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A REFLEX OF.POPFLAR E V E NTS . ' - '- - ?' - LA,., . . . _, Droofefr to Progress, ifye ttigijfs of i\)t Soutl), ontr tl)c Diffusion of Useful RnowUiJgc nmong oil Classes of Working JXXm. VOLUME HI. GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUAKY 20, 1837. NUMBER 42. iNtJft Jpuntjjun nhrfrt0t U 1SSU8D VERY TKUHUAT MORMIXO, BY PRICE & UcJUNXIK. WILLIAM P. PRICE, EDITOR AXD.PROPRIETOR. C. M. M'JUNKIN, PRINTER. TERJH. t>*e Dollar and Fu*tt Cl.ith in advance; Two Dollars if 0I.UR8 ef KlVK ami upward*. One Dollar. th? money in every instance to accompany the erdir. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted conspicuously at ! the rates of 7ft cents nor square of '.3 lines for the first insertion, and 37i cunts for each subsequent insertion. Centraots for yearly advertising made reason oie. t AGENTS. K. W. C***, S. W. eor. of Walnut and Tliird-st, PluladrlpUia, is our authorized Agent. W. W. Wamckr, Jr., Columbia, S. C. Prrsa STaaoutv, E?q., Plat Hock, N. C. A. M. Pantry, Ftiirview P. O., Greenville Pi?t. WtiUAW C. IIaiuct, Pleasant Grove, Oreonville CtrT, R. <4- AanaasoM, Cedar Falls. Greenville. Irlrrtrb |*ottrtj. The Painter. BY JOHN O. WHITTIKR. Around the mighty master came The marvels which hie pencil wrought. Those miraclea of power whose fame Is wide as human thought. There droop'd thy more than mortal face, O Mother, beautiful and mild ! Enfolding in one dear emhraco Thy Saviour and thy child ! The rapt brow of the Deaert John; The awful glory of that day When all the Father's brightness shone Through manhood's veil of clav. And, 'midst gray prophet forma, and wild Dark visions of the days of old, JIow sweetly woman's beauty smiled Through locks of brown and gold I There Fornarina's fair young face Once more upon her lover shone, Whose model of an angel's grace lie borrow'd front her own. Slow paas'd that vision from my view, But not the lesson which it taught. The soft, calm shadows which it threw ?>lill rested ou my thought. The truth, that nair.ter, hard and sage, Even in earth a cold and changeful climc, 1'lant for their deathless heritage The fruits and flowers of time. We shape ourselves the joy or fear Of which the coming life is tnade, And 611 our future's atmosphere With sunshine or with shade. Tbe tissue of the life to be We weave with colors all our own, And in the field of destiny We reap us we have sown. $till shall the soul around it call The shadows which it galher'd here, And painted on the eternal wall The past shall re-appear. Think ye the notes of holy song On Milton's tuneful ear have died ! Think ye that llapliaei's angel throng Has vanish'd ftoru his side f OJj no!?we live our life again : Or warmly touched or coldly dim Hip pictures of the past remain? J Man's works shall follow him ! rA* English preacher advocating the generous support of an important charitable ob ject, prefaced the circulation of the contribution boxes with the following successful appeal? "From the great smypathy I have witnessed in your countenances, and the strict ^ttentidn you have honored me with, there only one thing I am afraid of, that some of you may feel inclined to give too much. JNow, it is my duty to inform you, that jus nlaasaat tt a! ak/vul/l n I "?V1 ??" #? ? *?? ?V |7IW??||1, J Cl miuuiu >i I jr*ys be a prior virtue to generosity ; therefore as you wilt be immediately waited up ??1 y.'iir r-spcctivo pews, I wish to have it thoroughly understood to at no person wiii think of putting anything into the box who /cannot pay bis debts.