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' the Canraster fei)gcr. " 1 1 > j I ?2 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE A .family flflu political firiuafiajift?jpruuita iu tijt ilrtfi. ^neate*, titrrntorr, cfharntioa, ilgrrnltnrr, 3ntrr?al ^iu|iraorniput3, >arngu auu JUuairatit >2ruiii, mm the jihrkpts. VOLUME IX. LANCASTER C. 1L. SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL K 1*00. N U M B E R 10 . ^ < - -ai t ?: i - _ There is a Happy Land There is a happy land, Far, far. away, Where saints in glory stand, Jtright, bright as day, O how they aweetlv sing, "Worthy ii our Saviour King; Loud let his praises ring ; Praise, praise for aye." t'orao to that happy land, Come, come away, Why will ye doubting stand, Wh\ still delay ? < >, we shall hap|>v lie. When from sin apd sorrow free. Lord, we shall live with thee.; Blest, blest for aye. | Bright in that happy land. Beams everv eye; Kept Ifv a Father's hand, l.ove cannot die. <) then to (flotv run. Be a crow n ami kingdom won; And bright above the sun, VVe reign for ave. Jriin'trh fturn. From the Southern Field ami Fireside. A Sketch A> 1 en ered the house "f my brother, ! ??> (net by lira two Hons, the youngest rutin tie toward* n.e eagerly.. 'I'ucle, ple.ise tell us totntlhiliy tins I v ell lug, w Oll't t OH *' isontrlhin;/ f tou are vntjur, my i><?\ 1 ai/ne f niui wiia* i- ihut i' *1- iii. all" tilMl Mill .lie lull pi.till. \l'U s>i\ bollliu tiMlg, hut Hot what lh.il Millie tiling ?h.ill I ?.* 'Aii. Kiwi,' s.i >1 Theoplnlti.", smiling, uniting lis; 'I thought uncle would get \oii upon ?1 r\ ground there?what have \ nu to sat now V 'I mem,' Biiiil Fred, sticking hi" linger in his inoutii, Hiul luoking on the floor ; 'I mean Hume!lung good?a good slorv." 'Well, uncle, 1 will help Fred out?give ui something tliat we can n metnher afterwards? wl.sn we lie down and when ? . v ' I* * airi< ** v MUX nuu WIICII Sinclfe ? Boi?i*l long ill .t ? .!' tv IJClMfWf Ii5 hi ml iiu.es ? when wv live and when l\f ilie.' 'Vis, \e*. uncle ; lino. kno>*s hest wlisl we want,' Hiiil Ins eve* hpghleiied. I'ell ii.- h litlii* story wi ll something good in i'.' 'Wei', nun I will tell y?in a story ; but i' will l e very ! flerelit from most stone*, i .r every word of it will !>e true. A U'lv tob1 it to ire this evening, who I eitrd it from the gentleman whom it happened to. I wish I rniilil reineinher itll ihe heituiilul thoughts *!ie expressed a- she told it to inc. Mr. Hrown was going over to Europe, and io'ended, while away. to visit Edin luirgh. lie Imd a Scotch friend here, who had not returned to hi* own cnun tr\ for many \onr*. lie pave Mr. 11. a letter of introduction to hs brother, who he said was a minister of the gospel, and lived in Edinburgh. In one part of Edinburgh the houses ar very la'l. A great many storie* tow r one above another, and a great many people live in them. At a convenient time after he arrive.) there, he called to flee the miniflter, who, he w as told, lived in one of these tall houses. l>oefl Mr. live in this house, sir?' he asked of a gentleman on the lirst floor. 'V-fl, sir; he lives hero; but you must go Up higher.' He ascended another flight of stairs, and a*ke<l for hitii again. Yes, he lives here; but you must go op higher,' was the answer. He went up again and again, made the same inquiry, and received the name answer : 'Yen, he live* here, but you must go up higher.' At last some is pointed out the room, lie kn< eked at the door, and a lad* ap pea red, dressed in mourning. When lie presented the letter she burst into team, arid pointed u/iwurti. Yes'said Mr. Brown, he had gone *tp itill hiyhrr, even ahere no mortal t'Otfld approach.' lie had become poor in this world'* good, so that he had to move up higher and higher; but while doing *n, he wan missing nearer and nearer to Heaven. sf J i ' wonurr u ne inougnt o! mat. all (ha (una he ??< moving up, Uncle!' *aid Fred. No doubt lie thought more and more of Heaven, every day that he cmnn rearer to it, though he may not have thought of the analogy.' 'What ik ihe un/i/oj/y, Uncle I' 'The reaemhlance one thing has to an other Do you not think, inv hoy*, that a* he became poorer in thi* world'* good*, and richer in heavenly treaaure* ; and a* he moved up higher and higher in thi* world, and came nearer and nearer to a world of light ; do you not think thia a beautiful and touching analogy V 'Higher and higher,' aaid Theophilu*, thniierhffiilli* Thai i? ? k*?nlif..l * /' ?? - - "" mi Mivu^nt Uncle.' T wish yon would write that true Mo. ry down for little children, Uncle,' aatd Kr?d? 