iirtsibt to ing. 1 Don't Want To. Come, Lars, I want you to help shell these beans?' The little girl to wht m tl i 3 requeit, or rather command was addressed, was sitting by a table near her Uncle Richard, who was employed in - giving her a very infor mal lesson in drawing. Laura was much interested in this lesson, and quite unwil- Hag 'Weave if. 44 -1 , - don't want to, mother," she said; " can't you wait a little while ?" " No, you must .come now or they will not be done in time." • Laura would have remonstrated farther, Isad.not her.unole gently drawn _the paper from under her hand„..thits giving hers` . quiet reminder of her duty. She rose and followed her mother out 'of-the room, but with a very ungridjezt manner. Uncle Richar ‘ Oirtipending a few weeks with Laura Weaver's parents. - Laura' was his pet and plaything„ r and - many of his leisure &min were spent in ter society. She was very fond of her uncle, and ,o be with him vdry much. On her Un ales part, however, there was one drtwback to the pleasure of this intercourse. When Laura beeinae ioterested in a pursuit or amusement propmed by him, she was very unwilling to leave it to perform any service which might be required of her. Her al. most invariable answer on such occasions wad, "I don't want to." Her uncle bad several times gently reminded her of her duty, but with little effect. Not•only were the beans 'shelled very unwillingly that morning, but' several services were per. found, that. day in.'s,' similar manner. The neat.morning, before Uncle Richard left his`room, be resolved that day to give Laura &lesson. Soon after -breakfast she came to him. " Uncle Richard," she said," please lend me your knife-to sharpen my pencil."' " I don't want to," said Uncle Richard. Lanra , was much surprised, for her uncle was uniformly very accommodating and -ready to grant any reasonable request. The circumstance, however, was soon for gotten; and not ong after, Laura came again to her uncle. " 0 unele," she -said, "I have a new flower in my bed. It is such' •a beauty. Do coMe with me'and see it." " tdon't want to," was the reply. " I do wonder what is the matter with Uncleltichard, this morning," said Laura. to herself, as she retired, much ehagrined. Soon after, Laura pit ,on her sun-bonnet, and went out for a ramble- in search of flowers. She, would have ; liked very much to ask her uncle-10 nocenipany her, but havinglreeeived.two rebuffs that;morning, sheAoncluded. not , to say anything about it. As she was returning home, lioarevei, she was joined b3O-.him very unexpectedly.. 'They walked on together until they ap proached a high stone wall. Laura. ran on bef6re her — uncle to show how nimbly she could climb it. She laid her bunch of flowers on ,the top of the wall ,while she got over. As she took Mein up- again she chanced to drop tie ,one she ,valued most, and it fell on the other side. "I need not •climb over for' it," she thought, "Uncle Richard will get it for me when he comes up." But Laura was mistaken.- "I don't want to," said Uncle Richard, when she asked him to pick up the flower for her. Laura was thoroughly vexed when she saw her uncle spring over the wall, and walk on very unoonsoiously. > She was firm ly resolved that she would ask no favor of him again that day, and. for some hours•she kept her resolution. It was, however, at last broken. It happened in this way. Toward night she met her uncle in, a little patlk leading down to the-river. , " Where are you going, Uncle V' she asked. San going out in the boat." Now =a sail with her uncle in the little boat was Laura's special delight, and her xesolution was at. once broken, • . "0, :Uncle," 'she said, "do let me go with „You." " I don't want to," said her uncle. This was too much for Laura, who turn ! . ed quickly from :her uncle. -When she reached a spot •she thiffight -favcirable for that purpose, she sat down and gave her self up to tears.. Thi, place she had chosen was a plot of green _grass in one corner of the garden. Here her father soon found "What is the matter, Laura ?" he asked. Laura told her father that her uncle would not let her go with him in the boat, and added that he bad refused everything that she had asked of him.that day. "What is the difficulty ?" said her. fa ther. ," Have you done anything to dis please your uncle?" " No, sir," said Laura; ".