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giterrr:--,LJ^ii.:i?l-j'. . ViT^'J.: ~ u-J l^:i^L^.^a.^=^=^s~ '-?Hz , ?-- ?L.??LJS=S= -=^=^^-?- ^ _ OY ,W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21,18(58., VOLUME XV---NO. 44. SMOKING AND SMOKERS IN SPAIN. As I took my seat in a "first-class" twr aud left Toledo, a geniloroan in "tho name compartment asked mo, "'Is moving disogrooablo to you ?'* It was tho first timo that such a question had boon put to mo in Spain. 3 had beaid it proposed to a lady some da3*s before; but generally no <ono pretends to as?k tho privilege oi ?moking in tho cars, or tho parlor, or *nywhere. Everybody smokes, everywhere. It is not interdicted in an\ department of any railway carriage. Occasionally, in t-omo hotels, I notice a rule posted in tho dining room, 'Smoking not allowed." liut nobody hoods it. An attempt to enforce it would probably lead to tho sudden departure of all Spunixib gues's from the hou-iC. A.I tho largest and best botel in Madrid, sixty or seventy persons, ladies and gentlemen, woro at dinner, (tablo d'liote,) and in the inidst of dinnor, between tho course:), ! gentlemen lighted their cigarette.-*, ! mnokod them, and resumed their eat ; ing. Yet the notico forbidding (.mo-j king was.in full view, or was until the ?loads of smoke obscured it. In the road ing rooms of tho hotels, oftentiiuos small and unventiluted, nine out. ?f ton are smoking all tho time, and the thought never occurs to ono oi them that this may be u nuisance to otbfirH. I am told (though 1 never ?aw it) that at tho theaters in Spain, iu the midst of itio play,.the audience ?uioke in their seals, and if any managers attain to sucti a moderate height or cvmzuion us 10 puousu a rum restraining the odious habit, the dons of Spain pay no eorL of attention .. to it. All attempts at refotm end only' in amoko. 1 asked Anustoz'o if smoking is al lowed in the churches of Spain ? 4,0 no, no," he answered, with a pious horror; "it was shocking to think of uch a desecration." "Tbon," said 1, ?4whon I como to Spain to livo I will got a Utile church fur myself, for nowhere else in this country can a man find refuge from this intolerable nuiMUiCS." 4 Ahj yei?," he replied j "but perhaps the incense will make a smoke quite ai disagreeable as the Auxertcan wctd.'' This ws*? a double hii, as it roc inded me of my Protestant aversion to ! incense in churches, and also .of the j fact that the weed, and the habit of { using it, cam? from my- part of the j world.' 1 liy mis nine tuo compartment wan so densely fiilod with Hmuko that I ?poned tho window and put out ray head for breath, ns-a signal of distress, in tho hope, but vain, oi enlisting the aj mpailiies of the smokers, and indti-. cing-them to forego their plea*tircs while " I recovered. But what man 'with heart and head smoke-dried ever, .had compassion for the wo;>kness of - - hi6 neighbor? 1 detected grim smil js of iatisfaction on tlie durk fac?.B ol my fellow-travelers, wh>> puffed away the more vigorously as they looked on my woe begon? face. - v Perhaps by advertising a rewnid fur the discovery, it might be po?s.ble to find a man in Spain who does not smoke. Yet, Btr;<n-e to fay, the cul. ture of tobacco in Spain is forbidden by law. Tbosoil and climate are favorable, and its cultivation -has been a great succcs*. But by that kind of stupid legislation or decree peculiar to Spain, arid "constantly reminding one of the Chinese, the mother country, Spain, is prohibited from ruining 'tobacco in order that the daughter Cuba, may I avo .the roonopoiy. Ti?c right of importation is sold tocontractors, who muko a great buMno->B.ot > it. In the. middle-'ot the fifteenth ' century the Spaniards began to got tobacco from America, and tbey have 'been getting moro and more of it ever ait ce. -In 1860 tbey smoked- seven .' millions of cigars, aild cigars are ngt /tbe tbing tboy usually smoke. Tbey have their tobacco rolled up in Hlilu / bits ofpaper, arid, those tbey. curry, in . th*ir poitots, Hitb mat ehOH. Often * 4 they-ckrry thelobacco andthe papor autftoaktf a cigarerto~whcn . /V,; they want itj making ono while. smo king Another Xhjese interesting man* th?yai*e,cbmmon in our own countrjv i' ' i'- ? ' mi. ?v." *j