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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. Cv ERIDAY, APRIL 5, 18(57. VOLUME XIY. NO 50. A GOVERNOR .TAKEN FROM A CRATE. A benevolent old man of Brooklyn was making the tour of tlio city, in pursuit of truants and little wanderers, one Sabbath morning a scoro of years ago, when ho fouud a little bojT asloop m a crate on oue of tho wharves. Ho shook tho crato, and a pair of bright eyes opened and Hashed upon i him, with a look of surprise and tim- j id bash fulness. | " "Why do you sleep hero ? " inqui rod the old man. " Jii'Ctiuso I have I i }j :,1 ?i. ~ i_: i.i no llUiJlUj Huiu tnu uimu. " Whoro is your father ? " " I don't know, sir, 1 hain't scon him for a Jong tirpo, never siricc he told mother ho wouldn't come home again." " Where ia your mother?" " She is dead." "So you have no home?no father, no mother?and live from hand to mouth in the street, and bleep in a crate." " Yes, Mr. I pell soap and matches, and sleep hero." " Would you like to have a home, and go to s.hool iu:d grow up to ho a "nod jitiil brave and u^efii 1 man ?" " Yes, Fir" " Cutnc along with mo, I will Ihlce you to my own house, and i'cul yon and clothe yon, ai.d f-cnd you to school if you prove to ho as 1 ihii k 3*ou arc, a good and iaithful boy." Ar the old man said thi^, he da>hed a tear from his 030*, with his coat sleeve,T<r the boy was the very image of his own tweet child, who had died but a few years before. Lining the lad tenderly out of the ciate, lu? led him to his own pleasant home, where ho washed anil combed and then dressed in a suit of clothes formerly ! worn by the son of the philanthrojitst. 'IV. ll,? -t-I.w.I. i.nc JL.VJ 'MiUl ICII LI1U P l > , ?> u ii.ii iiao in i ; it material enough for a volume?the i ^;ood old n.an gave llio lad .*.11 tl.c ! advantages afforded by tlio tcliools of liio 'trity <>f e'uistb.'s," arid then gave hiia n cUml:nbij> in bU Ktore, lor he was a well?to?do merchant. .Viler H rvoral yoar.s of faithful service, the young roan expressed a wish lo engage in b iaintsa on bis own account, or in some other way to ? 1 i.:_ r..l ,. tAlUUU IISO " 1 will slurl you in businc-33," said the old man " on certain ecu ditio:s." 11 Please stato them," remarked the young man with a smile 3 fur he sup posed his beuclhctor was about to perpotiataa joke at his expense. "X* will start you in business, if you make three promises," continued the old man. " Pray what promises ilo you wish 1110 to make?" " O110 is, that you will I never swear." II A ? "Another is, that you will never ilriuk rum." " Agreed." " The other is, that you will have nothing to do with polities." " Agreed."" 1 Truo to his promise*as the shcl to the Slav, the old man furnished his clerk with capital and started him in business in ono of the woslero .States, 'j-'he j'onng merchant Was very attentive to his busir.tB?, and his habits of ijjd.astrJ' and po'jriety were crowned with good fortune which s/cncrally. ji ceo in panics virtue, cuurage, enter_ 1 A - I' ? priBL'-, uuu w wjjuguncu. j\. icw ycurH i jigo, ho paid a visit to hi* veoerahlo friend in Brooklyn-?found him iho Bumo kind-hearted ai?d'geni':.l gentleman that ho svaswlun he fust lud Kim from iho crate on the. wh$rf to the pleasant <?Uago on tho nvcnuQ. . "I am dellgh'lcd to soo you," remark* ?d the old-man. "May I a*k you-if you.havo kept tho 'pledges you gave ujcj wiiuii yuu buggeaiuu lu iiic uiu iucu 6f starting basinets on your own account? aro you a temperanoo man t' * y<I have not taated a droj) of any kind Q1 intoxicating liquors since- i prpmiaed j?oul-would hot, and you lcnow I bad po 6accrfice to mako in ^eepfn'g thatprorriiao, fori never wqb . .acobstomed to the use of such liquors; jindt do not furnish them to my gu eats, ii or to persons in K\y employment.'" -.^Good boy, givo.Q)oy()U>h?