** The ftfcult was an overflowing collection. A Wrinkle for Volvo Ladixh.?We know a boarding house keeper who saves 8 twenty per cent, of her income, by telling ik% ladies ft t|j.e breakfast table of au auction sale in the house of a bankrupt merchant up town. They can never eat a k mouthful thereafter, Beginner* in the art of hording house keeping wHl find it to lM* etivaptaffe to (allow copy, I A TtfHx ere two stk>? whjch riro and apt with man, and whose rays egcirclc him, vie : Hope end Remembrance, l-utiiint] lUniiinq. [From the American Messenger.J "The fitarlew Crown" It km after a lingering and painful illness lliat we were at length called to stand by the dying bed of one who, though si ill in the morning of life, had given her heart to Chriat l>eft>rc the stem necessities of a lying hour drove her to him. Calmly did she look forward to the hour of her dissolution, sustained by that hope which is " anchor to the soul, sure nnd steadfast." As I we beut over her to catch the iast whispers ! of love, these words fell on our ear : " I j love my Saviour, and have confidence thai through faith in him I shall be saved ; but oh, it seeins to me that mine will be a star less crown : i do not think I have been instrumental in saving one soul." We tiied to comfort her by reminding her, that often we do not see the results ot our labor in this world ; that it might be. her consistent walk as a Christian bad been the means of inducimr ??m? r.-n? _ p ?VMI IV* IUIIOW | Christ, who would hereafter 44 ri>e up and call her blessed." Hut she continued lepealiug to herself these words: 44 A stailess crown?a starless crown and then most I earnestly did she plead with all about her1 to do something for Hiin every day ; so that when we came to die, wo need not regret that we had won no soul to Jesus, but re joice that, under God, we had been the means of leadiug many to his feet. 44 A starless crow n ; " what does it mean ? What but that we have passed through this fcorld surrounded by those who love not' that Saviour who is our all in all?have seen them unmindful of his claims to their love and service, and have not been the mean-, of rescuing one of thein from 44 the death that never dies." Full well we know that44 no man can come to Christ, except the Fath er draw hiuibut as well do we know that 44 in due season we shall reap, if we faint not;" that u he that goetli forth and weepelh, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing hU sheaves with him." Our own salvation is not tho only do-ign for which we were called from darkness, an 1 44 translated into the kinndom of G.w'V ? ? .. K.^4,. Son." No ; litis in a narrow, ungenerous view to take of the noble and ennobling scheme of redemption. When we have ourselves experienced the preciousness of Jesus* love, and feel that by his grace wo are delivered from the thraldom of sin. as well :s saved from everlasting death, w hat can we do but endeavor with all the energies which God has given us to bring others to the same 8a viour, who is as ready to save them us us ? j "Oh, fellow Christians, let us be up and doing." "The night is far s|>cnl, the day is at hand what wn do for our Saviour, and for the souls perishing about us, must bo done quickly. The emissaries of Satan are busy on every side, fulfilling his crrands.de tennined to chase to their prison of despaii as many souls as will be " led captive at his willand shall we be less jealous of our Master's honor, less active in his cause I Remember, every soul saved adds one more to that " innumerable throng" who ca-t their crowns at Jesus' feet, and asciiho to him the praise of their salvation. Kverv day we may do something for Ilim who has done so much, aye, who has done everything for us. Then when tho golden gales are opened to receive us, and wo behold " Him whom not bavin* wr. i....... . . ".? loved as we jwui in tbo-c anthems of praise which ever swell through the new Jerusalem ; as we how in adoring gratitude, wonder and love, before him, and cast our crowns at his feet, we shall find that they are not " ttarlrst croicria," but richly Lest lidded with stars which shall shine forever in the firmament of God. L. C. S. V?nv Bbxkyolevt !!?Mrs. A was a church member ; she thought herself to be exceeding benevolent. She gavo to almost every cause. We will see bow benevolent sho was. She gave six dollars for a pocket handkeichief, and having a dollar left after the purchase, dropped it in the box for " For eign Missions." She gave forty dollars for a crape shawl, and two dollars the samn dav to ** Domestic Missions n?she gate ten dol- I Isrs for a pair of ear rings, ami a quarter of a dollar to tbo " Tract Society "?three hun- ; dred dollars she expended on a fashionable' party, when her daughter Amelia " caino! out," and