OUV uo^ uo.gcnerai, i ne wocu j? paea. only fot' smoking and snuffing in Sprain. I oanfiot Harp that it is th cited at a'l. ^ Th'a hubit, the vilest of the many Vilar riftre offensive'in the United States than iihom with a cigarette in tbcir pretty moutbB on the st'cet or in the curs, but in tbo cufo and in tho drawing^ room they, enjoy It as well as in tbo boudoir and tbo bath. By cool fountains, in a marble paved patio, among tbo orango trees, or lulling at noon on their silken-hung couches, they lovo to smoke, and their lords have spoiled their own breatliB and taste too ilYcctually to mt.ke any objection. Where both or neither eat garlic it amounts to tho sumo thing. I In Sovillo we saw a tobacco factory, erceted more than a hundred yours ago at a cost of ncaily two trillions of dollars tho? ! It is six hundred and fifty two feet long, and five hundred and twenty-i'our lect wido. Five thousand persons'arc at woik in.it all tbe time, putting the imported tob;iooo into cigars or cigurott> s, and ma- ] king anuIt", arid tlu-y use two millions, of pounds of tobacco overy year.? ' Most of tlioso workeis uro women.1 M'ltiiers who bring their children have J uurtfory ai rtingemeuls provided for j tho:u during the hours of work, JJut ! the most of them are young women, a class by themselves, knowu as cig- ' arcras, or cigar-girls. Smart at tlu-ir! businfei-a in the factor)*, they aro v.ild ' as hawks aud g-iy as larks at the bull- 1 fi^hton Sundays, or the dance on thu ! yrcen. Tiiis is the largest c.slahli.-h- : incut of the kind iii .Spain, :.n*l produ- ' v;i.o it3 guuu u;i ani'w-iu us any inner; but Ltiu cigar.-: made in Spain arc not i ;<3 popular with good judges as those brought d ree ly fioai Cuba. The manufacturers liiore prefer bonding j tbe best to London, Njw York-, oi l Pari.-}, where they find u readier mar- J kot for the high priced article. And ! tho CubanB aro as cute in coticociieg j peculiar flavors for their cig:trs as the ; Frei.ch or the Italians for their wiiiia, I or Jcrseyir.cn for their cider. The i Connoisseur in tobacco pays a quarter j if a'dollar (more ?>r lc<r>) foi a "tirsi- j rate" cigar, ai.d smokua it with deli- i cious erj '3'menl at his club, or after { dinner in his stu<iy, rtjoicing in the I dreamy, balmy languor that softl) j cfnu la nnr?n liia o<?/\l l?/?a I.I.J 1 OVV.IWU W|yuti Ml*. OV. ?I I1IO { nerves, and makes him sweetly oblivious pi the cares and toils ol the d-.?y just passed. Jlo is sure it does him good. And ho does not know, and will not believe when ho is oold, what every ono knows who look:? into the ' Milject to leum, that at the very ro >t and douroo of the business thoro is as nrich concoction of tob.icco as there is of C' ifoo or wine Potash and soda are in abundant use to impart peculiar pungency to tbo plant. And many in the excited a'inosphoro of New York or London li e, demand a sedaliro cigar more soporific than the narcotic plant in its natural state For them,c:gars are made of tobacco loaves sleeped in opium Many of our clergymen, renownod for eloquence and piety and learning, denounce Willi 1 bluzing zeal the baneful practice of Bmoking or cuowing opinm, a habit becoming .almost as common in the United Suites as in China. But these same excellent men are daily smoking opium in their cigars, quite unconscious, of the evils, phynica lund mental, they are gradually but surely inhaling with overy breath ?bey drw tbtdugh this venominous weed. The cigar burns freely when first tfgUtel, il? -ashes are grayish white and ibo ring is faint at tbo &:Yd, the 8nioke.riscs lightly, ai.d llio taste, ii uny, is neiirly Imperceptible; therefore they know it is a good cigar. But the ttpium-eater is not mors, surely a suicide thau they-. Dyspepsia often follows,-and.-norvpuiTvde.bility, desp- ndeney, melancholy, iu6<>mnia, maladies supposed xo be relieved. by what is producing cause. Epilepsy and apoplexy-are now known effect a. Dr.--De lafkld told a friend' of mine ho masi quit tobacco or die. "1 shall die if I do," bo said, to nao. Ho preferred to"; smi-ko arid die. And ho did. Yet be was ajioble Christian Clergyman, willing U>~d:e foiri/hrist at any limn, but not ^rfliln^ togiVjfr Bp^hia iagifr and jivjt>4ijrjCiirii?