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I- 1 J J-U ? ? ' . "I I' I I II I I J I l , Mi, . i - > 1 ' :* '' >. ' ' ? " ; " " w . ? * " ^ J , , ? [ ^BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. JULY 24, 13(J8. VOLUME XVI?NO. 14 " ' ' ? , 1 - ? - - NATE'S GOLD RING. ' See, SCO," whispered littlo Nettie to hor brotbor Fred, at tho tea table, ' Nato'a got a new ring how it shinees?" "MiraLile ilictu, Nato, tvhoro did you get- it?" *a*ked Fred, disrogar <ling"Nctlie'B confidenco. "\Vhat aro you talking nbout, Fred ?" eaid tbo cider l?rothor -with a .comical curl, of tho lip, and buttering (his biscuit tbo eccdnd timo. "Notions, nothing but notions, in tho singlo numbor^sis." "Jctoelrp !** exclaimed Olivia. "Ma, did you Itnow when Nuto wont to town this morning, that ho was going VV JTUtVMMPV a ^UIU ".No, indocd," replied Mrs. Cbaso, glancing at a plain ring on Note's finder. "Gold," laughed I'Ved, "I'll assure you-its the purest gold with a* tbrass finish." Nato flushed a little, flie liad not felt quito comfortable mbout his ring, Bind Fred's joke irritaitodhim a little. ?'I tell you it is good'gold j tbo man sraid it was." "O nate, it isn't gold," paid Olivia, " "'Gold rings are not often so heavy ffind ?t:?k as tbat, or it th^y are, ihey icost a great doal." "WeU Ibis is a good beavy one, tbo ;tnan said it was." mo see it,' quieuy aejcoa Maua _ the gentle, peace loving spirit in Iho ^family, "I can tell if it notgold.ft Nate held out bis baod to her, as .lie eat by. her side at tbe tablo, and i ?ebe touched tbo ring to hor nose, but i <*>aid nothing. '-'It id tbe finost twonty-two carot I50M, isn't it Maud ?" . I am not a good jodpod of tbe 1 different qualities of gold," the Bis- 1 tor answerod, looking slyly at bor . notbor. "Where did you got it, ray son?'' I disked Mrs. Cba?e. - bought it in the city. I didn't want ft gold ring, but as f was wait- 1 ling in the depot,.a poor looking man i cime up to me, and aakod bow Boon i Che train wonld go out. I told bim i tin abont.twenty minutes. After a . Tuinute or two, be came to mo again, j r*nda?kadifl wanted to buy a good 1 gold ring,and drow Ibis ono off Lie i finger. I told bim no, I didn't want | a riug. lie' felt badty, and euid ho i jihad no money to buy bis ticket home ] ?ft place not-a great distance from rtbe ?Uv?l've fbrsrotten tbo Darao. 1 tasked him bow much the faro was, | and ho said sixty five cents, ^asd eaid | jl might hate tho ring lor money \ -eoough to buy his ticket, although it ( /was worth flvo ticnoe that sum, it was <?o thick and heavy?the finoa^Califor ' i arfftgold.' jL look the ring amT looked 1 ?t it, inside apd out. 1 kuow- that a .gold ring like this was worth a great d?*t njore than sixty-five conta : hut J. pitied the poor fellow, he felt so <l>adly ! White 1 was thinking what -r to dp, I put lit? ring on my finger, ?tofi Ihcntbok it off and looked at it , You needn't be afrafd it is I loot good gold/- he said, 'if you are iyou cab take your lcnifo and try it/ " .. itaod gave ? quick significant glance ? 10 her mother* "I to)d him I didn't to*Lry it, 4nd gave him fcixtyii*o coots." "IlnmbuggQd 1" exclaimed Fred. "O Nate,? oned Olivia, "ho was ono of > those m&an pickpoekets f Why didn't you go ftwa^ "from him 1 The Wile feQow to rob a bpy in that Way." . **He was no such ebaraolor, I tell you. He was a good honest looking ip?an as^you ever saw. I gness if I . Jiadn't money enough to pay niy-fare liome, ?would have eotd any thipg i ftfuld^ Poor fellow r ' "Did.you think, my son/ that u true iniul w&uW not* bo eo destitute, wifliout Bome very evident ^reason T" "No, not exactly, though I fjuppofed hehad been u.nfortunato in'some iwftjrv' O! coarse he dida't want to i?l) " And Nate looked at his ring Ultle uneasy, ahd fWe naat)" didn't look quite so honest to btafcjgffe, aa hej-ecalted h? appearances ?fldJi? wondered that ho did 49<& tyqictgt the feftpw , oh the spot "VTUat irbrfKLhio fcuher aay, if bo bad Jfeid -aixlgfiye oents -fur ft brnw or ooid position riftgfjllo bit bi>r lipa, SMB^ ^?h?d the iftng-in thVDead Sei; Lni tOT deciaVbd It was good gold, . OJltl* Oontioued M tease i &rir! <wdat?ned x?