-I have done thing to displev - him that I know oflq, nothing 'to; displease Mr. Weaver was puzzled, And: Axe 'was. Also determined to find out what it meant. Whakis the trouble, Richard ?" he in quired, when an hour liter, his 'brother re turned. " I thought you and Laura were great friends, but according to her account the wind has: changed, to-day. Why did you not take her with you in the boat?" 44 want to," said;',lYlr... Richard, imitating as nearly as possible,Laures tone ig L and manner. Light broke in upon the mind of - Mr. Weaver. " Ah, I understand, it," he said, smiling. , "You have been so much .01 late with a .certiiin little friend of yours, that you have learned some of- her ways.' I would advise you, Laura, to set your uncle a better ex ample." LaUrarwas.half •puzzled, half ,conscious.,. The idea of a grown man, like her uncle, following the example, of a little girl like herself, seemed to her a. very droll one. The next morning, , Nirhen Mr. Richard strolled' into the garden, he', found Laura there, trying to get a bunch of grapes which grew.just beyond her reach. , • "0, Uncle Richard," she said, " woet you please to Here she paused, suddeily recollecting some-of the inoidents of the previous day. " Won't I please do what 2" inquired Uncle Richard, in a torte which was cer tainly encouraging. " Mother says I may have a bunch of grapes. I 'was going to ask.you to pick me : ` that bunch up there, but Here again Laura hesitated, turning very red. "But I was so,disobliging s and disagree able yesterday, that, on second thoughts, you concluded not to ask me." Laiira did not reply, but she grew'redder' " You used that little sentence so often that I thought I. would try it, just for one day,.to, see how I liked it. The.truth ie, 1.. did not like it at all. It made me so disa greeable, and others so nihappy, that I did not intend to use it any.more. " Neither dn.rintendto'nsait any more," said Laura. "1 knoi what you. were about yesterday, Uncle Richard. You . . meant to give, me a lesson." "It was , * good lesson, was it not ?" "I suppose , SQ." "A. good lesson, well learned, is'a good thing. But we won't say any more about -that now. I am ready 'to do all in my power to oblige you to day, fit), 'Will begin by picking the bunch of grit a , # Lousy did •not say, ".1 don't =want top ones that day. But this was mot ,, ttrue off all enspOinettaye:'"irild habits armot, gully proton sif t and Lars found it so. The words she had used so often would sometimes escape from her lips before she thought; but if they were uttered in Un on`,Richard's presence she was always re minded of her mistake bya certain roguish twinkle of • his dark gray eyes, and then she would resolve to be more careful in the fu ture. This resolution she tried hard to keep, and the lesson - given by her uncle that day Wu not in vain. "As ' ye• would that men should do to you, do` ye also to them likewise," is the Golden Rule to regulate our intercourse with :each.other. If Laura had obeyed ' this , rule, she , would not have needed the lesson given her •that day by her Uncle Richard.--=--Evargelist. A-. Contr ast:- I remember, at a tea-table numerously, attended, a female, whose years, and educa tion ought to have made her blush 'at the part she 'acted; relating a report which had jai,' reached her, that a pry Man Who lived in the neighborhood generally made, the ginger-beer, which he sold, with water taken ,from the horsepond. , . She certainly amused apart of her company by this un seasonable piece of information, and a great --took place but she" 'did - more than this::she suined the‘poor.man's: reputation forever. The servants in the room spread the re port of their mistress, though there was not a worApf trtith l ,in the reckless;gander. Every man, woman, and child, who had ever bought a : bottle of ginger-beer from the accused, became his avowed enemy. "Had rthey been drinking puddle from the horsepond ? the fellow - deserved hano.b ing I Nay, hanging was too good. for 'him I" John 'l'horoughgood was a ruined :man. N I remember,' too; at knottier per , that a thoughtful, but kind-hearted man, took occasion to weave into his conversation the sorrowful tale of a poor widow who dwelt within halt almile of theylice. She was one of the many who walked the shadowy paths of life. Her sick husband, before his death, had exhausted - , her slender sup plies, and one article after another was un grudingly parted with to find him medi-' cines and little indulgences. She loved him:; and we can part with all that we have for those we love. When he died the poor widow and her three children were left unprotected; and it is a fearful thing when a heaft, Jilt:nest - broken with' sorrow for the dead, is troubled with fear how to provide for the living.. Well; the kind-hearted men pleaded the cause of the lonely WOW all at the tea-table in a sweet spirit of tender compassion. He repeated the striking text in Deuter enemy : "If there be among you a poor man of - one of thy brethren within any of thy gates, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not. harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand,. from thy poor brother; but thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his reed. Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou goest unto him." - To shorten my story, that very night, before the stars of heaven very visible in the sky, three of the party, their visits un known to each other, had trod the thresh hold, and entered the abode of affliction. They relieved thviwantei of the father less," and made it the widoir's heart to gin`'' for joy." Now, mark the, distinctien, ,for it is a wide one, between °a' tea-party thus moved, knit together, and influenced by a kindly compassionate syirit to do good, , and an other, wrought'-upon by reoklees scandal, to do evil. The one raises the fallen, the other dregs _down those who stand; the nne softens and betters the heart, by call ing forth the best affections of our sinful nature; the other hardens and debases it by the introduction and participation of qualities unfeeling, ungenerous, and un just. i4ill-44 . tinti • Passing Away. 0 River of Time! how ceaselessly Thou` flowest on to the boindless sea! Whether upon thy Sunny tide - The sweet Spring blossoms drop and glide, Or Whether the dreary snow-flakes only Fall in the Winter cold aisd lonely— Whether we wake or whether we sleep, Thou haatest on to Eternity's deep. 'T was long ago, in my life's sweet May, My childhood silently floated awiti; I hear the noon-bells distantly chinle, And youth glidei byin the stream of tirae', My days, ihongh sunny or overcast; Are stealing away to the changeless past; But I mark their flight with a smile of cheer, And not with a sigh ova falling tear:, i.t• ,F,4 often, so sadly, the people say, ,4 Passing away ! still passing away V* That the words have borrowed a pensive tone, And a shade of sadness not their own;;;_ And I fain would reclaimthe notes again From their minor key ,on the lips (Omen, Anti make the refrain of my gladdest lay, " Passing await ever passing away I," For what Is the, transient? 'and'whit will last ? What maketh its grave in the growing-past? And what lives , on in the deathless spheres, Where naught, corrupts by the rust of years? Doeit Time, who gathers our fairest flowers, Destroy no weeds ,itt this world of ours? What rises victorious o'er chill decay? And isrthat which is passing: away ? Our time is flythg. The years sweep by Like flitting .clouds in :a breezy , sky. But time is a drop of the boundless sea Of an infinite eternity. As our seas are spanned-by the arching skies, 'Heath the presence of Gad that ocean lies, 'And thongh tides may fall inlife's shallow bay, Eternity's deep is not ebbing away. A Strange People; There are many odd countries in the werld, whose inhahitants rejoice, in many odd customs; but for the oddest of people, arid the .queerest of manners, commend us to those islands included in the sovereignty of Japan. Until a very recent date, no Europeans were permitted to upspass beyond the sa ored limits of this most exclusive of em -, pires, nor were any Japanese allowed to quit their native shores. Even now, -when you land at Nagasaki, your movements are watched by regular sentries, who report ev / tory step You take , to their superiors; while to prevent the Japanese theinselves from roaming to foreign ,lands, - ail their vessels are built after a government model, with open sterns, so ,that long sea voyages are impossible ; and if they exclude us from visiting them, they are in turn equally de barred from visiting us. Tey need not be afraid of visitors, from any' possibility of being overpowered by numbers ; for the' thousand and. one isles which make up the empire of. Japan, con. 'Lain thirteen thousand densely peopled towns. Jeddo, the capital, seated in the island of Niphon, has n , populitionfnearly equal to that of London; and we are told by triveleri that , the castle it, Wl:doh re-' sides the secelreznperor kthere are two em perors---afe saciek.oile ' Seerttai.,) commodateforty thonsand r men. Miako;,a city covering twelve-- square mile 3, could raise a battalion of fifty-two thousand priests alone; whilePootoo, the Bi_rmiog hem of the erepir'e, ;mild' itself - send forth an army of eighty thouiand. - " You< scarcely emerge from one bor ough," says .Kampfei, "but you enter an other; ,and you may travel many miles, to < it were, in one Street, wiihout knowing it te be composed of many villages, save by to different names that were ( formerly giv- PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.--WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1864. en them, and which they after retained, though joined to one another." Earthquakes are disastrously frequent in Japan, and are of terribly long duration. One in 1586 lasted, with varying intensity, for forty days. Two hundred thousand perished at Jeddo, during the convulsion of 1703; and a large city was prostrated by, that of 1792. It becomes impossible, therefore, for the Japanese architects, to construct lofty piles out of clay• and bam boos, and the chimneys-of the Manchester factories would be out of place in Niphon. The. law restricts the height of a dwelling to six kits, or forty-four feet three inches, and there are few houses which' boast of 'more than one story., Let us walk into a Japanese house, pass ing"without naive the worthy householder, who sits in a tub ef water at the door, per forming his ablutions with a refreshing freedom from - bashfulness. Yon notice that the floor is slightly raised above the level of the earth, and thickly covered;with mats of rushes and rice -straw; elegantly decorated.. -These mats are used insteattOf chairs, And thete are ' no tables, but you will be provided with a little raised tray when yeu take refrestunents. Thera are no beds—you must sleep upon , mats',_ sit' upon mats, smoke upon- mats, and fidget' upon •mats. s Observe that the rooms are separated by folding screens of gilt - or colored. papers!, and lighted, by windows, of oiled paper, for glass is'unknown ^ Yon cannot warm YOur-, self .at the fire--:there is, alas l nolreplace; hut in the middle of the room ,you may crouch down on the brink of the siluare tiled hole, from which ascend the fumes of charcoal. The said -charcoal, by-the-by, is' always ‘burnieg r and over it a kettle of hot water is always boiling. The 'Japanese drink tea ,as voraciously as English old women, but - irey use sugari put many spoimfulls into - the pot, and serve it up in porcelain cups. The bath-room reetribles Eurepean bath-. rooms in its Were' appointments.; but it is more frequently; _resorted to than in our chilly British Isles. The Japanese men bathe, the women bathe, the children bathe, in-doors and out of dnors, morning, noon, and night. The water movement is uni versal, and most Zealously followed out. Al the top of the house is a large tub of water, as a resource in the natunfrequent event of a conflagration': 'No London in . • in surance company, we faney would insure at any premium, theinflammable structures of bamboos, screens, oiled papers, mats, and timber yeleped , by the japarteee—houses. There are wooden tanks.inthe streets, and rude fire-engines at appointed stations— where - the alarm is given by the patrols, who on discovering the first shooting flames, strike forcibly the thick planks huspended from posts; for that purpose. • The Japanese women, according to ref. cent travelers, are models of amiability-and good. temper, graceful in their manners and attractive in their persons But they dye their Bps a' fierce scarlet, their cheeks violet, and stain their teeth black, with a detes table gangrenous compound,practices scarcely.in harmony with' the toilet artifices of an English belle. They are fond of dress of cotrse,'or would they be yomei ? The: Japanese gentleman is, generally,_a well-looking, intelligent, and active indi vidual. = He wears , two - tittrords—a large and a small `one; while - the middle class man is , only ,entitled to one sword";- and " the lower orders" carry none. He car ries a fan wher,ever he. goes, and whatever he does; and he delights in huge trousers, like a sheet " stitched up between the legs, though opeii it the sides, in . order to allow of the play of the. feet while walking." His. shoes, • and his horse'sl,shoes are .made of plaited straw. Consequently, they wear out with unequalled rapidity, and force up on their wearer a shambling, shuffling gait, like Robinson's in the " Wandering Min strel." Tanners and earners are not in good odor in Japan, for they have to touch the bodies' of the dead—a necessity yhich the Japanese religion,singularlyenough, • resents. Bendel], in his " Memorials of the Em pire of Japan," pronounces' an opinion on the Japanese character which.'seems-adini rably, Impartial "They carry, he says, " their notions of honor to the verge •of fanaticism, and they are haughty, vindic tive and licentious. OW-the other hand, brawlers, braggarts, and backbiters are held in the most , supreme contempt. The slht est infraction df truth is punished with se verity; they are open-hearted, hospitable, and as friends, faithful to death. It ,is represented "that: there•.is no peril a Japa •nese will not encounter to serve , a friend that no torture will compel him to betray a trust ;' and that even the stranger who seeks aid will be protected . to the last dibp of blood."