*)d and let Ai^h'ake it again. How about that prQmise not to dso"profane"speech ? "Weli/sir, 'when I 'was a little wander or, and sold %oap and matfclics, I * i . ... n_ _..i BUiuwi uy* IIU<JJ zMiy uui logos do their D.* i).'s, but l^droppod thorn in your Sabbutb school, ^apd I hav? never resumed tbc^. ^ X b^vof indulgo the ei!ly add'.valgar habit vof swearing. I think it eh'owB n I&ck of CngiobMty. A man winhostosayeomoarid o,wfrg(t9'&*l*&: 7s *?*nd d proper .uaa.<tf Jattgqi^e/ j ^ ^ lio fills up tho chinks of conversation ! with oaths. lie curses his e\es?his limbs?his soul?his heart?his horse ? his luck?and thinks ho is fluent when he is only profano. So, sir, 1 do not claim to be a paragon of perfoction, but I should bo ashamed of my speech, if I spiced il with profant y." "(Jood?good! I 'expected such a report from you. IIow about poli? tics'{" Tho yotuig man of busitjesn had until lid* moment maintained porllel self command; hut when the last question was put to him, his cheeks 1UU clJ* Vl lliJ^UIl. ' Well, t-ir, I supposo some folks think I am a politician," remuiked the young merchant. "Sorry?very sorry," observed Lhe old man. '*1 couldn't help what happened, Hl\" j ' Von promised mo you would Lave nothing to <!<> with politics!"' "J know J did." 41\Vl11 it id fctrango that you could iu<t keep that promise us easily .*;s y?.-u kept the other twi>?" "\V? I!, sir, have patience with me,, and 1 will tell 3 ou how it happened." " Well, go on." + i.,-3 > *?u n i v: il tVUiV5} 1 WUS loriUIISIli* in trade?honored my paper when it, becamc due?paid, with intere-l, the money 3 on had the kindne.-.s to advance. 1 was ft leading busi-cf"; man in tho town, had opinions in relation to men and measures, and did not hesitate, on all proper occasions, to ex-! pie.-s and defend them, and sustain! tl.om with my vote on election day."i ''There can he no objection L*> that," , remarked the old man; '"polities as r. trade, is what I dislike." "As 1 said before, I ?ot alone well arid us good fortune would have il. peisuadcd sane of 1113- friends to thick and vote as I did; without loasellin^' 111c oi c day at a State eonvcnii?>nj-the\ I nominated use fur Governor, a:.?l J was olocicd. Indeed, I am now on lay way to Washington to transact important, business lor the State." The wriUr desires to 5:?y that tl-.isj story is a tiue one.? Lltlle Corporal j PROTECTING PEACHES FROM SPRING ' FROST. The only obstacle wo have to cjn-j teim wiin, or ever go nave to ie:iilv | ci.danger c-Ur peach crop, is the lat"; t-prii g fronts. Aguinst these, a per-, feet protection is found in smoke, which, first iv com mended In Garden-j ing tor the South, has now been tried! in ibis vicinity fjr over ten year,*. without, a iviiuro. It is not necessary j hero to do anything generally, in thej way of protecting tlio frnit, before thej last of March. It is the late ^Jarch i and April frosts that are to bo feared, j It is u dense sinoko, not heat, that is j rtfjuircd. l'repnrc snmo Cat Irghtwood, split j up very line, al.-.o tO;nc, billets el d'-y I wood, cut quite short, all kept under; cover until needed. Prepare aho, in! advance, pi lea'of wet tun, chips, hu>\ j dust or other damp combustibles where fires aro most likely t ? bo needed. The wood should be distributedthe ever ing previous. About two or three o'clock in tha morning, have all han-Jfj up and st:ii't lire 8, about t;vo <;i three rods asunder, all over, the or-l chard, the windward on :s being near-! est. Thiee or four btic!;> aro rupiir^d for each fire, which, when well arted.j mnmiu i;uvc u hiick or l*vo oI green wood auded. Ti.cn put 011 .ai.tl near ljr snioilier the iiro wi'.h wot tan 01 initsh. J!' any pile Le..ks out into a ilauie, apply move traVh, to keep up. from dampened, smouldering tires, n ourl'uir f moi<>t, lioavy unoko over] the treeu, until the sun i? well up, ai.d | and the -froBt, fully Txii-hcled. Tht I sun ko