'for it ia ?o enay to remember.' Well, I will, if you wiah it, Fred, but i wi8ii 10 kiiow wiinl unpreision it lias made on your mind.' i 'Well, a large house with a great many stories, one above the other, and a great many people living in it. The richest people lived in the lewer stories, and the the poorer tented rooms above. In this i great house, there was one person who .moved up higher and higher, until at last i he moved out of the reach of mortal man ' 'He moved,' said Theoplu us, 'into the bottom of Hod Who can calculate. Uncle ill h imiHirlnnsu nf jii..I. o ? I * seems to me tiie ill?;i is ton sublime to be expressed in an\ oilier word#, than higher, bibber !' 'When I write this for the children, have you anything particular to s <y to them 'Tell then,, for mo, that. llntophtHis, (tile flieliii lit' Cioii) asks thelli, it thev will consent to take *l?ifl?er as tiieir j watchword, while we 'ive antj wlioe We | die f ' " '(??>d wat ts us to p.? tip liipher He so it, ?11- ''iter to us (the It , . ) ; I t . Spirit it ?| < 11riti *a . m;.- \ am! le , loin thai beared.. - ,v con i I let hi \ t* >1 I" at ir- <* me ! I'l 1 w l.o^. .ever .Mil, le it i in t.ak'' ot '.lie water of lite freel v.' "lie entreats tis to go tip higher, lie : 'In tn\ lather's hou?e Hie tnativ i mansions, if it were not so. I would l.aie i t< l<I yon. 1 go to prepare a place f i i yon !' 'lie prats us to go up higher. II" 1 mio< ;?'The pi It of (!t?| is eternal life I through Jt mis Christ, our Lord.' * A?111 now, I want to know if ihev will h ne 'higher' as their watchw >rd on oni j xonthlul hairnets.' S. II. M Athens. March 10 IRftft The Jail*Chamber 'Shall ?c 'aU<* that |ini>r chii.i ?' Mr. rjione, as I lie litlitil v sat at l>r- i lv j II.i is a had l?.)\ , I siis|ie(t.' 'Mi ureaicst fear w hi.- itdluenee ovet | our children,' find Mrs. Stone. '< ?n then i account we may well hesitate.' i 'Might not our children help t<> ini|>t<>v< linn T asked the lather, looking round or hi* tiio little ones in ilieir pinafores, tuk it:; their hread and milk, i 'I'll he his brother,' said \\ dlia, 'ami let him tlv nu kite' 'lie is a hll'e he.ithen, from all I car hear," said Mr. Stone. 'J don't know thai we can make much oi him.' ' 14m. father, we "end mission .rics t? cau't a good many Christian* do oiu i Ileallu ll good, nil.I li(j li I it IlOHlliOti cltll er V asked Susy. W u'li fry, Susy,1 said her father. "Jail | shall come.' \\ Ik* whs Jack I He w?s the sou o Mr. Stone's brother, ?!' whose faitjilv hav< | m ? died, llits l.ny was left to be sent U. ! his father's relatives, and he was ltdv c?u I h s vmiv t?* Mr. Stone. Jack wh< aho.ii i nine. In a few days he hi lived lit whs little Hid would h <v? bt n ii i. dsoino duly he sieined to think washing Ins fact and combing his hair ijuite unnecessary 1 As for shoes, socks.or hat, lie hated them And he roved round the house and |>rem j ises as lawless as a young bntialo on lht j prairies. In these things he was gradually tain , ed ; hut more serious faults I egan t> show themselves, lie loved it* toriiienl his cousins Hogged in his disposition ho sometimes broke into violent tits ol temper, when lie would destroy overv thing within l*is reach. Whipping ha I no effect ; coaxing or reasoning had none, lie did not ware. That was the worst ol it-- he didn't cure. Mi. and Mrs. Stone did their best to improve him. Thev pit i**d the poor child with a r?*al father's and I motliei's pity. They thought, if our Wi i lie were so; and that made them bear , ami lorbear w ilh him. He liked t?? tease lib" cousins, especially Susy. Susy was a cenlle ami delicate j IuiIm ijirl, and aim use.! lo trv in her small way to make poor Jack hotter, '! eeausc nobody loves him ;' and nobody's lovii ^ hiin HAeim<i to Iter the w?>r*t <>f his cas? One day ho g >t \erv at gry a.'It her, and in ins i aye throw her doll into t'io tin lore her nair, and actually hit and rawed her arm until the hlo? <i rntire. What was t< l>- 1'ino with ,1 .rk ? Wha' conbl he done .1 ill a hov who behaved mor? like a wild boast than a l?ov ( iba men said ho must he locked tip until lie oultl |>r mine hotter conduct. There was a chamber in the house oix e used as a nursery by some tormei family, which had iron bara across tin two windows outside, and therefore wacalled the jail chamber. It had little fuT niture in it and was chiefly used as a aorl of lumber room After selling bia con duct faithfully t>efore him, here they con eluded 10 put Jaek. He 'didn't care,' li< said. Jaek was locked up the rest of th? day, and all night : and perhaps nobody felt more sorry for bun than Susy did. 