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'TftE MftfGRAN plater; I have soared into the fleecy clouds in the balloon, and I have Miscellaneous, > Many former* after haring boflt their bonnes hi a prairie country are more or less troubled with their cellar bottoms moist day la not a alee thing to be stepping shoot on, and moist day la the rale for cellar of Monthly tells bow the bottom may be made secures but we will just here advise thorough drainage of the cellar before paring and groat lag. This may easily be doae where 4 The Display at Treating t If Borne has lost much of its Cue earth and versed the deep' * leries that penetrate the unknown wooden of that hidden land. “I have lately been travding with an explorer, but having desired rest pcttodlealfy attract* to *lt thousand* of people from all parts of the Continent. Holy Weak, without the is couceakd is womb ; been looking about for a patrou lends u quiet life rtit that can pierce the gloom ; lyrtals would the veil wtifeftai ui dim futurijty; il see what suers prophetic saw loly ccstacy! Before 1 went off with this explorer 1 was with a liter ary man, but be can now spare me for a time in order that I may assist a younger student Now, my friend, I have been looking in on you for several days, and I have come to the conclusion that I could he of tome assistance to you, and since you appear quite earnest ia year desire of knowledge, l aui going; to make you an offer, f will choose you as my patrou, anti if you desire it, we will work together for the good of others.” After thin be caqeed, and looked up into my face with a pleasant smile. X was so delighted 1 could hardly answer, but I said, “1 thank you most heartily, little friend, and gladly aooept your kind offer. I can not express to you my gratitude for your help, and I consider it an honor for otic who h «» been the companion of phffo*opl*r* to come Mu piloting your age to "be fifteen years, or thereabout*, 1 can figure you up to a dot. You have 16# bone* and XX) muack*; your blood weigh* 25 pounds; your heart Is five inches in length, and three ia diameter; It boats 70 times par min ute, 4,200 times par hour, 100,*00 times pm d*y, and 34,722^00 times per year. At eaoh beat a little over two ounces of blood IS thrown out of it; and eaoh day it ssssiass and discharge* about seven ton* of that woadarfoi find. Year kings will ooo turn 4 gallon at an. ami you inhale 24,000 gallon* par day. The aggre gate auHbea af the air srtfo of your lungs, supposing them to be spread out, exceeds ffoOUU oqUarr niche*. The weight of your brain is three pounds; when you are a man, it will weigh about eight minors marc. Year nerve* exceed 10,000,000 ia a am her. Your shin is compass* of layers, and varies from cm fourth to ouamghth of aa Inch ia Ithiekoaas. The area of your skin latest dispatches prayer Accept ** *.(( *e *hall s*k ax , .rii *» «"-**•»' Oar Lord’* woi Ofert intended for ■■ «wpte. They e<" Pdpl» <* ^gisd for gulc meat in the wor rt, worker* with <* tubing 'Hhe 8 isyi plying the benefit- m eut to the soul- junction with th** grace, to this end prayer as a might: root) comes opportunely to compen sate the sojourner* in Italy for the lorn of the ceremonial of the Church aft the efose of L»t, the papal pm oee*ion, and the bleating mheetorhi, >n* of the il*y nigJil’s Unix dose. * would sink with louding vin) «U dawn* a uortal Leal ight of sum >\v'» frown ; en faith cohid see instead er Smt^Vlif prewtit gloom thoughts *f coming light, n the shadows of the tomb rentes to aatiihiuo bright. to the biasing mountain, and the gloam of the Tmtthfn is as uothfog in