fifty dollars went towards repair- 1 ing the church and pAvtnglhe pastor. Her ??!egHnt cut vel?et hat. coat ,? dollars? she paid fifty cents about the same time towards a now Sabbath School Library. She gave three dollars for Etiza Ann's senseless wax doll, and one dollar towards educating a young immortal in AfVioa. Which weighed the heaviest in her heart, Chrj*t or the fashionable world i Will God be satisfied with the driblets which chance to remain in the christian's purse, after every elegant taste has been gintifiod and that, too, yvheu a heathen world i* peri thing t An ardent Fillmore man in Farmrille, Va., pledged his word, before the election, ihut in case liticbanan came in, he would i drinlt six bottles of eastor oil at one time. We hare not heard that lie has paid up " \j.l Jliigttllmifous llrnbing. j Food?Philosophy?Bread- ' There is no kind of vegetable food more 1 palatable, healthy, or nutritious, than good bread made of fermented wheat Hour. And 1 although it is not the most common bread 1 used in every country, yet.we believe it is ' the most highly esteemed hj all. Where, ' or by whom leavened bread was first discov- 1 ercd, is unknown. The eailiest historv in 1 forms us that the most ancient matrons of! | Israel were acquainted with it, but the name 1 for the good housewife who made the first 1 discovery, is not handed down in the olden ' chronicles. !f her name were known, she ' certainly would deserve the fir>t toast at all 1 public dinners, (and private ones, too.) but sinco this is unknown, wo conjecture the discovery was made by accident; undoubtedly it never resulted from reasoning a jtrivi, as < no one, naturally, would suppose that the fei mentation of flour was anything but a < rotting process, rendering it not only useless, < but positively injurious fov human food in ! any form. I A certain quantity of flour is put into a i vessel, unit mivo.t mill T ...? <> tci mm quaniHV Ol j milk-warm w*ter and a little yeast, then I kneaded to proper consistency, exposed to a I heat of about Co Fall, for a few hours, when | it rises, as it is termed, and is afterward j kneaded again with some fresh flour, then j put into an oven and baked ; it is taken out' in the fain of loaves, called " baked wheaten bread." This is about all that is known. | j generally, of the philosophy of bread-inak-i I ing. I C hemists oilier in opinion rogniding the 1 primary cause of fermentation ; but it is known that leaven induces this action in dough, and that alccliol and carbonic acid are formed thereby, the flour being deconiJ posed and passing off in tlie form of these , substances. Tliis js the reason why some have decried the use of leaven bread, be-1 cause they said it was formed by wasting I "some of the nutriment.of the flour." Hut; as none of the nutritious part of (lie flour is | driven oil" in fermentation, only carbon and ! hydrogen ? respiratory substances -r? being j dispersed, the'r loss is compensated by the. improved healthful quality and pleasant taste i of such bread. R used bread, made of effervescing salts, I such as sakeraius, is not so palatable, so healthy, nor will it keep so long, as broad raised by fermentation. The public has of-1 ten times been cajoled by persons nretemlinnr! " i to make luend which contained all the nli- j uient of the Hour that passes oH an spirit in ! fermented bread. A moment's reflection j will convince any person that, weight for | weight, fermented bread must contain tlioi greatest amount of nutriment, because for- j mentcd bread contains a great amount of | respiratory substances, and, as a consequence, less of the nutritious. One part of the philosophy of bread-niaking?and it is to this feature we wish more particularly to invite general attention?is the maintaining of the lt?MU constantly above ; the boiling point of water. The starch ofj Hour is insoluble in water at a temperature below 212 deg. It baa to bo well boiled before it becomes soluble ; but when moistened with water, and exposed for a short time in an oven to a heat of about 300 deg. F..h., (never below 212 deg. at Ic tst,) its na-1 ture is changed?it becomes dextrine, which j is solu He in cold