*i . '<*?*# atj*w?t* t* f^^ai^lion brother. asM*, Ofew# ? gyarsaia lltSmW* molfe?r tWk tbii I* gold ?" "You oan toll in tho morning, my son;" tho mothor repliod, wishing to sparo his foolings. "If your finger is colorod in the morning ^you will know if it is not gold." Mr. Chaso waa a "fair and easy" sort of a man, who wasjiot particularly disturbed by childiah indiscretions. llo believed that children must learn by actual cxporionco. "Let them havo a good bito of tho rod peppers, and they will bo glad to loave them aiono ! Lot them break a limb onco by climbing and they will not troublo you again in that way! Lot thorn suffer tho conso i|ubhvvi) ui tuuir lony j uopenu upon it, that is tho only way by which they will learn hotterhe fiequontly affirmed. And when 1 see how unwilling boys are to profit by tho experience by the experience of olhorp, I ana half inclined to favor Mr. ChaBo'i^ opinion^ But, my dear children, we don't want your tondor mouihs burned by tho pretty red peppers, and bo wo try to keep you away from them. We don't wan't you to carry the pain and limp of a brokon limb all your livos, and so wo cntroat you to climb tho hill of scienco rather than dangerous trees! Wo are anxioua^to save you from the sad consequences of folly in its various forms; but j-ou know wo caonot, if you do uot heed our warnings. Jtfato had boon warned oi tho many Bnares that are laid in tho wav nf mi. suspecting boys, but his self confidence needed a litllo pruning, ilo bad been to Boston a fow timor with his father, who always left him by himself, in some way, to teach him sftlf roliauco. The lust timo that Nate was in town, his purchased a iuit ol clothes for him. und sent him home by ancarlior train than he took bimBelf. The boy went safely homo, but left tho package of clothcs in the cars to make a longor journey; and. Iboy wore obtained for Borae weeke, and then they wero much soiled. Nate thought of this and waB doubly anxious thai hia ring should prove "all right." Ho dreamed of it thai night, and examined Lis finger, when lie awakonod in the morning. A dark mark the width of the ring encircled bis Anger. "The villain 1'' ho cxclaimcd in a tope of vexation, and then lie called bimBolf hard namos, and, was ovidontlyineucha state of self'-abaBument, Lhat the sport-loving Fred turned 20D80ler. "Never mjnd, Natie, you are not (?>/? i. - * ?.-a 'l-'- l' ?? buv Uiob man V1IUU HUD "UUUgUl Wit. I The great Dr. Franklin, yoa know paid loo dear for bid whiBtle.' Ii may bo a good investment afior all, Natie, for I'll bet jou'll havo your 'eyo peeled'fjr such cbapa hereafter." uMy head lar a football, if 1 don't; bat Frod, what will fatbor say 1?1 dread?" "O, Maud Las made it all ri^ht with Uira. I saw ber closeted witb, with -him laat liight. lio'll only laogh at you!" "I'd sooner bo scolded !" Bat Kato did not havo his profur er.ee, his easy parent had a good laugh at tl^o breakfast table, enquiring "if bis bump of self-esteem didn't need a little whittling <<iown?" Uale Went "burninff rwl " no linln p - T J Nellie paid, bat Maud came to hid relief, by pleasantly .changing the subject. lie threw away "the man's" gold ring, but tbe lesson that it taoght him will never be forgotten ; and.it may be of some use to'you, Utile reader.? Conff. and Recorder* ?-? <?.?? The AmbeicaU Sacks.?