'Mother,' she sanl. 'I can't go lo sleep i keep thinking of poor Jaek, alone, ami no light, and nothing;' and her little liy quivered It was the third day, and Jack showed no signs of sorrow for his fault. Pon'l care,' wan all lie condescended to any.? 'Mother,' said Susy, 'mayn't I go and l>? al.ul up, while Jack just cornea out to *e< how pleasant it it 1 there ia no sun then nor anything.' Tiit mother looted into the dear child'i face, and aaid, 'Go, Sua).' Su*y want t( Jack's door and, unlocking it, aaid, 'I aak ed mother if 1 might not come and tak< your place. Jack, for sou to go out *n< aee how ph aaaut it i* ; it la ao, so vera dismal here and lonely.' Jack looked ii| ( and stared at her, 'You are a fool for't, said lie. lit?, however, walked slowly I out, while Mrs. Stone, came along and i locked Sues in. 'And let hun take dm* | ner down stiur?,' whispered Susv, 'and I'll take /u\? dinner.' \\ ken Mr. Stone came Inane Ids wifu told him what had happened. Jack took his seat at the table opposite to Susy's j vacant seat. 'Voti can t arry up Susy her ; bread and w-iter,' said Mrs. Stone, hand i itig hitn tlie Hay, lie took it and walk j ed away, looking very sober, if not sof I lened. According to Susy's wish, he ! stayed down stairs all the afterm on and I -"JT" 'Mum Susy ttay there :?il night if I don't,' lie asked towards bed time. "Yes,1 ! answered Mm. Stone. Tears startled in liin eyes. lie rati ij stairs, ami darting into 11 jad chamber, 'Susy,' be cried, \<>>i are the best tin I ever known! Su' t>\. IM never. iieVt r treat yoti so again.? I'll nt'V' i Site 01 rv. ; no, never. I'm Ihoiry. I am. I'. tr< bu a goo.l hot, - I w i i Susv, v\ h ' u s j . . -o ^ovui | to lie t' ami jio..r J.t-k iTi?:il as ;f hit i bean w onal break. Jn< k was o Iv nofiened ami t'r- in i ibai hour i o b-geu in earnest to amend I I 'll ilren >:i.fUII.< Hint It lllllit to till' ' der.-tand what Jesus Christ lie <ioiie loi ' ibein. I lna little story illiibtratvs it it some measure We dux bev <iod; wt ! I live uiimindt il of bis law - ami In.- kind iless*; we are hard-hearted, and our mi iovelv tempers, and disposition* shut m : out lioiti t iod a (lei t lamily . 'I I.? Son ol , (rod pities u- ; h?? ?ve* us; lie *e. a bow ntiiiMppy -in has made us, and I.a cann I lo sol Us tree troll I its bondage, e ,l tr ' bring us baek to ibe eomtorl*. 11? - joys :n.'I til blessings ol ins t illier's liouso ! and lie was willing to sutler lor us?u I sl.ll'. r ... ..... I - I - ' , ... . ... .'.?i ovcn'i. ?M HI M:' .U iki'LUIilJi.lM, H. W I* ?t ptY, 'Altai kindness, " hat lov* | wfit! In*! Should i' n?<i tii* :t ct.tr hearts 1 d m.ini lis nil ', de-are, above -il! 'bin;." ?.s", tn pu? aish\ every sin, hihI lo In meek, mi* I lii lit I tic, and iJ'umI, like Jesu! t'hr i inisoll.? luitnUfi Tmvtur>j. Old Clothes ; ! consider people who make sport, o i , mi old mini's shabby clt ibes, destitute o te> in(i and wor*" lluui {': In' iiLen. A lo colild be CUillj of ' almo ;|ni bhisb o i r--sei,tinoiil to it wi nk i*<l cheek? tIt* i ipnver of p,r:et to a withered lip I (In t< ir of * trow to a laded ? ye. washed o I | its brilliancy lo floods of tear* I Never, never I tnolt at '.ho scanty j?ar > ineiits of the po.tr lhiveri. it i> h sti 1 tide of sot row to stem, and a frail hail ' ' ollon against the r rtc Uj? that ii hard It hoi is t? 4''tl.er. Sink it tot v:i;. vnii iinkimiiit s-. > Sin er not at the old chilli* s. l liet an i often made hoi) by Ion.; r-a> ullce* ; bt I | c:irefill folding* away that they may i,i* 1 I till the dear one* are provided for. I IIIWIiV HII old coal coll I Slu-alc. \\ hill I:. < i t would they ifll of iii?? nobis hearts It l ; iiig underneath. Yonder rusty garment would repea . the struggles of a devoted lather, vsi11 i ' on is earning laurels at the col'ege hart by. il >w lie ei.uiiied llo! farthing*, ant choked doVMi pride, that his hov, his no hie, beloved boy, might yet do him lion i or. 1 hat faded shawl, folded lightly ove Spare shoulders. Year after tear hat tin ' mot her cleansed arid mended and i oil i l i carefully away, its (she called it) *gon< i as new.' that her blue eyed daughlei might have 'hook laming.' And now her darling, oidy eighteen, teaches tin district school ? (>od blest her?and tin mother smiles over th? dint, <2tihky pat ' terneil ribbon and prim tdd merino tha i were cleaned up to enable her to buj Uessv h pretty bonnet, and a dress sue! as he deserved. 