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.?.?g??M?^?Mmw?asBy - -.?.- .-.-wv. V;. v ^ ' :..-V> ' ' ' : \ " - ' I II Winn III ~| ' ' Yl -- 1 - 11 11 - ' - - < - -- / ~ .. | .. ^ BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1868. VOLUME XV?NO. 39. | THE LITTLE PEOPLE. ''ittk oiiilu's toe father op til* I:i the quiet'nonary chamber*. Snojry pillow* yet anpre?4ed, Seethe forme of little children Kneeling, white-robed. for their reel. All hi quiet nursery chamber*, While the du*ky elmdovs creep II **r thu v??ice? of the children, j "Npw I Uy me down lo sleep." 4mlf we die"*??o pray thi? children, **r And the mothrr'e head drop* lor, (One form without her fold ii ?lerj>ii g Depp beneath the winter'* snow)? "T?keour souU"?and pnst (he casement Flit* * gleam of tilvtr l*|{htt Like the U-ailiue of His garments Waiting evermore in while. Little *oul? that ?>tand expsotsnf, 9 Listening ?t a gntr <.f life. Hearing fur away the murmur Of the tuuiull and the strife. We who fout*hL beneath '.hose binnon, Meeting ranks of foemeit there, Find deeper, Inoa.lt-r meaning In your simple vesper pinyer. When your han-lsnhail grn?n he- standard Which lo-duy you vu'ch from fur, Wli en your lived* aball fchnpe the conflict In this univurt.nl 'war, l'r^y to Iliin, tl<? God ol Battles, Whose sir ug eyes can nover sleep, In Miff waning of temptation firm m,[1 liun four Fouls to keep. rim the AUHE? illk mis. Ma. Edit >a.?For eomo lira* past I have been trying to gather wh-it iu'brmillion I coul 1 in rogird to the s(iocie-> ol LtspeJezu bo commonly fcattered over our country of late year#. I have received oral information from various part* of the District,- and have received lottoiB upon t.he subject from North Carolina to Texas. From tlu-se sources of information 1 have UHL-ertaincd that the plant has been in the country in very small and limited pa' ebon for 20 to 25 3 ears. Genera1 Bradley, Dr Hearst, Major Iloj'nolda and others have not fD8>irveci u more than some 8 or 10 year*. Tliey ro gard it as uu excellent grazing and lora^ing plunt, a plant which in des luivd lo cctift r. ii.calculable blcssingi on us. Solar as these gentlemen afford evidence, the pi* it cumo here through north-western waggoner*, am the needs were ecnt'erod about theii camping-grounds. General Bradlej reports that he fir?t saw a nmull patel of it about as largo as his I wo hand* Suine six miles below bin., if I mibtuk t ot, and th4t it r< quired several jean before it made him a visit. Thii patch was at a camping-ground. J gentleman who signs himself' A. Uau hom," a clerg\ ina:> I presume, write inn a loBir a.i.d intereHlini! lo tor fro? o ? - - - c . .North Carolina on Ihe fjubjcet, un ^ivcs me full it f>rnaulion in'regard t .it. He rogardd this plant in prucUel the eamo light that L do, ihii.kti it dcRtined to ncaitor, broad c ?Bt, blet uings on uur beloved la id. lie sojmi to entertain a more exalted opinion < Jt at a foraging plant, or a plant cut, cure, and lay uaido for win'tei u?e for stock than any man wii ?bom 1 have conversed. lie bu tbe pl?m has been there tsome 25 ) ea and that it tame from tho north we A Reverend gentleman by the nut " l?-n T. Tsnnw n [rHiiilRiuan wi whom X was once acquainted, ' ii mistake not, iu New England, wii lae from'IVxmh, where tbe plant L . n<>t, a* yet, found iu* way, fur a lilt of the seed, oven a tea?poont\jl, bu atu worry to say ibat, 1 cannot fi any, as it baa all dropped out. It a -cue can furnish mo wi.h evcrao am a quantity, it thill bo neut to bi Ottierwiije this christian brother v . have to v ait on. me till next R when bis wishes shall bo fuokvd alt A. writer in a Charleston paper w ign.e biuinelf UJ. iL" (John, Bj - Mian ?) say* tbe plant in cpestiot ' ;v - fi 1 U i ..tl)# LitspMeta &tr(<jia, ui ^ uuuui and he jtivcb lliut water's deneripi "l/f lb* plant. With ail duo tk'fcre to tihe writor of the afticta rot<frf<i ? in the Charleston paper, 1 am incl? ' t<o think that we are not looking a - the plant% Tuore aro carta * * "remark ..hie discropencies ' betw Xh?y?berg'a plant ai?d the one I an . / -Allow tn? \0 deBOriUe- my p j?j ooiiipare notts with Tbutibor, ? " irf0j?<4,-torna^, wfion q-iiie young " ^ henjuaturcd 4f(?p?