-l)r. Collows writes the Liberal Christian, from Florence, as fallow3: "Mr.powers, the sculptor, says the American - fuoe is distinguished from the English by the little diet&nce between the brows find tlifl crw opeaneet-of tbe nostrils, and the thinness tbe vieago. I* is slilj more marked, t think, by * mongiel quality, in vfbich nil nationalities contribute tbeir portion. -The greatest hope of Amefu^to its mixed brood of humanity, *Vn|"what now makes the irregularity of tbe Amerioao face is predestined 16 make the versatility and universality of the American character. -Already, spite, of ft oonti Dental sfcclnaion, Arnica i$ the most cosmo poklao- oooutry of the globe. Phftincifrf or loCel as ma&ne* pr'fcabj y + * ; jht-ji s ~ 14i8 may jw, w?M atijk W A m of i d a a r d w or I tf id ?. - - And Ifaero pe^l^bave votved up in tKa dTornuijj f??sa with : M Oooe.ri Md tm U ?Uwd opoo iu 4*tfe?. " PAIN IN DYING. There are few minds, indeed, upon wliieh the death scene of some dear friend is not "graven ns witb the point of a diamond,'' an indelible picture of Borrow? few hearts that do not throh anew with the old pain as often as those agonizing struggles are recalled. To such it will afford consolation to know that the apparent suffering of death is* only automatic ?that the dying nre unconscious of suffering. Medical science is rapidly accu uiuituiiig ?n array ol evidcnco on the sul jeet, amounting almost to demonstra liou. . . Dr. Raillie fella us tlint liis observation of death beds inclines him to the firin belief that nature intended we should "go out of the world as unconsciously os we came into it?not more than ono person in fi.'ly being conscious of sufl^ring while dying. '4Tlie moment," says Mrs. Jamieson, "in which (he spirit meets death, is probably like that in which it is embraced by sleep. To be conscious of the immediate transition from the waking to the bleeping slate, never I suppose happened to 1> A ' * - xiiy one. auu me Ullacj ot interring intense physical suffering from the struggles of the dying, becomes apparent on n moment's reflection; it is to look for sensibility in the loss of sensibility. Death is ratiier a sleep than a sensation, a suspension of our faculties rather than a conflict with them ; instead of a time of suffering, a time of deepening unconsciousness. Place a dead body under the influence of electricity, and it will bo at or.ce thrown into attitude* far unro expressive of agony thau any ever seeu during the death struggle. This fact shows that the nervous and muscular system may act mechanically when not merely consciousness, but life itself Las departed. The ppileptic sufferer, loo, gives every external evidence of intense suffering, but upon recovery, lias experienced no pain whatever. The same is true in cases of recov ery from drowning, where, after consciousness had ceased, and the body no longer struggled as in death, vitality ha9 been restored. In every imtance, no suffering was experienced, but on the contrary a highly delightful state of sensation. The ouly suffering was connected with tho recovery of consciousness. And the multitude of persons restored to life after those around had fcupposvd them dead, whether from diowning, disease, or capital execution, have testified to bu experience precisely similar, A loiter from the recent biography of Madame Switchine, an eminently intelligent Catholic lady, will be interesting in ibis cooucclion. Ii contains the narrative el ber deadth tcme. "As the day wore on," e?y? the writer, "ber Bufferings^ beca-ue greater. Towards 4 o'clock the suffocation assumed tlie form of acluul convulsion*. Our dear sufforer allowed us (or tbe first time to place berio an arm chair, but presently started up with an agonized face, throwing aside all tbe clotbing, which weighed upon her cliestv and uttering hoarse distresiing rounds which seemed like tbe final struggle." And tb#n with painful vividness, be places before us the haste for tbe priest and pbys cian, tbe administration of uex treme unction," the wild voice of ngony and apparent terror as .she repented after the priest the "0ra -pro nobis." Tbe pic- | lure is terribly