ffoin fires ol' dry wood rs sr 1 light, and rises so rapidly in a cold, frosty night, thai, it really nfl\>rds h<? protection, while that from damp ma terial, loaded with 'moistriro, hugs the gfound, and dissipates very blowly. If your fruit is frczen solid Lefuro 'you ucgin, wuiiu j ou aro -at worU, do noi despair, but meko all Ifae ?inoko you can, aud as light a protection as it seem*, looking throagh it when the 6un is lising, wo havo had it so full} protect the frozen fruit .from- rapid (hawing, that tho; frost was all. extracted ^yitliout ii jury to. the fruit .; Ih out first trial, wo were apout givingiUp iiji (h^pair, tibo cold was so in tonab aC'day-break, bat our sucoc-h was perfect, .At, this place, the fr.uii. is vei%BcWottti; teclced^ doetroyod lm~ ^ore' A^frii, if>' tf'hioh md&UiJiot mor^ lhatt-ono_or^p*, ' -- DICY LANGS ION. The patriots of .Laurens District, in South Carolina, during tho revolution, were frequently indebted for important information to 0110 young giil, fifteen or sixteen years old at tlio commencementof tho war. At length suspicion of tho active aid tho rendered was excited among the Tory neighbors. Mr TjJiigslon was informed that he would ho held lv.sponj?ib!e thosicef'irwaid, with his properiV, for tho conduct of his daiiirhter. The youn^ <{ii] was reproved severely, unci commanded to desist For a. time sl>o obeyed : but having . heard by accident, that, a company ol loyalists, who on account of their ' 1 uthless ct iu lty had been e illod the "Bloody Seoul," in tout on their woik j ot death, were about to visit the " Kl- j der settlement" where her brother j ai.d hi im> liietui.s wen: livli.-', she de- i tciaiiiivd at nil I..:X:U(!.- {o .vara them ! >!' tiio intended c.vpeditiu::. Shu had i none ii> whom to confide; but was! idi!i?*-d to K avo her hi.me alone, l-y j slcukh, and at the dead hour 01 the j niu.i-1. Many inile.s were to b?? tr.i j Vot>ed, niid lite road l;.y thr u^h the j woods, and crossed mar.-b. s and j L'Ul'liS, \\ llOl C lliv ?JUli Vtllicic. S <lj ini-lyiOts and i'wt-logs wi re wauling i She v. aliccd rapidly o.>, bcedb ss oi ( alight dillicultiis; btr. i.or heart al | most l.iili-cl her u lion t-ho came to Liu- j brinks ol" the Tyger?a drop and rapid*! stream, which 15:u*in \\a-> no pi?f:.^ il;ty of c. ?.-x? opt by wading through the f?.rd 'J ins t-ho knew to bo deej. at ordinary time*, : ni it had d u:?t !c-s been rendered more dangerous b\ j the rains that bad lately fallen. She entered the water: l>til whi:? ' ! , in tho middle of tbo ford, became by- i came Ik wilderc I, aim knew not wLai I direction to take. Tlio hoai.se ru.su I "f the waters, which were up to h i | nock ?the biaek-ic.-s of tiio ui^ht?the I ultcr MM.tu.Je aiouiui liv.r?ilie nn?er j lainly it .s: the next step .should i jjfuil ! her }>a.st lelieroont ..fed nerj and I.>5- I in^ in decree her peif j?o.-sos.<?ion, :1k- i wandered lor tviino lime id the ehyn j nel without knowi?1 whither to tnr.. j hor Salop?. ila\ing with difficulty! reached tho other side, rho I->?L no j time in hastening to hor brother, in p 1 1.: .. -i 1:.. / _? 1 p 11 i luiiiim lit r 11 ;i i ii ui.-j lneiHjs <>l lie pre ! paragons m.tdo to sip-pri.-c an 1 I? ? ; slro} them, and urged him toeeiid his j men instantly iu d (latent din c.ions ! to arouse and warn the nei_hburhood. I The suidior.-i had just returned irom a fatiguing excur-iun, and complained that th^y were laint from want ot- * fuod. The noble girl, not satisfied with what f-hc had done at such n?U to herself, wa? realty to lulp them a!ii) further by providing lefre.