<c,Bjipc 5? i>btusr, entire, wilh tUauuCt^ein ' ibp hack. Stem, hVrbaeoou*, dec-lb - branching, ono: to ^ree feot l \ -BranchH alternate, slender, nume: v? *prt)|fdir?^ Hn diy id ed .* r$ir& u Itt jH, *K? n*ialii lYviiln.-membra 1timmw ? ? . ^ _ f^ri^apt^^pte^d. Fli>m '% Ptj* invito a*U? tr the lea^ - ': sHort.ono 0 >wor<*l, Cal) x, h*i?T, * ^I?"??!v ?$%! *?*?peH< xcaeo mo fur tepUmc^ixJ o separate tlieso two plants, and. j brow them inlo distinct. ppeeios. ( Thercforo I am not willing to thiow , ;isido the wpccifii; namo <X,ulescetis and accept tiiat of Stria la, us applied to -j tho plant I am. looking atier. The , only way that 1 can account for the rapid Ppread and almost universal dispersion of this remarkably useful and important plant in question, is by the to- ds of it being eaten by birds, c >ws, and other animal*, and thereby i's boinn scattered in exen montitious matter over iho country, for there is J no plant ihut slock is rooro fond ? f, ( nor is there uny one, in my opinion, . pi>tfH08r.irt?r more nutritious mutter. 1'. j Imn been an opinion, almost univer- i sally expressed, that our stock has . bees; in bolter ordor sineu the introduction if tlis plant than ever before. I. 13. The Undor-tow. t . , nY MRS. M. L. RAYNE. "Be sure, Ileibcrt,'' said Mr. Wise \o his eon, "not to go beyond your depth in the river; tho surface looks very fair and h|,>aiklin^, but there is an ugly eddy beneath, tl^at rna}* prove ton strong for you." "II .w do you know, father?" asked llei bert. I havo tried it," was tho ro|>ly. 'It nearly oveieatno me, but I o >uld swim, and so got beyond it. ll m. in her what 1 tell 3 on, be>\aro of the. U:d?T?t'-W." Herbert went into bathe, and was very careful to keep near the shore ovory time, lJut Bonio wet ks after liie father's warning had boon givon, he looked out on tho smooth, beautiful surf'aco of tho river, and longed to 1 irj* his strength swimming. ' It cannot be very dangerous hero," lie thought, and ultoieJ it aloud to his companion. (,Il is as smooth as 1" T nun unuilv ri'llirtl if" W. is L, ittdtj MIIU A VWit vm'-iij ?. .. .. ... rough bem-ath; for I can swim now." s "You had better not go," urged Inn " friend, "my father knows this river ' well, and ho says tho under-low ia ' very dangerous." r "I will go in a little ways," repliod " Herbert, "and it l-fi:.d it daitgerouf, I 'come Lack." Ar:d he started vigorously f.?r the L> middle of therivur. Batatas! he di?J II not cme back. 11 icompanion * w.itehii g him, naw him throw up hit ^ aims wildl}', ai.d hoard his hhout fV>i help, tut when help reached him il * wim t.??o late. lie waa beyond th< n reach of any carthlj'aid. Theu<der ^ tow had got bira. Ho was drownec ? in tho treacherous river 1 y Tho boy who reads ibis will f?el i ' natural thrill of pity for tho b: igh young life so reckloasly lout; but ther 8 is a dt'en, sad significance f ?r bim i the incident. lie too is sailing o u' waters that luro him to tl.eir ebiuin depths that thoy may destroy; tbu invite him by their tranquil beauty t y- plunge yet deeper; that till, by the r" eoming peace and purity, of sure an 81 listing ei j yin.jfit. Bui let bim bt m vare! When he ban made tho fat; 1 :>lunge, and left the green shows i ^ afcty, or ihfl dial ui bod waves of her ? _ c _ .i.- .?i Mg, Kir IUU IX OUV1IUI Iii>ar??vi'| . IU ..v'ill huvo left peace a (1 honur ai t,i* uppidOSK behind iiiui?lbe~ under to . i.ts goi i>iin. u . It itr known to be a tccordcd fu u at t hero are more solitary iiiMtuiic ' >f fatal accidents occurring in I ^.Jr - in?othf fr?Bh water lakts and rir< -?f our inland country than where I . iuIi, fierce uaveB run high and ang: rh? '*V' Anc'-Sc'z l>^ vooiuiehomtf b * i incr hurl>iiD into their briny dept * nid but'k on the'pfbbly beach, bruis ,* uunnod, but wholesomely taught i vo,vonture beyond i?w depths. .1 ?i?e fairi smiling, tranquil- ware,- t . ' aiovod by tides, ontieos iis victim i U' * t ", - ;ta 6itmiirg;Bmootbnea??; and bo sc 'ie!' , t, forgetful oF tbe dangers bonet > ier The experienced mariner is sold 16 ^ caugbt T n't be ijnder tow $. be' bus e< p las and ohart to hetp bjin, and a j ^ * pprfe to ftx Ms. attention, and . a?1, wii'idrf and wavos ?re but'--Agent* bolp bim on. v He does hot dally v ' breaker#, or. dhi? ing-cr?St?d , na 1 u \ but tears bravelvon " to the b . ^ port. ... . .