painful and distinct of phj'sical suffering, seemingly unrelieved by the consolations of religion. And yet | Madame Swetchine's pure and simple piety united with lier lofty and commanding intellect, had made her one of the must distinguished women - of modern times. IIor disease* was dropsy ; deep incisions were immediately made hy .her physician, but without any beneficiftkfeffeot, until the next day, when she rallied sufficiently to be able Jo converse with her frfonda, and communicated to them an experience,, deeply grateful to all who have witnessed similar sufferings. "Saturday morning she said to roe," writes the author, '*'yesterday la a blank tablet for me, I can recall nothing of those ,twenty-four hours.' A visitor remarked to , her, 'Do you knowtkftt yesterday you reoeived ex treme unction ?' Shottplied very calmly, 41 did not know it; whv? did thev.not tell me sooner ?' She had been entirely unconsQiong of die distressing- occurreoceaof the preceding day, that had to afflicted all who surrounded by." ^ * ? ^ H Hewitts Olods Ilortt.?Daring a recent 1 wit to Augusta, Oa.t we. had (be privilege of spending hw days' at tfejft popular Jlofel^and enjoy ipgtbelnJspi tali ty . it? gentle mjinTy pfoprjetor- ^ It Ujfoijwtljr located, ftpd U kep^ itr tli? imjUrJ style. . -The {troptfefoirU ajpetideman oi gfcpeajaafcc; wt Afmr&t no pains to pfrateOfa J of bM guests. j,#ith well ' /unMg?dfdom?, ? b??fttttfuluUde, attentive Giannistlnj, V* V ? : ' *l - PARENTAL INFLUENCE. There are fomo parents who have no' special views for the fuluro of their children, or at least none that mould the daily scheme of their own lives and plane. They feed, clothe, nnd educate themj hut i are too much occupied with businets or pleasure to turn their hearts to this at the highest of caithly nitup, to form deliberate pinna as to the habits, companion*, nnd preparation of those children for their place in the world. Others, whoso hearts are ueepiy set \>n their ollspring, have erroneous or injurious aims for them ; some wear cut tlieir lives in accumulating wealth 1 for tlicrr. ; others ppend all their energies in making them agreeable and fashionable, and others sacrifice all to their ambition, and cberihli, by example and precept, above all else, the love of pre eminence. Some parents there are of n d (Feronl stamp, religious, well meatiing, but superficial, whose only desire for their children i?, that they shall become (he subjects of fome sudden spiritual change, and profess a religious life in some visible way. Then they imagine their whole work is done, j Few who will honestly examine their dorirea and niins for their children, will deny that they are in some respects one sided and defective, too often lackir<> that breadth of view, and largeness of soul that weuld take in nil 1 Iin?>?'/! > ntwl #>.???..?' I , vuj/uvillUVQ VI tho young lift) entrusted to their care. True views of parental duly would exalt and elevate our aims and hopes for those shortly lo fM our plnccR, and lead to icnewed efforts of Eelf-denial and diligence to fit theui worthily to occupy the positions that await them, l'arente should dodiie lo see their children, as they growup, exhibit the * marks of n correct and just principle, regulating and developing each portion of their nature, and so governing their bodily, iutellectual, social and religious hnbitr, as to produce tho most perfectly balanced and healthful character. Nor need we eveu too nicely try witli our metaphysical pruning knives to dissect and ascertaio how much is the tff.ict of education and training, or how far tbe strength of a separately rooted vilalitv would enable the young plant to rtand 1 without injury the shock of separation 1 from the parent Glem. The physical, in- 1 tellectunl, and moral natures each br?jtight 1 daily under the developing- and controlling 1 influence of virtuous principles, is what all H should desire and strive for, with respect ' to their children. The beat evidence of J this will not be of the marked or precocious or distinctive kind that many may ! desire. Precocious fruits and flowers are < not the best, and they fall the soonest. < If parents would cultivate in themselves ( the virtues of self-denial, and then exercise t a lender watchfulness, cherishing the buds I of virtue in their children, instead of tear? e ?