^ . y . .. , , Bu^ wfioro are we 'going ? If I fcvnteti*ber-righliy> wo -stkrte'd eff in the cars fromToledo, and flomebpdjrSwas smoking; I had to oppn the Window to getmbrostbS -and havp b'cc n ;bl uzin aWj^nt tho amokotfl fivor Qinda? t \y e ryrW^or^'ofe ife'd4 begin_. gg?un.?Editorial Cor. of iP.* JV - >.' i?rr?' ' -v > .0*^3OTOP.-TO jtfca, Ship's whcd ono night l6 etoer r4MF&SaX#)&t " :**& " the\toewK.*. ... - J,^,y v,c.%. ; Ii1s berth.. Oyou purty littlo thing, you necdu'. (coop winking out of your bright oyo to mo, for 1 shan't let you out of my Night for a, minute,' said tho proud Irishman, as ho grasped tho wheel, and turned the sh:p until it lay exactly ur.der tho ray ci the star. All wont on well for Boino time, Patrick ta'king to his 'little hearty,' :ia ho :iff-:Ctioi.atoly culled iho star, and keeping hit; cyo steadily tipon this beautiful lighthouse in tho iky. But, by ::n?i by, Patrick grew weaI ry at his p- ?t. livery now a::d then I ! ho noddod over tho wheel, and when I i ho rPI'iirrml lii> wnnlil I !j ni?.?. I i at consddurablo distance eitacr to the j i lighter left. Finally lie entirely lost J : hicr.self in Bleep,and had quite a nap bif;r<) ho awoke. In tho meantime tho wind had changed and freshened, and tho ship, having no hinderancc lVoin tho rudder, had faiily Rwung round, and was flying away towards tho Southern Cross iustead of the North star. i At length our Irish frio?.d ia roused hy the flapping of tho sails. Hubbing ' hisejes, ho peers into tho heavens j for his '-bright particular star." Ui" course, it wns nowhere 10 bo seen in the direction in wiiich they were then f-a ling. 1 Turning rjiind, in his confusion, sn.tl h-oku g belliik! biiii, suro enough, ' there it was, b nzing away as brightly 1 as over! . '< - 1) iwii into tho cabin bo hurried : ! 'Captain ! captain 1" be shunted at the top of bis voice, 'come right up 1 heiv, this p?iseiit minit." ' Wiiai's tbe matter now?' paid the 1 captain, leaping from his berth. "Why, 30 jest see," eaid Patrick, J ,;tbat I've sailed entirely beyond n.y star, and ye will have to pick tne out another." The star was all light but tho poor sailur was turned around himself, and ' moving in the wrong direction. I am :tc<i lainted with manv vniino ? - / / " o p?oplo who have sailed boyoud their star. 1 know a 3-oung man with religious parcntu, whu lias himself joined the church, and had been aided by his t'rionds to secure a good education, llo entered college. Hero ho fell into bad company ; and in the thought fets hours ho took his eyo oft' from the Star Bcthlohoin towards which lie had boon sailing, lie docs not scorn j to he awure oi it himself; ho is certainly asleep us to olernal thir.gs, but he has turned qnite around in his j courso, and is flying along like the wind in tho oppoj-ite direction. The star is still shining, but it is behind him. 1 wonder if he ever turns to look at it? There go a company of lads into a hiliiard ealoon, laughing as they go. They are members of the Sabbath < School, and on Sunday, tho star that hung over the place whore Jesus was uncus t.is ngoi upon tnem. iiui i um siiro ibey leuvo behind them as they elosothe doorof thai flfllopn upon Ihem Helves. God have morcy Upon them ! and grant that thoy mny find ita.halluwed lightugain befoi o the night <jt death settles down upon them!" When 1 bcc ydO'ng people railing 01 walking for pleasure on "the Sabbath while others aro gathering in the house ot God, I cannot help.feeling and Haying to myself. "Those inidlaken vonr g people liavo certainly sailed beyond their ritnr; a fv-fcrfaV t'by " age moet be before them without one cheering ray of l:ght." ' Once on lliu luirinc sea I rode. The storm wu? loud,? ihe ni^lit was dark; The oci;?n ynffticil?anil juiiely blow id The wind thai to^eJ my fuutiduriug bark. Deep hoiipr limit tny vitnli froze, Death sl.ru.-k, I censed the tide lo stem, When suddenly a alur arose, I It was the Star of Bethlehem. . I >' It was my guide, tny light, my *1), Ic.btde tny dftrk forebodings oeh? ; And througli the atorm and djnger'a thrall. It led me It? the |?ori-of peuue. Now safely moored?my ptril* o'er,. IMI eing fit at in lilgbt-i di'u'denj,--" " Forever and forevermore, TliOitur! TheSurof Bethlehem!" * ? " * i?y.?. ' , % - THE SNOWBALL. .? " - S8 * ' -j-' ^ilijU awajr, roll away, boys," pried' Fred.. " Wo "hhuU make . a. fino Iarg. IniiuwiHur pBioro we nave done with a" K'v<?lfow-foy ttnolber' torn o* ) ehoqfefl bia 4?roihc?