* > -It irihepfeaspre-seekjsr vrho ^ in totb? u j 1 der tow. 'lie la caugh r? L* *b^tAany; sw?,et bubbles, and wan l.riee? HthUik? ' I '.^retorn^biju^'tbo iratsr. If "fcalin* **" -v - -* . ' /tA " YsC-iVj X.J.J ?7 : -pitfteani ;j-oe goej out n mw wr i $ ,J>b <r *rdt ny pd i8n it. -> of- pleasure i It^iSSpC ?V-I: r?ckotfi8g, aiwd hqou he-is dft?Wo iutSfcd ^^jvned vo^Wofoo^, lo fsa,M? ^ho^ca ot^o^d*, " to , r&4t-./fa him t &f??" ? a hard j" and ,lTho wages of sin is iottlh j" and yon will find it all plain tailing, even though the S'*a is;ioti<jh 4>?d stormy at tiinen. With Christ fir your pilot, you cannot go astray. He lesdeth me beside tliostill waters" in which there >8 no under-to*. OLD CL0'E3. Our city readers are doubtless familiar with the peripatetic merchant*, who make their peri dicul visits t<> (lit* houses or (he metropolis in search ?.f /.In'.m " lifinw nlil hula" nntl ill fact, of any cast-off an<l apparently UHclObS articles of wearing apparel. A writer in Ciixsell's Muyuziue informs us whattiecomo* ol the old clothes in London. Wo have no "Old Clothe* Exchange," but, from casual observations in c-rtain portions of our city, wo conclude that wo havo that which a- swims the same purpose, and that the jpadalions downward an I up wards of tho cast off clothing of New Y ?ilc do not mateiially diff.-r! fVom lh- sj of tho London article. When we consider tho q*mnty of: clothes persons of even molerut | means throw a*ide bb too shabby to wear in Lho omr o of ih- 3'Ciir?what habby wai.?>tOi>atrt, s irunkon woollens irowKciB. <>1<1 socks, iei-soys, etc., are gladly disponed of ono way or the other?it must be evident that in the a^grcgite the quantity of our worn out clothing must be enortnouH, it parses away lVom our Bight, and wo fancy-that we hou it no more. But the thoughtful man naturally asks himself what h< comes of it. Passing along LLouudsiliich tho other d-iy, i received an answer to this question by coming across tho Old Clothes Kxwhui'u thov are sold bv auc o -? ?r ?f lion. Many of ihe garments Bold hero aro converted to froth uses. Tne first object of iho purchaser ia to new if the garment can bo revived nnd sold once more as an article of dress It is therefore carofully clobbered or mondod, supplied witb a fresh gloss, and in this improved condition is reexported. A va*t ouaulitv of old clothes find their way across the Channel to Ireland, ar.d this accountt for tho fact thai wo so often notice > that the liish peasant, when in ordi nary dress is always to bo seen in t 1 nwullow-lailvid coat of the past gene' ration. B.-.ck c'otlioa, if ti.e)r car 1 afford tho ara-'Unt ot good cloth, ar< ' 1 made into waistcoats; hit even i there is only a vory. little that is un L worn, it is purchased to be cut up ant 3 made into caps, fjr which there is i * great market in France. I . "There are very useful person connected with this Exchange, whoa office careful households sometime* ai ' licipate; those are tho translator: e Such persons will turn about a cos " while it is being offered by the auc n tionecr, and reck ?n it up in a inomou J? Tho skirt*, which we novor iu dico'i II i life woar out, will cut up into a so ? j for little Tommy, tho 8 lk with which 'r is lined wtli do to line caps, iho oib< pn.i t will mako j.icki.t8, and tbo ecra] will yot. go fa* caps. Thero are 1 ll' males as well us male translators at 01 rovivere; ibcao will be t und searc l' j ing ovor tho lemale half of tbo mi ,c ) Icot, looking ovor thd old silk clothi d ! old crinolines, under garment*, el 'w anxious'*0 sco what thoy can ri?8l< to tbo waidrobos of iho working ch >ct hos onCo more. O.d silks cannot !t*? | iimiio UHiituI, as ibo old cotton goc hoi are by tho paper makitr ; but a pi j'ti!j?o?<e has at It-ngtb been found lie j them?aiiredded vory fine, fiey ? ri? ; used to Htuff w hat aro tornv.d 'I ?-. j improvers/ Old boots and nbi bs, hats, eic., find their way with elotl od. to this Central mart, ?tid having b< [)?t disposed of, aro revived aud sold 01 Jut more." ft?- - r ^ 8KDDY. * _ "Having traced Old cl?