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Of A FHIKNO. 4 ' to the dead?the forest weaves. Around your couch ilnnhrou.l of leaves. While shadows dim and silent deep Eespesk ihe quiet of your sleep. Rest pilgrim here-'-your journey o'er, Life's weary cures ye heed no more, ^Time's sun ha* set in yonder west, Your work i* done, rest pilgrim rest. Rest till the morning hour ! wait, Ilere at eternity's dread gate, Batfe in the keeping of the sod And the pure promise* of God. Dark k yonrhorae, yet round the lotnb Token* of Hop*. aweet floweret*, bloom, And clierinlied inetnoric*, soft tun) dear. Dkut are their fragrance, linger here. VV. A. M. ?BBEma?argr.'K m mini m?i ftliarrllimrotts Uen&ing. Seller ib^f> SUfooods. 1 wah elan ding in tlm brond. crowded street* of a lariP city. It whmh cold winter'* dav. There had lieen rain; and although ? this huh had Ireen "hilling brightlv, vet the long icicle* hung from the eave? of the l??m mm, and the wheel* rumbled loudly a* thov paused over the ground. There wh* a clear might look and a cold bracing feeling in the air, and a keen north we*t wind, which quickened every step. Ju*t then a little child came running along?a poor, ill-clad child. Her clothe* were *eant and threadbare; the bad ho cloak and no *hawl. and Iter lit#1a kaea lat ??"! ontt'.?i.? IIO WWW "VVI I'" 'I*' VI I r\i HUM nilliriiil^, n||t* carried h bundle in her hand. Poor little shivering child! Even I, who could do nothing el**. pitted her. A* sdie pa-wed in?* her foot clipped. au?1 she fell within cry of Eain; but *he held the bundle tightly'in her and, and jumping up. although she limped SMllv.'tndeMtoiwI to run on h* b?*fbre. "St?rp. little girl !" said a -weet voice, and a beautiful woman. wr>tp)?ed in >? huge shawl "and with far* around her. entne out of a jeweller** rtore 'dose by: "Poor little child!" he?nid; "are yr>? hurt! Sit down on this | alc? and tell inc." II??w I loved her, nnd how beautiful alio looked I V s 'Oh I 1 cannot," said the child : 1 cntinot wait; I ant in such n hurry! 1 have lawn to lite ahoeitntker'a ; and ntother must finish | them to-night or she will never get any more shoe* to bind." "To-nightI" ?aid the beautiful woman; Mto-night I" "Yea," aald the child?for the stranger'* kind manner had made her bold?"y *, for the great ball to-night. And these satin alijs per* nnt W spangled, and" I -* ' The beaut mil woman t?sr?fc the bundle * from tlie child's hand and unrolled it. You do not know why her fare flushed and then turned pale. But ??ve*. I?looked in tlie h *> bundle; and on the inside of a ?ii|?per J saw a name, a lady's name, written ; but 1 shall 9 ?* got tell it. 4taoi^ . U i*. .. . , "And where doee your mother Urt, little girtr \ 8q thf Httle girl told her where ; and then | the twld her tliAt W tali* wa* dead. and W ' tnAl berjgttle brother Witt idcluand tluu Imt | motb?r Sittind wkoen tint they might have I bread; tmt <hn m>meiint?e they were \ery 1 .I'Voohl, and tb?t her mother eguirtwnea cri?v! i, became all* hud no money to hoy ur.ik f??r h<? her little brother. Ami I *Aw thai the In I * &y'* eyre were fell of team, and rhe rolled H * pp the bundle qufckly. and gave H back to toe little girl; bat ebe gave ner nothing viae; VJj uo, not erenJugxpwKc; #wh turning away, went hack ihto the store from which idie had jnet ?owe out. Aaqjie went away I ?aw th*glitter o4h?ttond pin. Prueently ?fce :t> i. i .. '!: :; *. .. ~L**-*,. , i?A\ t?t ^fVp ' . ) utXt 7o u cli; />aiTmm '$ irV> J ,.