-hments im mediately. Though wearied, wot, and Khiveiiuw-with odd, bIio at once set! about her preparation*. A few boards j were taken from the roof of the house, | a fire kindled with then), and in'a few i minutes a hoc-cake, partly b:ik:d, was J Imdcon inio pieces, and thrust i:?to the j .siioL*i>ouehcb of the men. Thus pro-! visioned, ihe Itltie company hastened ! to give the alarm to their neighbor*, and did ^o in litno for ail to mak lh?:;r o-c.: po. The next, day, when iho "scout" vicited tho place, thoy i found i o living enemy on whom t-< wreak their vongea?co. Al a later poriod tff the war, a pnrly cune to hit; house wilh ihe dct-pcralo design of putting Co death all the mun r.f . !./? nk?A.,l . wi iiivj j > J 111 11 y i ii'j ui u ai/^vii i y but tlio feeble old roan, selected - by lu-ir relentless ha'e as a vietirn, was in their puwer. 11'/ o >uM nut cat-ape or resist; and hoeorncd to irnploru their mercy. <jno of the company drew a'pistol, and deliberately leveled ii at the bi oasV of Ijsrgilo'n. Suddenly a wild shticlc was hoard; and hi? young daughter sprang b_l.vc<eii her uged parent and the fulal weapon. 1'he brutal f?oldieh roughly -ordered her to out of tbc way, or the contents of the pistol would be inH'.untiy lodged in her own heart. She I.cjded not tho threat, wbioh. was but too .iUoly to l>o fuifi-kd the next moment. her arms tightly round the old mnn'H neck, she declared thai hoi own body should first receive tlio ball timed at bis heart 1 There* are few human beings, cvon of the most depraved, entirely invoit&ibleHo all nobh and generous impulses.. O.i this occasion the conduct of tbe daughter, ^/ feurleaa, ai> deter mined to fhield her father's life by - iho sacrifice, of her jvtji, touched the t>part oven of a. member qf the> ''Bloody -Soottt.,''?L&ngstun wag Bpnjx-d; and the pari} left the -house filled with adftui a^o;.' at the fiIiuhaffcfcUon"ahiTdevotion tjiey ' THE SHOOTING STARS- j We comc finally to tho <jiiofitmn, 1 what i-* the material, what is the ruin oral constitution of those pirango bod-! it's? We have already observed that . they sometimes split into piecc? high j in the mid air, and occasionally hi row I tho ground in their fall. Wo shall not ! now htop to give a catalogue of in- i >tanccH; they maj* L>o found t-lsewln.ro, t and specimens may he scon in almost j our) museum oi any cons-.quence. j ();i submitiin^ Ih. .n to chemical anal. ' yis, they arc found to coiiMst. most , frequently o( iron in a luolallic and matlcnbh-, and not, in an oxidized state; . the iron i* it) general mixed with ! nickel, ai d tliero aro vaiioas com-j pounds of magnesia and uitlca, and in ! some instances just tli0H0 very ingre- i 'iients which are s.-en in the trap and , banal Lie locks ot our own earth, j Theso fiery messengers, then, bring1 with them tidings from tho cliiil, dia- j taut regions of sp;ice, that matter j therein ahointls similar to the tnatt ;r | which cuiisliluics what lies below thy urust ol oer own planet. J3ut i\ot only ss ?, the positive handling and the actual analysis of Ibis interplanetary,! i?r, it may alter all occasionally 1 e, i this interstellar matter, serves only t> I confirm what modern skill has been j able to detect regarding the material ! i-oiistitu'i?>n of the stars, nay, of the i very sun hims-.-lf. It might seem aj and :i strange assertion to state j i hat we possess any certain knowledge the mineral constitution of the b .<l:es so inconceivably remote from u.-s that we have 110 means to measure M.cir oi.s'.anccs, and if we had the m:\ins. we po-^e.-'s no arithmetic which rouhJ ooiivoy any intelligible conception of the number c f the miles. l>ut so it is; ami, a" certain as it is that a veil instrueted observer, by analyzing can detect ti.o muterJul i.aturn | 1' i he source lYom whence itcomvs. I ' j >\ iioi,i5cs" il may he from the combus j lion of iron, or <?r nut^noium, .?r sodium, so ccivtvi" it h, tlwat the from the sun and from tlio slurs indicates lIk; comoiislion of these very metals in llmgo bodies which otherwise wo must huvo considered, fori such purposes, hopelessly remote. 11 j is nut a little satisfactory. then, to find I that ko soon as wo arc unexpectedly iibie t;> handle niu.