\ Ch^!b? ? "ttorxah Vj ,>f ? < mpppl'SSKHm0*-" .;\ iThoj liojr ?tppp.?d' ,faw:laifi**'' poekatV 0r, j "Very truo," said their futhor; "it -vas a largo snowball, indeed. I havo boon looking at you from tbo parlour window, and 1 must toll you that your fnoh ball Ijus set me thinking." "Set you thinking, father?" said they ; "why, what thoughts could coiuc into your mind ut the bight of u mow ball '{" "l'i.st, then," paid their father, in bin usual quiet way, "it put mo in miii l of the c tro and troubio which Mune grown uppeojilu make. f??r themhelves. They begin in youth, and go on through life rolling troubio nlon?; their |>ui li, until it becomes u load loo heavy fur them to bear. I h:tvc !cno\vn a man to got together a largo heap of g'dd, until it has been a ^reut buiden of trouble oil his mind. 1 have known others who I ivo added ono farm to another, until they have called a whole parish tlicir own; but they have only j;ot trouble and borrow '.or the:r puin^. Wo ehould not forget these words, ?A mtyi's lifb.Qonsistcth tiOt in the abundance of the things which be pusse^BOthand, 'lii-tter is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith.'" Luke xii. 15; Pro v. xv. 1G. ' Did it tnnke you think of anything L'lse, fatlicr?" ?. iv i..? , ? T .1 1 i ii tij j v;r?, i i wuu^ui J UU!" PIIUWball whs like know-lodge, of which a :;hild \\ ho b???iiis lo Icurn, makes hut % very little ball at first; but as lie 50C8 on, with pait>s and diligcnco he rolls it along, and keep gathering up, until it btc niiosa great ball of knowl udge. All tho wiuoat men who have livor lived began in a very humble, wny ; hut they wont on until they had stored up heaps ol'knowledge. Th'-re was many years ago a little boy in England, who was engaged to upon the gales for the men 011 the fa? m :ifj they went in ai.d out; and at other times to attend to the t-heep and L'tttilo. Oiio day ho was found after work, in a hayloft studying u learned book, lie was then sent to school, and lie lived to Income one if tho wisest and moat learned men that ever lived and he is now known to us as the i?reat ttir l*aae JXowton. 'LiitUo by little :''thua it is t>aid some of those lovely inlands which arc found in distant seas, are rein ed up by iho liltlo coral insect, which places ono grain at a time upon another. So little belittle the acorn bccomcs the strong u:?k; stone upon stone, tho greatest palaces iii the world are built, und lino upon liue, largo buuki are writton." "We shall not forgot that father ?"littlo by little.' " "1 thought again that tho snowball was like a bad habit, or sin in yo'iuh. It is small at first; but it grows big ger and bigger, untd it is almost like a mountain. -Wo do not become wicked ull at ot:co. Head tho story of Achnn, mj' dear boys, as it is given us in thoeevct.lhchapter of the buok of Joshua. Jle lookt itupon tho forbidden things, then he coveted, and then bo tOi.k them. Sin in the look, aiu in tho dcsiie, and then ein in tho net. > And eo it'lms been v\ith tens-ot thousand of. sinners 'in every ngo. They begun, it may bo, with bins a hu h did not obtain much notice at til hi,'and ended in open crime and disv>\.ce. A man, w.hcq about to be iMjng, said, ! began my stealing a penny out of my mother's po<-kot, and have ended with - murder-' This only.way to be saved f:oui guilt and power of sin is 16 believe in the Lvrd Jesus Christ, llis grpoo iu our hearts i3 the only suro defjneo against evil.'' ' My last thought was, that as your courdn catne to your help, a great boy aiding.tho little ones, to wo may nil be uselul, one to another.. Whjlo the .kl/1 r?- o Ka nf no/? ?a i Ka ?%?? 4 VIVI UIUJ ww .w* uow ww v i?y j uu bliv young may assist the aged. A child" may ho!p to roll a.great, burden of sorrow .from a- weary man'rf heartj If mc? - try as we go, through life, to do vthut wo can to m-ikp. others hsppy, wo shall find that the youngest may do good and bo a -bleating to tnafiy.