*tbing fi ckn tho wardrobe to tho--burrow of ilh. cosier monger an d iho bag c.f the i oin from Uienco t<> tho gentler attenii 9m- of tho revivor and translator, we n iar Htiif further purnuo tVem.'itew the by tho lowest elans of the, populat i to too bad - eyen for tt\e beggar* br<. rith j urto picCJS faif beyond the- powe: ves, thq ctobtfrer to repair, it- i* jet orito from bcoomiug~so poor a thing it Ii&a reboboU tho ultimate ileal get? tiori rf-aHmmdana things?tbe e? t by Indmd having tlcaeunded ub \ovf ts to posjH bKf ooulil in tho- edoiaP' Kcsh (OOP- turir-of fn'tune suddenly s.jnds it fhd aj?ain. Wu have all hoard of 4dc iber ^Web' "ifr. f?Vraij<I ;to?& l?o. : .Partiuroogt i * M# tfd'-rr from ttr innc6iO?ir?ct5t)tod fbr t}j? , |\o .j>wffirgrtfidsttg' up old :*?6ol!an il of 'feefofcftWtl ewvetffag.iktnt'iflio. n ?into shoddy; tho flnor-eot onod to | tear cloth rags into inungo. To the i onintiutcd it must be surprising to ; 1 moo the ragft suddenly transformed in- ? to fibrous wool; and it is in this pro- < uees of grinding that the apparent i impossibility of making old rugs into I uw cloth van tabes away, for llioso i ,iorKottB who are otlicr.vino unable to ! i'orm an idea how tho rag is to bo metamorphosed into cloth can, when t is assimilated into wool into ita form aid condition, at ot.co s?o the 8olu ion of the supposod difficulty.' To J these looihcd whcols there come all , iho'CHSl-off clothes not only of Englishmen, und Irifhinon, and Scotchmen, but ot the wl*>lc of Europe To llatlej- and the snrroundiig town# worn-out clothes fitid their ultimate way, and tln-re rise a^c^frora their ealics; and wo important haa ~"r^-jcne this manufacture, thai tbi* little town, whi? h in 18-11 only numbered Heve?. thousand pereo.i*, has now doubled its pi<|jU'a'.ion. The wool that ia returned to tho woolen manufacturer from these sjurcos is equal to many mil Lions of fli OCCMj and tho result in, th.?t j while nearly every ankle of com- | merce, on account of tho dearths o?"i ' # i living, has it.creased in valuo, cluthos ; have been for years growing cheaper. I Europe sends her cant off gontility of luotb-eaten oat*, frowsy jackets, worn-out linen, offensive cotton, and old worstid stockings?thia is their last destination, in a manufactured form. Ilcduced to filaments and greasy pulp by niiglity toothed cylinders, the much-vexed fabrics reentor life in tho mos'; brilliant forms?from solid pilot cloth to silky mohair and glossiem tweed. Thns, the tail coat rejoined by the Irish peasant, tho ga bcrdino too foul for tho Polish boggnr, aro turnod again to shining ubcb, re appearing, il may be. in the lustrous paletot of tho sporting d*ndy, tbe de!icato liding-bubit of the Bolgravian bclln, or the Bad sleek garment . of lior confoHSOr.' "But, *ays the roadcr, what bccomes >f shoddy and raungo made cloth I of which there must ultimately bo as . much as there oiiginally was of cloth , inado direct from tho fleece? Well, Ibon, ? beu it worn out in this form, it is very valuable us munure. The l grease it may liavo contracted ron. dora ii a valuable fertilizer; when ! I?o*vsvor, it ia very rich in this sub u Hlanoe, it is put ic.to a press, and the f oil extracted f.om it; it ifl not vcij pleasant to stncll, but it makes verj J good oil fur lubricating machinery u Even then the pressed rag ii valuabli and fitida its way to the bop ground 8 of Kdnt?two pounds of it, wo ar e told, being of equal value to one bun i- drcd pounds of farmyard manuro, o i. fifteen pound* of liquid manuro." : GOOD BOOKS. t The approach of Ibo New Ycarsuj 't j?(Bts plans for the future. "Tbc fir: ">l care, of course, is far the fam ly. E it- thatcareth not for hi* own houschol is wortte tbun an inflJot, says bot P-s Scripture and Nature- What sha ? we cat and yv hero withal shall we I id clothod are important qucaiiom ib- WUat the moral aliment shall be ir- important aUo. Food and raimen indispensable as they are, perish wil c.| ibo using: vcHtments for th? ration re constitution endure forever. Tho will prove souicos ot uuppiQuss or 11 be HtramentB of misery. * >d?r Everj' family, however limited i ur- intellectual resources, has its eduo ty>\ iii>nal influence*, Tlio faotr of th? ne existence is beyond our power:?Hi )?d 10 control them id the only queati ?e?, 4ift tor consid. ration.