-scs of matter, which :ue the neighbors and the congeners of tlio sun and tho stars rather than o( ourselves and of our own planetary home, wo liud all our scientific conjectures verified, and we extract the very iron, and tho very magnesium, and the very materials fiom the meteor planets, which we saw on firo with our own cj-cs in tho mid air, and which wo shrewdly guessed constitute the fires of tho centre of our universe, and of th'.se L-tsor lamps which are loo.remoto oven to iool the might of his influence. The sun, tiiid stun?, and comets, ard r.ebuiic, and tho mc-teoiic dust which is bomctimcs spread upon - -11 -? I iieius, uiu mi uuuiiu logciniii" in ot.c common mntciiul relationship.? Good Words. HOW MANY ACHIEVE FAME. It is not given Lo all to bo masters of song, liko Burns; or art, liko Palis.S3' ) or engineering skill liko Stevenson ; or of critical acumen, liko Guilfords j or abstract science, liko Forgnson ortho eldor lLcrschel; yot these, at lirstr wero nil poor working tnOn, who gained their odueatio>n by their own'efforts, who did battle with pinching poverty, luck of educational means, prejudice of class, and all those lion? which stand in tho way of men ol woa- | ker mould, who, "1<H 1 dare not, wait upon L would. "All cannot bo field tuai'Klialrt in tho army of 'Iffo ; but. somewhat lower, yet very honorable graded havo been attained bj' men otice i.n tho Tfliik who; while never for a moment do.-pising the Inbor by which iboy. earned bread, were not disposed to consider working, eating and Bleeping, jill that is worth liviug ? _ riu !_ j ;i i ' I'ir. iiioiruauy laoar nones'.ly-and i itel igcqtly p vfoimed, ihoy. thought ilicmsolvca to-, bo froo citizens of. thought, in uhi'jh Iruo men take rai k iiccoi din? to what thoy esson'.iully are, qui to uiUiipotidenlly of tho. condition of their iile. When the sun thinun, it shines for ail, lord or laborer, find the gracious inalfnctB wirioh ' n;nko men" ociicvo in good ,and .bsautiful thingp, tronsuro o^J and nomish Ibo ??gc;G6lion's of universal nature, ofid cultU vato the talent entrusted to their cure. Ij.jmIc in in fti.v ItinirrAnhifinl rlintirm.artt j p-rnj-r y; y > and you witt eee.'bo.vf Utile tho Aoir~ uumBLwiQeft of, oarty.Jifelia^e boqn Aljlo^^ rnT^'c^e^bo (^ir'eer' of really,, ^refttmci). Ilea) mo a la I energy eoonf KEEP YOURWOED WITH THE CHILDREN. We cannot estimate too highly the iinportanco of keeping faith with tho children. When onca thai is destroyed, tho cornor-Btotio of our iiifltioiica is taken away. It will not bo strange if tho whole fctnictnro will crumble around us, overwhelming us with trouble at.d unavailing Borrow. it is rclalcil th:?t tho Karl of Chatham had promised th:it his son chould i!o pioscnt ;ii ilie U.Mnolition ot a wall :iI? ?i?l the oliilo, lull through aeeidont it wa-i pidlod i!o<y!i in i i 4 ahnoiivo. 1 i ir.lord.-hi|i felt the importanco r,f his wel d being kepi. sabred, s > lu: >rd n od llio wall to l>o rebuilt, that lii y ,1 might bo present w'ncii it was again dotn<di.-d)cd, as ho had promised. It was not that, a child's whim nii'jht ho hniTiOrcl, hut. that hi* faith in his father's Word might he unshaken. Those little open eye-* tako Bliarp" note of your actioas liOtn a very early age. You may sometimes! gel on the blind oido c?l* older people, but rarely of a lillle child. They go light ill rough the flimsy disguises of sophistry and worldly politeness, and eoine down to the halo plain lac Is. A little child had been promised liio in xt time g:aiid pa came he should go homo with him. The next tinu* came, but the promise was not, I'uiii;led, so the child reminded him ol it. " Von don't think grand-pa would tell you a lie i" a.'-ked the old gonlleinen, sadly cornered. " I don't know," answered the child ; " What does grand-pa call it?" A mother had promised a cako to h.