-^i/y Little Library. ' '' . " A ^ PREKC|fl. QFBSCER MAR" | --S-.' ; 77'. "* W . i ' -*" '' ^ * 'j! V v i - , j?H f . An offloef 'jn tho. ^rqnch army .finds ii rro vejfiV? wpie m ail or td gut. mm-J tf A.1 - 1 d ^ li neui w aril ?)t m?KO b"wrmpi tifo certifies 10 &? ?gi?dltJI0n.llT IttV ,iiu4^raUcBp3i^o.^tbe^bril}ejfe^ot. i&tcr of war to ratify tho permission ; coming from tho bandt] of tho postman, tho packet is unsealed by a clerk, who adds a stamp, a subordinate reads it, sends it to another clork, who puis a number above tho etump and records tho number on another bheot nf paper, with an atia^ eis of tho at I fair; this sheet is then feigned by a chief and sub-chief, then goes to a director, who eonds it to tho chief tie bureau ; he gives it to his deputy; then an orderly-eloi k 10 inscribes tho numIberof tho packet, registers it, and | sends it to another, who makes a ro- ! j port oi thcanulybis. Tho three mom- j j hers of this last bureau then record | Liiu WilOiU, LI1U CIUUI SlgtlS II, FU MtllilH it to the director, who submits it to t ' ? mi nisi or, who acccpts or refuses. 11 tho bride and groom are still living when the ari angemeiila are concl'tdi d j J ! and thii k it worth while to <jet mar- I I <. j rie<l for what lit Lie time they have to j live, the marriage is consummated. | ^ . THE RESCUE. i L:tt!o Mary Nealo was fond oi; 1 i ]>Iay, as indeed most liillo children i ' I are. She olten wandered away frdm j I her father's house about the garden c j and even into the open fields. Ore day her mother was very busy, i,nd ? Mary wanderoJ farther than usual. ' On and on sho went until at length c uliik /<n in a I n 1 I # L. CI'l.i.. ?>MW VIVWIV VW HIV lauiuxji liaviv* J. III^ track ha* boen covered with gravel, ' anil tho smooth, while pebbles at once 1 I attnie'ed her attention. So ehe tat I down between the ruiId, thoughtless f ! of danger, and be^an to gathor and I play with tho pretty white stones. I Alter placing awhile, she bogan to ' feel drowsy, and then she laid hor 1 head upon tho iron rail and fell soundly asleep. While Sfary by asleep and uncon? 1 scious of danger, tlio terrible Joconio- 51 live, with a long train of card attach- I ed to it, eanio thundering along tho 1 track. A long way t fl' tho cngii.cer, c who managed tho locomotive, saw something lying on tho road, and as i ho keut bis cyeB fixed on the o! ject, he i was horrified to see that it was a lit- . j tie child. Ho at onco blow his loud j I whUtlo, but the child did not more. { ( J lie gave the signal to put down the j | brakes, and it was done. But still ; J tho train moved on, and it seemed j1 ; inevitable that in another minute j j the child would bo crushed to death | beneath tho ponderous wheel.*. > I Hut the engineer was a man of * generous and noblo impulses. Has- * tily running forward along tho sido J of his locomotive, ho fixed his feet . tirmly between tho bars of tho cow- . catcher, in front, and laying hold of 1 tho iron, rail with ono band, leaned forward :?s far as he posvibly could. ^ J list as the locomotivo was ready to c j rush upon tho bleeping child, and j leave it a lifeless, blopdy, and man- a | gled mass of flefch, tliid noblo man, at ' tho riBb of his life, seized ber with his 1 unused hand and lified ber upon the -cow catcher unharmed. So lilttlu 3 Mury's life was paved. f Do } oa not adcaire tho bravery of a that good engineer and his oagernces I to smo tho lifo <>f thut child? But I1 I J you, my young reader, have continu- ~ at opportunities to do a iar nobler ' thing. You live in a world wjieio ail are sinners, and whore all who aro not e followers of Jesus aro in danger of d | polishing forever. Ypu can do very | much if you havo a heart to do it, : to point binuere to Jesus Christ and 8 persuade them to embraeo him as a 8 Savior. Thusyou may be instiumen * tal in saving souls from gHng down to eternal death; Ar>d it is nob a c far bottor'thing to s'avo an immortal V soul tban a mortal body ? Oh jrv. 1 . / A > royyoutfg read org,- to remember, ainj i to fuel in v\ hat awful dapger sottidpf jour young friends aro in,-andd* day < by day, what j ou can for theit s^lva - > iion.. . - . ' ? ; You admire that noble.hen.rted -ert- 1 gineer.. And dp yon not, ttiiirfc tittle 1 \ r -vr f j _i. j :_j? _ t 'i jaxury ^ um?3 miw nur pareiii? buvwj b loved biqa end deBired in every. jjoesi' ? hlo vyTjy lo' sbo^' that grfttitudo ?0. ' him? ( YetiiH that? he didibrjlary 1 was as nothing to \vhat Jcl^s 'fcae ^ 1 donafor jus. T&e engineer only risked biq^ifd. Jte.cu8.loid dowrilif&lifei ( ofset'pmppRe, arid of>hla j in order to save us frotrV ^Trdtfting < i?