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Iv came into Ohio fltofV S^isfcern, Massachusetts, on one ?C.ShA boats. Every One, of CQqtse, practised soapI feared thoy would, think little of the person wh<? could pot do what they had always <ione,and so w^s unwilling to eslfi questions, unci thus exposo ray ijjnprance.; My hraband snid it was pity that though 1- had ? studied chenjjetfy and he ha# been through college he qpuld not make soap, I knew, bow,ever, :that: bookiug and cooking were two: things; so I sent for infprmatioa to ?ome.of my aunts .? tL.H> A ?T ? ?i/ luo jwiav, wuu jl *new maue soap, and waa kindly, inferred back to my neighbors,. % wanted a rale, bat I could not get One. I got hints, blundered, sometimes had "lack," and sometime .net, an til I had experience enough to make a rule for myself. The feet is, there is a great deal of good soap made, and uniformly too, for wh|oh the m&Mre have a rule, but do not know-it. They barn the Bame kind pf wood, kiU the same number of hogs, and make the soap in the same kettle* year. after year, and it pom pa nn t riakt T at??t l ?- * _ ..QMM * Dva&v vuo iJfv IAJ boiling, and then while i>oUing, if, the lye is not strong enoagh to oat tho fbath^r of a quill, boil it down until it iV' When it will just, eat the feather, let the kettle he a little more than onethird Aill of Jye, and put in grease, skins of the hogs, bacon rinds, meat ( fryinga and the like, until the kettle is about two-thirds f\ill. The kettle md8t not be fall, Eariwith the least bit too muen nre, over the soap goes. It is bettor to pat in a littl6 less than the necessary amountof grease. Lye and grease combine in certain proportions, but pass the limit* and no amount of boiling trill itake- up an excess of grease. It will remain on top, hot or cold, and will be very troublesome; whereas a little too much lye will sink to the bottom when the soap ... - cuuieu. u me proporttons are good, a little fire only is required to keep il boiling, and in a few hoars it if? done. Then take a backet of weak lye and let it boil up with the Boap once. This will not distort) the - already made soap, but will wasiTthe' dirt oat that was in the grease, a?d with it settle to the bottom. When the soap is 00k} it can^fee 'dot in cakes. ' Exposure tothe a!r will soften it down until it is of abont the consistency of ran?h, f^andr little darker, growing fairer and. fairqr. :.i Some, instead of putting in lye to wash- the dirt out Of tfcfe ftoap/putiri Salt and neater. The soap thus mad? ia whiter, butia apt to tab. It mqke* excellent ball soap for washing dirty bands. I take some , - ? - .LXiLA -1 " ? hu?, viaim pari, 01 inai whieh-isleft in the bottom of the apap ke^lei and enough to h*lf 411 ope of thejattlesor more, setting it in some convenient place-out doors. I put a stick of wood 6rf the north ejdo of the top of the fettle, lay on some bjp?r^ making ? rroof which is easUy na&*ge<L to shed rain, and lay whatever is gathered in the fbpjljf tfropgldh*. A: When, ever the sun ahioea, I remove the cofer and Vjtir th^lye. T fafcilitate the btffclfvess'a Jittltf ill this way, and I bfTft>7 <# <*<*??* soap, and no troaHt^tfe: soap-fet in hofvreatker. via i: 1^1 .life/.-) Mir.;.: ' ' .;. Strip Vein Coat 11 lat ^ l!itifii3^TI^ ^ -. * vi, x u'*'" S0RQHU* SUGAE. >* ,<?: irrf / !. . v i"Wo have received from Mr. Win. P. Beasley, of Gretfnsbdro, N. C., through Major James Sloan, of the same placo, tM specimen of sugar made from sorghum, and along with it a pamphlet relating to th6 process of manufacture a&d its cost. The sugar is a very fine ample and good enough for anybody, being equal in color, brightness and sweetness to the best refined "A" sugar. Mr. Bcftsley says : " Of tho certainty of this process, none neod have any doubts, for it has undergone the most thorough investigation and surmounted