water. The beat of every loaf of bread placed in an oven must be exposed to 212 dec. Fall, nt least, or it will 110: l?e properly baked, 1 and cannot be easily digested?heavy, iw j perfectly baked bread is, therefore, not only 1 unpalatable, but also unhealthy. The bakers of Pari* have a world-wide celebrity for making beautiful fermented bread. Their skill and science are mostly displayed in managing the temperature of their own ovens ; they employ thermometers 1 to indicate their heat, and watch them with unceasing attention; their baking beat is j maintained from 21*2 dog. to 400 dog. Fall. | The Fat Man. ! There is something cordial about a fat ! man. Every lardy likes him, and be likes everybody. Vour Mirnaelites are, in truth, a harehoned race; a lank tribe they arc, skeleton and bile. Food does a fat man; good : it clings to him ; it fructifies on hiiu ; 1 j he swells nobly out, and tills a generous 1 _ ! *_ If " space in ilie. ue is h living, walking mm- i ister of gratitude to the earth nn<l the full-! noaa thereof; an incarnate testimony against the vanities of care ; a radiant manifestation of the wisdom of good humor. A fat man, therefore, almost in virtue of being a fat man, is per ue, a popular man, and commonly he well deserves his popularity. In a crowded vehicle the fattest inati will evor be most ready to make room. Indeed, be seems to be half sorry for his size, lest it be in the way of olhera ; but othera would not have hint less than he is, for his humanity ' is usually commensurate will) his bulk. 4 fat man has abundance of rich iuice*. The binges of his system are yell flilej; the springs of his being are noiseless; and so he 1 goes on his way rejoicing, in full content-; ment and placidity. A fat man feels his; position solid in the world; he knows ilpit ' iio bns a marked place in the unjverse, and tlinl ho need take no extra pains to advertise mankind that ho is among them ; he known that ho is in no danger of being overlooked. It does really take a deal of wrong to make one really hate a fat man ; and if we are not always as cordial to a thin man us we should Ik?. Christian charity should tako into account the force of prejudice which we liavo to overcome again-t his thinness. A fat man is nearest to that most [ erfoct of figures, a mathematical sphere ; a hin man to that most limited of coueeiva L?Ie dimensions, a simple line. A fat man is a being of harmonious volume, and holds relations to the material universe in every J i root ion; a thin man has nothing but length ; a thin man, in fact, is but the continuation of a point. ? - Go it While You're Young. Iliis nppears to be the motto of the youth of the present age. Yes, go it while yoti'te young, tio matter if you ?lo violate every law of nature, no matter if you p?l<y the nerves of youth, no matter if you weaken the mind which God has given von, no matter if you peril your immortal soul. Go it while you're young. I.ife is short at best, and a few years more or less makes no difference. Go it, and show your recklessness of life, bv laughing to scorn all the laws which should j regulate your existence. Go it, peril your soul and scofl at the goodness of God, by showing that you entertain no fear of cal? lie. or, in the language of a drunken hoy, whom we met in the streets a few nighj* ago. ?' Hurrah for h?II, who's afraid of fire." Yes. go it while you're young?smoke your cigar, chew your tobacco, drink your whiskey, spend your nights in revelry and licentiousness, and be a man. Yes, bv all means, go it?hi ugh at the old fogies who j tender you advice?tell your father |io is not fast enough for this progressiva age, and when your mother remonstrates with you upon late hours, inform the old lady that, in your opinion, women are weak minded ; and know very little of what is proper for a man. Yes. hv *11 manna ?t ? I.It? ?'? _ . - J ? 