>? vibui wj/vii iv oco ii mrjr aiu uiivt', or treading tliein under foot in thoughtlessness and indifference, then coufiience ' would he won and the most natural eban- ( nels would be opened fur all the maturity 1 and experience of riper age to flow into ' the young heart and mould the imprest ' hie character. Love is the first key to the child's heart, and it is thus that its tieas- 1 ures are first unlockod by the magic touches of a mother's affection. The haughty, col Jr overbearing parent , will produce the sly and distant child, and he who clo ees the na'ural channels of love and mu- ' tual confidence will have no 'window in heaven opened to supply his deficiencies. ( lint the earnest love, tbe judicious nu- i thority, -ilia elf-sflcrifijing exertion, the 1 virtuous example of tlie true parent, will cause his etiild to regard all his instruc- I tions~witb an affectionate reverence that will make them sink deeply into liis'heart and mould hli life. In fact, the whole prosperity of an ago or a nation will greatly depend oh the welding together of tbe hearts of parents and children, so as to form a channel through which the wisdom, goodness, and deepest experience of the best men and women of all past ages, may descend from generation to generations ^ ' P * \ PoOTl'RTKTg OF TUB GllE AT.-^Pew footprints of the great remain in the sand before the ever flowing tide. Long ago it washed put Homer's. Curiosity follows him in vain; GVoeee and Alia perplex u# with a rival Stratford-upon-Avon. The rank of Aristophanes is onl^. .conjectured front his gift to two j>oor playem in Ath,ena. Tlie nge made no sign when Sbaks. neare. it* noblest son. naued aw&v. Ilia I birth, marriage, authorship, and his fetireir>erit-coiDpo?e hi* brugr?phjr. (>f every country and $ea*onlha complaint is fait , fed uttered Fieeiooa wpftldjbo the jourtial )>j a Flore^Bt.d? Foe of the in-door . "oocopatiopa of Duct*. - Think of beholds , tfcm, MaedriavaW Kvingatong f the tinea of bia political webb; (2*?Uo L . &+ yocy jliW^Vb?.??y aero? [ ttt*dapiia ; <* Taua, witbJPpljJtHne iq hi* ,: ft. N - f} I. Cono?*G*Tja*<tak0^^of t/<4eva^ yean i LITTLE THINGS IN FARMING. The whole success of a farmor hinges upon timoly atleution to little things. This, mainly, mukes the difl'oroi.cc botweon thrift and povorty. Tho philosophy of succoss it expressod in that old adage, "For want of a nail a plioe was lost, for want of a I ouuu u norso was lost, lor want of a horde a man was lost." It is a little thing to keep accounts of pecuniary transactions upon tho farm. A half hour Saturday evening would cnablo most farmers lo know just Low tkoy 9:and with tho world. Yet, wo buspoet, half of tho men who cultivate tuo soil nevor mako an entry in tho book, and for tho want of this the account runs up fearfully at tho Btore and many articles of luxury aro purL'hasud for wliifh iln>? "i ? _ _ - v > vj Ui u UliUV/IU I#" [>:?y at tho end of tho year. DobL %ccun.ulalo9, tho farm is mortgaged, ind finally lost, for tho want of a litllo paper and ink. It is a littlo Lhing to put up a tool in its placo when not it in use, Yet many havo no tool liouae or placo of shelter f jr any im[jlcmect or vehicle. Things arp loft whore lust uSed, tho plow in tho field iho curt ir. tho yard, tho chains in .ho slablo, and harnoss iu tho wood loutjo, tho ax at tho wood-pilo, and. llie rukes in tlio corn-crib. Many do iot oven houso tho expensive itnplouen'.s