the most skeptical doubts." He reooramends the use of new seed of the " Black Imphee"?that in common use being mostly impure?and says an acre will yield five hundred pounds sugar, fifty gallons syrup aud twenty-five bushels seed. At half these figures, it would be a very profitable crop. The sugar made by this process costs from five to eight cents per pound, and syrup from j twenty-five to thirty ccnts per gallon. t The neccBsary machinery is plain , and simple, and can bo made at any j foundry. It consists of < Two-horse mill, cost - - - - $100 i Three evaporators - - - - 80 \ Bricks for furnaces ----- 30 ] Skimmers, &c. - -- -- -- - 30 1 $260 ] This machinery is sufficient for i forty acres of cane, and will last ten j years. New soed can bo obtained from James Sloan & Sons, Greens- j boro', at twenty-five cents a pound? t four pounds necessary to plant an acre. 1 \Vm. P. Beasley is sole agent for Bale t of rights in North Carolina, Captain i Thomas S. Preston, of Lynchburg, a Buiu uguut ior Virginia. ' L This process, if it be as represented, ^ and we bopo it is, will produce a vast * effect upon the well-being of the c Southern States. "We do not know I the amount of money expended in c Virginia annually in Bugar and * molasses, but we suppose it docs not c fall short of two millions of dollars, probably it excecds three millions. c This money all leaves the country, c and is a total loss. By producing our 1 own sugar, it would bo saved, and we 1 incline to tko opinion that the labor * neoesaary for this production would not greatly interfere with or materially diminish our present staples.? Richmond Whig. Tms Kiss in tiie Tunnklt.,?Horace Yernet, the eminent French artist, was returning from Versailles to Paris, when there happened to be in the same carriage with him two English spiDBtcr ladies. Verv prudish and . prim, and of a certain age. Yernet's } appearance was striking, and the la- , dies, after scanning him attentively ( whenever they thought he was look- | ing the other way, began to comma- ^ nicate to one another their observa- j tions apon htm in a rather load whispor, thinking, apparently, that as they" spoke in their own language they Were at liberty to make what comirfenis they''pleased. The veter- < an p'aitrtfefr Was immensly amused, but 1 waB loo radch a man of the World to i manifest the' slightest consciousness i of what was goW on. It was notions 1 t ^ . * ?" r ? ? before the train b ad to pass through l a tunnel. J Vernet, fteisfng the 'oppor- 1 tunity, leaned forward, bo asr to be i within hearing 6r iiia neighbours, and aspired a smacking salute to the back' of his hand. On enierging from the , temporary obscurity, his face had assumed a mischievous expression, Which) as he intended, was soon inter- j preted By each lfcHy to the prejudice of the other?each charging tlie other with having received fVom l?he raonstachioed stranger the mysterious kiss In the dark. Arrived at the terminus, aft all were aligh(ning, Vernet offered his han^ to ,help his fellow-travellers out of thei carriage, and then I jjfitji % .took leave ofi ! them,' saying as he retired, to their Igoaf English, <4 Adieu, ladies: I-suppose I shall nevW.Jyw&ofk&i B?^?f?5ti0tt of knowing to fwhich qt I .indebted for the nnefcpacted but .valued favour I ... jUfjtyjff tlwiw ii| aotfung *?nal mm ?