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Ew Sekies/' ^^T'' NiT ,M H F^ H. ^ P^fk ) ^ ' ' Kor the Times. iffy a 7t' lforo Cora to tho Aoro. JBbtto* UlfiQM Tikms :?I see that soma of 11 ,'t your farmers have been taking the rigljt dapar- P , " : turo thi^'season, in- the way of farming. We j need thill-new departure aliovsr our Southern 4 country in order to tnakf us an* independent (1 and prosperous peewit. , If we j&uH-V'sc cot- ' let us make the half, ondoss,* Of cur land S produce What tfae whole now .t^fee.Vhs Messrs. ^ ? A Minter, Norman and Hognn-have done; and ( k let the rest be put In graiq?corn, wheat, &c., ^ | with the results obtained by Messrs. Dillard and \ 'Bhncb, 4 , su'Vya aeiedd, howrWould bring ji^t j JR' \J- asTmuch moneyTtutlf wo mrrwruNe "TIto will-' ^ lion bates, let it done on half the land now j planted for that crop. We must not depond en- i tirely on cot' with the present method of i planting, und -.?o average price obtained. Wc i cannot afford to raise it the way wc do, and ' fmakc it pay nil the bills. Wo must cither raise < less, and thus increase the price, or wc must 1 raise more to the acre, and leave the rest of the lnnd for other crops. , A few more years after tlie present method will bring about some change, of a necessity. Neither farmers nor merchants can hold out thkeh loneer. Our system is radically wrong, ?2T d I spd must right itsolf, sooner or later. Such re* *cnlts as have be?n obtained by Messrs. Minter, 9if v *orui!Xn> Megan, iMllard, Tench and others, are I he r i u 11 ( direction. Other farmers throughV 'country are workiug after the same re Mn. Their number is yes few in comparison > fM^eith the thousands who are following in "the" ft. i','-1,. ]< ' fid ruts but we look forward to the tint. ^ ?ur correspondent is intensely interested *^5 ^Hn^^^HStt|)ect of improved farming ; and especially jag?aSBffi.fr ;^Hkiiuprovemeni of corn. For four years he selecting tyul improving: sec*t corn, wjdil lyiu^|fc?^ure^^nc^s^?s of tholcojyT s . this vnjt j ^23flSjL individuals ars itfvw Itfgoged in its itnnt ; and in/t few years, no doubt, we 1 " ' idr? a v c entirely new ideas and notions of corn * - '? 'i'i._ ,.1,1 ,i?Pv ,,r fi 1(1 utnl uossiblv 15 lo the acre, as an average crop on up.^^liS^will sound strangely when we've learned f0* 4 ww to produce live.tiines these amounts per .. . ?. \ acre. Mr. G. B. llogan reports 200 bushels on wSTTTi? ft' .wis oh* S- acres of npland?>?5?WcreyiflmJH|| , *<a * "??. ^sbout 70 bushels. A gentleman, to whom' ! '.? 'But 1 pock of the same corn for trial, raisad^^K bushels 2 pecks nud#3 qts. on 1 acre of pine 1^^H| ?"d says the yield' would have been 120 bus^m 9RL. -but, for 7 weeks of drouth. Our own fiold|^H|l ^^BppjHjifWfered from a drouth of 7 weeks in July aiwRRt r.' gust. IVe planted for 100 bushels to th/erftere ; I think that o possible average crop/on good I upland, thoroughly propcred and pro^^f man- I i 1 / ( ured, with well selected seed. We- I I Th' improving a while corn for scves# cars J ana I think we hove found a superlo^^"'''0'^" This \ An* corn- oan be planted thick,b-? and 1 is of geod weight. We h^ 12,AH) stulks to ib? s PbL aero this aaou." ifuus a suiull_ qob, a cioar V &?# deep grain with little husk, and rua'3 from t>8 7 jffitaMv io 03 lbs par bushel. It is always sound; and 1 hj^Xg snakes beautiful meal and hominy. 1 always M, ' gain my toll iu every bushel 1 carry to mill, al c lowing 50 lbs a? the standard. Do formers Jjm, gonerullj over think of n little tiling like ( this? Many carry corn to mill that will scarcely ( 4*% .reach the standard weight. The toll is the j. same as for heavier corn. With my corn at 02 n lbs. a man that carries 5t> bushels to the mill yearly would gain 10 bushels. A bushel of this ? corn will grow on the same, or less ground j than a bushel weighing 50 lbs. The gain then, f in the field, would he six or more pounds on a each space of a bushel. In large crops this would soon amount to something, were there no lj V ' other gain. My object in improving corn was n to socure a variety that would wake good bread; t a white, clear grain, with little husk, sound tend d ^ ^ heavy ; a small, soft, white cob and deep grain; t a small stalk and liglit shuck ; and lastly, a corn i . . that, would hiiar crowding, und that wpuld t turo early. All this is true of the variety 1 am now improving, yet I hope to de more for it in j T the way of purity. I hope to make a coinpari- N sob this season with corn from every principal r f*rin in this Township, both as to weight and | measureinsnt. At a future tiny, I hope to ex- *" tend this comparison to Not horn and Western Jj * varieties. I want to find the berl w hite corn for the South. Now theories, as to cultivation are I# . c l now being tried ; science nnd experiment are 1 being intelligently applied; and the possibilities (] > of larger yields per acre, are not beyond reali1 zation. D. C. 4NDKKSON. ? Fort Mill, H. 0., Nov. 23d. f f - ~ - t A California pnpor describe* "tlie latest f; i thing out" as a*new horseshoe made out of r t thr .-c thicknesses of raw bids compressed 'I toorothnr bv Itenvv nrrai<ni>? I? . ,,r ^ j r?wuiv. ll< in MIU to U last louder, weighs only one fourth as much a aHH^^T us the common shoes, never splits the hoof, b 'HL ami has no bad influence on tho foot. It b % is so elastic that tho horso's step is never h uncertain. This will remind farmers^who a Ejjf W drove cattle and horses across tho plains in n B |M early days, of the fact, ir>\v almost forgot fi ten, that this is no new invention, for the a ? cattle, and horses, too, were often shod with ti Pf shoes made out of buffalo hide, cut from ii ^ the neck, where the skin is almost, an inch c thick.? Christian Union. v * * The summer passed, the harvest is over, md pianjUj&rfi$)rs arc hot happy. Many ilnntcd, tnw yc;?r with the hope of renlizngfair prices iii the fall, aud notwithstanding they ira now blessed in many sections f o'hrManu fcfth abundant crops, they find hcinselvhs still in debt. Labor is nbundnnt, casonS are favorable, prices for the cotton. Top Pro little, if any, lower than during be past year, and with all the advantages if tho preseut year over the preceding, bey find that farming does uot pay. Tho siugtdhr spectacle is presented-of a rnst country, with its magnificent wealth of breet.uitf olimuto "as favorably dbiU-6iHTy TfrrtapV"the globe, wltli Its mng-Yivers, navigable at all seasons of the year, with ts alui' st cxhaustless mines of coal, iron, ' mica, gold, silver, lead and copper, with its [uarrics of marble rivaling those of Italy, with its soil adapted to tho production of every article necessary to man's happiness, this '"glorious land,' actually a beggar to other sections loss favored than ours for the common necessaries of life. After twelve years of peace tho country is still staggering under a load of debt, Natioual, State, municipal and individual. We believe that the debt accumulated in the South during the last twel.'c years is cmial to that exist ing at T.<o'? surrender. Various causes are at w?k to produce tbis disastrous result.? ftf-'hirfirst place, no country can keep out of Abt and prosper that is continually drained Aits capital. Communities arc like indivjfcuiJfV'U they.^buy more than ithev selk tl^bhhmco of trade" will Be agnhistflhem to ruin will be a short one ? t tbc r.iiormcjps drain upon us for ! * s.aI firo insurance, tbc State of North Vrolina has paid during one year since 1$>5 nearly 82,000,000. The annual oute#si? -till very great. A comparison of the insurance offices in a jiijlfcfi r^tcjTJpr North JfrUfcia tbj^^ *t thnt p u,>'. ^ aeon paid for insurance, evc?a^F which, MVagcnts commissions, Nafrhern^compani93. Our farmers In paid many millions for sewing machines, at a clea i profit to foroign companies of about j 100 per cent \Vo send /inroad annually j about' S2.000.000' for fertilizers. In the ] Statc'of "Kentucky there was spent during ?hw-Vwir tOT<* rtc Vjje JO"'* u-ijyO ^^ASKhnicw^. mm sum tliowwaj^iJ*. HHL to that State during the yoar, f.it ^^^9*1,216,652, leaving ncarh/'<r million V&tiU'trs of.clean profit to*forcign coq\HU'C:S doing business in that State. If wc Line the incomes of thedifforent insur- | ompanics of Hartford, Conn., we will : * S^K;<t t,lc ue8roSnto wil1 exceed 815,000,- ' 00^\uua"7- Of this amount a largo per- | ccntjr ?0D108 frour the :;oulh. Millions .i< iliars are rfrOlliallv smif V,,-t I, I : 1,'Jftufr that can easily he raised at home lu thJ:rc!)tC8t grain growing region of the *orldW? Northern flour aud corn.? Ph?' wutheru farmers ''fight grass" all [W J&while they f?ed their horses on hay on the bleak hills of New England. foaJ^v every article of home consumption s purfliascd from abroad. Our clothing. ?ur hi/isc furnkurfc, nor tnechanftj^wrtN# mr farming implements, are all uianufactur;d in other sections. ' To meet the enorlions drain upon our capital to pay tor these hings wo have to rely principally upon the :otton crop. When this fails us, as a mat- | er of course, wo get into debt, and debt is j ilways expensive. The theory is frequently advanced that I rocan buy corn cheaper than wc c.mi make j t. Well, wc have practjged that theory j or the last twelve ycars'mrft Vhat is the re- I ult? Dcht, hmikmpU'y and ruin. Small grain crops in the South require j tut little eXDense. vet the nr? ??.. I A -? J~- ~ v "" mally paying high prices for foreign aricles that couhl be easily and cheaply proluced.at home, with which to malic :v-c t-. on crop. The commercial value of'money n the South is at least 18 pfT cent, per air-' mm, and the farmer who farms upon credit busty*(Tils interfcsT"and an "SilUinonal ?er cent, to induce the factor to make ad- I 'ances. There is no way to avoid this high ate of interest. Usury laws avail nothing, n the present state of farming ui the >outh, advancing upon crops to be liereiflor produced, is a dangerous business.?' To meet the increased risk an aditional per icnt. must be added. Suppose we farm on iredhr; will farming pay with money advanied at Over 18 per cent.'{ We know that >ur annual gains must be .small, and if we I annot make money at this rate wo certainly ' re pursuing a suicidal course to attempt to ! arm at higher rates. In rich farming sec- j ions, in valley lands, or in other naturally avored localities, farmers make money at ates of interest higher than those above. Vnants upon the highly cultivated lands f England expend from $50 to 880 p"r ere in cultivating and they make money, >ut wo must remember those landa have ecn enriched by centuries of expensive tiligc. When our lands havo become rich by n improved system of agriculture, our lariers can then afford to farm at high rates ar money. To the cotton plnntor, fertilizers re indispensable. They stimulate the cutin plant to an early development, besides nercasing the yield, yet in too many installes our fanner buys without knowing j rhethcr the article is udapted to his soil. I Oar Hy.sk-m farmiipi^^^B^^fault. We must adopt improved implement)!/-, We must olfpl^^^KiQk'No. 10/' it*, wo -wmriii perhaps a naif. ccntaijr of >^^Hnffbul-' Mvntion. Wo mitt?,g^ i^^^RkStiVk. ' 'T^ictc is no refisoti ^Wtl^^^BPsiii the (iifolinas should t^>t Ywsi/jj^^^ygjh and to enable thptri tp uiak<^ crops j couip^ra hvo^' ^ vo ry^ero^p^^^B^^otto]) per pound wo have a balance i> our credit of $20,000,000. If we sh t a Toss of a cent p r pound we are 820.0 '.000 in debt. The all important principle with us is to j accumulate capital. My jfd oinjj we can render available our vast W;.r poWor, de...... i ..i. ...:..J.xC ,..'...i : ! ?V/IW|? Ulll VJ?X 11(111. I IUi*~ IIIIIIU"! tWUI, II I'll and the precious metals. Yj must educate the youth of the laud in thw'nctical sciences. We must abandon tliJld eurrieuluin of instruction that fits on Jnm: men only for professional life. \\e M^t read less of political and more of a^rtllttiral matter. Wo have all the elenicntirtf wealth and prosperity if we will only anil ourselves of their use. Our country wnd soon become the richest upon this contitlu if the efforts of our farmin<; people \ver|direcjfcd in the proper channels. Wo muituovc our liiiystaeks from the hills of /he*. We must build our corn, jriosnu (ho South ' instead of in the Nortljfcsljui short, .we j j must raise our own suyy'ios ssul irodueo the ffri:tifrsf jin&si/i(c ijiinihtj/ '>! ' We must cultivate Ics of haul a wl-jltivate I it better. Half of the?land in cuitntimi ' is not sufficiently drained. tiinsplt >1| ;Sh ^[nvs. for thej^fceos ^tno j j^niol3|fc a^A1fi|pcnsive yJP$W'- ' 'U! j ^$ih4ndm^?f f.meos aPbl flntes , cash v0*' all the , therojyr' j/rain y'our land, raise j lpP^lf\vu'ViHppfqSs. soil inoi than you buy I and the day of prosperity is carat hand.? 6'(troh'itii Kuvmrr. ? ?. . ('at'i i.k roii