- There uauy bos but a biugle shelf ot books,- perbi eo" only a solitary weekly newspaper aec the frailly table tut these will beco ho educators of that little circlo - Though tbey .niay not he read ev om there will emanate from them a Su' 41>A* o A tut- ?urg<M>u ur wvii. ouppuuu iuu . row rule's Own Ben k" greets the obil ion eye'iroui time to "time, though lust covers are chained together, fauaili orn ty with vhut title will- make ite 1 ion, pret&iun on the yntmg Aimaginat ken "Bat the books ^ and "the newspaj r oV< atiVnitUid to ttie eueiaf eirclo vrii :{+r read^-if rrothy otoe maj^bsr, certal that/, by afcgrflWF ; and so the contents ln*-?" become the . coremon property of ir?h. household. "^Tliis faetinakoii the d as K imperative on parents to examine s, ? rojxqittg Jrttrcdsieea . JitfO tfce>|r ui 'up* circle^ to guard diiigautly age ixfl'fc ovtay tbiog of ft donbtfuI olmra< f> cp .'JDttft pAzetil wbtfwouKl noit httnd iVmo Rorrt oasUo baiUloFH, : . pro f^i>AL?tta ?ndu US? ' ^ A4t;**ntf<>r*fcnt pacity. Tbeso first t:iates of good let tern, diffuso tliuir savor through a ifotimo. Hence it must bo clear to c ? very parent, that ho oannot bo too t jarefol in the choico of books ; mean ^ not merely such as are given to ( liis cbiliiron as their own, but ftuch dlso as form a+part of the family ( >tock. ( AH HONORABLE BOT. ' A minister of the gospel bad an einleresting litilo son, on whoBO mind t ho was daily trying to make impres- ( \r/uihl f.irm Kta lift* nnnfti'- ? dmg to the Bible, lie taught bis lit- , llu boy to avoid sin, and to keep out , of tho way of sinners. Ho carefully guarded* him against tho popular and , fashionable vices of tho day. Nor , did be tiro in bis work. lie knew it , was littlo by little that he was to make lasting and indclliblo imprest-ions upon tbe mind of bis Ron. A short time Bince his father left bis son with a friend to spond a low | weeks. Tbe gentleman wi.h wbom he was left with was ploasod with bis charge, and did all he Oould to mako the Utile fellow happy and contented. One day ho carried him to a neighboring village to see a circi'R; without telling bitn wboro he was going. The unsuspecting boy went cheorfulIv alon?r. and was vcrv hannv. and much pleudod with his rido. The gontlomon took him to iho enclosure under tho canopy, and getting n convenient ueat, placed him by hia side. The little fellow locked round upon the immense canvas umbrella spread beforo him, and then inquired, "What iathiB, sir?" "Where am I?" Tho gemlomun replied, "This ie a circus, "J. circus * ' said the little boy, 4,thon I must go out, for father says a circus is a bud place." "Wait/' said tho geutleman, "and you will soon boo Botne tine horses and somo fine dressed gentleman ut.d ladies, and you will be delighted with them." "No, sir, no." *?" ?! l?? '<UiLl ? an nnnl at a it y aniic/ 1HUIU IUU WUUU^ " A V>i?illlUV mujr A r?i*u> go out, unci go away from hero; for father days a circus is a bad place, and noilitfor little bojs."' The gcntlcinnu tried iu vain to KatUfy the boy's conscience; but nothing would do, and be was compelled to take him out ai:d return borne with him. This was a noble boy. The little fellow did cxautly right. Ho doter< mined to oboy his father. "Children ' ob?y j our parents in the I.,ordj foi j this is riyht." Every nation, remarks a Fienol 0 medical writer, seoms to have its pe8 culiar intoxicating diug. Siberia bai 0 its fungus; Turkey, India and Cbim ' have their opium; Persia, India, Tur r key aod Africa, from Morocco dowi to the Cape of Good Hope, and evei tho Indians of Brtail, have thei hemp and hasheesh ; India, China an< - f . A ? I I > tno caaiorn Aicuipoiago navo met botcl and thoir bowl-pepper: the Is ? lauds of the Pacific have their dail d havaj Pera and Bolivia their oterns h coca; Now Granada and the chair of the .Himalaya their red thorn )e apple; Asia, America, and the who } world perhaps, patron^zo tobaoc >8 tbo .English and Germans havo bop >*? and the French have lottucc., Of t ^ iheso ding*, tobacco is tbab \vhi< a' cli.ims sovereignty over the large 80 portion of tho human race, for its v< 1.- taries uro stated at 900,000,000. 