<M ?iit', i GREENVILLE il'jiri'5 ;-f; riri> ' dime hack. and stepping into a handsome p csrriage.roffed 6ft*. The'Ifttlfe girl looked ? nAer a moment. nnd then, witli her little bare a feet colder than they were before, ran quick n ly away. ' o I followed the. Utile girl, ami I saw her go it to n narrow, damp etr^-ct, into a small, dark n room. I saw her mother?her sail, faded a mother, hot with a face ?o pat tent shushing a and soothing a sick baby. And the baby li slept, and the mother laid it on her lap; anil the bundle was unrolled, and a dim candle si helped her with her work ; for though it was d not night, yet her room was vety dark.? e Then, after awhile, she kissed the little girl, a atid wartned her'jroor frozen feet over tiiescan* ti ly flic in the grate, and gave her a little piece u of bread, for ?he had no more.; and then ft heard her bhv her evening prayer, and folding tl her tenderly to her bovom, blessed her, and If told Iter that the angels would take care of ti her. And the little child slept, and dream- fl ed ?oh, such pleasant dreams!?of warm a "tockings and new shoes ; hut the mother *i sewed alone; and, as the bright spangles glit- o tered on the tatin slippers, came there no b repining into the heart! When she thought a1 I .V?.i i.;t ?i j _ - Ua ?'i tier vini'i * oare, cold toet, and the scant ol inom^l of bread which had not satisfied her ol hunger, caino there no vision* of a bright V< room ami gorgeous clothing, and a table el loaded with all that was good and nice, a ii little |H?rlH>n of which snared to her would g send warmth aud comfort to her humble o dwelling! ~*h* If such thought* came, and others of a w pleasant collage, and of one who had dearly it loved her, atni whose strong arm had kept tr want and trouble fmni her aud her babes, it hut who' could never come back?if these n thoughts did not come ropiningly, there nb st ?o came another; and the widow's hands si were clasped, and her head bowed low in deep contrition, as I heard her say "Father! is forgive me ; for thou doest all things well, ui and I will trust to theo." Just then the is loor ojnoud softly and soma oik-entered.? p NV?s it an angel f Her hands weTo of spot- u less while, and she moved with a noiseless tt step. She went to the bed where the sleep- n ing child lay, and covered it with warm b blankets. Then presently a fire sparkled in and blazed there, such as the little grate had {li never known before. Then a huge loaf was ol placed upon the Jablo aud fresh milk for the v siv k babe. Then she passed gently before b the mother, and, drawing ihe unfinished slip- ti per from her hand, placed there a purse of w gold, Ntid said, in a voice like music, "liics* w 111?. t 11MI ivllll i. llio tiiul I and the widow and she wan gone; only an ll die went out I heard her Bay, ' Bettor than ti diamond*, bettor than tTiamblid*. What ti could she mean f I looked at the mother, b With clasped hands and streaming eyes site w Messed her God who had sent an angel to o! comfort her! So I went too ; and I went to w a bright room, where there were music and duiieing and awect flowers ; and I saw young j? happv fiiee* ami spnikling-jewels, but none je? that I knew, until on passed me whose diets ' c< was of simple white, with onlv a ruse-bud on j it Iter bosom, and whose voice wan like the ] In sweet sound of a silver lu|o. No apahgled ? .slip|?er was on her foot'; and she miffed n? tc oue that treadeth upon the air; and the di- in vine beauty of in>linewt had so gloiiticd her s] face that I felt, us I gazed upon her, thul she pi was indeed an angel of tJwd. t! fPrisoner'* Frinui, Boston. ji X^)pgir> Somebody has said, of Talleyrand, that if you were in conversation with him and he were to receive a kick behind, you would d< lever detect the iiuiiguiiy by any nhad'ov of ot Jmoge in his countenance. This we should en take to lie the extreme of diplomatic immobility. The chos of men must be very rare di who can attain to Midi an exquisite refine- tu incut