1%, n 1IIIC U'll It" young," for rest assured that" when you get old you can't." Plant the seeds of dissipation in the garden of your heart, and if the devil don't reap the fruits of your husbandry, we WO not a true prophet, that's all. Go It while you're young. [Mobile Regitler. The Charms of Life. There are a thousand things in this world to afflict and sadden ? but how many that are beautiful and good. The world teems with beauty?with objects which gladden the eve and warm the heart. We might he happy if we would. There are ills which we cannot escape?the approach of misfortune, sun leiiug the early lies, and the canker worm of grief, but a vast majority of evils which beset us might be avoided. The cuise of intemperance inter woven as it is with the ligaments of society, on which it never sttikes hut to destroy. There is not one blight page upon the record of its progress? nothing to shield it from the heartiest execrations of the human race. It should not exist?it must not. Do away with all of this?let wars come to an end, and let / I I I ? ? - 1 - ? ' * * " iridiiusiiip, cnariiy, tovc, purity and kindness make lb? intercourse between man and man. We nro too selfish, as if the world was made for us alone. IIow much happier would wc he were wo to labor more earnestly to promote each other's good. God has blessed us with a home which is not at all dark. Thoro is sunshine everywhere?in the skv, upon the earth?there would be in most hearts, if we would look around us. The storms die awnv, and the bright sun shine* out. Summer drops her tinted curtain upon the earth, which is very beautiful, even when autumn breathes her changing breath upon it. God reigns in heaven. Murmur not at a being so bountiful, and who can live happier that) we, Cherokee Whiskky Fkozk Up.?We make the following extract from a letter re ceived this morning, from an esteemed friend at Marietta. It speaks for itself, and not very favorable of Cherokee whi-key t " You see we are in the midst of the cold est weather on this side of Lapland, which [ will proceed to prove. A clay or two since a biped, of the genus homo, from Cherokee, started to Vtlantn, with a load of corn juice, commonly called whiskey, for sale. A littlo below Marietta, night overtook him, nn<) he pitched his tent, to await the arrival of a new day. What w as in , .surprise in the morning to find the hoops all buraled from his barrels, and instead of his Moved beverage, as manv icy pillars stood before him, as lie had barrels, reminding him of a certain lady of olden time, who we are informed, was transformed into a pillar of salt. The last heard of him: lie was returning back home with his icy load, saying iie had one consolation left him, it would make first rale ice punch ntjf} summer. So it will, tyow say it ain't cold in these digjgin* !" [Auyusiu JHtpateh. Most of what is good may be traced to yom>in and borne. Without them man would be a ravage. The Bible Against Drunkards. BY L. W. DAVIS. Awake, re dtunknrdA, and weep and < liowl all ve drinkers of wine. For the | drunkard and the glutton shall coine to pov- ( erty ; nor shall thieves, nor coveters, nor | drunkards, nor revellers, nor extortioners, in- ( herit the kingdom of God. Woe unto them , that rise up early in the morning that they | may follow strong drink; that continue tin* I til night, till wine inflame them. Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into liie taher* 1 uacle of tho congregation, lest ye die; it shall ho a statute forever throughout your generations. St long drink shall he hitter to thein that drink it ; neither shall any 4 i i- t |Fne*i <inuK wine wneii inoy enter the inner court, for they have also erred through strong drink, and through wir.o arc out of the whv. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink ; the)' are swal i lower! up of wine, tliey are out of the way through strong drink, they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. Who hath woe? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions ? who hath babbling ? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath red ncss of eyes ? They that tarty long at the I wine, tliey that go to seek mixed wine Look thou not upon the wine when it is I red, w hen it giveth its color in the enp, when i it. inovelli itself aright. z\t the last it bii teth like a serpent, and stingelh like an nd| der. Names of tiik Days ok tiie Week.?It is not strange that Christians should have been found in the universal use of names of days of the week, Hrst employed in honor of pagan deities?as the following interesting j items of history show : In the Museum of Berlin, remarks a writer in a Newark cotemporarv, in the hall devoted to northern antiquities, they have the representation of the idols from which ! the names of the days of our weeks are de | rived. From the idol of the Sun comes ! Sunday. This idol i< represented with his face i like the Sill). holdin?T a burning u-IimI ... , C- ? wwv.l j hands on ii.i breast, signifying his course | around the world. The idol of the Moon, S from which comes Mondnv, is inhabited in a 1 short coat, like a man, but holding the i Moon in his bands. Tuisco, from which | coineth Tuesday, was one of the most ancient and popular gods of the Germans, and 1 is icpresenled in his garment of skin, nci cording to their peculiar manner of clothing. , The third day of the week, dedicated to his worship?Woden from whence Wednesdiy, i who was a valient prince among the Saxons. iiU image was prayed to for victory, 'l'hor, from whence Thursday, is seated on a bed i with twelve stars overhead, holding a ham1 mcr in his right hand. Friga, from whence i j we have Friday, represented with a drawn I sword in his right hand, and a bow in his ; left. He was the giver of peace and plenty. Seater, from whom is Saturday, has the appearance of perfect wrctche I ncss ; he is tliinvisaged, long-haired, with a long heard. He carries a pail of water in his light hand, ! wnereiu are truils and flowers. | ! Intkrkstino Facts adout tiik Koran. The Koran was written a'>out A. 1). 010. ! Its general aim was to unite the professions of Idolatry and the Jews and Christians in I the wc.iship of one God?whoso unity was | the chief point inculcated?under certain | i laws and ceremonies, exacting obedience to ! I Mahomet ns the prophet. It was written in j the Koieish Arabic, and this language, i which oertainly possessed every line quality, was said to be that of paradise. Mahomet , asserted that the Koran was revealed t ) 'him, during n period of twenty t! reo years, j ' by the Angel Gabriel. The style of the vol- j time is beautiful, fluent, and concise, nnd j j where the majesty and the attributes of God | aie described it is sublime, magnificent. 1 Mahomet admitted the divine mission both ! of Moses and Jesus Christ. According to j j Gibbon, the leading article of faith which! I M.ihomet preached is compounded of an ! eternal truth and a necessary fiction, pan)P-1 li ... . - * : iy, that there is only one Orvl, and that Ma- j ; hornet is the apostle of God. The Koran i j was translated into Latin in 1143, and into ' ! English and other European languages about 1703. It is a rhapsody of 3,000 veri ses, divided into 114 sections. ... Giiikfs ok Boyhood.?God have mercy Ion the boy who learns to grieve earlv. I Condemn it as a sentiment, if you will, taik i ms yon will of the fearlessness and strength of the boy's heart, yet thero belong to it many tenderly strung chords of affection, which give forth low and gentle music, that cons des and ripen* the ear for 9II the harmonies of life. These chords a little rmje Or unnatural tension may break, and break forever. Watch yoJK boy, fhen? if N )l? will bear the strain ; try his nature, if it be rude or delicate ; and if delicate, in Heaven's , name do not, as you value jour peace and j his, breed a harsh spirit in him, that shall j lake prido in subjug^tjng and forgettjng t^e finer affections. I Difficulties are like Will-o'-the-Wisp. | thev present an impoaing appearance omv > when they are viewed at a distance. An Act to Authorise the Collection of In* terest on Judgments, 1. Bo it emu-ted by (he Senate end Houae if Kcpreaentat'vc*, now met and pitting in [jcneral Ae-oiublv, ami by tlie aiTthority of the snino, that, in nil cases whore any judg, ineuts exclusive of c???t shall bear interest Voiu the date of such judgment, and thnt .he collection of such iiiteiot may bcenforc k1 by execution, in the same manner as now provided by law for the collection of interest. In the Senate House, the twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and in th? eighty first year of the sovereignty and