-r 1't.tlo ho}" when &ho returned home one day, but being absent for sjveral hours she forgot it. The Utile boy had been watching long at i be window for her, and bis disappointment was great, but not bo great ;is Itis amazement at hii mothor lor breaking her word. "Forgot" was a word who.so moaning ho did not know. Mother ?iuiel;ly went out and bought ? - O ' ~ the cake; but still the trouble lingered in bis mind, and be was beard saving sofiiy to biinsolf, by way of comfort, " Mother only forgot." lie eouid not bear to think she bad told a lie. llave your diddion equal sensitiveness with regard to your truthfulness '{ One almost trembles to hoar the scores of promises which some heartless mothers make, with no thought of ever fulfilling them. But chil dren vory Hoon learn to value them at'A hit they aro worth; and who can estimate the conscqucnccs to their immortal oouls of this early lesson in falsehoo 1 !?S. S. 'Times. EVEHY NATION HAS ITS OWN "GAXT." Tho JUouis ot Homo informs us that wo walk Vai.kec as well as talk Yunkeo. Tho travelers who visit tho liolcl of Watorloo aro accustomed to enter their names in a?rcgistcr. The bo.>k has been k?pt fui\.many years by the samo person, and with wonrlni Pivl hA Jc ?iMa i r\ nato the visitor's* iiatioT.a'ity by simply inspecting t lie hand-writing.? Much more easily ca:i ihe profession or nalioo be detected 1 y Ihe means of the gait. The gravo Spaniard; the >>hlogmatio Dutchman; tlio vivacious ?;nd sanguino French in a n j thcr rescr ved and formal Briton ; the irxjnisi-" tive, iippc'.uOu*, self'-c mfiJent Ameiican, cach'betrays the national trail in his style of walking. The sailor rolls, as if our tiini planet sailed unsteadi'y 'in,., r., j- uu ouiu i vi ijiiii uv uu >1 urn iiu longer on duly. ^Tho s^c^phanl bonds his knee, as if every man he meets wu? a prince. Th j lawyer steps baldly and patroniiriugly. The clergyman abstractly, ns if lite street was Irs; or carftiously, :is if mindful of gins and pitfalls upload lor the feet of Iho unwary. The waiting clerk is known for his bows and graceful effrontery." We .distinguish a oox-com!) by the-tho careful manner in which bo picks' his wtily along the street;^ a watchuiun ' by his hoavy, measured 4,lead.? Students saunlor, Kohoolgirls trip, doctors hurry, hunters stride, teamstors. trudgo, gossips gad, markct-tfoiujon bustle, boatmon shuttle, ghosts stalk, aldermen wad dlo. - * Cant>id^tes comina Fiioii Atmo ad. ?At a slated inootipg of the. J?reftbytQry.of^JewBruuiiwjck, hojci at Pi inoo ton, No Jersey, oo thB 5tk lust., twelve candutnt'ds for licensure were receivcU. Q1 fiinp w,oro .from = Canada *r.d .Nova Spotfa. ?"'* nev?jr sticks mmms -v ,!.V'VV"'-j- * w. . - - ' 'V..--. v.' r- !?'. > .1 kaA MAKING BUTTER. A correspondent oi'tpe Rural American says tslio puis no water with tl>c rt cam, nor does she rinf>e tiio butter i as many do, considering thai the wa- j i tor destroys the sweetness of the but- | i ter, and causes it to become rancid much sooner. She uho thirties that. ; i-lio obtains more butter in cold wcath' cr by heating the milk, removing tho ! cream tlm next day, and heating .. ..^<1 iiuw !:i:is nearly MS much I ' cream as at thy first skimming. Thy J churning d<?os not occuitv over fifteen 1 i I ; minulcs, mid ihe butter comes out in j 1 good order, and ycilow, even in tho [ ouldcst weather. Another writer pays: When the! milk is brought, in, pour into tho pail i i boiling water, according to the quanti j ty of tho milk. Jf you have six or j ! eight ijuarts, pour in two of water, I and tal it stand till it is done steaming, ! aiid all the unphvisatit la*to will bo re; moved. Let the milk stand iusL lomr i *? o enough to have :\!1 the crenin rise, which will bo '18 houis ul tho longest, am! not wait l'or the milk to thicken, as no cream will riso aflor tho milk is soar; then as you skim your milk put it in a