they havo bought, and roaporn md thrashois are treated liko old plows and harrows. Tho parts made if iron and steel grow rusty, and tho wood decays. A raachino that is ;ood for thirty years with propor ;aro, is used up in fivo by abuse. It s a very little thing to turn a nut when it is looso. Yet for want of lightening tho nut is lost j tho bolt ?omcs out} and tho loaded wagon oroaks down on tho i-oad lo murkot, md.a wl o'o days time for a man and team is lodl* It is a little thing to *eepa horso proporly groomod; yet for tho want of cl.an fetlocks the ikin craks aud tbe hdrso is lame, and ,ho owner looses tho nso of him for nonths or weeks. Ventilation is a itnall affair; yot for tho want of it .he health ot stock in stables suffers severely, and diseaso Bets in. It is a imall affair to provido good use at tho jeginning of tho year; but the whole success of tho season depends upon it It is an oasy thing to deal fairly ivith your neighbors, an! make a iame that is better than "precious )intment." Many cheat on small ocsasionsj do not delivor what thoy soli, and tret a reputation for mean 1083 that stands iu tho way of their iqcccss. - " The Gulp Stream.?There is a *ivor iu tho occan. Id tho nevcrcst Ironthfl it never fail*, and in the nightiest floods it nevor overflows, [ts banks and its bottom aro of cold water, while its current is of warm. Iho Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, ind its mouth isTn the Arctic soa.s. Lt is the Gulf stream. There is in the world no othor bo majestic fljw of wator. Its carront is more rapid than tbe Mississippi or the Amazon, xnd its volume more than a thousand limes.groater.- Its wators, oven far out from the Carolina coast, are of an indigo blue. Tlioy are so distinctly marked that the line of junctiou witb the common son-water may be traced by tbe eye." Often one-half of tho vessel maybe pereeivod floating in tbe Gulf Stream water while tbe other half is in the common water of the sea, so sharp is tbe line and the want of aflioity between theso waters; and sucb, too, tho rc^uctance (so to speak) on the part of those of tho Gult Stream to mingle with the common water of tbe sda. In additi m to thia <1 .1 ? - / - mi? bucio id ituuiuur pcuuuar iaub. iuo firtbormon on the coast of Norway ,fere Supplied witb wood from the tropics by the Golf Stream. Thick of the Arotio fi&Uermen burning?upon their hearths the palms of Ilaytl, the mahogany of II 'tdaras, *nd the preoious woods of the Amaaon and the Orinoco I - i . American I3xb|.b Sooibtt.?The stated meeting of (he Bo?rd .of Managers was held, at the Bible House, Astor Place, on Thursday, the 2J inst, at half-past three o'clock P. M. The toUl number of books granted was, seven thousand two hundred end sixty-fix. Tbey weft in various languages, *s. EoglUli, Spanish Portages*, yft}?h, Hawaiian, eto^ deluding ?! ?*? volumes Cor the bliad,,be?i4*i Jr-*(A r?*-?: .1? ^ l'4i X IC&9DI i $c?7 ?*. ^Wl?^ ^rb?Vu jUc^j . tfc Sottfh M> gwlJbi '4feft<$9 j|y gfMMt,. j{w? 4h? bf .%-J, ' 'fffi ; ' " V' *; * ' .'.' > 'f." THE DEW. If clouds arc necessary to produce rain, suntjhino is an essential to tbo formation of dow. A dewy morning only follows a day whose Bun 1ms well warmed up tho earth. Il is necessary that tho heat should readily radiuto into tho surrounding atmosphere by night. When tho surface of tho earth thus cools down more rapidly than tho incumbent air about it, and when the air, is saturated with moiaturo, then, by tho contact of temperatures, llio air beeodtes unablo to rolair. its moisture, and yields its sprays and vnpors to bo shnpcd by a natural law, the fiamo which rounded tho world out of chaos and orbed tho univcrso; und then what was invisible bccoracs visiblo in drops of settling dew. So, whenovor dow is seen to fall, thero must first havo bton a flowing down of sunshine in tho day, and then a responsive current of