*. w hwdhxt p7 <^i!d?B, or any ?th?r PATCH, Id tba gloaming*, When my darlings, In (hair dainty robea af white, Bj tho mother' kare hate murmured, "Je#u? keep ua through the night." To their little crib white em tamed, Where the upper ehadowe fall, Nestled in my arms, I take them Torough the loDgunlighted hall. Q-:A 1- :i * ? unlit, iu nijrisn wkom, roUDOai CIom the deepening shades of night, "Dark I" my blue-eyed Bertie whispers, Half in awe, and half in fr.'ght. "Datk !" the baby brother eohoee. With a bush upon his glse; Then my Bertie, nestling nearer, V hispers softly, "Papa see!" Blessed, blessed faith of ohildhood I _ Father Or?nt this faith to ma; Dark the shadows round me gather, But! kuOw that Thou dost see. It Don't Pay to Advertise. Don't it? The man who says it don't lay to advertiso ie, ju3t as likely 48 not, doing it in some way, ill the time. If tho morcliant hangs i few of his goods outside of tho ioor?ho is advertising. If tho cabnot maker hangs a chair or othor ar.iolo of Furniture at his shop door, be is advertising. If a man loses a iorse or a cow and tells every one le meets, he is advertising his oss. The Doctor who has a boy to 'un into Church and call him out is Advertising. A man cannot do business without advertising, and the question should it- 1 - - " iv, me uuav way 10 aavoiuse. ll you mvo a lot of personal property to (ell, which is best; to write oat a few lotices that not one in iii filly will itop to read, or go UMhe printer and rnve a lot of well displayed posters? .f you are in business of any kiud, is t not better to keep a regular stunting advertisement in your home pa)er, that will slaro voiir friends and mslomers in tho face every week, ather than trust to the old fogy idea >f?<;Ob, they all know me ?" But says Mr. Saveall, advertising :osts money. Very true, and as does (very thing elso; and it is a good hing that advertising does cost somehing. If it dos not, every little vorthlcss concern would stand as ;ood a chance for being known as ,he very best and most useful. If rou want tho people to know that you iave anything to sell, advertise it infour home paper first, then in your icighboring papers. The man who las a reputable business, and spends .he most in a liberal system of advertising is the one who makes the most noney. This is a truth well verified >y tho experience of those who have ,ried it. A wa^on may be made to tin without gioasing, but it is hard work; eo a man may manage to scratch along without advertising, but he will bo very apt to. see his advertising neighbor going ahead of him it a 2.40 gait?Independent, Qruyville IlL Trouble with Cabbages.?The cabbage plant has many enemies; those which are particularly annoying in the early stages of its existence ate the small white maggot, at the root of the seedling, and fche cut-warm, after the plant has. bocn Bet out. Several small flics of the genus Anthomyia infest the redwh, turnip apd other plants of the same family, as well as the cabbage. The troublosome "maggots" which iufest the roots of these plants are the larve of these insects. A'hey sometimes Attack a aeed bed of cabbages in soch numbers as to render all the plants wortblcss. We have already given the proposed remedies, such as dusting with lime, ashes, ete. The latest suggestion we have soen is to grow the seedling plants in boxep, elevated six qr eight feet above the ground. It is said that this plae^s the plants above the reach of the parent insect. The ppt-worm?-jvbich incTudcs the grubs of eovcral distinct, insects?is often destrnotive in the garden or field. Tt works in the night, striptrfoff off! the le&vou ttr' miL i tin gib? etenis^&qaare across, Kfod re-' Urm to f it* hole during *be d*y. Hunting the grab, digging it oat, and killing, b*y? been tbo only, sure reme* dies. Wbitej Shisbis 'VGnrdepingXor tbe Soatb,". atate? .tbAt Aa old negro would, *, attack phages. that wero WTO ,(? tn>n?l>V ?