clean, stono vessel, and not cover tight, stirring lightly every timo : tho cream is adilucl, and tho night bc' o i fore churning stir thoroughly till all is !even, and never let it stand an hour 1 i'.f'.er it is fit to bo churned. IT it is j cold, add hot water gradually till of ; the right temperature. Calculating I3oy.?Among tho ! many boy8 employed for tho different i purposes ot calculation on tlio ordnanco survey in Ireland, there is at present ono named Alexander Gwin, only eight years old, and a native of Derry, whose abilities at his early ago arc truly. surprising. Ho has got by rote Iho fractional logarithms from 1 , to 1,000, which ho will repeat in regular I rotation, or otherwise, as the interro' gator may put the question. It is certainly astonishing to think so ten; del* a mind can retain with such toJ naeity and correctness ecvon fi^uros : of an answer, (according to their dif j ivrunt variations^ lor J.,uuu numbors. 1 His rapidity and corroctnoss in the various calculations of trigonomotri- ' cal distances, triangles, ctc., aro amazingly beyond anything wo bavo ever witnessed. Ho can in lesa than in one minute rnako a roturn in acres, roods, porches, etc., of any quantity of land, by giving him tho surveyor's cbainod distances, while tho greatest j mathematician, with all his knowl| edgo, will ccrtainly tako nearly an hour to do tho eamo, and not bo certain of tho truth in tho end. Morality in Spain.?Air. Grant remarks that "Spain retains less of tho real spirit of Christianity than any other country." Taking morality to be the essence of Christianity, lie J might have said that tho immorality j of tho Spaniard, moro especially ono : particular form of immorality, among i i lie upper and lower classes of society, 1 and of the pricHts, is far boybnd .that of any other European country. As' : ono slight testimony of this,.we may j bring the sorrowful, hut solemn ac^kiiowled-jmont of the archbishop of odo ot tiio largest provinces m Spain, , th.it ho only know of two priests in his whole diocese besides himself who i led decently chaste lives ! Whilo.it is ' also worthy of nolo that no country i ia Kuropo, we beliove, can show so ! onorn.ous a proportion of foundlings ! and foundling hospitals.?Cornh'dl Mag; uzine. ? , Tho San Francisco Bulletin says j that there aro facts* enough to prove i "that California, is no longer devoted I mainly to diguing cold, but can claim i to have engaged successfully in a i greater variety of. industries than.almost any other. State in llio Union." In 1BGC tho gold and silver yield -of the State, was about $41,000^00. lis agrUyiltm'&l products notted $55,000,' 000. Its manufactured.articles-w?ro not of a 1o81 valuo than $30,000^000. This Jabt branch ofindustry is very floniiabing Californiahp are justly proud, of tho rapid growth, ol their S:ate; they may be equally satisfied, with its substantial pro<fpority* * *r' ArpLB CU9TAUB.?rJ&o roaka Kihecb'capcst and best^otfory-dtfy farmer's tippfe cu&tavd, tftkd'btveftt'&pples that will oook, pare, cut, and slow- tjiofn; whon well done, stirjill thoipifecoa aje ibvoken; wbon cool, thin^wilh in.Ilk to a propor cousiatonoy, and bake wkh . one oruei, liko a pirmpkln pi$l Eggs in aj^ bo prepared ftud added frify Jnflk, - (? ba^y-^i&pugH it wilt djj'^lfthou^ Bo,?w,odt<?Mng, ip aAc?j?ry.'i It?na^y ^ aeoned v&tfc any'ii^ipS' Bpi^tiqfc Ki. 1 k W iLhotuw ' \?V MM MM | IMPORTANCE OP BULK IN PEED. Although tlio prcscnco of a suffi? j cicnt quantity of nutritivo matter in tlio feed it naturally tho most fundamental mutter for consideration, its bulk is scarcely less important. Tho function of digestion requires that the teed shall proporly fill tho stomach; and however largo tho supply of natritivo matters may bo, tlioir effoefc is imperfectly brought about if tbo food bo too small in bulk; and it actually becomes more valuable if dilutod with \voo\ly liber or somo othor inort Bub* . stance. On tbo othor hand, if the feed be too bulky, tbo eonso of repletion causes the animal to ceaso eating long beforo it has obtaiood a sufficient supply of nutiitivo matter. It is ino.st necessary, thoroforo, to study tho bulk of the feed, and to cortsidor how to mix tho different substances in such a manner as to adjust tho pronnrfmna ? . 