0| um, fortunately, does not boast mo 'l8 i ban - 400,000,1000} but hasheesh, u~ drug quite its intoxicating as opim Is commonly indulged in by 300}Q0( >w OOO'.qf peoplo. UotoI,4which in point 0,1 fact, is hardly more than a geni -k? stimulant, extonda it<? ?vray. ov.erabc ll,B 100,000,000. Coca, the virluos 00 which have scarcely boon sufficient mo studied, except by Professor Mam gazzu, of Milan, can barely roua en? jO,OOO.0OO of people. And all 1 For other drugs, taken tojpetber, iuoludi ^ the altx vomitoria of Florida, 1 " uBijd bv abjut 25.000,000 of the intfn.yutfciv.v ; - ? < 'm~ A Mimaxckm lDgA.r-uMotber,"? on \ JUno Wil?yr Mifl* UJborl , VVicke >er_? Christian?" '/ ./V I be ?I bopo he iB. . I beliavo he is'. My J Ja yeryyoongto j.jiiji Unchurch;: lyHl bis pass tor and friends thought the gavfc good evidence of boing u Oh Inty :tiao>,/ Why do yoli ?sk tt)o qt ^Soit*?'''? * ' T "Bee^uso he'plays with 1 he pi ftfbodl itjpttt \ :";r th* '???. d</tt'fc kijowy^fnother. t i k*WilU U>?i'o jtog; Wp*-: <* .. ' J .". * K or .firm thought S Cheiatiuft rauit FOUR IMPOSSIBLE THINGS. First, to cscapa trouble by running iway fro-u duty. Jonah once made ho oxporicnent j but be eoon found limself where his imitators will in .ho end find tbemsdvea. Therefore, nanfully meet and ovoroome tho difti sullies and trials to which tho post, issigncd you by God's provideuco ox)0S08 you. Socjnd, to becimo a Ohiiatian of itrengih and maturity without anlergoing sevore trials. What firo in LO gold, that is affliction to the beiever. It burns up the dros>? and inukes the gold shine forth with unalloyed lustre. Third, to form an independent character excopt when thrown upon their own resources. The o*k 1n the middle of thoforest, if surrounded on every side by troos that shelter and ahude it, run* up tall and sickly; but away-from its proteutora, and tho fi-Bt blast will overturn it. 15 it tho same troe, growing in tho open field where it is continually beat upon by the tern pest, becomes its own protector. S?j tho man who is compelled to rely or ins own resourcos lortna an uiuepenucneo of charactor to which ho couU uot otherwise huvo attained. Fourth, to boa growing man wher you look to your post t\>r iufluonco unload of bringing influence to yon: post Thorefuro, pri*for rather t< climb up bill with difficulty, than t< roll down with inglorious o*?e. Keeping Cabbages, Onions, &c.Cabbages are left out as late as the; can be pulled up by tho root*, but tb the ond of the roots, about tho em of November, then pulled, and turi roots up, the heads packed close to gethor in beds six feet wide, with si feot alleys pot ween, earc being take lo bavo tho ground level wbere tb cabbage1* are placed, so that the pack nicely. Thoy are loft in th way for two or tbroo weeks, or a long as the ground can be dug betwec the alley!*, tho soil from which thrown on tho beds of cabbages, i that whtin finished they have a cove ing of four or six inches of soil. Th " L ?1. - .?..t I, r,. 19 QUI OUUUgU bU vuvvr tuu luuvj uvi ever, which is left partly exposed, bi this is in no way injurious. Son prefor to cover tb?m at dnce t ploughing a furrow wide enough 1 receive tho heads of the cabbag* and then turning iho soil in on t head*, and so continuing until beds six or eight foot are formed. T1 1 plan is rather more expeditious thi ' tho former, but it has the disadv! " lage of compelling tnem to bo cov 1 ed up at once by soil, while the oil " delays it two or threo weeks lat< n and it is of tho utmost imporian J in preserving vegetables, that the < r eration?particularly the final cov ^ ing?be delayed as late in tho aeuc r as frost will portnit. Generally, m< 1 ace lost by beginning too Boon tt y too late. Onions are beet prcaer in a barn or stable loft, in layer* fr 1M eight to ten inches doep, and coi y ed up with about a foot of hay ^9 straw on tbo approach ofaeverej'ro ?> The great points to be attained ar< " Mow temperature ana a ary am phcre; they will bear twenty degi -b of frost wilbout injury, provi t they aro uot,moved while frozen, 5~ they will stand a reduction much 1 or than this without injury.?Gar rio i'tfffor Profit. * ... m?. Want or Decision.?A great j *>** of tabor is lost to the world for of want of a little courage. Every tic sends to their gravos a number of >ut scure men, who have only reraa of ! jn obscuiity because their timi tlj has prevented them^from makit ?.