warmth uprising in tho night, toward tho region whenco it camo. Tho oarlh rocoivcs nnd 3Tet returns tho heat the heavons gave, and as if to reward such grati tude, Ibc dow deecondu to refresh and gladden its bcsccching and thankful breast. So, when people's hearts are hard. and dry, and desolato, it may bo because tboy lack rcsponsi vonosa to heaven's gifts?for want of gratitude for tho light and privilego which have shono upon them all thoir days.? Teachers, if they woold boo their classes bright and happy, and parents, if they would havo glowing summer in their homes, and havo young hearts themsolves, should bo open-aouled and thankful, and tca*;k tho children how to bo gratoful for daily blessings.? Then would sun-warmth from tho bettor world be taken in through the c n * ? guuzu oi lorra, ana tasic, and habit, and fashion ; then, because each heart would be flower instead of flint, grass instead of granite, - fruit instead of fossil; then would the poarly' dew drops of glory glitter all over a school and all through a fiuiily, like an immortal morning.?I2ev< A. Clark. m m HOW LONG WE MIGHT LIVE Professor Faraday adopts Flourin's physiological theory that tho natural age of a man is one liundrod years. Tho duration of the life ho boliovcs to bo mcasurod by the time of growth. Wbon once tho bones and eipbysiB are uniLod tho hnrl vr n-* ?J fc>- Mwrmw, and at twenty years, this union i* effected in man. Id tho camel it takes pluco at eight; in tho horso at five; in tho rabbit at ono. Tho natural termination of lifo is fivo removes from thirBo several points. Man, boing twenty years in growing, lives five times twenty years, that is, ono hundred ; the camel is eight years io growing, and lives five times eight years) that is to say forty yoars f the horso is fivo years in growing, and be lives twonty-fivo yoars ; and so with other animals. Tho man who does nol.dio of sickness lives everywhere from eighty to one hundred years.? Providonco has given to man a contury of life, but he does not attain to it benmiSfi hfi inhnN.R rilannao ?ol? wholesomo food, gives license to pas6ii>r>s( and permits vexitions, to disturb bis bealtby equipoise. He docs not die; bo kills himself. Tbe learned professor also divides lifo into equal halves, growth and decline, and halves into infancy, youth, virility, and age. Infanoy extends to the twentieth year; youth to tbe fiftieth, bocaueo it is during this pojriod the tissues bccome firm; virility from fifty to 'seventy-five, daring which the orgam'Bm remains complete, and at seventy-five old age commences, to lost a longer or shorter time, as^the-diminuLinn of MMrtAtl fnrnam is hastened or retarded. I\lESBTTERV Of PHILADELPHIA. The Presbytery of Philadelphia voted last Monday unanimously agaihst tba Basis of Union seat down from the General Assembly. The meeting was no unusually full one for the senvon, more than thirty mem\ bere having been prt^nt. Thn entire r unanimity in the disapproval of the Teiibi of Union resutU- from' the desire to secure .*ueh a change 1r the First Article as will 1 make the tWesrioB of Faith the soU I jUoU-tnal standard inthe" UuUath Church, ? The remaining parts of the Terms o ' Union itbold* have teen accepted by i > Urge ro?>>rity Of Presbytery, antt ,lb< strong feeling'in the Pre*byt?*/ is in fatnr rif 'nnutli 4# llii'AliWntra ! lltA wVmA wa* suggMtpf ~bf ht&yuti ' oen b*"??eur?d.? GOOD FARMING, "Farming is a poor business." Yef?, poor farming is a vorv poor basiue*?; Kill. *+f\r\A ' " * * vwv ^vuu ?ni uiliig IO MB gUOU U DHB1ness, at present prices, as I want, and wilhal as pleasant. A good farmor raises sixty bushel of corn por aero, instead of thirty bnshels. lie doubles tho crop and realises Cvo timos the profit. His land is [cleaner, and ho hus twice tho amount of fodder to ioed out, and makes twico tho amount of manure, and this doubles his future crops and