1 Oli ! tliHl b|e?*ed self-denial t?t* aspir ' i ing poverty ! Hallowed be old bonnets ; old cloaks, old coats, aye, an<l old shoes ; when such love points to them as its mon > I uinents. I More titan one bright and shining light > let me tell V'?a, owes its brilliancy to oh [ clothes ; more than one star in literature philosophy and divinity. Think of tl i" wl ?n vonr eye chance: , to 17b upon tlio tlife 1 i h?re coat, or th? I ded shawl; supp the *m<!e keej ha<-k 1101 sr.er. V k> ? not what tin I heart lie 1 e't'.h i..?" 'h rod how main 1 tunes hied. You know not what evil ha: ' haunted, what storms a vept over it. Yot I know n' t what (ind uke impulses havi onee made it great and strong, or wha , blighting mildew sipped in it" full vigor r l.et not the crime of adding anguish t< the full cup of the poor man's sorrow hi 1 ever yours. I California Mom A friend has handed us the followini item of important information in relatioi 1 to a new article recently introduced am > extensively used in this community to r culinary purposes as well as for a bever age, A word to tha wise, of course i , auiiicivm I The California Hkkk.?The edito > of the Itover "Weekly Journal,1'of th< '27th, thus speaks of this new article o I family use : I 'A gentleman of this county Inform us thnl ho ha-* reliable information fron ! one of the professor* of one of the M< Hi i cal Colleges At Nitshvill?, that sever* > deaths have recently occurred that cai ho directly traced to the use of Cahfor i nia I leer I'ost inortem examination > have discovered '.ho yeast in the viscera This beer has been recently introduce' ? into this country, and hsa been found t< I be very useful in making light bread, e?r j We would, h"we?er, advise our reader > to desist from the use of it, at least fo ' the present."?Canuien Journal. From the Durlingtoi Flag. Dou't You Hear the Whistls Blow 1 Mk. El>iion ? A lew ?eels ag<? read a communication, copied from tli Lat>ca*h r Ledger, in reference o the cot templatcd Iholruud to Litiuvltr. I your paper of the 1 4lit <>f Murdi, there an article < <>} .ed from tlie SuiiiUr Watcl man. touching llie .sumo subject, hut mot 'directly ihe Mishopviile Un.inuii. Tli ' writer sat s ; "Tim | j'i<! of ltishop\ il'e am a lio< ' within iheituelvfts. If they the roa must lii' Inn l, with iho eternal assistant lln'Y May hi abb: In C<'inlii.il J,?l' Will I] 11 <lon" " N*i w why don't lie people ? Hishopv i I So H.tv the won! ami Ut the run bo built .' LmieAHtur 1 itid ntcil I tbo roiul. Hiihojivilie limnkeii i i terms tb i cannot be misunderstood.V. t.'it ib# the ntcrprMtig people I I>h \ lioK'- ii s'i" ? ll the road im in stnrt fnii FiO"*ne?\ it i? tiiiu*. I' r her to t it-.ik. (>i I hfri 'ts are b aking md wailin w nii ? anxiety to lienr Ir >t? < ur j". j pie, and ?*ijiecia!iy ihone of the \V ester portion of the Itis'riet; my _ia:i opinio i?, tb?- roa I diotiid bo built. 'I horn i re many neisons w! v the wor should be coiniTionood S0"ti. Vnnv oft ( feel that, to a verv considerubl* cxten ( wo aie is bated from business uimiiti lies; and .vo actually need th? mad, i order that our agricultural interest ins be facilitated, and placed high in the sen r of independence. A road from Florence direct to l>i.s i pvilb1 would l?e some 27 or 30 mi;? and from llbhopvillo to hanraster. ! v . j air line, :?b til forty mile.-. ) This i1114$ (at 'east thai portion in l).i ( | lingtof) would inipii'siioiiaby pass m , .? ?nn *t?cu<m <>( counnv lir 4 I construction of a road. I lion- are mat : people in IIih 1 >i--tri'-t who think '.ho r<o njjhi i" lip built. Build it. ami you ' J once incrovi the va uq of reai 4i'nlo fro ' twenty live to fify per cent. alonrf i] ! lit ? of ilie road. I here is no section | counlrv in the St ?t?- where liner tlinh t orows for makit 14 Turpentine than i ^ Western portion of this Iliatrirl. hut , must forever remain of but Ii t v:?l ( I without 1 Railroad. Hut, M:. IMit<>r ; have written iiiiipIi more than I itn'icij 4 ! ted?von ton , however, hear front 1 j attain on this subject. M v !.). ? ? is tfet the people r.? ' n : in this v av their . iews I ktlow II it <i tl-i-I. I j.. to )l< I Tht \v!,;, } r:..w '' I Nil. fhe Last i'loposuum r A < rrejj .rs?;.-i.t >'. 11. < ,? W ? t? j lliall, proposes 1 Rail R\ helwt n j I teorgelnw |i ti t I..sic ts'er t II. J , 1 sHD that 'the ta e <>( ih- lounir. is !t t ; ahoiii. iini4 in p*.i?* in i-t from one 1 I 1 minus of the Road to the otlier. I * j Road crosses no water course <>1 con | ijuenc<\ lo sum up the whole, 11 is 1 1 l .M hii i ii> M| i st route for .i Rail k ill, i ' tlie |i njjtli iii tLto St.He; llie listance fr< - | ficorctow ii { L.im Aster, v an vr ii I j l>eini? nil.illl 1 HO r I JO it : < >.' 