of stoicism as this. Were they very ec numerous, half the lawyer* in existence at would be started out of their profession, On fo ike other hand, the great multitude of man h< kind giow up and pass through life exceed- v? inglv remiss in the education and control of cc temper : yet it is barely possible that any bi tiling J* more comim-ive to success in bud- th i;e*s, to happiness, ami e\Wn to liealtli, than tli ihi*. Entei prise, |?er!?eveiHiiee, punctuality, li.? and h)| the highest qualities of acri*e man- ni hood are mcKvurably dependent upur the ni objuration of those passions; which affect sli and diversify the disposition of the mind. A* 01 the temper of man affect both himself and If others, it is a* much a proper subject of pub th tic consideration it* any matter that ever was ill brought liefore a legislative body, and com Ui dderably more no than some things which is have a very unlwcoming publicity, bo far no as it affects the individual, it is a piivato lei matter ; but it is very rare that ilf condition al of a man which induces liiin to indulge a in disturbed temper by indicting penalties up or. himself aloue. lie may choose to be di particularly severe upon himself in any way m, he pleases ; abuse himself in what terms he h, likes, for the ounsoquwncee of his own 4 net* to lention, folly or vicious pursuits; refuse* to re avail himself of the apparent means to re- hi trieve disaster because of the annoyance to h< which disaster has exposed liini; be may )ij deny himself current annsaemeut:t or a good ,D sermon, or a better dinner, because be is out ia of temper with a manager, n preacher, or the ki iVA *r' ' ,*i,*?^?L|?lM' *?" J*' ,ii i i i v icy,i ?imiii^. ?-?*?@irJi , S. C; THURSDAY W^Hb?II ; i >rieo of beef: or do any other thing for tile Tatificatbwi of bis moi-bid feelings, mid it t* ?t fttir quest ion, so far as it regard* himself t JeaiU whether Jlffe ?v lpalter of public x*?ni:rn in any way, or :i legitimate topic of eivspaper discussion. At any rate we have o business with the iridiVMual man 4n atk^i ' plight, and therefore ?ruwt positively ignore 11 accountability for tbe individual applies- ' ion of our remark*. , . . .rHJ . -J llut, ns we said above, it is almost impos- ? iblo for a Irian to Buffer the infliction of a isturbed temper without affecting others, i veu to the peace, purpo>o?, pursuits, I nil oftentimes tbe habita and charac-4l ir. And as many n man is quite ns much < nilcr the effect of irritated passions as lie is I ee from them, St is the mhtVrtiine of all < loso who hold any sort of n dependent rv- I uion to such a man to be about balf tlicir roe, more or less, subject to bis earn rice* _ The of this is to create around hiin < vast amount of dissatisfaction, discontent 1 ud had temper, and this again reacts to Ids I *vn further irritation and niinovnuce. In I u-ines*, such an influence is mischievous to < a almost incredible extent. The \>ad temper 1 f an employer, though concealed from the ' bservation of customers and the public gen- ' \nllyv will, if frequently inflicted upon liis iiipfoycoa, be certainly reflected from tliein i thei r intercourse with ihe world,and often-; ( jeatly to his disadvantage. There, is, inorcvci. nn estrangement between such n man ml those iri'fuosl milium^ rertmon tvitti iifm ho are exposed to the consequences of hi? { itinnitv. And within his own family the ( io.