^MrtPyww.i. IMfc if?rfc>i2j???L -* ?J I-I'V. >?, ; t,.2 I Tbo List Dollar. , He gave it to bis wife with ft sigh, yet with a look of resignation. "It is our last dollar," be said. "But the Lord will provide." The Rev. James Spring was minister in the little mountain village of Thorrville. He was poor, and his congregation poorer. Often beforeI ho had been verv near hi* Hniio* but ho had never got oat until to-day. "So you've been alway$?feiying," sobbed his wife; "but whafeijc to become of us when this is goq&f^Thcy won't trust us any more at t&e. store, and your salary won't ba*ii?e- for threo weeks, even if you got then. Why do you stay here, when the people are so poor." "I have no other place to go to; nor money to travel to it, if the Lord opened the way. My work for the present is hero. lie feedeth the young ravens j Ho will surely feed us." "I wish I had your faith, but I havon't. and it won't. r>nmr? tr\ mn Oh I what shall we dot" and she wrung her hands despairingly. "My poor children." <; - . "Once I was young, and now I am old," solemnly said her husband, speaking in the words of the Fsalmtot, "yet never have I seen the rjgKteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread." As if in answer to this pious ejaculation, there came a sudden knock at the door. All the while the minister and his wife had been talking, a storm had been raging outside. On opening the door, a traveller quite wet through ontcred. "I was coming through tho forost from Maryville," ho said, "and ventured to stop at the first house I saw. My horse is in the shed. Do I take too great a liberty ?" "Not at all," answered tho master or the noufto. "Wc have but a poor shelter, as you see; there is a good fire at any rate." For it was in the kitchen where this conversation took place. Indeed this humble house boasted no parlor, and the kitchen was dining-room, drawing room, living room and all. The stranger proved to be a man of education and intelligence, and in conversation with him, the minister forgot ftifl tfoilbie, and was rrnrinded of his earlier and brighter days, when intellectual compaui<>nship had not been the rare thing it was now, among these hills. At last the storm abated, and the stranger arose to go. His host aecompanicd him to the gate, and watched him until he disappeared behind a turn of the road. "See hero James," said his wife, ea>gerly, when he returned to the house?"I found thfe on the table near where the gentleman sat." It was a fifty dollar greenback, wrapped hastily in a bit of paper, that looked as if it bad been torn irora a pocKet-oooK, ana on tbo inside of the paper was written tho verse of the Psalmist, which waa now apparent the traveller had ove r heard. MI thought he was writing the directions he asked for," said the minister.?He means it for ns. Thanks be to the Ix>rd 1 Did I not say, my dear, ho would provide?" His wife burst into teal's. "God forgive mel" she said. "I will never doubt Again. The Lord surely sont this stranger to our aid." I "And he will still provide,*' replied her husband. "Whatevor my lot may be, her? or elsewhere, in Him I trust." A month after, a letter, a rare event came to the "Rev. James Spring." It was as follows: "Tlev. and dear Sir? The ohuroh at Maryville has unanimnnitv /*?!!?< .t* J w ?ur J'UOVUI atu, The salary is fifteen hundred dollars and a good parsonage boose." The letter concluded by- saying r' "The writer of this first came to know yon by yoar liOBpilality to him during a storm; a' few Cecils - ago. - He overi beaddyonj in a zaomeht Iti great disI+retti iipoak-wlth attth fbll fatfefci,-. that h v.? . I uo'iueia you oro gilflD 'MjopcrtonfrV tbfc> okorgs. and ouhis^ roboB&mefndai tion thUeoll hasib^onmade." 1 Maryrill? wai tha ccaMy tbvrn, * rich and ihftviog pfoss >& Kr tor6ad and*lertfl? *alksy, It ttifT fdo* the *fc was a far fitter ?pher8 of labdr fbr1 man ofthteirtMslfc'*' aWHtfes; than ty* ftdvflrag^Mb* njotfjitjita* |= ] - Boil' yoftng faflMt'ca' jrotr 'Wttifl S amoug the hilts, and the ReV. Jatwefc Sprlftg ; qjlla^W jNgy<Kwg fr&fr r.l K'-ilAi^'^r.-^-ft.'-.1% ?*. - ?