1 1 W e have HUptlosed Unit the object ! the Lancaster people whs ! ? fi rm a If I Kail connection with Charleston, but Ceorj;elowii is mom desiratdc we h:i r ' CertHinly labored llliiler .'i serious uiisi 1 prehension in regard to ilie heat, am! i i our opinion, the only pi a icable and f? 1 l ill e route to tin; seaboard, from the i r country . | our suction. i- I 'I'llirty live miles between Camden a a t Lancaster can connect tin* twi pine f ovt-r one of the best routes in the wo i for a Kail Road, t j Tho enhanced price ?f land for mil r Oil either side of the track, would no i ' tliHii pay tor it. The pine timber ale would pay tor it; the Turpentine whi could be produced alon^j ttie route wot , ; pav for it twice over; and il.ero >re ina , incidental advantages which would res - i directly from the building of such h Ku I Connecting at ths point with the 8ot , I Carolina Kail Koad. However, we I not intend t<> argue such .? palpable pro] , ! hiuoii ; there are thoso along the roi more immediately interested, whoso |>e< nn*rt welfare would ho pr moled largi hy such it move?if they want tho lie > lei ttieni give the ncces>arv encourni 9 roent. and (tie work will he done. ir It the people o' Lancaster prefer a c< ft neclion with the Nortli Kisteru Road i i Rishopville, be it so ; in our humble jut 9 merit that is not the host route, ami t would he a singular idea to attempt . build it Kail Load connecting with t > North Kastern Road, which would requ 9 a million and a half of dollars, or the a bouts, when lens than half that unitn would connect them at Camden will Load in successful operation, and wh ; ' would insure a direct connection w i tlh rleston, Augusta, Columbia, <ko. 1 We are gratified to find that our si r gestions are meeting with the . r.pporf our best and most prominent citizens, s the Town and District, interested in l enterprise. r la-t a meeting be held and the noces p rv steps taken in the right direction, a f we are almost certain that suet ess v follow?Camden Journal. a Chukcii 1(k-I skin,--We notice tl it...n;? ~f ?' M .. .uo r....jCT;V l.| rt rti-UIIlOIl oi llie f* OTllM I and Southern M. K. Churches in heme i teosivelv <li*cu&aotl nt I lie present time, A national convention of lay preach r hail the subject before them 'some til i. nine*, with a view of teetintr 'be pracli I bilitv of a re union 3 Thi? I nomination v an -he finu to e s. TV into practical optrntio <JiM>T,i?>fi * twetn ')<' - oti?.n?, . > HIV..r tn-l the re .tl mov?I ? loot to wuij interval.?-JS>o,nMfn 0 vara tun, : h\\\U\\ UWiifom^ o The Way of the Tracitjressor. . _ j i, '1 ho uocImihIiuiis ot Scripture all cor iS respond with the experience ol common 1 j. 11 iv, rtiivi ?* in* iiicnnc.vi'n III I'lt* COIKIUCl e of men Whethei they are double:! and j dented, or made nr?tt"rs of implicit laith; whether lh\ are trampled upon in proud | ,t , derision or adopted as an unerring rule j ,] of morality?they ever stand as tiod's e record and estimate ol butnnu actions, ! uj and tlnur couseijuciitos. ,t Sometimes we cut trace step by step j ,1 tin; correspondence to which reference |R lias been made, and iniiie career of some ' n unlntppv mortal liiul tl.o fearful tealiza- > .. tioti of what iiad alrea ly been written.? r Wo'can do f<> in the case of tliC deter ,, mined transgressor. Iliswav iv liard. I it not only in tbo bitterness and sorrow ol ,, the present, but in ttie blank liopeicssness , and despair of the future. Everything i, proves it ; the wren bedness and sulltru.g | ,, around ns show it; the grated and barren j <loor? of jails and prisons arc evidence <?t k ' it ; llic madness that nerves a suici<tal J !S hand betoken- u ; every sigh and wail ol ! sorrow and pain reiterates the fact that I ( the transgressor's way is a hard way.? 1 j,, Not long since, a man who once had ' lT held a prominent place in soeietv ; who |,? was marked i;h a brilliant writer hthI a , rising man ; who had before hint the | j, ; j rotmse of usefulness and honor, died in ! wretchedniss ami want ; died with none i,, 1 to close his eyes but an outcast ; dual a> 1 'lie foot tics, and f liecause lie had no,i. ' sak'-n virtue, and truth, and righteous ,.r 1 tic*-, and <to'i, and in his f.iin. was for* K. s.tkcn, ami di. Iioiiored, ami found ilial ,v \ it's way prm? <! a hard way Ami it mn?t ,I| j ever l)?i s.t. II* who dares to disregard -,t the d? \mu 1 iw au i nore J, and foui <1 i,, that iiia way prmed a hard way. And |ie it must ever l is so. lie wi;o dares to dis (>f regard tbo divine law and d slnujor liis ,.r Maker, must lie l ? t ft i ! pi ace .am! j >y, |l(, must feel the arrows of wratli pn-rcing it Ins soul. 1 ItO It iiisgte-aur does tins, in u,? ! spite ot entreaty, anu warning, am! the | experience o! tin*, pas'., and the testimony ,;i ol tin* wise ami eooil. lie likewise dees ne violence to the . est ami beat instinct" nl Ins i>w !i.