|pSrcdv in our1 ^ piuoe what no" man -etfer ^ffered oj* . MjTD^hoo^. 0ej???*Uyo , - while'i?i thte; work|.'-,Gt%bt' ybir ^ftot .. then ! arid to.dp ail you*^08?ihly cap to tear atWlde^hjW^-lte'ImA p$roh0*o<l 46* j . yoto.by \itfin? :&>n j %hr -J&: '*#43 ' "J ... .. K CLERICAL ANECDOTE. I A rcepcotable, well?to do farmer Irad, to tho astonishment of tho coinnunity, and tho- great mortification >f his friend*, been found, guilty of $hccp-8tcaling. The discovery of the ji imo having been made on Saturday, i knowledge of tho fact had not on ,!?o following Sundjij', reached the ear; A' either of tho pastors of the two tillage churcho*. On Sunday morning the good lover )f mutton?whose Chr istian name, by ho way, was Adam?repaired, as , isnal, to church. Imagine tho clV ct, J lot,only 011 the guilty Auuin, hot on nost cf the audience, 'who bad heard >1' the a (lair, when the minister ann uneed as his text, "Thou slut It not iteal," and proceeded 10 discuss the object in the most practical manner, lonouncing, among other forme of i he Bin in questio", that of shenp | ile.iling ax the mer.r.c.st ci thi ni ah! ' L'hii was "the hu?t straw that broke ! ho camcl's haclc," and the abashed | Vdam srnaked out of tho church at i he closo of ihc tcruion, in no incvi- ! able stute of mind. Ia lhe afternoon, our hero Bought j oncolalion for his wounded ppirit by J ittonuiiig tnc neighboring clumli oi l i dillcrjnt denomination, a largo lumber of whoso members consisted >f his intimate friends and relatives riio latter, of course, vrero already i.formed of tho critno laid to ktbc j :bargc of their kinsman. All tho consolation our friend Adam I tbtaincd, however, 1)3* his "change oi' tapo," tvas a remarkably pointed and >ersonal discourse from tho words, 'And tho Lord God called unto Idam and fcaid, Whoro art thou?'' As a matter of course, somo time ifterwnrd both clcrgj-mon found j hemselves "in hot water," and it was i i difficult matter to convinco thoir I larishioners that they bad been inlocent of any design in tho selection if their texts.?Huston Transcript. MAXIMS FOR FARMERS. An Illinois farmer gives tho followng maxims for farmers to practice : U'linn vntl trnI.- * 111-> iln nrvt rn!l r\\ J ?ulroIl out. It wi!| give 3-011 time! o ditch all your sloughs, break them j ip, harrow them with timothy and i etl clover. One bushel of clover to ,wo bushels, of timolhy is enough. Make your fence high, tight and trong, so that it will keep out cattle md pigs. If you have brush make nake your lotn secure, and keep your logs from the catllc, fur if tho corn s clean they will eat it butter than if t ia not. Bo sure to get j*our Lands to bed be'oro soven o'clock; they will rise tarly according to circumutancos. Puy ahand, if he is a poor man,, ill you proiiiisehim j if he is a good latid, pny him a litllo more; it will iDeourago him to do still better. Always feed your hands a* well as mn HA rniiru^lf fnr (IIA hihnnnrr mon ire tho bono and sinew of the world, j md ought to bo well treated. I am sutivfiod that- gbttingup early, uduslry and regular habits are the ! icst medicinea over proscribed for icalth. ...' When il bccomes rainy, bnd weather so that you cannot work out ol loom,cut and split your wood. Muke your tracks whon it rains lard, cleauing your stables, or , fixing oniethin^ which you would have to! top tho plow for and fix in good veathor. Make your tracks fixing your fences >r gatothatis off.iJs hinges, or weathr-boarcling yonr born where tho wind las blown off the siding, or patching ho roof ot-your house 01; barn. Study your intofcsts closely, nqd Ion t spend raonoy and lim? in electng Presidents, senators and otbvr - 4 *: ' . mull officers, don't talk -of bard, inoes wbon spending yoW'time in own, wbHtUpg on aibre-boxcs. . Tuko your'riirao-./ttnd make youf ialculutio.ns; don't do things in a ittfry, batj do tbero at ihe right; timfe md keep your^tmndaa well ps your >ody cilaployed.. ^ A null) Or blow to tbu independence if Jloibkit'Jpatholif 'Cbutch in" Hut-pin, iu reported b," telegram from SvVTeto^bgi^^.'