comparison with the darkness of the surrounding iaadaaupu m the interval* of the voftaaaie eauwnl To any that thi* ia |e most spteu- did disnlav Ihui has been witacaard since Kttl, i* something that may could tiie kingdom* of ii idenee. and of gr. by the bumble, < L tourists that cuu poasfbly gat them Sir Wllham Hamilton's dew—tptioa iu sways the *C4-|. the King eternal a I. the Lord of heaw ! This our gracioii i counsels of bis 1 W great thing* for hi 1 made many “pn - I j*ccordanee then •” | contemplate j*ro», I their realisation of by the house « t ? this to do it for thf I bestow men t* ot - ^Aak aud ye sb* I and ye shall tint] I oeptable. prayer i I the way that <i< I As ita great end ii I through Jesus ( ground must l*e forest “111 tell yoa what I will do, thru,” id Manikin. M J will ait here by hi and toll you all the wonderful logs about Mature that I know, (‘vel ever In tfoisun, in only pi uckljoy's flowers height of two thousand feet ▲ mass of rock, Mvtofoen feet thick aud oUe h wired and eight feet in cirtomfereace, was r i nfested to a down and send them that they may ap(>ear in print, and then the chil dren win learn to know me too. I am well acquainted, patron, (for so Manikin call* me), with your goad friend, the editor, and have often sat in his stndy with him. In fact, many a long year have 1 joined with him iu the pursuit of knowledge. he is wt|££jdUbA4tf‘<l and thor oughly informed ; he is a wise man, so be can bettor spare me. To foil you the truth, my presence here, and my offer to you are due in a great measure to him. Yes, often have 1 sat within the curling wreaths of his big pipe, and watched him preparing the copy for bis readers.* Just at this point Manikin paused, and seeing his little eyes blinking, I thought he must be sleepy ns I was; so 1 proposed that we and Aui landing on he dixzy height O future and o ' fame. Tin foml to seetl e humbling sight O our Redeem* r’s shame. Thepf let us feel t mt every thing t fy work for good; r what«'er the future bring, t be a* t should, ly is in lie hand, re we need not know ; «U Oui fortune's heig its our feet may stand Oi ’adverse gak » may blow. Ant Mi o’-the cup that’* overrun May lia/tler be jo hold, Yet «)Yn when skates the it—ding sun Hjs strength will still uphold. All things ours, tfe Scriptnrr* with. mouth of the orator da 1144 tfow Wm- «1H (Tfv» To tferf “in lflfi*, and again ia ISfil, eruption* of great violence changed the whole fa—e of the country aronnd the bane of V* savins. The —option of lfltl oc curred ia the month of I Van—her, and wan Markable for tha fearful detonation* that aero—ponied it, re seniMing the heaviest eiptotioaa of iofoodod to catch thunderbolt*, but lag, wfalofa was imwti wtifa gas e pos in (fee streets, qb being strack lightning convey•& the clnctrfeity MWU foot, cracking mrj joint ia the pipes where the load packing prevented a direct rood actor la Indianapolis, la lflfin. flQO feet of pipe ia the street* had their joint* [>m Mis loveJ not even death. Satan's fieimlish hate. nMe come wV>’H feel that God vex on our sidC; tlio' «re only Heel the rod, ill can — l*4idc. iy» that He i ill never leave, tit he |rill ne n forsake; that bis love to us will cleave “And whatsoever name, that wf1! < “that the Father : the Son* And tl double aeauraiK-o mediate connect i ask anything in do it.