-t amiable di?p<*iliona may be gradually , npairod, and cliildreii grow up distorted in | lind, petulant in manner, and thoroughly t >ured in tenqier, if not violent and explovc . ... I What is so offensive tosocial order in man, , if it were possible, aggravated in woman. ( nd quite as deliiniental. The "gentler sex" t i a term less of courtesy than of general | ropiiety and is honored in the true woman ( uder all the circumstances of life. Exposed , > many trials, anxieties and afflictions, woia?i'a lot is frequently an unenviable one ; ul she fails to command that consideration, nd sympathy to which she is otheitvisc en- j lied, and lias a right to expect, from those j f her ywtt household or other personal as-1 j km lions, when she disfigures her daily wsjiNh y the \ iohhieo of vpceeli. Ordinary ?du<s9R oir and it regard for social projiriety nreVtuW, itkottl their realrntitiiig effect upou many , ho have, nevertheless, paid little attention , > the systematic education and control of . ic temper. And of such, their influence poll all around them is frequently humiliuwg, and habitually ditAMiou*. They are ut upon a com moil level with those who, : itli loss advantages and in another tqdiore F life, give place to their passions in another ay, and are styled viragoes. History is full of admonition upon this Mib | Claud at the same time exhibits many inter- ( *jiug aud beautiful instances of the entiie , >ntro|of;ui in liable tcmiier. There is notli-! . ig. however, comparable with scriptural il , i*trutious in point, and specially in the pre pts of ilim who founded the ciiiUlinn ?y?iii. lie has taught mankiud that nil such ifirmities are curable, and liiat where the lirit of Ilia holy religion ia suffered to ?. ervade the mind it will correct the evil c ia*, ia |n man'* nature, and teach ua to do i i at ice, love mercy, and walk humbly, bear- i ig each other'a bartbeua.? Buliunort Sun. < J be ?IOeir ?t#ieir. ] What a treasure is a kind, tboughtlul, <?1?r sister! Wliat ah important position flic . amnios in tlio household! Mow many ires and duties fall to her lot! Take, for instance, the example of exi kl- " ex 8utkk among the dear home band, that > rn to her for jvmpatlyr, apd aid, and en- y uragcinent. She has a brother who is * >out fo go forth into the world to Bfeek his ^ rtune, with the high hopes of voting manaid glowing in his heart; and he, so reser- * id to overvbody else, has many a long, f nfideatial chut witli her, when the tire irns low on the hearth, and the hands of fl clock point to 'the wee sma' hours about f e twitll." Wiih affectionate interest she ^ items and plans, and advises, while her l mblo fingers busy themselves on a pair of ? c? slippers, cr wnrra drawing gown, which i, ic tfllw him "will !)o no comfortable to slip v i after tbo dftv'i tot! in over, fltie careful- ^ packs liis trunks, and now and then c runts into a sly corner soiue litt o thing | at it will be an agreeable surprise for him j #?^rail! and of her gentle voice, write* liim long f, iters, crossed and re-crossed, and tilled with c I the home news, and any quantity of kind H quiries and judicious counsels. JVi_? ? Nellie is a confirmed invalid, but her i ooping eyes kindle, and a flarii of pleasure t als Over her pale cheek, when her ei.dek Ii ktbr glides into her room. iJuring thoae * dioue nights, when the poor sutferer toeees b stiessly ou her eouch, the kldih swrap'e a inds smooth the pillows for her weary l< ad, and hold the cordial to her narohod ii x?, while in a voice that sounds like the fa urnuir of crystal waters, she talks of the f< nd above where psiu and sorrow are revar u )ono.,? * ? s- . .w*,v, 1 11 -r' MORNING, MARCH I . . . J_- .. . . ?u?u~j. i [ 8ho luw'n lounger brother'; a Wight lad of fourteen, who is fltthigfor college. Sometime* lie get* disheartened over knotty Greek rooty niaj Latin mysteries, nn\i declares he will not try to be a scholar. Then that hobl<f ELUr;|t sisTcVt coaxoH him to pick up the bcoks which "he Iim thrown down in Ins despondency, ntid encourages him with prophecies of future great lies*, till he