-ii.if. j 1 v ei t> tin* pm\ rs of ri s (oi, a-d w rk- ill in. righteousness . ?* |.atso'*v?r a man sow * i id ii in- reap, and tun se?*?l i i et wie 1 a e u.'isi produce a liar ' i - i. iip' <li hi 11. I'll it w i e "(area -or in ill- face, just so long 'l ii ... .?uh..mji, .tii.i l.UMg.l i.fS 1" \ .. kV a* - II pi lisMllt to lltHI. I.lie ends t'.ivf* ' ! ti HrrnUl of Truth 'Oli jjtssv and Ond cr j 'Are you n<>t ,\!r;? !, mn>v, lo go to bod !, 'ii tli?) ?laik j .?n.* nf :If* children k.-.i s? little Kuoiia tii.ki. 'I ii* 'Irani,' ni.iwin i] 1,,. j tlie litt cbil<l, ".baking her bead, '1 no Ira: !. (bid t ik. - care of -issv, and he's in ! bigger than daik ; in dmk night nana lie *!?. }?, tnatniha sYep, all sleep : ( <1 i d; | cnre of sissy nil nigh: ; be never *le? j..' (,j i 'l?tn (rod I as imttiv people '*i take ail i eare of, nmy bo lo- will for pet sis<v.' ; jf 'Hie cliiid shoo!; her bend. '(?orl made lV0 s:ssy ?(?od i: v.-r forget si-sv ; >i-?y f r lp yet (tod*, bltt (rod riot forget s!S-\.' in 'U ill mssv forget (tod V 'Sissy sonic time* i. >t think ?t <io?l ; then -lie think, ip. j then she look up in the sky ami try to see God. nd 'Ami docs sissy see fiod 'See G.-d V ,.s she asked, 'Sou God ! (fori Ij?-r?*.' >-1? ? r|,| fr.i'l, putting her hnnri to her her.rt ; 'Got in tiio skv, and (? <! litre : sis-?y 0Si I love-* GoJ, and sissy don't want to l><* _>rtf naughty.' me Gli yes, (iori vvill dwell in the hearts i,-|, of little cl.sMreii, draw ing tlieir earliest ,|,| affections to liini, md them by bin Spirit ny I to believe in him The son <>( God bo ult came a <1. Id, when ho grew up took tit inri 11o chi! !ren hi Ids arms to hies- llietn, t-i .III I convince our poor faith that In* redeem do , '"}( love (tinbraces and overshadows r? . them, and ear. torn h the germ of life K? j with its living warmth, while the little Cli one is glad and trustful in its heavenly i*|V Friend L??t us not doubt God's iove and uid < are for the little one, hut carefully train gj.- j it for him and i heavenly transplanting lfl- i I'll Do It Well. cut There lives in New bngUud a gentle ig' man who i/ave the following interesting I it i account ot his own life. lie was an Hp to prentice in a tin manufactory. Wnen .he twenty olie years old he had lost hi.* ire health, so that ho was entirely unable t< re work at his trade. Wholly destitute ol inr incaii?, he wax thrown out upon the i a world, to 'r-ok any employment for which ich he had strength. iih He said ho went to find employment with the determination that whatever h? ?g , did, he uuwIJ dn it iveil, The first an?J of only thing he found that he could i!< in was to black hoots and scour kuives in j the hotel. That he did, and did it well, a; i gentlemen now living would testify.? *a- Though the business w as low and servile md ho did not lav aside his self respect, or al no low hinia..lf to h? i.-.q/Ia K.. 1.:- i ? uv ikiiviu iiicnu mn hub ines*. The respect and confidence of hit employers were soon secured, and lie ad bal valued lo a more lucrative and It"-* laho frn rioiis position. ex- At length his health was restored anc .? he returned to his legitimate business era which he now cartu>? on extensively. 11< me lots accumulated an ample fortune, ana u r.a training an interesting family by giving then) toe best advantage* lor mora! aw ar mental cultivate t . II now hold* an ele be- vat?-d n vc? In the commnnfty where h< ty, lives nvd Yonr? men h< mav chance to rea> > tin; nuuvt ataivuiuui Ot fact*, should marl the secret of success. The inun'a whole . I. iraetor, of whom I have spoken, was loimed and <11reeled by the dctermiwition 1 to do whatever he did well. ilnrifultunil. 1 1-Toiii the Farmer ill id Planter. j Hints lor the Month. April, ou the farm hihI plantation, is ' always a busy month, and bio with hopes 1 and f ars t?>r the future. \\ hut < ..f > ! stand of eon. have you I is ibe lir.