* This is" and author!re* t and confident' prompt and gntex not mi auUmitinl what we please, i desires and exp ■<; inseparably oonn.i of Christ—his occupied with —inti—r and —ore dreadful kind of can Doom ir The evhihMIoa ef rleefofo Xgfaf* la the eruption of 1«§) was mdrarrtbabJy briFHant, and that the pnmmt aprr tarle hi even finer than that woatd hr euoogli to inspire tv«w| woht ol, fate oroaa feiagraias With titwdmnrr to get to Maple* without loss of time. partment little soft bed, with peu wipers, gloves, &c., with handkerchief* for sheets, aud a scarf for a coverlet. \V« expect, dear children, soon to have something to interest you, and I will tell you the (dan I will pursue. I will get Manikiu to sit near me aud foil me of what ho has seen, and thus be shall dictate a letter to you, for I have made him promise that he will write directly to you. You mast not get impatient with ns if wo do not wrila vary often, for we are both very busy in other em ployments, and can give you only a part of our hoiks of recreation. We will endeavor, however, to give you a letter every fortnight. As Manikiu has lately been aaioug the rats, I have asked him to give yoa next time a fall account of them. 1 expect there will be so ameh to say about them, it will take more than one letfor, for the rat family * Mr, IMS*, and Ultra arc Mi) ; branches. Perhaps we will take oae branch of the family at a time, ami tell of Manikin’s travels with all So, little friends, be carefut to look well into the paper that (frees tiro treetoi from thit, nod you wifi see juiaU becoming epen. In this city within a few yetis, dating oae m mi there were twenty ares cases • building* *crwck by lightning; aw ,u Visitor in all preceding eruption* been a Children With the hope on have i wived and read it letter tq you, I will now ftMIHF fa twenty, boose* without rods direction of the moaatiuu, carrying the sarred vial that held the eoaga- luted blood of ML Janaanaa. t to reaching the burning tide the bfcnnl miraculously liquified and the pro gvene «f il—ftictiou wa» stayed. / The change of ruler* ia Italy lure wrought a change In the —ode of deahag with rntetHc dawn iilslfare*. 1 Mtmefo* bare had their day ft t* not axartly a caar Uke that drwrfgard ia the aW French epigram : ^ , IV far V r*»v. .likwr • lUew A VWirv mtraclr —» rr Hew ; hut it ia a reliaqu—hmeaf of the' priestly fouynw ta fovor of waftd ly legialtiion. The Italian |forlis merit ha* had its atfontion called to the matter, sad If It can not stop the flow of the la?a, it may at |*a*t, aad let os hope it will, adopt area* ore* looking tn the foture both to prevailing, becai: torious. Pleading plead in vain. A rtfUMe to God th Ckritfg name t ho dex out it may see quent it may soui And no true beh unite knowingly oonneienoe, in a the name of Jesu only Saviour, is such prayer is n< but it is an ofl altomination in hi Ifrayer **in tlx comprehends a he finished work of desire to glorify promotion of his that all may come °f the truth as if we pray, “HuIIom “Thy kingdom <xj the ground ot i prayer, that His ' n both as can < £iory is involved, deny himSelf.” h Plead with all tl . a «»d the gather i Ibe crisis of the l be hearts or moJ for fear; when iu ut the throne' < > * timt it was Ohri J 'HR, Lather’s, si 148 ^bus he pcfiycdl Godl help il wisdom of this should st do thi* bat Thine 48 Thine. • • j d this work. * 1 aoeonipUsIt foreake me not. ''ell beloved Sou defence, my bock uf a budding know, I left off iu my last just where 'Manikin had told to he was, and had offered me ilp. I assnie yon I was, at juito amused at the little fcl- offer to help me, but, I can ra I have Ittand him exceed rk^, aad I |iave do doubt you pj so too When you bnow a oore of him. )r bearing his account of him ly curiosity was all the more 1, and I saki “My wire little , if you want to make me hap t many an bvening, promise e me a full] account of your nd what yoli have been do- Abbeville Brand Irart Cokwhnry for fillitirfife—LfiMfo i highly nitrogeni red rhararfor given * thereto fit* ft for the need* of the ‘ wheat i*fanf A* most, if ant ail (ac * ronflag tn Voefoker.) of the nitrogen , , CoLl HBJA, I N red after M<md*r following Schedule 1 There l* 4 (Irr—Xfhl amVitiun abfuad to hr , 4 %«ut«uL* Wo k—t> idr, It hi found that ammonlar*! —tore* are w—pinUKdy Ha rt oa thi* t*o£ their virtue, when up pWed, apparentty lying over the noil 1H5A 4 , lfiTfi. LUTHEUAM PUBLICATION 800IE5y, 90. 