-< *}.. . Be Blow to Accuse, v > f. k "Mother, I can't find my seventeen cents anywhere," said Arthur, coming into bis mother's room with quite an anxious face. "I put it right' here iu my pocket book, and that into my overcoat pocket. It has been hanging up in the hall all day, and I do believe that new girl has taken it out. Sho saw me have it last night and put it away. "Look in your other pockets, Arthur. A little boy who is so apt to forget things must not be too positive that he put his money in his pocket book. And never accuse any person of stealing without a shadow of evidence. That is very sinful as well as very unkind. What if Susan should lose her monev and awnun mil of stealing it? Would you feel very pleasant about it? Remember the golden rule." "Bot mother, she looked guilty when I said I had lost it, and that I knew some ono had taken it out of my pocket." "Very likely she did look confused on hearing you make such an unkind speeoh. She knew very well there was no ono in the house you could suspcct of taking it but herself. You might as well have said bo in plain words. An innoccnt person is more apt to look guilty, when accused of a crime, than one who is hardened in wrong doing. The latter usually have ft i'aco made up to suit any occasion. A gentleman once said that the most guilty looking person ho evor saw, waa a man arrested for stealing a horse, which afterwards proved to be his own." "But what has becomo of my money, mother ? It is gone, that is certain." "I believe you lost a fine top once, that it WP8 supposed a little neighbor had stolen," said his mother with a smile. "But I can't have left this down in the grapevine arbor this winter weather." "But there are plenty of other losing places about. Did you have on that jacket last evening?" "No. mother T T tind nr> mtr gray one, but tbenl know I put it into ray pocket book." "IM'tiay yoti know, dear, fbr it may be an untruth. Please bring me your gray jacket." Artbur walked slowly up to his room, but he walked back slowly still, and looked very foolish when he came into his mother's room again. Mother comprehended it all at a glanco, and smiled as she Baid,? "I wonder who looks guilty this time!" "Ob, mother, I am sorry, but I did not mean to accuse Susan so wrongly. I remember now just as plainly as can be, wrapping up those three five cent pieces, and two pennies in tbat bit of paper, and putting it into my jacket pock )t." "It is a very serious thing, Arthur, to make such charges as you . did a few moments ago against an innocent person. What if you had moutioncd it among' your school-mates ? It would not be long before it would be told all about?'Susan at Mr. Reynold's Btcals. I wonder they keep her.' If she ever wished to get another place it might be a very difficult master. Though you contradict the story afterwards, it would never undo the mischcif. Many will ippeat an injurious story, who viil never take the | trouble to corrcot it. I will pray for j you, dear boy, that yon may loarn to i oorvoct tliid sinful habit; and. L hope you will with me. You never will improve a bad bobit until you piay over it. Bun now and tell fciuaati.you havo found your money; and .try tp I make tome amqjiu^fbr yoa injustice, by being move than, usually thoughtful and obliging.'' v, ? > | 1 -? TTn? -O ^V ? ? 4'WTT U*VU*V 1UC? V4 mO CA' tent of California. ?,'. The Htato fa seven hppdfttd aiile? long, by ubotft two hundred widest $an> Francisco and SoorameAto together have a- population of about 170,000, leaving about 300,090, population 'fcn* ibit Orea Af country?large as all Jiw JBogI?od fod N^.jX'ork ^nndt >Pen3i?j?toA WMWrtRfpvn|8* I?go*nonfclt and ricU enougb feo imstdin r. popnl*ik#/Of 30,0<w,00p? It would make i large **4 Hurpi>?*o2 Kingdom. .'vTW %>V> wiU fcav**ia?8a,?H> (I*r**U cf whp^. t'j^pwcflr' -wfciekfwiii> taring In iw^OQOiOOfc Q%i wool-cttp.f* fcelbi*. JPb**inM?? &to*$mu cvergtihoroUi . -1 ( A dentist in Ylonna recently tippiled Madame d* B., a lady wfell i known in fashionable oirclos, with! a t splendid set of fylse? teeth, worth \ about two hundred, doll?