nerves himself once more for the trials of the student'* path. Hose, the "pej of the whole fiunily comes in from InSr out-door sports, crying as if her little heart would break over s<>:i?a childish 1 rrief. The kldkr histkh dasixi her in her I fiiuv, tenderly strokes back the tangled curl* from Iter white brow, wipes awav her fast falling tears. and soothes her till s"he forget# lier sorrow in the peaceful slumber of youth md innocence. Thus tire kind, thoughtful elder bister. ; :>ften proves "the angel of the household." IFer influence extends I evond the fireside of mine ; more than one brother, when assailed L?y temptation, has been paved from ruin by he memory of lier counsels, and in that day [ when the secret# of all her hearts shall be re- j .'ealcd, many "shall risk vi> and cai.l iier 3LKSHEU."?Olioc Branch. ^ ?.?# ! *. The IDiia oflbe fieigo of ? i i z ft b e t to ; Tub great mm of that day said many wity things and many wise ones, but we can- ; iot fail to be struck with the singular con.rust between the robustness of their intel- ! eels, their solemn, and often ponderous wislorn, ami the poor focctix to which thev omctimcs slopped. With the foots wlioeneit tined llm guests of kings and nobles and vlio bore some resemblance to the laughternaker of the airtnents, we are familiar lirough the plays of Shakspoare. Their saiies were characlciized as much by* inipertiicnec as l?v wit. Indeed tlio impertinence vas often itself the joke. To put one person >wt of couuteiiauce afforded mirth to the rri.^ i.. > 1 v-n# mum i? UlU.UIIJ t.llllljr Itllll <|UC<'11IY| >rido of Kluabelh, shrunk from these rude chukes. fcjlie would not nllow her fool, t 'ace, because of his caustic vein, to enter icr presence ; hut once being persuaded to! pve him in, "Come on. I^ko," said she, | ktiow we shall hear of our faults." "I do tot," he replied, "use to tnlk of tlnit which ill the town talks on." She never probably etilured to repeat ihc experiment, and in his case no one can do otherwise than svni>athisc with the sensitiveness of hlizaheih, ind wonder at the tMstu of our ancestors, w ho ould sutler their convemntion to be broken n upon by I bp sorry jests and course person ililies of a licensed buffoon. From Slinks- j >eare we leirn equally bow the pnllffrst mils in that day were received for wit ; and ) -ord Bacon's Apothegms, the best repository i >f the smait sayings of the ancients which vas ever made, bears testimony no less to he fact that an indifferent plav on words ^ vas held in estimation by sages like himself. [Quarterly Revit to | ^ Conclusive Argument.?A conductor on j >n n railroad was for bv the superintendent1 >f the road, one day. nnd rather summarily ; nformed that after that week, the company j .vonld not require his services, lie n^ked i who was to be his successor, ntul tlic jiame( *a* fliyeq hi'P- Jiwilixw nalrwfWhy Tie was ' If Tie moved.After pressing the question! lottio linio nnA t'lilinf/ to olifniit * tiilUCtsiiirif i 1 mplanation, a liitle light dawned upon hint, ' iihJ lie addressed hi* superior officer nearly j 1 is follows : "You are about making a great mistake, i ir,a great mistake. You know, sir. 1 have j i nice house, a fast horse, a splendid gold irntch, and an elegant diamond ring. That 'elloio you have chosen to take my place has lot to pet all these things" It is said the argument was conclusive, ind the conductor was allowed to retain his >osition. A Mas of Bonks.?llcre is a curious tact o^ou?the flesh of a "living'* man once 1 p-ew into bone*. It seems hard to believe, ut 1 suppose it was so ; for in tho Museum .1 Dublin, Ireland, there is, or was, a skolc- < on of one Cleik, a native of the city of Cork,. rhoin they call the Ossified Man, one of the , < peatest curiosities of nature. It is the car-: i whs of a man entirely ossified during his ' < ifetinie, living in Unit condition for several < rears. Those who knew him before this I ?r|>firi?f ?h?? aOoft, itrffli m'trial lie had been < i man or great strength and agility. He | elt the first eytntnm* of thin surprising i Image some time after a debauch ; till, by I lo\y degrees, every part grew into u bony I ulwiaiico, except his skin, eyes and intes ines; lib joints settled in aucb a manner hat no ligament had ita proper operution ; 1 10 could not lie down or me up without as- i istaoce. U? had at hist no bend in his ody, yet when ho was placed upright, like statute of stone, he could not move In the ist. ITU fecth we re joined, and" formed uto one etitiro bone; therefore a hole was broen throttgh then to confey lupiid substance >r bia nonmhment. The tongue lost it* i*?, and his ti^ht left *6UU tirno before he r xpircl. \ 3, 1856. Iiililiuflj 1U tubing. ... i ! ; j? y. ii ? ? jiiiaiqbie X f$Tik$.P0A WI?er?Htlie church that ha* not to tnouin over kucIi inctuhers? What Minister -hna ir>l had his heart saddened by their ihcoii' sistoul walk f At one time the? aVe all 2*eal, j ill another nil indifference. Their *eut in the ' sanctuary is filUd or vacant just an the hu- ^ mor takes them.. If there is anything new or exciting. they may bo found among the ' foremost ; btit the tegular ami ordinal v means of grace atj? neitWr* appreciate!* 6r improved. Belonging to the slotiv g otttnl class of hearers having no'iieptu, they spring up in apparent luxuriance, but mam die out and never boar any fruit. They have no special regard for their own inunsbf, and Hud fault with him ou tlm must trivia! oeca j1 s?on? At one lime lie does too much, at [1 another he does too little. They *?*? in to take special pain* to wound hi* feelings by ' absenting .themselves on occasion* where he looks for their pieseuoe and expects their support. They live on the outskirts of zion. ' and never seem to get Itevnrid the Comt of ' the (.lentilea. For the sake of atohihig tfis cipiine, they may force themselves to be' 1 present at the communion ; but they enjoy 1 no sacred'fellowship witli the rest ; and it is to 'be feared, h?\v? no proper discernment of the true nature of the ordin..nvo. They are extremely sensitive on (tie ground of personal attention. You must make much of tliein. vi-.it them, nay. oven tiatter them, or 1 tl?*-y will he otf to some other society, where ' they hope for more of this sort of aculation. ' Thcv have no truo humanity. Occasionally 1 they slilv fall into some place of preaching 1 whei o the doctrine is anything hut trtrh, muH ' where even the lord that bough:. them is ?le i j liicd. How to spend the Sahhath is often a ditficlilt piohlem with them. Tlie 1 church where they are bound to go, where 1 their names are recorded, to which they have j sworn sacred allegiance, is deserted, or but occasionally visited ; whilst the uuery is. 1 where they can Iks most entertained, or pa*a I the holy time with the least sense of vVeuri* ' nesa. The preaching they most enjoy is ! that which least benefits their souls?which ( sinuses rather than humbles them. They rove about in search of this kind of Sab* * bath day eutertainiuotit. "Unstable as wa- 1 lor" should be wrhten opposite the names of sttcii professors. They are a dreaded incuhus to the church of God, a grief truly pious, 'wandering stars to whom is teserveu the I blackness of daikness.' It is no want of chatity to say that they give no evidence of conversion. Oh. ye unstable pr- feasors, what is to become of you the day w hen the crowns of glorv are to l?e distributed ? Will tho cry "Lotd Lord,' save von then ! Will not the course you arc pursuing. pTant a thorn ih ynur dying pillow ! It the character described be I longs to tlio reader, let the warning l>e Ink- s en. Go back to the church where your vio- I lated vows are recorded ? to the minister i whose heart you have saddened, to tlie lie- t ileemer whom you have 'wounded in the j house of his friends.' ( ?