tiikcout,. ^mi'o^lfj-ntsfji belii vc the Short-hdftt, or catt!e?f .qptisj '.hoy are too I v <j consumers ior ;.ry Diner (liatl .a^ frttts country. I The Ocvom* arc not wiruh'u-, bccauah ' (thi8 is our experience) May arc too do.ft- j eate. They are like Uot-Ausn ].l ints, and , with the same care will d well, hut this cannot he given at all tiunMKind lionce they are not what you want. | The lirahmiji will keep fat on less and j endure our eliinSte better fcln any animal i of the cow kind ; hut they ill ramble and 1 go where they please if the; hate to ' jump ' over the uioon," and, if an or.e interferes i with his going, he will havi a %dit ..n his hands. * x We once had u full-bloiuUj Undiinin hull 1 j that would stop travelers audi,chicles in the public road. We sold him tla friend who , ; ' tduwuijflk yajai 1 I ever saw. '' * \ j The Ayreshres are gentle and kind, ?<>< <i milkers, and fair beef cattle We think them most desirable of any cttli we have ever owned. \'<>u cannot b't be pleased with them. We have seen a great 111:1117 Alderiuvs, and from what WU could .nihil* hv iniini *e - J ?1 ? J 1 we think they must ultimate!; prove to be t!ic cattle for the South. At least we intend to give them a trial as *e have done all the rest.?(Jot,. AlkKN, ('liur/iston .\fiics. ... . - ^rHow to Inchkaskthk 1?T.j\vok Mii.k. ?A Lady correspondent of uteuuihcrn paper, writing from Arkansas, uvea the following recipe to increase thv f nw of milk 'Ju tTwWfr *\ ' f i 'iVpid'Wufer,* slightly salted, given twice ad.TV. will Tnereasy^jJ^ flow of n'lillv third. II the cow wTil not drim* it at first trial, scatter a handful of Vran or meal over the top of it. Thcv soon become; very fond of it. and will drink all you give them. I tried this plan three yenrstogo with perfect success. I had only omlcow, and she was of the common scrub ptock of the countrv. and after sTw? hniwl ?.? .lrit.L- tlw? water, prepared n.<A above, furuislrcd me twice a day two oniuarv buckets full of milk ; and by fccdiilL a little corn boiled with cotton seed, the milk yielded butter enough to supply my table bountifully an'd leave me a lew pounds to s?ll every week. I gave her three gallons ,,f water twice a I loo ('uoi.Kita.?A correspondent writing from Amnion, N. (!., says that after trying every remedy known for hog cholera, lie finally succeeded in chepkiggjliu dincuse by giving concentrated lye iu#the feed.? This remedy is certainly cheap and convenient, nnd wc advise our readers to try it.? Common salt is also recommended as a preventive.? Carolina Furnier. To Rkmovh Stains from Tablelinen.?Uso borax when washing; do not boil, but blench out the stains in the sun's wet the spots occasionally with a weak solution of borax. s? * "PLEASE CHARGE THIS.". V V,^ Those throe words a?? of immense TtnpoV- , tance to every head of every family or any one whose duty it is to provide ways and menus lor food, clothing and other expenses, . incident to existence. These three words are like three links in a chain which we forge for ourselves, and every time they are repeated this chain becomes stronger and stronger, till its burden cannot loncjjtrJao borne. These three'words add fifty per cent, to *hc Cost/ of, any o>?e article we purchase, for the setter Wants, aud very likely needs cash, n ij. Vii ,rr. r,!ra! f^Mtracs in Addition to the cash pric<\ a profit for each time he might have used his nu ney had we paid cash on the spot. These three words, easily and pleasantly spoken, and as pleasantly responded to, make a man the abject slave of the creditor. "He toils from early morn' to dewy* eve," but the accumulating interest so hampers his energies and depletes his earnings that freedom becomes a boon gtcatly to be do sired. but scarcely expected. From lanu- | try to December lie lab >rs, breaking a link ! of the servile chain occasionally, but too | frequently adding two, and if both ends can bo. made to meet when the accounts are j balanced, the fact is made an occasion for < rejoicing. These three words should bo blotted from ; every farmer's vocabulary, lie cannot afford, of all men. to pay enormous interest, nor can he allow dpbts to accumulate when future and uncertain gains em only tie re-] lied upon. This reliance ten often proves a broken reed, and sooner or l iter, brings humiliation and bankruptcy. 