4 1 * * '* j/v*viuuo ui iiutnuvu muiicr 10 tnoir bulk. If wo examino the naturo of tho mixed feeds most in voguo among I feedors, it will most generally be found that very bulky feed is combined with j another of opposite properties. Honco | turnips, the most bulky of all kinds of 1 feed, aio used along with oil cako or I bean meal; and if, from any circumstance it bccomes necossary to replace a largo amount of turnips by tho lat? substance, the deficient bulk must be replaced by hay or straw. -O- ? CURING LAMB SKINS. A correspondent of the Country Genj tleman gives tho following directions : As soon as the skin is taken irom the animal, stretch it tightly on a board, flesh side out; then, before it begins to dry, I apply an equal mixture of fine salt and alum, thoroughly pulverized togethor, until tho ekin is slightly whiteced by the mixture. I theu tnko no furtbor notice of tbo skins until 1 want them for use, (which is always a few weeks from the time of applying the mixture.) I then take them and thoroughly wash them in warm soap-suds, let them dry, and rub them Boft with my hands. After rubbing they are soft and pliable as a kid glove, and will continue to be. Another receipt is tbo following, as [ we fiud it in an exchange : Wheat I flour, 20-parts5 alum, 8 parts; salt, I 3 parts. Pulverizo, mix and rub this compound over the fckin, after nailing it out tightly. In about two weeks rub tho hide together and dress -off with a knife. U. P. Seminauy, Alleghany.?Tho Tbo session at this Sominary closed with tho usual examination before tho Board of Superintendents, last week.Among the most- Interesting of the exercises was thp closing ceremony, Wednesday evening, of presenting, tho graduating class with copies. x>f tho Bible. This was conducted by tho venerable Dr. Pressly, who, after a most instructive and. impressive address covering tbo essential principles of pastoral theology,' presented each mflnflini* ? *1 .mvuvvi Vi luu UiUCH, UIOVOU 111 ail, with>a beautiful copy .of the Biblo, ? accompanying the - presentation in each case with an appropriate exhortati9ja in the language of tho 3)ible. Tho entire ceremony was urtuflually solemn and. -Impressive.?'P.tm* . byterian.. v ' v -T V. > Toxas has built lour hundred and twenty-five miles of raUroad, forming four grand trunks diverging North, South, East, and West frQm tho cityof Houston,'and affording ample room for lateral roads when tho_wantaof ^ t the coutftry shall require, them. Tho Houston TeJegrajyh say$: ''These main ^ r .. arteries of trade will, when comnloted. - i ' . * V'T.T' not only link tho railway system of \ Texas witU tho vast neUworkof railroads in the Northwest, .and'with, i those .of the'States e88t'of; ffce*lyssjs- ' J sippi, but furthGrj will bring .through ' | Texas tfye products oftfoi/tf 6&Uluest Mexican States in the Onward^ course of civilization toward ifie ^^PacifiO Ocean." tm ? rf ?< gffl " Mrs. Harriet Bee^h^r Stoweancb , Charles Beeohvr^er^'Brotheri sajfred from Tinn YVirtr on iniifa Ui-aJ J - ? Y- ~-f ;v,M *VH?y ?V jUfUUdj in which Stato Captain Frederick iJ. 3$iowe owns and is oultivatf ?g> Ariji. . IXo oxpccts? to remamv about'six months. ' Guru for Foundeu.?Toko six ?gg?, ' boat thom as y oil would for custard; mix tbom with One, pi A&?f y ititegai?; pour it down asfoon as you disooyM? tho Lot so to bvibundered. Founder originates ifHtho j" I. - : Gfcnoraf- oWfcin loavo, wili go oh ^ptarn/DpnoftA'a !.excursion to !Tfto.8ftit>jwv5; * -V* & .- V: *