- I fte $p on3 Ib i IIi y i .?r . 1 A young man in Virginia had beeome badly intemperate. Flo was a man of great | capacity, fascination and power, lutl he had ( a passion, for brandy which nothing could control. Often ii> hi* walks a friend remon- . Crated with him, hut in rain ; as often in urn would he urge this friend to take the 1 metal glass in vain. On one occasion ^ alter agreed to yield to liirn, and Ha tfiey walked up to the bar together, the bar- ^ keeper said. j "Gentlemen what will vou have ?" .. ?? r? .1 ' " w IIKJ Ml-,- Win me repiy. The glasses were filled and two friends j; itood ready to pledge each qiher in renewal mid eternal friendship, wlieu he pnus- 1 k1 and said to his intemperate fiiend : "Now, if I dunk this gl.i** and become a ^ iruukard will yon take the responsibility V The drunkard looked nt him w ilb severity. j ml said : "Set down that glased* It was set dow n, and the two vralked away " without raying h word. 1 The drunkard knows the awful consequences of the fir.-a glass. Even in his own madness for liquor, he is not willing to as 1 lutao the re*{tonaibilily of another becoming |' ft drunkaid. i 1 W'kot If tlkA nnoftli.\n n oro rtiil ooort J ' " 11 II I II V * I* CVIV'II V I 1/ |/M |> lu \| ? ? louler a* ho asks for his license, and pays k !ii* money?"are vou willing to assume the I esponsibility f IIow many would say if the 1 dvc of money did not i ulc, "Take hack the v icons# p' No Pkkficotion.?Nanmnn was a tnigh ' iy man, but be was a lej?er. Every man has ' some but or Other in Ins character?mane- v thing that bleiuUhc* ami dimishes Jiitn? ' some alloy in hi* grcnduer?some damp to ' his joy : he may l*e very happy?very good ; c yet, in something or other, not so good as he f diould be, nor no happy as he should be < Naaman was aa great aa the world couhl ' mako him ^aod yet, as Bishop llall remarks ' the basest slave in Syria w. nld not have I changed skins, with bim. 3fut.ffer.ry. 1 b| Bk& lil m H ' n 1 V- Jv- M | H 1 n't j| ?r w |^l40 !?' >< ' L0^H NO. 4# C\*r S'c^nNt. The Devi' Iia, a wonderful penchant fvr rebuking sin. Eye* which are ftllt of be?rrt? have hi) uh.K couiitaltlo clearheW of vision fta" iTelecfinir moies in other eyes. Some people arc brought into the world to ftcc6rtijw?\i (1 marvelous mission, And that nrarveloaa tioiasion ih to ferret out obliquities in other*.. ?f ifuirse it is n.rt expected that t!ie>vo apoatfea have any buMm-sS wrth themselves; their mission ts violent, and does not admit of time to scrutinize their own ]>ositi.on. What profit is it tliat they should pau*e to consider their own peeadilltw, when the cnortnitifes ../.l.-!u._rf.J ?- *- -||M .... .?i uiuir neigmwrs loom- up hko mountain*. So gyes tli? world the world over. Evory body does everybody'? bo?fne?j?,T>tlt everybody n eg I eet* bis own. What sort -of a work! won Id this be, wcre we without each other to feed \tporr? .Mien have eye* and car* T<<r noine purpose, nnj what els? coul.d tbev find for them to do. if not to' see artd hear of eaeh ollier's failing*, dcMifctftma, errors, iran-grei?.Mons?. enormities! THby have tongues which must lie uselessly idle,' if. Hot employed in giving currency to such delinquencies. So it is with man: The obliquities of his offended brother ftirnislr the chief staple of conversational interest. Ihtirinu error is the current coin of social intercourse, and too often that coin comes front the mint of the