**- ?n<i ? -TV ? ??? ??- I ? ' ed with exceeding patience for pay. t meat. Finding that the lady "made 3 no sign," he appliod after three 1 months had elapsed from the date of 1 | delivery, by letter, for the discharge 2 of his claim. No answer came. A c fortnight later he wrote again, In t somewhat stronger language, hot re* t ceived as little notice of his second as ] of his first application. Determined t to have his money, and to be even 1 with Madame de B. for her discouric- r sy, he inserted in a small suburban pa- t per the following advisement: "A j magnificent set of self-adjusting en- j amelled teeth to be sold dirt-cheap. C They are daily on view in the month t of Madame de B., (full name) Stadt, t So and So-street, No. ?Then ho ii cut out the slip and enclosed it to the v fair defaulter in an envelope. Two I hours after his bill was paid, and fl Madame de B. hoped, as the paper in u which the advertisement appeared was an insignificant one, that she had beard the last of her bargain; but the leading journals of Vienna have F got hold of the story, and no teeth v have made such a sensation since v Cadmus' famous crop t While visiting a tobacco warehouse e in Baltimore on Thursday last, Grant e and Farragut were weighed, and it t was found that the former weighed I one hundred and fifty-fivo pounds and t the lattter one hundred and fifty-one. if The Admiral consoled himself for his fi inferiority by accusing the President t elect of having "hummerized four 1< pounds of tobacco to make up his g weight." o , m , B South Carolina Negroes.?Mr. * Thurlow "Weed has been spending the 1 winter at Aiken, S. C., whero he owns some property, we believe. Ui3 pa por, the "Hew York Commercial," e publishes the following: r Of the population of South Caro- ^ lina, 400,000 are colored and 300,000 ? white. The ratio is changing last. Emigration helps and so does tho death rate. A "Times" correspon- ^ dent says that the mortuary reports in Charleston for the year 1868 ex 11 bHnt the fact that oat of a popula- " tion of about 40,000 in tho city? about half white and half black? ^ 23 there have died 1,208persons; of those 818 were colorod, and 380 white. That is, more than two nogroes to one white died last year in Charles- c ton. llore exactly it is, one negro in c every twenty-four dios annually; a while in the same time only one in <j every fifty-one white dies* f . The vote of tho Slate is about one t in seven ; that is, about 100,000 votes ' in rJl. Of these 60,000 are negroes, * and 40,000 whites?the majority of i negroes being 20,000. The black race ? is crowding toward the coast, leaving I the upper and middle country. This ! gives the mountain Counties ah*eady a majority- of whito votes; and this ]? mutuuiy must increase ?on that aide |1 of the State. At the next electionsI ' in 1870, it ia vety probable that tko?I whites will hay? a lnajoriiy in the,s I State Senate, which consists of one from each County. t The chronic complaint Of tli? .City J( of Cincinnati has boon that it had no ; . close connection with the southern { system of railroads. Until lately, j fall one-half its tirade was with'the j i* ?- ?? - ? UVUWJ, jrou lb IY11B UCptlllUUUV IU1' will- j lnonioatioQ solely upon the ritfcr, and ( upon duo or two imperfect. railroad , ] routes winch led throagh ite rival, Loti!iavllle.' Scores' of effort? have bccn iharie to'rofeo flatfnifcy Jftbr bbilding a' dlrect road fVom Cincionatti 1 to Knoxville, but they have Always ' fallen:' 4fcVotf&tt? "A't" last the Ohio Legislature has" come to the. rescue,!' find granted CI net n nati' authority . U> j' nii'^ bj loan or otherwise, ^e'n mU- i1 Hdfla? of ^dollars for tbU parpoa^j This 'V1 cqaiValout, to eccdniig ; iij? I ^obslrrifctiotjy of wiliv1 fomfc of we ."fA'ost romoto paii? of I Kentucky >6d Bfofc Tenive^oQ; wul i, oontr&ot i^o WU'QIO ??