taken from the hides t in tanneries is employed lor making plas> ! teritig mortar to give it a sort of fibrous quality. Saw dust is daily sold in our streets for J sprinkling (lie floors of markets; it is also | used for packing ice for shipment. The rags of worn out shirting, calico I dresses, and the waste of cotton factories are employed to make the paper upon I which these lines are printed. Old rones are converted into tine note ! paper, and the waste paper itself which is I picked up in the gutters of our streets is i , - ? r>rir..i i?>o> I,J. white sheets i i and thus does duty in revolving stages, t ' The partings of skins and hides and j ! the ears of cows, calves and sheep are , carefully collected and converted into IV1 ter Cooper's famous glue made out at 'Old ' ] Bush wick.' The tim r tplaliiics of gelatine are made from ivory raspings ?the hones and tendons of annuals. Hones converted into charcoal hy roas ting in retorts are al'ter>vards employed for purifying the while -ng?r with which I i we sweeten our eoflFee, ?k:. The ammonia obtained from the distili ! lation of coal, in making gas, is employed 1 for saturating orchil and cudbear in male ! ing the beautiful lilac colors that are dy?d on silk ami tine woolen goods. f ; Carbolic acid obtained in the distilla. > I tion of coal tar is employed, with other j acitN, to produce beautiful yellow colors ' on silk or wool. > I The shavings of cedai wood used in . j making pencils are distilled to obtain the r [ otto of cedar wood. s | Hrass filings and old brass kcl'les are | | re melted and employed to make the hrass i 1 work of printing-presses and pumps. | | Old copper scraps are used in the conI st met ion of snlendid hr-eze chandeliers . f<>r illuminating our churches ami the f ' mansions of the wealth*, r 1 Ol.l horse shoe nails are employed to ; make the famoussteel and twiat barrels of > i fowling pieces. t I Coal lar is burned and made into lamp f I black, used for printers' ink, common . ! black paint ami blacking for shoes, dec. The cast'otV gauze dresses of Parisian . i belle.1 are purchased for a mere song and u i sent the West India Islands, where they ft perform a second duly in decorating the a sable daughters of the tropics. R Oyster *'*dls are burned in kilns and t, afterwards used in making cements, the:: s | base being pure lime. ? Srientific Amir. ; ic<in. Science ok Milking Cows.?It is a e matter of great importance that tl.e milk if ! should all be drawn from the cow's udder, a Careful experiments made in England I* l show, according to a report recently pub e Iisbed,lhat 'the quantity of cream obtained from the last drawn cup from most cows, exceeds that of the first it. a proportion of twelve to on**. rhn* a person who h carelessly leaves hut a teacup full of iniik undrawn, Ioh*'m in reality about as much t cream as would be athwdcd by f*?ur 01 ?ix pints at the hegining ; and loses, too, that part of the cream which given the e richneaa and high flavor to the hulter. b a Dark blue even are uiott common in H pers* ns of delicate, refined, or ctfominaU i nature ; light blue, and much more, gray ' eyes, in the hardy and active. Greenisli eyea have generally the same meaning a< u the gray. Hazel eyea are the more nana indications of a mind masculine, vigorous w and profound. Shakespeare, it is said lt had hazel eyes; Swift, blue eyea ; Milton , Scott, and Rvron, gray eyes.? Quarterly ^ lievieto. - As a slight atain will defile a clean gar d ment, so will impure conversation, how t- ever trifling, contaminate an innocem - | mind. luuiiiu) living)tig, | [From the Richmond Christian Advocate.] Do you Teach Children to Pray. During the Summer of 1857, a glori ! ous revival of religion commenced in the ' town of (J .Tennessee. Never before. in the recollection of the oldest inhabi1 J iiiiu, v? nuoii t\ ?iunr>.M'u HJ Hint section of the country. Business houses 1 were closed, and the usually hustling little ' town wore a sober aspect. Minister* and christians of every name united in the great work ; and the great Father looked j upon the same and smiled and sent down 1 'showers of blessings' upon the assembly which daily met within the walls of his earthly sanctuary. There was an influ' ential gentleman, who had atteuded the meeting for several weeks but his proud heart rebelled against bowing in such a bumble manner, to request the prayers of (rod's people. One evening while sitting alone in Ins chamber, his only child a brighl-eved boy of seven summers, entered and seated himself upon bis father's ' knee, looked earnestly into his face, and asked : 'L'a, what is a Christian V 'One, i my son, who speaks the truth, reads the i Bible, and prays. 