&n^ akaso iffre tLo i n come9 pt[ ibe -Ca^i|?c^Tc cleiv irvJs J.be Western Provinces shall be provided by -thn-StaA?,'. and no portion. ^mgjn afiujjl'Wdfc^kdog'l*^ a tb.ir.tppa-itr w? gMuTitfft^-W, coar$amanure* .to.teop. HUMS AND HIS MOTHER. Tho Quarltrhj Review givos tho fol? 1 lowing version of tho ami story of 1 LLumo undermining his mother's fuiih l) and bringing her to despair in hor dying hour. It carries a moral with c it for unbelievers in our generation : c It scorns that llumo received reli? c gioiu e incation from his moilior, and ' early in Iilo was tho su! joet of strong ' and hopeful religious improssions, hut ? ;LM 111* #!?**? ??/?? ? I ? - ?V %< | ' I A ??vu vvi UiUilUVV/U III Xsjt nui C I cllaccd, and confirmed infidelity sue-I 1 ceoiltd. Alateri.?<l partiality, how oyer, ' alarmed ul first, came to l./ok with ^ Icbs p;iin upon this dcclenbion, and fi!? 1 nil lovottnd reverence Seemed to have 1 been nb-orbed in the pride of phi'.o ! " eophicul skepticism. 11 uinc now ap- i * plied himself with unwearied, :ind Un I I buppiiy with 8uccos>t'ul cfFjrtH to wiji i ' the 1'uui.dutiun of liirj mother's faith. 4 Having succeeded in this dieudlul i 1 \v< rk, went abroad into lbrei-'it conn- > ^ I tried; and as ho was nturMug, at) ex |' I ror-.s mc1. liirn in London with a lot- j ' ,i:. ?:..f ; It . iv;i ii um in? muiiicr I iiiui nil llij III HI j, tnat bho was in duclino and could not . 1 long survivo. Sho Btiid sho found ; ' herself without any puppoit in her j 1 distress; that ho had taken away that j ' source oi' comfort upon which in all i f nilliction sho used to rely, and that 11 now she lound her mind sinking into ' despair; hhc did not doubt that her j pon would afford her somo substitute i J for her religion, and she conjured hi in j' to hasten home, or at least to send 4 her a letter containing such consoh;- 1 tion as philosophy can atford to a dy?? 1 ing mortal, liumo was overwhelmed 1 with anguish on receiving this lettor; t and hastened to Scotlaud, traveling day and night, but before bo arrived bis mother expired. .No permanent j impression seemed, liowovcr, to have ( corn ir.uue on his mind b3r Ibis moHt < tvyi ng event, and whatever remoiso j he might have felt at the moment, ho ( soon relapsed into his obduracy ot t heart.? Ch. Secret in/. j USEFUL ITEMS. ' ( Poultry" Manure.?The produc- ' tive power ot the droppings ot tbo ^ hennery aro very great as compared t with ordinary barnyard manure, yet ^ many farmer?, with a ticoro1 or two of i j fowls, take little or no pains to pre- ^ serve or apply it to the purposes oi ^ vegetable pi uduction. It is an excellent dressings for gardens, and will repay a nunurca iom, mo care and expense of preserving and applying it.? Working Farmer. . ^ Dry Seasons and. tne Apple Crop | ? In excessively dry seasons apple trees becomo so enfeebled that thoy , aro uoablo to mature a good crop in following years. < Thoy blopsom and j blast. 11 oh soils and good cultivation are Lho rem dies. : s A Veteran Peach Tree!?-There ' is n peach nee just below-' Hawkinstown, Va., ili.il is 53 years old. Jj. has borno fruit largo and luciuus. for 48. years. During - tho war it was batterod, nbusedrand robbcJ, Oy both armies, and no attention warf paid to it, but it still boars well. * ' ' * * ' *-* " * Mr. L. Morton hiforma tho Rural. ' American that wben his cows trouhlo . him in holding up their mi'le, ho reach- ! ea his hand up tind places tho ends of ! ' his fingers.on the back-bono,' forward''H ' / sti i^f /_ _ ' t C?: - ^ ' i oj. tuo iiijts, uttu prcsHcB aown tiara , for a minute or. so, and rib?J always' " give their milk very freely. ' It 19 advisable,".in the .construction . ' I of poultry houses, to use pine lumber j ?the uiore pitch it contains the. bettor?as ahU Is very offensive to poul- \ try veriqim . ' " j \ j Cfose observer's pffVrm/that tho J quality xti the chooso.' made . ii> lliis ' country improve^ ejeryvy^afv ^3,'hts ^ fa einco tho factories have-been established.; - , * v ? - J ' In no part of thb . world baa'the- 1 r . - . _ ",v S?7"S > v Gospol mora rapidly or fnord marvel- 1 ousiy tripraphcd tbaivih ^t^ei \ lands.: Tbe history-of Wesleyftn MisBion^ to vtbote : Islands?'far n'a other Prdifra tan tf c<^wpnio ti" b u ? TH * Eiie cl*-' ) "Jbrorocj[* 5 midst jJrllHorii^ exarririles or orange tic .Iftbor,*wififeriog. of f Con y reya (to tut I i&in at the Sonth.?