{$* A W i*Urott<fr''wltli tfco W^t?rfl., ?P<lvJ j, tifoM.mm'ji* Qrn itfgbtl/MUd, ttftfce /at? nwetitig^ rowly setoff W thaioHim^ ifolrtg* in a oopnot xli^Owte amq r.its3E5ss3^s: : AAsfoatf tat*^TTr^TTMlrFi>li>Mi ^ Tfi l - , r " ri ' " The Constituent Cortes of Spain* F< ifter rejecting several amendments to ,hoee articles of the new Constitution vhich establishes religious toleration, m Thursday adopted the article guar- ai mteeing liberty of worship by 164 p] res* against 40 nays. As the adhe- tc ents of the two branches of the Joorbons together nnmher nnltr SO members, so ne 20 members of the J* >ther parties, chiefly, we suppose, of be Liberal Union, have in this ques- ^ ion separated from the union of all the jiberal parties, and voted for the con- 01 inuance of the former intolerance. v< die articles of the new Constitution C eferring to tho Church question are id wo?-Articles 20 and 21. The former oi irovidcs that the Spanish nation >lcdgcs itself to maintain the Roman Catholic religion ; tho latter guaranees the public or private exnrcise of ^j( heir religion to ail foreign residents m Spain, as well as to such Spaniards fho may prefer another than tho ^ toman Catholic religion. The voto nentioned in the cable dispatch refers ni ndoubtedly to article 21. n< ill er A Tbibute to Woman.?r rom the di >iety, gentleness und forbearance of at ?omen, spring most of the nobler ar irtues that adorn society, and from c] lie tenderness and compassion stamp- ^ d in their hearts, arise the greatest ^ lumber of those benevolent deeds w hat form the chief blessings of life. 0ii ''rom these divine virtues spring the ender nurse in Bickness ; the " minstering angel!" in affliction ; the riend of the suffering poor ; the proectress of the helpletis orphan. Ohl bt the human heart expand with ;ratUnde to the Supr6me Giver of all fa 11 r good, that such balms to earthly at orrows are given in the endearing ra ies of wife, mother, sister and daugli- at er. le Raising Potatoes.?A correspond pj nt gives the following as his plan for aising potatoes: Plow your ground leeply, harrow down smooth, mark ut three feot apart, drill or plant in . tills as you like, cover shallow with lE lirt, on top of which place straw (if 08 tartly rotted all the better) ten or w welvo inches thick. You have now Ol lothing to do in the potato patch mtil diggiug time, when yon raise ho straw and take out the potatoes, rc vhich will be found in large yield, si ind nice and clean. is tl The Boston authorities havo purbased hundreds of .iron B ontemplating the more' modern hou- hi ing of the birds in the parks of that ti lity. The nests are in a variety of tL orras, and are so corwtructed,tbat the tl >irds can hfitoU. their young, be pro- v< ectod from the weather, and also be Q] afe from all intruders. They are tl( attached to the limb of a tree by a ^ tcrew, and are vontilatod from the . o] >ottom. . ? . W. W. Corcoran bas donated prop>rty worth ;a million, to Washington ta 3ity, for a free picture smllcrv. Au- Bl - w? ti $ust BplmOnt has authorized tho trustees to choose twelve from his collection of paintings, to be known as the Qeluaont contribution.: " . , ; _ ft _ t| The London, Ohio, "Union" an- w nouncosthc death of Jacob Thomp- Qj jod, near that place, lie was a resdent of the county for fifty yewrs, . ind was never on a railroad ear in his . life, nltlibugh a railway ran through ^ [lis farm; 'Hi* wife has lived almost * w in eight of London for forty years, ind never has been in the pla e. Be- ^ roarkable eases, truly. . -1. ' v*. ' . . ? General Qrant returned, .out of a it unary or f^uuu, perquisites, gilts* fct haaap rents tend what not, tin income, ai af P566 lost year, tje whittles |pi ioTVti his incomo as lie did hit armies, ti making as little us possible out of, t] much. ;.n A IT'S *!' - J ' ^ ... *. . . * JjTfee ?City of Najr York, alone gets |j 9Hy:?eveu millions yearly .from the g -..fA .r~-t~ i ? <- ? \ri.4ow, occupying a largo house v ? JteUionablfl., quarter:pf itondon. n ?ei4t?iy tolkitor,t? iitt|ce o -fill !?? ?