'Well, l'a,' replied the ' Child 'you read your Bible, and tell the , truth, but you do not pray,' and twining i his little arms about bis neck, be continued : 'Oh I I wish yoti were a real <'hii-- ; linn, Pal The strong man bowed his head upon the clossv curls of Ins darling child, I .At. < 1 t._ ...t 1 itini , oitHi III' WIJITII [Ciauili; ; | the circumstance to me. 'that arrow went j j deep iti to ii?v heart.' That night the church hell ratio out its ; usual peal, ami that father, accompanied | hy his praying wife weeded their way to j I the house of tioil. W hen the invitation ^ j was given for penitents to approach the i ! alias, he arose, ami with a calm reaofve 1 i nepieted upon his face, walked thinly to i j the alter ami knelt. Many eves unused ' | to weeping overflowed to see one so loved j j and honored bowing so penitently among I j those holy men of God asking direction I to the fountain of life. Before the meet I ;ng closed, he arose with the glad cry of , a new born soul, anil among the hosanI nas of (tod's chosen ones, told what a j 'precious Savior lie had found.' Ah ! me! thinks the angel of Love that covered over the sleeping couch of that lovely ! child, sped its way back to the courts of J ' glory, ami wrote Willie's name along the 1 stOe'or tils pap-ita in itio i,o..U of [ life. Upon awakening from the sweet sleep I of childhood, the ensuing morning, little J Willie's mother bent over his crib and whispered, 'Pa's a Christian now, darling.' ( Mi ! I'm so verv g'ad.' ho exclaimed ; 'why di I'nt vou send for \Vj|ij(. (? see (iod make Ph :i Christian ?' And again in that household there went up a thanksgiving to (rod f<?r bringing the father home to iliui. ^'h may the light of Heaven beam lovingly upon the head of that sweet child, and may angels weave J an immortal crown of Heavens (lowers to j deck his brow when he enters the glory land. Mothers, do you realise the responsi j bility of training an immortal soul I Are I you prayerful ? l>> you, when the sun I light fades away, and the little eyes grow sleepy, follow the little ones to their j couches, and there bend your knee with i them, and teach them to send up their | pure devotions to the God who has given j such jewels to your keeping i If so, you too may one day know of a truth, that 'out of iho mouth of babes God has per feeted praise' Just here let me relate an incident that | occurred not many days ago. A lady sat j in the dim twilight, in her homo. Ily I her side was her oldest son, a boy of I eight or nine years. Mie had been rein j ting a circumstance relative to a prayer | of one of his little schoolmates who had | recently died. The boy asked why his | little friend prayed, and the mother explained ; then, looking into her face with ! an earnestness and seriousness beyond i his years, he said : 'Mother, you never | taught mo how to pra?-.' 'Hut I will I now, mv son,' she replied ; and going to 1 the stand, she took down the family l?i, | hie and taught him the Lord's prayer.? I O ! what a reproof to that mother I Her I son never saw her pray ; lie* knew not ; what it was to pray. A prayerless mother ! O! there is no sadder sight on earth. Think, mothers, think what you are doing ; for if your children do not sound the reproof now, the day is coming when your heart will be rent bv the awful cry, I 'You never taught me to pray, mother !' Do not think it is enough to pray for your children hut leach them to pray. , Dr. Emmons' advice to young preachers was not to preach over thirty minutes, _ , saying, 'there Hro no conversions after the first half hour.' Wesley held the same [ 1 opinion, an I said in one of his letters, *il any, then, of the preachers exceod theii time, (about one hour in the whole service,) I hope you will always put them in I ' w;?,| aa.I, n slaa. If-.I 1!-*. -??- r? | iiiiiiu vwtm\. in iii*- niruioiimi ruie. I'eopjC * imagine the longer the sermon ia th? ' more good it will do. This is a grand i mistake. The help done on earth (Hod ? doeth it himself; and he does not heed I that we should use many words.' ?I Birds hare often seemed tome like the > T messenger* from earth to heaven?charf | ged with the homage and gratitude ot I nature, and gifted with the most eloquent , of created voices to fulfill the mission.? - Ihilwtr. t No labor is too great for the discover} | of truth. ili|iirultaral. | Fowl Manure. No manure obtained by the farmer is I aa valuable as the manure from the poul- j try bouse. Of this there is no question, and yet we can.hardly answer the question, 'In what way is it best to use it V I bis manure is made only in ?mail quail lilies, and it may be that as a general tiling much of it is wasted. It may bo thrown with other manure, muck ami refuse on the compost heap, hut our plan is to save it for siteciul purposes, ami we 1 generally use it in the