- first effort, and who if they had ler been induced to begin, would ir Lbe probability, hare gone great len 'Pff in the career of fame. The fsc ftre that in doing any ihing in the; * worib doing, we must not stav ? * ir Irir%nf- A HIO VHIIK. UIVOMUgi lUHlBMIg v , col J and dagger, bat jump ill. ' scramble through^* weliaa.we 8 * It will hot do to be perpetually < lating risks And adjusting nfce-c cea;. it did ail very well before flood, when a man would consul . friends upon an intended public for ooe handred and jrears; ,?#~ live io< eee1 Iti iucOeea ibir ?i soveo ceYilnrioa afterwards; T man waits and C and consults bis brothers i 5 "' particular friends, until onfe day Jjj* fli6r and !?jfr jbtejM fbei V tf t ;? bu?L little . tin . ..r 'WV. > '7* / - What Red Clover Does.?S. Edward Todd, la the courso ot ft dis cuspion beforo tho New York Institute Club, referred to tbe fertilizing power of rod ulover an follows : '-On the heavy, stubborn ?oil? of the dlopes of our northern lukep, the produotion of red clover has been of inealcula ble vuluo in reaovaling and ehangoin?* iha nharacver of Llioso ulnhlmrn noils, bo as to render thorn more productive from year to year. Uuder tho ameliorating influences of a crop of red clover, i'-irms that produced scurcoly n remunerating crop when the virgin soils was turned up with ihe plow, now yield annually heavy crops of chcico wheat or other grain. Tlio distinguishing characteristic of rod clover as a renovator of tho soil is to pvoduco vegetable in >uld or humus. Whore humus abounds in largo quantities in tho aoil, red clo 'or if not tho fertilizer rcq lircd. 13.it , where the turfare is not covered by a Ktraium of fine mould, red cl jver can bo raised wiih eminert satisfaction t and profit. Oar most extensive t Pennsylvania farmers understand ar.d appreciate the oxcolloncoj^tid efHcionj cy of red clover. Almost our otuiro country baa got to renovate wiih , icd clovor. O.d and impoverished field* will oventually bo made to feel r tho ameliorating influences ot the effi 3 ciout renovator of poor and badly 0 managed soil. And this groat and desiratblo chango will bo wrought, on by tho production of red clover. y An old lady from the country slep olonor.ight Jacly in the bouse of i d] friend in town, liev bed happened t( q i be a plain hard mattress, so much re-'commended as more healthy to lie up xfon than a bed of down. Next morn n ing tho old lady was asked how sh< e ?lept overnight. ''No very weel," wa y the reply, "fur my au'.d banes are eai is wi' that hard bed o' yours." "Oh is but Janet, do you not know that al in tho great physicians say 'that it i is more healthy to bleep on bodtt as bar 10 as a board ?" replied tho host. ' "O r ay," Baid Janet; "an' 1 suppoae that' 18 what you toon 6 ooaies ca a nouru < w. Health.'? it ?? 10 HBW8 8UMK1RY. ?y The Eruption of VttuviuM.?Dii to upatchcs"received from Naples roer ss, tion that the,eruption of Mount Ye he iuvius is continually increasing i of power and splendor. Immense shee >ia of white, 3*0110x7, and crimvoh lira an arise hundreds of feet above iho en in- ter, and at night tho Bay of Napl er- is lighted up for miles, Lava is pou icr ng down the mountain side in in sr: raenee quantities, and large stone? a ce, occasionally thrown out from t nn. month nf th? volnano. A doco rut er- ble like revorberating thunder ion beard front time to time, as in t are bowels of |Lbe earth, and many of t lan poople in the vicinity have left th< red homos, fearing an earthquake or otf om calamit3". No euch eruplion 1 rep probably occurred in Vesuvius or centuries, and tho spootacle is rega st*. ed as on? of the most magnificent a 3 a sublime ever witnessed in nature.. ios . eeB St. Louit in' Danger.?St; Louis again alarmed at the, danger of , but coming , an inland town.' A oar? ow" examination by the city officials c^,n' ueated tbe fact thit the Hhso river, which discharges into the tiiksippi' some ^twenty . miles abc ^ sends he vain me of water- at xi lbo anglos across with such farce agai HrtV . ' . . - _ .