-L~ j: ? i pvoyoszk toon After; ,WA8 accepted, t oi a " ft narrow .? f?|? frpmdftfiiht by thft Sdline: of a R J V :; >?. iV I . * raft for Thought selected from our EmhnBgffi, The worst feature I have; noticed mong our . brethren against the rosperity of the- cause is, bo few ike our religious paper, and when >licited to ta&eit^ their plea is averty. Many of these poor famiBs are able to take the New York edger. I never expect to see any lurch thoroughly alive and aealisly at work iu, and soundly conjrted to, the great cause of Bible hristianity, with which we are en tilled until they take and read jr religious papers. . \ T I - 'a. J i t. %. . k jl uuve viaiieu ouuroiiofi witbin a w months where there was a seted pastor, and those members told e they received no visit froipjthe lid pastor for years. I have heard ;hers say they had been sick, for tenths and the spiritual adviser aver made his appearance. What e ye doing, ye who preteud tp be tthassadors for God ? Where -vellest thou ? Are you- staying home, where your ohildren are e cryiug for bread, and your lurch-members starving for the ead ot life, peradventure some of Lein dying, and no one to speak ords of cheer as they leave this irtnly shore ? Can you ever forive yourselves if God will forgive >U? Every day I see more clearly ;tbe nportauce of rao^e earnest work r the salvation of a dyiug world, id lament the little effort, even by misters, made to spread his truth >road and snatch souls from end st) woe. 1 am satisfied that we deduct too much ou what we are eased to call special efforts of a w weeks in the wiuter season, id then let go of the sinner until lother special time arrives, while i the iutervening season many are tiled to pass from time to eternity ith no preparation therefor. It lghtnotsoto be. Every Christian should be a Bible >ader, a Bible-worker, aud a Biblenger. In the first case his religion developed through the head. In ic second through the haud. In le third case through the voice, ut in all cases it requires the whole sart. By the oue process, a (Jhrisan becomes more intelligent; by ic uext process, more useful; by ije last one, more happy and dejut. Happy is that man who not aly studies his Bible and is a doer*' of his Bible, but nlar* mutea odVwordhia "song' in the house f his pilgrimage, Wlienovcr a church so. far iqisikes the end of ita existence as to ippose that its main business is to 3op itsolf warm and comfortable by le enjoyment of its ordinances, it is utain to discover its orrbr sooner or ,ter. Ordinances wilt prove deoeitil cordials to liien who will hot work ie work of God. The warmth hich once they found in the services P the Lord's house, will die out of orwl Ml .L! ivw, Uiiu jiivtwoeuin will BUIVOT, BVCD i the midst of them, as we somemcs skiver before a fire, when we ;ek for that beat without which ould come at once, wore we By vig oua erercise to accelerate the circu,tlon. Many persona err, waiting for abll7 or opportunity of doing great ?ingo?-great good for themselves ltd others, wholly neglecting to imrorc the mean a and the opportnnies they haveu lti wdk inofc ao with io poorwidow -with tho two mites, 'ho for .her deed of eharttymet -with > high an approval from the Ail-sceig Judge. It^waf sot) with the ood ^arnAi-itan thw? was one case u>r, wiW?w JIk rig, not ?o with info/JfiwtiK' jaria, tbcro was One hefw?r~*ad the pportonity should not -be lost of And thaft. dfeOtiWO -who o?u c?l?uI#t^ tl^ 'gobd hat W rontitod and Will t* ?U eter,iiy result from it! 3j?-) f*w JmTH* Gospw.??YOU ?ror ??w*: women *>wln^?wfcl>ont #*3 poor peed, if she oslv.Mwidwi'ilj#*^ r ? . . Jt_-?r. -y- T u IA mm m. i_