speaker's brain. Earthly Hmss.?The pleasures of this world are so transitory and fleeting that it *eenis a crime for rnari to pass his dnys in iriVolous pursuit* ; or to stake. as many do, tltci'r whole mind upon what, before to-mor* row's sun shall go down, will become a mist ind vaitor. The uncertainty of life, that mrK yen which cut* the future from the jrteiciiuf eye* of man, the ignorance of what ic miglit hring forth ; have a ffldotnfy erfiect tliu thoughtful, an>l wean tlietu from a >*> great love of the wot Id, its pleasures or if themselves. Though there be a few who ive to the age of three score and ten, beflHh uul youth are not to bo relied on.for tho nipjing frost ofteii destroy* in an hOut* the fairstnuwer. and the lightning from heaven ofcn rend* the sturdy oak. If we plate our leart* upon the riches of tho world, they "ado away before our night, and the hard ariiihg of years in a day have' been swept i way. Old Titles of Book* in Former Times. In 1666 a pamphlet was published in London, entitled "A most Delectable Sweet Vosegav for GikIV Saint* to ! Smell'at.1? a i ."l ' iiuimi mo year io? mere was published a work entitled "A l'air of Hollows to blow off lie Dust cast cm Joint Frv," ami another jailed "The Snuffera of Divine Love.1"? JtoimveH's ti 'trt was particularly ftiinoua for ,illo pages. Th?? author of a work on ohariy entitles his,book "Hooks and Eyes for Uelievurs' Breeches." Another, who profesled a wish'to exalt poor Ihiiuhi. nature, calls lis lalstra " lligh-l teeled Shoes for Drawf'a a Holmes*;" am! another, "Crumbs of comfort* for the Chiekcns of the Covenant." K Quaker, whose outwaid man the powers lint acre thought proper toe imprison, pubished "A Sigh of Sorrow tor the Shiners of (io^^n-etulied oul H Hole iu the Wall of uf^pthly Vessel known among mea by iiie name of Samuel Fish." About the same lime there was also pubiahed The Spiritual Mustard pot, to inake he Soul Sneeze with Devotion"Salvaioti's Vantage (iround, or a lamping Sand or Heavy Believers." Another, ."A Shot limed at the Devil's - 1 .<ww#u lie tube of tlie Cannon of the Convenant.'* ri.fs is an author who speaks plain Ianfuago, which the most illiterate reprobate auiiot fail to understand. Another, "A leaping hook well tempered for Stubborn vara of the (Joining Crop, or Biscuits baked n the Oven of Charily, carelhlly conserved or the Chicken of the Church, the Sparow* r>f the Spirit, and the Sweet Swallows if Salvation." To another we have the folowing copious description of its contents: 'Seven Sob* of a Sorrow ful Soul for Sin, or he Seven Penitential Psalms of the Princey Prophet David ; whereupon are also addd William IIuiitiu>'?? Handful of Honeytickles, and Divers Go lly aiid Pithy Ditties tow newly augmented." To Stop PoTaroKs Roitino.?An e*p?runriisntlOi intirma ?- !?? ? -0 - ? Mint ?vvuui tix ye*'* "g" he applied slaked lime to pota?te% thai were partly rotten, and that it imnedinlolv arrested the decay. I'Cutoea that vere partly rotten when tue Httie wat ap lied, remained as they were, the progress of he rot being stopped, while potatoes to vhieli the luue was not applied, o -lUinued o rot and werq lost Since then he has nadc it a com taut practice to apply slaked ime to Ills potatoes as he takes iht-fti up.? le puts a thin ln^er of lime upon ihe flcor rhere the potatoet are to be laid, and spriukes some of it over the potatoes?about evey ten inches, a* tltey are put down. He ion*idera thi* as perfectly protecting them rom rotting, as he never had a rotten potaoO since he has practised it; and lie bclio^s, tlso, that pdratoe* tH?t n?ed, are rendered fietter by the action offline. We edvi?> Farmers to try this pbfri.Ss it out ehetly U-> ic*u* h;* the::: *!' a * * T* P% * *' VT**