-t tines- ) ii?.m put by every neighbor you meet, ' and by it y<-u are taught the importance I of doing well thai upon which so much | of the tnturo depends. It is loo late now, however, to ety over . spill mi.k. ll you have not a good stand, ' p'.ow up and plant over ? it will put your ground in bettci order and will save | time As soon as von can plow your coin g-t to it ; run as close to it and as I deep into the ground as you can all'ord to do. There is a great deal in giving any young plant a good start?'it is half the battle.' l>o not be in too great a hurry and plow ground too wet ? it is like the iniiilia captain's manoeuvre, 'an advance backwards.' Th* button crop is now the engrossing | operation, 'liverybody' is pushing to 'get in his cott u so as to be ready for the i corn when it comes up and 'everybody' . i- too apt to do in a very earless slip I I I 1 .! . ? I - ' * 111 <t: 111 c . 'ion willl'll WOllIU J>!iV tiet' tor by doing well. To uiir mind it is bet tor to be even a week or so late, if by so t iloii g ouo can have the ground in better j order, and the crop planted more careful I >>' I i Idoa t lot got one thing before juii leave I a tit hi?to It ne all Vuut dit lies cleaned out a id the banks strengthened, lor 'old I Hilly Williams' -ay we always have a t bg -torm between the O'b and lGtli of I April, which makes sad havoc 011 hill ' sides. A wash made now will le aiue t< ' lie a 'waste way' the year rotm I. .. * good plan to sow clover, oat-*, barle\ it", : on the i.itch banks, to protect them. Seiect o, od cut ton sued ; it w iil pay ; I roll n plaster, guano, phosphate, lime cir j t-he-, t will .ve seed, and stimulate the i young plant to a heal'hj growth, and i the Jut.tie < ( no plant depends more up' on a pod health) start. I >odors ditler 1 a- to lie (plant;' ,' of seed, mode of cover ing, depth, and we will leave 'every man ! to his own humor.' o n 'tv.t.. ..r..n Look to the tenee-, tight up the work of | tb- N'arclt winds, atid us.? the little spell oo which sometimes comes in nf: t? r p lining, to n pail tools, handle hoes. I ai ; tix up generally. Sttn'l' ? Salt regularljja little sulphur, i a-lies a id n ot for cattle, sheep and hor I sus. I iio ellect of the buds nuts'. be i watched clos. y. Keep at: eye on voting , holier 1, tlie \ i ung lambs, and old ?o\\s. ldon't she i .-luip In April, for f-ar you j may loose an ounce or so of wool. (rive igs ropp-ras soaked corn occasionally, ami sail them regularly. Clover lots now { ...Ml \ ? i win ut- vuytyc i uy cveiytliing to udvan ? I ut nothing more than a hog. After reading this, then go over to jo'ir nnigiihor, and get him to subscribe i Jim .1 e J'a run r ami i'lonhr, and wo will gn a good night's rest and pleasj an dteams. Origin of Various Plants Kveiy g> i tleman farmer ought te> la soi lewliat acjuainted w.th the origin and | li'.Moi v < f (Inordinary plants and trees -< , as to know their nature, country and ; col.d lion. Such knowledge, besides be ' ing a source of great pleasure, and very I desirable, will often enable him to ex1 1 plain phenomena in I bo habits i f many ' plants ilia' olberwi-e would appear inex ; piic i ble. j \N lo-at, allbougb considered bv some j as a native ot Sicily, originally came t from the central table land of Thibet, ! where it yet exists as a grass, with small mealy seed. Uvo exists wi'd in Siberia. Parley exists wild in Siberia. Parley ex ???t? wild 111 the iiiouiiiHins of llitnaly.? Gates were brought from North America. Millet, one specie*, is a native ol India ; | another of Egy pt and Abyssinia. Maize (Indian corn) is of native growth in America. Kice was brought from South Africa, whence it was taken to India, and tin nee to Europe and America, Peas are ' 1 ot unkov.n origin. Vetches are natives ol Germany. The garden bean is from the ' East Indies. Buckwheat came originally from Siberia and Turkey. Cabbage giow* wild iti Sicily and Naples. Tht ' P"Ppy Wfl* brought from the east. The Sunflower from Peru. Hops came to per feci ion as a wild flower in Germany.? | Saffron came from Egypt. The Onion i< also a native of Egypt. Horseradish from South Europe. Tobacco is a nativo o \ irginia, Tobago, and California, Anoth j er species has also been found wild ir Asia. 