'I licMi three w >rds need never he spoken ' if a self denial he practiced for a year or , two. I 'ay as yon go. : :i v -Ives no accumulating bunions, but lightens instead the < dally routine of labor It is wonderful t > note how much a family can dispense with if a rigid system of economy prevails, and determination to live within its means exists. , 'I hose throe words may he used as a t tnpor.iry means of bridging a h ml place, but their iso is always extremely hazard no. and should never be us d when ' l\.y asymt go" ( inr 'Cash on the spot"' can by any means be suusiuutO'l.? Ao/t of ;hc ?Vu<7. i roteet t n tli^^li :('.k inn n urc ami close sleeping place, where I he emulations from U-composing ?lu:ijr. urine, straw an.l other organic matter, are added to t!iosc> of their owtj skin ami lungs v.h a I)ml died together in groat numbers. See that both food and water are clean, in the sense of being free from diseased germs, amldVoni the microscopic particles of do composing matter which, within the system as well as outside of it, appropriate food lor the disi asc poisons, and favor its increase while tliey depress its vital powers, and les son the chances of virus being thrown oil'. And here it is that the porkraisers are most , frc(iUiUiUy..at.. fault, _ l'i&xx>r a limidiid pigs are allowed to crowd together in a filthy manure heap, a??ot*?nrstrhw.stvek, "or 1 .1 : . i l ? * i i * i r uiiwri a inril. se.O|C"U;u [ I I III! HI" ipjiIU^S-ttl other anim ils as well as their own products. I Their focdinj* trounhs and drinking waters . are so supplied that they can tret into thctn i with their filthy feet, and tlicy must devour 1 the most obnoxious matter or starve. If. under this abuse, disease is developed, the healthy are left with the sick, as "they wi.i all have it any way,' and the result is usually a clean sweep." Tin: Bust Cow t'ott Smaix caitms.? I It is not supposed that cows kept on a I small farm arc placed there for the purpose j of raisinjr calves for sale. They are placed there for the butter slrey produce. 'I he fjucstion is often asked, "which shall they be, blooded or scrub stock The tprestion is %a*ily/anj?w.ered. ''Keep only such | k ill?ill t'. stnnkipiud' (or tlto puvpoRM. I Our onilliotl. and also that of tin* nriiwitinl I darymou oi' the country, is licit the ?Ter??y, I commonly called Ahlcrncy, is, abuye all otliI era, the best butter cow. They are easily | kept, very docile?a point, not bo overI looked?and beautiful, ^iu<i milk ot superior richness, from which is produced finely-colored, solid butter, hayino an equal texture and flavor. Hotter made from such milk has been known to keep when placed in a dry, not cold cellar, without tho use of ice, and when taken out was in a hard, firm condition, and was then sold twelve to eighteen cents pel pound h^bcr than best ordinary bolter. The cost of Jerseys is not ...,,?i r i? 1 .1. . ?:n It 11 ii v ii iikhu 111.111 iiu nuruus, ami t m \ win more than make up the difference in price in u low months.? Live Stock Itceunf. A subscriber to a Southwestern newspaper died recently, leaving foii^years' subscription unpaid. The editor appear^? at the grave and deposited in the coffin a palm leal' fan, a linen coat and a thermometer. Moral?well, that's obvious. ('t)mpki.i.kI' To Advbiitikk.?1The man has been found who c >uld do all the business he wanted to without advertising, and has been compelled to advertise at last.? lln lives in Florida, and his advertisement I is headed "Sheriff 's Sale." . j WHY THE FARH DON'T PAY. Why don't the farm ? Simply because'by an injudicious use of fertilizer buying^iny tliinpf^Cliut is yffifhcd for e*iilo .jvit'jattt testing the quality, that yog make your (Mttejijcost you more tU^*r is^t cnlizcd for it in market. It is bec.anSfc you <do not plant small grain but rely upoumitfpg your, oats hay ami wheat from abroad, and thereby persist in sending your money out of tho country. Farming will never pay where fnYmors rely ontirely upon enriching their lartd with fertilizers which have doubled ('ape Horn. We believe that much of the corn raised in the Carolina* costs the producers two dollars per bushel. This is the result of cultivating poor land till it is "phoughed to bo barren" without adding any vegetable matter to supply the drain upon the quantity in the soil. When the farmer realizes that his corn costs him over 7~> cents per bushel he ought to quit farming, for evidently he has mi.