independence of the United Stale* of America. JAMES CHESSUT, Jr? President of the Senate, JAMES SIMONS, Speaker Ilott e of R? i>ri?cufatives. Gkx. pikitck'a Caimnkt.?In a few weeks (says the St. Louis Leader ) the present ad, ministration will be brought to a close, and it is presumable that no chain/* will !??? made in the Cabinet during that time. If not. Gen. Pierce's Cabinet will have remained in office for the whole term of four years, without an}' change in either of the depart-, menus. Every member now holds the portion assigned to him the day the President assumed the reins of government. It is tho first instance of the kind in the history of our government. Gen. Washington's C$bi-? net remained entire through his first term, with the exception of a single change in the Post Office Department, and John Quincy Adams made only one change during hi^ term, having had two Secretaries of War, ll is a high to compliment the present able Cabinet that it lias hung together so well, and worked so hat {impiously for four long years, ft is pltvnvs tjie desire of a Chief Magistrate that his Cabiuct should be n unit, and no one has been more fortunate iu that respect than President Pierce. Wo hope that Mr. Buchanan's advisers may act together with the same concord and mutual good feeling. Mrs. Partington on Cosmetics.? " That's a new reticle for beautifying tho complexion," said Mis. |>il>, holding up t% small bottle for Mrs. Partington to look at. She looked up from toeing out a woollen sock for Ike, and took the bottle in her hand. " Is it, indeed f said she ; 14 well, they may get up ever so many of these noa-r trunis for beautifying the complexion, but, depend upon it, the less people have to do with bottle* for it, the bailer. My neigh* bor, Mrs. Blotch, has been using a bottle t\ good many years for her complexion, and her nose looks like a rupture of Mount Vociferous will, !<? ?n , ...^ .ft, .uiiuiu^mi over the contagious tcriilorv. Vou'd better not try the bottle as a beautifier, Mrs. Bib,'* AViiat a wicked wit Sheridan was, to be sure. A maiden aunt u?ed to tease to gq with hiiu whenever he rode out, On one occasion it threatened a stonn, ?ud he pleaded the sky as a reason for going alone, j ** But it is clearing up," said the importiit ! nate spin-tor, just as the nephew was mounts j ing his phaeton. " Y-?-s," draw led " Slier* 1 rv," looking at the clouijs, " it has cleared ! up enough for one, hut not enough for | two!" and crack went the whip, apd away I went the vehicle, Eloquent Passage.?The light of the lamp was dying away in the socket; tjm j midnight clock swung heavily ajoft, and I its brazen tones sounded loudly 011 the fro| zen air. It was the hour when disembodied j spjrits walk and wlicu murderers, like the stealthy wolf, prowl for iheir prey. The [ lonely watcher shuddered as ho hctrd a slight noise at the door. Big drops stood 1.: 1.. 1.. 1. 1.? - -.1 uiuw, uiu uwr genuy opeuecj ?and in came a strange cut. Mokkstv.?A simple and modest maw lives unknown until a moment, which ho ould not have foreseen, reveals his estini<v> bio qualities and generous action*. 1 eppj? pare him to the concealed ilowcr springing from nil hmnhle stem, which escaped his view, and is discovered only by its perfume. Pride quickly tixes the eye, and h? is always Ins own eulogist, dispense* every othet person from the only obligation to praise liiiii. I mt-*- ?? A Hint to AuvKirrisr: Warren's celebrated blacking manufactory has now I.? 41... 1 t. .1! 4 t? v%??w< 1/u. J II* imi??i|f."?3 Hilt* men UUl% simply from a resolution taken by the pro. nrietors who succeeded the spirited original of tlio firm, " to discontinue advertising ir, the uewspapera as a useless expense." Tho consequence might have been foreseen. '1 he firm of" Warr/ep " has pcaspd {o exist with one generation. Mf.ji may l?|e by being too eoirrnuriicipr live. Tiie great laconic philosopher, Shirk, aays : " Keep shady, and if you see a qu*r; t.r on the ground, put your foot on ft." Tub time of an edftor is ten times more valuable at some limes than at others. But few of the public know it. I What land would be a - delightful placf for bal>oe ? An*.? I.*p land.