'Hie grasses are mostly uativi ' plants, and so are the clovers, except Lu cerno, which is a native of Sicily. Tin gourd is an eastern plant. The potatoi is a well known native of Peru and Mex ico. Coriander grows wild near the Med iterr mean. Anise was brought from tin Grecian Archipelago. Ikii.y (!akk.?One pound of buttci oro of MtyHT, iinr of flour, twelve eggt nutmeg and ro?e weter. Butter a dinne t < << hake thin; trim the edge will * pen knife. ' I OA) . -One pound of flour 11. it1 iK. r, one of Migar, gill ol milk I gi'i of .fen l), giil of wine, aeven egg* *' c much trim ma you pleaae. ilui murium. Let your totiguo be guarded wheii in company with talkative people. It is a shame, if any person poorer than you is more contented than vnu. A bachelor after discovering hie clothe# full of hole*-, exclaimed 'Mend i cant!' A draper's advice to his son, in selecting a wife is, "Get a piece of calico that will wash.' The pleasantest things in the world arc pleasant thoughts, and the greatest art in life is to have as many of ibeiu as possible. A boy was asked oue day what made him so dirty, and his reply was, "They tell me I am made of dust, and I s'pose it's just working out.' 'Who is that with Miss Flint ?' said a wag to his companion. 'Oh, that ia a spark which she has struck.' 'Sam, why am senators like de fishes?' 'I don't meddle with de aubjec', Pomp.' 'Why, don't you see, nigga, because dey am so fond of debate ' A young fop about starting down to j New Orleans proposed purchasing a life preserver. 'Oh, you'll not want it. suw. "*T> gestel the cieik, bags of wind dou't sink. 'Can you tell tue,' said a blooming lass to a suiter one day, 'what ship carries more parsengers than the Great Eastern?' 'Well, iriadani, realiv 1 don't thing 1 can.' 'Why, it is courtship,' rep'ied the maiden , with a coccious blush. A Jew was observed noticing very inntly a prodigious nice haul. 'What v ere yon -.aving to that ham, master Ja cob ?' 'I was saying to it, 'thou almost 1 persuadest tne to lie a christian.' An eminent lawyer, in Glasgow, once had a client whose name was Widow l'ickle. lie rose, and commenced to ad1 dress the Honorable Court in this manner: j'Tickle, my client, my lord,' and paused ; for a moment The Judge, who w as considered a wag, broke in after this most ludicrous style : e maun tickle her yerseU, Mr. McLauchlin ; it's no the business of this Court to tickle yer client, my bra mon.' A Good Story. In the \i)hige of W. lived a man, who had once been judge of the county, and was known all over l>y the name of Judge L. lie kept a store ami saw mill, and j was always sure to hn\e the best of a i bargain on his side, by which means be had gained an ample competency, and sonic dill not hesitate to call hun "the biggest rascal in the world.' He was very conceited withal, and used to de i light to hiHg of his business capacity when any one was near to listen. One rainv day, as <juile a uuntber were seat* id around the stove in the store, he began as usual, to tell of his great bargains, and at last wound up with the expres sion, 'Nobody has ever cheated me, nor ll.ev oau'l, neither.' Judge,' said an old man of the compare, "I've cheated you mor'n you ever ^ did me.' Ilow so?' said the Judge. If \ou promise \ou won't go to law mItout it, nor <!o nothing, I'll tell, or else I won't ; you ore too much of a law charactor for me.' 'Let's hear! let's henr!' cried half a dozen voices. 'I'll promise,' said the Judge, 'and treat in the bagain, if you have.' 'Well, do yon remember that wagon you r<>libcd me ( tit oft' 'I uever p I bed you out of any wagon,' exclaimed that Judge. 41 only got the best of a bargain.' 'Well, I made up my mind to have it hack, and 1 'You never did !' interrupted the 'cute J udge. 'Yes 1 did, and interest too.' 'How so l' thundered the no* enraged [ Judge. 'Well, you see, Judge, I 6old you one day a very nice pine log, and bargained , with you for a lot more. Well that 'og I stole off your pile, down hy your mill the night before, and the next day I sold it to you. The next (lay I drew it back home : and sold it to you the next ; and I kept on until you bought your own log ( of me twenty seven times!' I 'That's a lie exclaimed tho infuriated Judge, running to his hooks, and exaroin* ( ing his log accounts; 'you never sold me , twenty seveu logs of the same measurement.' , '1 know it,' saij the vender in logs.? . 'Hy drawing it hack and forth the end wore oft, and as it were, T kept cutting tliO pud oil until il wan only ten feet long K ?just fourteen feet ahorter then it vu the tirat lime 1 brought it; and when it got so short, 1 drew it home again and worked it up into shirglea, and the next ' week you bought the shingle*, and then '' 1 concluded I had got my wagon back, r and stowed away in iny pocket book.' 1 The exclamation of the Judge wee drowned in the about* of the byatandera, , and the log drawer found the door with , nut the promiaed trpat. And to see a s madman, you have only toaakthe Judge if he ever waa ahaved, '