^At ho closo of tho war tho Congregaiorfclists made somo vigorous efforts o plant churches of their faith and irdcr, in tho South. Three churthos nly aro in existonce, to wit?a :'>urch in JSowbern, North Carolina, a hureh in Mompbis, Tennessee, and a thurcb in New Orleans. Tho reports Vom theso churches, contained iu the ast number of the Horn< Monthly, aro gloomy in the extreme. The church n N.ewboin has only four resident numbers, and is dependont on tho * .Ioiiio Missionary 'Society. The church in Memphis, ohco felt'-eustoinng, has coino back to dependence on l.o sumo Society. Tbo church in S'ow Orleans is iti a somewhat better lymJit.iuii, but it is almost entirely deluiidoi.lFy on the Homo Missionary 5 ?-ii.ty. Establishing Northern hurohcs down Smith, just now, is uteri}* impossible. liven the pcoplo vlio go from tbo Norih, distribute hcmsclvcs into tbo various Churches vbieh Ibey tind at tbo South. They ;o io mp.ko money if they can, and .hey caio r,ot to go to any expense to >uiid up or keep up churchcB for hen.selves. In addition to tbi.?, nany of tbo Southern clergymen aro nen ef attractive eloquence. "Whoro !o 3"Ou go to church in Now Orceins ?" said a friend of ours to a sur; ?n in the United Slates Army. "To Jr. Palmer's," wa? tbo ready reply. You surpriso me," said his -friend. Why do you go thete?" "Bocauso 10 is tbo best preacher in Now Oceans, and I always go where I can leitr the best." This tella. pretty nueh tbo wlmln stnrr- ? -f f v?i/ytt/iua. ^ Tcrrijfic Explosion in China.?The Boston (Mass.) Traveller contains sorrospondenco dated Shanghao, Jhina, November 27, which gives tho allowing details of tho explosion in Jbina which was briefly alluded to in i late cablo dispatch: "Tho nbwa han ust reachcd us of a terrible explosion n tho Chinese arsonal at "VVachung, jppobilo Ilakow. Tho loes of lifo has ioL been definitely ascertained, but . iomo persons estimate it as high as ivo thousand. Probably ono thoulund :s nearer tho number of killed ind wounded. No Europeans were mrt. Tho 6hock of the explosion vas distinctly heard at KingUiag, o.ne mndred and twenty miles distaut." The Missions of the American Board. / ? Progress in Self-Sujiport.?Of eightyTour nativo pastors connected with ,he Missions of the American Board, jno-nan aro oiriiroly supported by .heir people,?pastors of independent ihurchos. This is work finisbod.? L'ho amount contributed to the support oF the Gospel by this native Jhtiatians, for the year- 1866, was >vor 540,000 in gold?an eighth part is much as-was givon by all who contribute through th'e Board to advance he cause of Christ in foreign landd. The last f\)W*raottlhs have teen ro;ed for wondfcrful'and world-wide conrulaions of nature. I-ri the 'Eist and Went Iridic?, both on .sea and land, Lbe loss of lift) and property fro in-this jauso has teen-terrible. Vesuvius has int been in Fuch^ violent agitation \it1iin this eenrtlry."'Oh the l th of Decern be-r, Canada/ -CNbrthdrn Vermont, tttid Nojihern J?ew. Ydrk were baleen bv ?n eart Imn/.tra * ' -Death of Rev. A. G. -Siifignton.?ThQ loath of Iter. A. G. Siiporitpn, a do^ ' itod ' missionary of _our Board .<>f " ?ort ign Missions, in= Brazil, ia' anlounceJ. flo was a' aon ,of the, late )r. Siraunton, of Ha^riribarg, Pa'^ a ;radqato of Prino a totr^j^ologfqat Seminary, and'went/ to Brazil in 18?(lC rlis dcalh will be airicorely nfoarnfcd-?; a deeply felt by aurbre^hi'cti and. Ho wa9a man Of dTlqsa'algiftp, ind.of v great - ^rtfmiae^Fresbytrnah 3anntt? '* ^ x 1 * g / : 1 Her Bri t anlb mniotilttr w* ?*?. v?ni/% >y a cablftiii^atct^^ -J^njsiKd" & letter tb ib1e*J?jqy^noi? o? Ja&jSca ^tl?> - -j rising him ^Ujat Hon^efor^r^ir^ ^ft^M- - 'J i&Bftbti: oj/ices inj- Ib^tdVfkbdt . ?4 from Englaiidi^. ^ ^ 4iat * - / ! X .-;^"^5- ""*- . v _ ; '? *5.% ': ; i,be- 66mia"?rpfal - the teJag/SmjiSfc, i; lwent/ <<TO* ft?le^[?^:; j^tajw i; V*t '** ' '*%" , ' *? * * '*' *+ "* ; - ; * ] ,- > . t. ' .v.- ^i - - l':->- !*--' . "': >-.K' < .-.a. -- .-; . *:r- r . ?* -.. '.^#5Sa