-tukcu his ca^ta^ Farming don't our farmers do not pcrmancntl'^AipttoVe their land.? They exhaust it byapplication of commercial fertilizers which quicken the soil and at once exhaust the small supply of vegetable matte, therein contained. J)o you stop to think what fertilizing your land costs you? Suppose you apply No. 1 Peruvian at tho rate of 200 pounds per acre. This, with interest added, will cost you SS per acre? more perhaps than your land is worth in the market. If you were improving your land by the addition of vegetable matter, whether i.i Cwiiii of oMrfnoo of tho wood land, muck or barnyard compost, all would be well, hut too frequently such is not the case and the far... 11. -i. i .... ...-.v.ii,, n-.iii/.mj: ji??<><i crops ttmls that .sittitfhnic or othrr J'nrtnimj ilon't /><>>/. 1 *arjuiiij* ?lon*t pay because you pay too much lor credit. \\ hen farmers pay over ten per cent, lor interest </' /.<roll'/ there is a ! -ini? business. 1 f you would only caleulate what farming on credit costs, you would find that the rate of interest paid is enormous. Sometimes as high as l(Ht per cent, per annum. It is not the fault of the nirrch mt The capit i!li.-t will always avail hinneU ol the chances to make profits on his money. That is his business, and if the farmer is ready to purchase at birth rates nl* interest the capitalist is always ready to sell. that cost the State owery yenrY?v.v:\y Yonn million dollars. You do not stump your land. While your barn-yards are uegloc1 ted and wasted by winter rains, w hile bri-* ars and hushes arc "rowing around stumps and in fence corners, while your dogs are killing your neighbor's sheep or worrying your neighbor's hogs that have climbed over your broken fences, while you j are enjoying the blessings conferred upon vou by a crop lien or a mortgage upon llio homestead, you speak sneeringly of i;boolc larnin" and are carwful not to read anything , riilaiiuu to your business. When fanning pays, the'country prospers. To make our land prosperous we must accumulate capital by raising everything we can in the way of breadstuff's and then raise as much cotton as.po.-sijde. Cotton is our monopoly, but at present bread is our king. There are many counties in the Carolina:* that pay annually from to ?">0.000 for corn If we raise our own supplies this j amount of capital would be retained among I us to assist in building up our country.? j Think of it.? ('nro/iiui Funnt r. | ? hout'ATlNii ! AltMKits.?An old farmer of this. State, long interested in the iui] provcmciit of his class, writes: The mingling of the military with agri1 (Mlhliril IlKlflli'll 1) Iw uc inOMtieletoof incompatible :is the attemp to mix oil with water. The two thiols are entirely at vaI riance witJi .each other. Tffe"*bWtr" i*"t?r '' 1 oujjht to he, cmiiiently and severely <^user! vafive. The other is notoriously wascofuf and destructive. The one is or ou*>lit to be, to (each habits of industry, thrift and ecouomy. Tito other inculcates habits of idleness, waste and extravagance. The one plainness of dress, manners and simplicity of life. The other flitter, show?a lofty ;ir and manner, well calculated to till the youthful mind with ideas of pride and ambition,'Hiid a distaste for the tjuiet pursuits j of agriculture. In no sense and in 110 view can these two dissimilar avocations of life he harmonized. The one must, in thu nature of things* destroy the other, and the more humble and retiring is always the *victim of the proud, lofty and ambitious.? American Farmer. There are groat multitudes of lowly lives lived on the earth which have no name anient? inpn whn?<? wnrt >?? o ---J ~ ...... records, but which arc well known and unspeakably dear to God. They make no noise in the world, but it needs no noise to A make a life beautiful and noble. Many of J God's most potent ministers arc noiseless. How silently the sunbeams lull all day long jg upon the fields and gardens, and yet what f joy, cheerful life and beauty they diffuse ! t How silently the flowers bloom, and yet t what sweet fragrance they emit! M