vegetable garden, where it is not only valuable, but exceed j ingly convenient. When dry, it may be sown with onion or other seeds ir. the drills, at planting time, and four or live cpiarts put into a barrel of rain water i makes a most superb liquid manure for any beds of young plants that need stini , ulating. In this form we use it for our [ melons and cucumbers, as soon as they ' appear above ground, to put litem out of the way of the "bugs,' and on beds of cab- I bage, cauliflower plants, etc., lor the same ' purpose. Celery plants after being set out in the treuclies may be hurried up amazingly bv being watered two or three ; times a week with this liquid food. If magnificent sweet corn is wanted, half a pint of the diy hen dung, finely scattered j in each hill, will give it, and 110 mistake. ! If you have been able,to grow only hardf | hot, wormy radishes, next spring sow the ' seed in very shallow (It ills, (not loo evar- , ly) in a warm, sheltered place, then cov I er the bed with a thin dressing of coal ashes, and water with the liquid hen ma* i nure each alternate night, and if the sea- I son is as favorable as ordinary, you will | have no cause to repent the trial. A little charcoal d 1st is better than coal ashes.? Rural Xcw Yorker. Coffee, its Cost and Culture. It is believed !>v many that coffee can bo cultivated in some of our Southern States as successfully as in Brazil, Java, and Jamaica ; if so, it is high time that some of our planters were entered upon I its culture, as it costs our country no less than $15,500,000 annually for the beans i of litis plant. The coffee tree lives to a great age, pr ivided that the land is kept well drain e l. The trees begin to bear when three years old, and is at its full bearing when | seven years old. The tree is allowed to grow m height It front tux to seven feet; ' the top branches are pruned off when the tree is live years old, so that by the time : it is seven it resembles a spread timbrelI la. Kaclt branch droops downwards, and tints gives the pickers it good chance to ; pick the berry. The coffee tree in Brazil ! b^ars two crops each year, the large crop m lite Spring, and the small one in the Fall. The lirst crop is picked when the berry is red, resembling a cherry. The ' sceon 1 crop is in general small, and al j lowed to remain on the treo until fully ' ripe and dry. l itis crop, cured in the husk, is lar superior in oualitv. and is called 'pearl cotlee.' The blossom is beautiful, small and lender. It remains on the tree from three to four days, If the weath er is warm, with showers, during those few days, the crop is sure ; if cool at nights, it often fails. When the lurry is taken home from the field it is carried to i a mill house. The mill consists of three small rollers. The berry is put into a hopper, and a constant stream of water falls on the rollers during the time the j mill is at work. By this process the out | side hull is taken off and the berry is sep , arate from it, and the coffee falls into a I brick tank, where it is washed perfectly ; clean, and then put on a place covered with tile or brick raised in the centre that the water may drain. It is then taken to the curing loft, where it is turned four times ? day, until the husk is crisp and dry. Then by putting it through large farmers the inside hull comes off, and | loaves the berrv ready for hand picking for market-?Srirn/ih'r Im/>> !/ /.>1 Whitewashing. There is nothing, perhaps which com tributes more decidedly to the healthiness ( of a homestead than whitewash. It is f I cheap article, nod any one who can lift a brush can put it on. Fences ami rough I siding, as well as the inside of the tie ups j sheds and other out buildings, and alsc the walls and ceilings of (lie cellars, shoult | annually he painted over with a goot j coat of whitewash. The Spring is th< ; most eligible season for the application i | as there is generally sufficient leisure a that time before Spring's work cornea on and as the disinfecting and deodorizing ' action of the lime will tend to preven those unhealthy miasmas which are gen j erated around most dwellings, by the do 1 i cay of vegetable matter, and the heat o 1 the vefual and Summer sun. ' White walls, and long lines of whip fences gleaming amid luxuriant and em bowering foliage, give (o a farm establish ' ment an appearance of neatness and ru 1 ' ral elegance and comfort, indescribabl ' attractive to the man of taste, and can i ' no way bo so effectually and cconomica ly securer! as by giving them a few coat ' of whitewash. The ceilings of bed roonn cookerios, and wash rooms, should als L - / % - - - - - | lxj irerpienuy whitewashed. If the wall are not papered, the brush should pa? 1 over them likewise. The lime will nc only tend to sweeten the air and prever f; epidemical diseases, hut fill up the thou 1 I sand imperceptible cracks which alwav ' exist in plastering, and through whicl more cold air will find its way in a win dy \\inter's day, than can be reutralieei J by uAnj an armful of hickory, maple o white oak.?Jr. E. Former, ISiiutornus. Doo-Matic.?To have one's matters curtailed. Svmpathetic.?To feci for another's pocket-book. Vkkdlkk.?A woman troubled with the green-eyed monster. Miss-Demkakoks, (miss <h inntnors.)