-j* , me Illinois suore, ns 10 nave wor ob- away nearly a mile*. There is ji ined danger of tho river (nuking a pb dity nel through the Amerioaii bolt ' a sons to. leave St. Louis'two miles f j the stream, it is proposed to rivet 0nv -Illiuuis rhoro with ston?, %here i all river infringes, to prevent it i igths wearing uwuy. rorld 2^(1 Talmud.?In one ysar f d oh ihouaand oopjes of '^*ltnqd,r I f tbe been sold by th;e publishes* in Bd and and although there havefboen reo can. ly five editions of the work, A 001 saleo- py lm?J beon ioi'med, ?tih a cftpit shun- )i?ro bandied thousand franca, ? the publftblng another Iri t , W* -H? pflrticnlarly, t&o ?uon mbiiy votftri?8.v ' X op .'' Stortatioii in Irehmd.-Saafiousl bat rttft* batoutfc'*? f)bwe*V toubis W& Ancles p.Icee, X)n ?e fpr buvperHi^d,?Bd;^vAraLi*rMitfl ^ ^^|^ ^'' '^ v ? .... r.. . ; . v,. { China. ? Lato '\deppatebes from Shanghai make mention of new and moro serious outbreaks in tbe province of Cliihli, near Prkin. At tbe last accounts the rebels were marching on the capital. It Is. believed that Mr. Burlingamo, the American Miniitsr, would soon. leave fo? the United States, by way of Europo, on a special mission tor ibe Chinese Government. The Court of Claims has just decided that all soldiers who enlisted ub, dor tho President's proclamation be. -'5 1 A T..l n.i i o/?! i _ .1 ^ _ iure ouiy ioui, ?ro uuviiiou 10 bounty, whether discharged for die- I case or other honorable cause. Tbi? will give bounties to hundreds of discharged soldiers who were refused it becauso tboy had not served two yiars. *>. I Afore Purchase of Tt, rilary.?Tho I Now York Jferald bus a despatch from | Iluvana to tho United States. This despatch states that Spam hns mndo a formal offer tlig. American Minihter at Madrid to sell the Inlands of Cuba and Porto flico to the United Sta'ea for 8150,000,000 in gold, one-third in cash, ouo-thiid at the end of six years. An estimate compiled from statistics collected by the Governors of the Southern Slates, places tbo number of L whites and blacks in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and the Curolioas, who are in a starving condition, at three millions, t ' } The Papo has already imprisoned three Lhousund pewonB for sympathizing with Garibaldi.- Hundreds are leaving his territory. B - . -r s Hard Tirrist>?-A. 25 ew Ilaycn paper says moru men are oat of employtneuc n that.city now than before within j the last ton years, and tbat the leading manufacturer* are- reducing thsir j forces. '" . ' - * a mxuaious ivtellidsnoc. . ? Ritualism in JEnyladd.?Opposition u to tho Panu.1 tondenuicn in the Enu litsh Church has broken out. and* in >? outbursts of mobbing, and rioting. At Bloke, Nowinglon,, whore 'thr^ , :J Watts epont thirtyHMX years of bis lifo, the windows of thechuroh ward1 on were smashed, and the clergy and in congregation pelted on ...their way im 18 and from worship^- ~At_ All Saints, CB Lambeth, the clsfgy and choristers 1-: wero bisaed and hooted as they .enter?" ed church. VVhen ihe taan lighted ir" the candles pn the altar, this uproar 3~ insi'Jo bcoarae. general. Shouts of r0 "No Popory in.Dai* English churches," "Down with."- Ititualjara/' "Shamo, n~ shamo, Oudtentcrs 1" "Traitors 1" otc , 19 weio hoard/* AJbf. Alackmochie?the rector of Si.AllMn'd, and tha leader ho in this ritnftl tpoyerao.nt?preached a }ir sormon aj^t?dnrt long in ibeoaidat of l0r hUses and Bboftfc>. At(iheoommnnlon 1US (service, attempted to be celebrated, in ^or ihe ritnalisllb ftyld, the mob broke rd loose. Tbe, alt?r waa stored j the ,nd LI >man ornaraeftta do9th)jed; tbe crosses, brokon .and- kicked about tbe aiale; tbe fontb>Dt%tniog jiely tfater is lost. These scenes-arc beirig repeated be- in-all parts of England, so that ftitifilr ulism and Kenianilsa awem to give the re English Government not a)- little uri trouble.?Examirrier.A. " ; >ve, Rutland ?'Th? Difieti^rii of" the gkt National Bible tfocioty of Sootland nsi have authorized ^he'emplojraepi, of a n it colportear irt? ;.to circulate ^ lint; ^ SorJpturoiR- in the Eswt,; Wd' ora^ q.ijo*ted pormi^iort for bim to accororom pany tha A^ywdnmft/exp^ftioD,ft?ii? ? r\be' "following the. example?et By theAr. *fee nay Christian Commiesion la rom Ameriohn war. Ao' effort ia alio - ^ about being mad? by lbe Society for : irZ tiio* Propagajtkm <>? (ho GoVptl to I*?$? $uro .Ui^Wyfoe* tea?1 *' **V* 'lafoa to b* attached tho AbywJnW ??Sj expedition.- - I:-* '' 1 #>?_ : -?, r *\v? ."W*t?*r v.-v- V* ' " Jtttf * tor E liubU^h,