quadruples his profit. His land is getting ricbor and richer, while in the othor case it will be likely to got poorer and pooror; ditto tho farmer, and alas! ulasl ditto his family. un.if * - - ^.uu nuui ib u man to 00 who is poor and has poor laud ?" If he has good health, id industrious, economical and ib possessod of a fair share of good common sonse, ho need have no doubt as to his boing able to renovate bis farm aud improve his own fortune. Faith in good farming is the first requisite. If this is weak, it will bo strengthened by exorcise. If you have no faith, act as though you had Work bard but do not be a drudge a r t - a iow nours' vigorous labor will accomplish a great doal, and encourage you to continue effoit. Bo prompt, pystematic, cheerful, and enthusiastic. Go to bod oarly ncd get up when you wake. 13ut take Bleep enough. A man had bettor bo in bod than at the taveru or grocery. Let not friends, cvon, keep you up late; "manners is manners, but still 'elth'a your cllb." "Bat what has to do with good farming ?" Moro than chemistry and all the science of tho schools. Agriculture is an art and must be flillntrpH oa o ?: ? * ? _u uuvu. uuiouvd wru D6ip? help enormously?but it will never onable us to diapenso with indoetry. Chemistry throws great light on too art of cooking, but n farmer's "wife will roaet a Turkey better than Leib g.?American Agriculturist. < ? ? ? The British and Foreign ^Bibie Society have an agent in Mexico, Mr. J. W. Butler The following it a summary of his labor iu distributing the Holy Scriptures ip that country: "The circulation in 3800 amounted to about 14,000 Qopies of Bibl?st Testaments and portions. In 1867, on account of the civil struggle in the country, when the depot was closed for some months, and business in the city entirely uspended, less thsn 4,000 copies were disposed of. The circulation this year w;n ^ - ? ... .|>iuuBuijr cauetju mac or 1S0U. The cost of such a work ia hfeavy, and quite exceptional, compared with other countries. Not only bare the books to be transported from Vera Cruz to the Capital, a distance of 280 miles, but generally' to other part* of the eountry. ^ ^ i pREsnYTERiAN.?The Ctnlral Prttby? terian says:?"The Central Presbyterian church, St. Louis, Missouri, lately under the pastoral care of tho Rer. S. J. P. Anderson, held a meeting of the session and members on the 17th of Jupe, moderated by the Rev. J. H. Brookes, at wbioh time a unanimous call was made out for the Rev. M. D. Doge, X>, D, of thU city, offering him a salarjf of $5000?- A* Dr. Iloge has' at 'present invitations to two otuer point?, equally important and prominent, it is impossible'to predict his decision, urgent and providential aa the dill to St. Louis teems to be." Tns IIoney-Guioe.?Among (liebird of Africa, there is one called the uHoneyGuide" which Dr. Livingston* saya seems almost designed as a type tit lh* Christian missionary. The "heney gilide" is an extraordinary bird; lio* I# >i that eviry member of its family has learned that all men, whether white or black, are fond o honsy ? The instant the, little fellow ge^s a gliropte of a man, he fastens Tio great b'im with the hearty invitation to come, as M. Cta translated if, to a bee's hive, and take some honey, lie flies on inUre . proper direction, perches on a tree* and looks back to see if yoo are following then on to another a&d another, until he guides rou to the spot If you do not aocept hia first invitation, he follows yon with preMing.lmportumities, qoite as aox? r tone to lure the stranger to the heea* hive j as other bihJs are to draw blna away from i ib*[rowu nestf. .Exoepi when on the I march, our roan q&f-i*ur# to aocept the i in?itatioo, and manifested the oama fcjf a . ptetriiar i*spo?ai#irM?t!e, meaning, ?a t ^ *** iw w V Wr<U *?er 4?oei?ed tlie? i Wi a{way?jCotd?i yrtra to a hhra of haea. It#*. A. ? "* ~*Lt v "% . - ?