? Young ladies in "breeches of pioraises." Tell not ull you know ; do not ali you can ; believe not all you hear; spend not all you have. Nothing remains so iong in the memory as wrong deeds. They are nettles which cannot be ploughed out of sight, but will spring up with fresh stings at every disturbance. 'This world is all a fleeting show,' said a priest to a culprit on the gallows. 'Yes.' was the prompt replv, 'but if you have no objections. I'd rather see the show a little longer.' A Lawyer had his likeness taken in a favorite attitude, standing with his hands in his pockets. *lt would resemble him more closely,' said an acquaintance, 'if ho had his hands in somebody else's pocket.' A man who had brutally assaulted his wife was brought before Justice Colo, ot Albany, lately, and had a good deal to say about'getting justice.' 'Justice,' re I plied Cole, 'yon can't get it here. This j Court has no power to hang \ou. i 'My hair is eighteen years older than l my whiskers,'snid a lawyer,'and 1 cannot \ understand why mv whiskers should turn | gray first.' j 'Because you have worked so much | more with your jaws than with your j brains,' replied Brown. Improved iji'ns.? Potior, one day said j to an intimate friend, 'I had some firsti rate irons in my warehouse formerly.'? ! 'Ah ! and what was tli#ir peculiar excellence V 'Why, the moment that a thief ! entered the warehouse they went oft, a! I though they were not loiuled 1' I how could they ?' 'The thief took thein'.' Xiraordin ary Xercisk.? A (Jotcm* ! porarv lias adopted the practice, hecoin ing quite common, of marking papers with an X on the expiration of subscriptions. A subscriber recently responded in the following good hit: ? Messrs. Lansing.?That your X posi I lion is X disable in the X Ira X X liibij ted on the X terior of the last Standard, I you will allow me to X-press my readiness I to admit. I'lease to X amine the enclos ed A' chav<je% and if deemed an X-piatioti , for my remissness, it will he X peeled that you will X tend to me an X otieralion from your X actions, by X ponging or X scinding the said X from my next ' paper. Not that your mode is by any means X ceptionable in X-ercising a right but rather to be X tolled, as a very X-pe. ditious one in making X ainples of delinquents. Yours, Truly. X. The Dkgrke of M. D.?During the i Mexican war a tiovernment train was at i one time passing through Texas, and enI camped for a night near one of the large towns. One Theopholis Wilchett. a teamster, being somewhat of a wag, went to ' the principle hotel, and booked hifnself 'T. Witchett, M. I).' Instantly land lord, i ! servants, and all hands, were full of bows 1 I and scrapings, the most obsetjueous mor ; | tals imaginable. Presently, however, one I of the officers came in and addressed him , with authority. Soon as an opportunity i offered, the I ant, lord sidled up and inijuir ed if he w as not army surgeon ? i 'No,' was the reply, i 'Then,' asked the landlord, 'what does > it mean, after your name i' i 'Mule Driver,' was the reply. A Good'Humored Rebuke ] A curium good natured old f-irmer prej served bis constant good nature, let what , would turn up. One day while tho black t tongue prevailed he was told that one of i, 1 his red oxen was dead. ^ 'Is ho f said the old man, 'well he was l always a beechy old fellow. Take off hit ii hido ami take it down to Fletcher's ; it . will bring the cash.' f In an hour or two the man came hack again with the news, that 'Line hack and a his mate were both dead.' 'Are they?' said the old man. 'well, I - took them from Ti , to save a had I- 1 debt I never expected to get. Take the y hides down to Fletcher's ; they will he as n good as cash.' I- In about an hour the man came back ;s , to inform him that the nigh brindle was ?, dead. o 'Is be ?' said the old man, 'well, he was Is a very, very old ox. Take off the hide is and take it down to Fletcher's, it is worth >t more than any of the others.' it Hereupon his wife, taking upon her I- I the office of Eliphaz,reprimanded her bus* a hand severely, and asked him if he was I, not aware that his low was a judgment i. from Heaven for hi* wt?kedne*?. j | 4I* it V Mi I the old man ; 'well, If they r take judgement In cattle, it ia the eaaicat 1 way I can pay tbem.'