42 WORTH WTXTH STHKHT, miLADKLTFIIA. 1 J.’ IC SHKYOCK, SUP’T UOIKO SOUTH retia, 8 » p » OOfrm NOUTH- Arrive at Ai *g^lag’ its:: > g: Arrive at Chlotfo.fi 10 p * The Fatherland Sc: ?s will bear rhat Manikin retr among the rate, lex ayr letter ••hall contain one from Manikin. 1 waat yoa all to beeo—e inter ested in what we foil you Ahont, and if any of yea (sever maud how —il ypu are) wish to bear alx^t^ny par ridiraloa*lv plraee —d to gcaiifj the —hntaatial genteel tell yon now that 1 been ii^psat in windyi in "•aaing out |er her gficrets. Though sprite, I am oklcr jtii. eratiot)^ of men, w life teen many a« havo*traveleil by ai the vwote world 01 «r Eurrefe and Am m searched over byjai raw.iwe 8. C. B*ilro»A Only a Oartle— lal Two |ermf meet »n ordina ry day’* activity- hneh, anki—a IJttir ticutar animal or curioas creature. Manikin ami 1 will be glad to tell you ait we know about it. Wo wilt write a fetter e«|ioeMl1> for you, knowing that it may infofeel others of a like taefo. red with the nnlphafo of miigucvda ftWnaher and Ge/rrWaUyior.FideUtylfonanVrd. l-fifi The— *ix feivr been put np in * neat fine net tire* are iHeritably e—fehed to death What « refr, what -i*orj, a hat baaktoplQ, eoore fro— all this —Ohllisn ta d—tie other* uiiU the TbuiUVeu 4tT’ v • • • "T.' vrr i '" ■ V iftf* irfiv—l • • • * ••mm Hun. d in thi* Know. (0.S0 Dominic; or, Breadjpou tin- Watei * 1 10 HcpprH, (he Rui— But . j 0.W Forming fiel No. g, pot up ia • neat COMP. The r.rrek Slate; of. Filial Love,. .fat.10 1<4—uhnrd. the Runan *y«v....* -,.0.00 aad *eIf ooulrol of the day Tever wisej men have been, ave I been also; for you ; Is a law closely connected ] e existence of our race that ild accompany a philosopher tigator of (tme sort, tie been o» the desert* of aud on the snow* of Siberia; the mat forest* |ept nnder broad [sweet flowers of the sea I hare jper Nautilus” or red on lake and the water fowl, ive been studied them well, the depths of tbe The School Mo—r 1 *»4 hi* bon,. 1.0* Forming Set No. 8, pot up in a neat Jn*t pnblUVd f >?idforeg, Prince of Anl—tit Tlvleon A—»of G—n—j. , In ptvsaand will tUm tly be jmbUsbcd: ta eantribuVe Indkrvtll to the 1—it of the **U with nitrogen, •> Wfogtag the —r ka aU tbe torn* rereatial ia Uan highest v are *0 —ach for thonr uho ha aa for ti— hnndnda of itiaonrnt foaufew uho are an involved ia their run be published sim! TVAHAnt B. B. Ptcna,9a.f»HiF . ; ^S. c. Bidlroad JJompany, COLUMBIA, |CUW tt » 18; Chong* of Schedule of Sight P** rar—a.—A friend inform* drive* the ^rtrfti* from titit Tkf Eanci*kl; The Three fb*t; KailMul lutil Dtrel.. ^ _ wY Nmv# a litiQHK't of ofliev Trnn*la- tftows LOider way. whirl* wewtU annannee *clrcicj1 wltb fmu*ual CidniHift Onoui* and Mel nished to Sunday-schools ai dear by -treggnog WL romea; btriVtirUDti* h»arfai of 1 th—1 In wiihi vn I wen the «— Mariner,” tbccLl^ 1 wo closer our wa «« inclination w ??? I^®*8ures in 1 Funnies# without mlldaeMia harsh aud forbidding; mikla— without firm ueaa becomes weak aad — tsmpttble; both aatied make a rhar- acter respectable and amiable d churches, rs *apptied.