=---;London Journal. iteclimaiization- in Austinlin. The English colonists in Australia have been exerting themselves to introdUce the animalm, birds and fishes of to; parts 'of the world. They have got the thrush, and the blackbird, the-skylark and the starling, the chaffinch and the sparrow. 'All these birds are actually naturalized, thoroughly at home in.the colony, and increasing and multiplying. In .the training -institution of aviaries they have \ got the goldfinch, the' greeitfinch, 'the linnet, and the , robin, all, doing well. The colonists are, • preserving in their aviaries the ortolan andthe canary, 'and the French are now sending them the ostrich. The pheasant, the partridge, the gmuse, and the quail are doing it e' l ; pigeons and .doves have been iinported in great numbers ; and the real:-English wild "duck has become nearly as common as the indigenous' species. Camels are now breed= ing regularly in Australia. SPiciciens of the deer, tribe seem to be exceedingly num emus. ,liares are .comfortably established, and-,so are several varieties of the • goat. Irgtalii the colonists' have still failed 'te get t notwithstanding their zealous elforpit,i,hpi they have got the ordinary pond fishes. of , this country, the carp, ,the tench, the reach,-and the dace. They have also obtained a very valuable and prolifiliqecies of bee, which, it is hot ed, " will. soon be accessible to all classes." The Mysteries of Iroh.—There is no Mira cle recorded in the annals of any religion more mysterious, more incomprehensibl more inconceivable, than some of the•well known properties i the simple metal, iron. Consider, for instance, its change from , its, ordinary to,' its passive state. If a: piece of tl.te metal in its ordi nary.condition is ittmersed in nitric acid, it isPowerfnlly act , .1 upon, 'entering into combination with rhe acid and losing_ its metallic form.: But if a piece of platinuin wire has - one end in orted in the acid, and the iron is then imoilrsed in contact with the wire, it is so changed that the acid has no power upon it, and this condition con tititics after the platinum wire is with drawn. The contact of a single point with the platirium 'rends a transformation through alI WI particks which renders themin., ul 'nerable to the attacks of the most.powerfel acid. .Even more wonderful is its change under the influence -of a current -of elec tricity. When a bar of pure soft iron is wound with an insulated wire and a cur rent of electricity is sent through the wire, the bar is instantly convert into• a mag net. It is endowed wit unseen force which stretches out fro to sends, and seizing any'other piece of iron_within iti reach, draws them to itself, and olds tlion in its invisible grasp. The objecrof hint ,ting the wire is to prevent the from leaving, it, .and_ yet throtigh thig tnsu /044 0641 poWer is exertdd'Whihiithitighs- so strangely the 'nature of the iron, ena bling-it to act on substances with which it is not in contact. As soon as the circling ourrent ceases, the iron becomes like Samp son shorn of his locks—its miraculous power has departed. Not less mysterious than either of these is the more- familiar phenomenon of the fall of a piece of iron to the ground. under the simple action of gravitation. What is that invisible force which reaches out in all directions from the earth, and clutches all matter in its grasp ? The fibres of this power are imperceptible to any of our senses.- If we pass our hands under a 811F pepded rock we can feel nothing reaching from it to the earth ;'and yet there is some thing stretching up from the earth, taking hold of the rock, and drawing.it down with the strength of a hundred cables I We walk enveloped in mysteries, and "our daily life is a miraele."----Scifn. Amer. Patine Cotton.—The island of Tahiti is to be added to the Catalogue of lands which. are now ,procluainz cotton. The expeii• ment in its growth has been eminently, successful there.. Surrounded by water, the atmosphere is necessarily moist; near the equator, .it is abundantly hot,,and the onlyremaining requisite, labor, 'is' secured from the natives through the great rewards which. it secures. So great has been the succeo3 of the experiment, that increased nreparationsrare making for another year. The new line ,of steamers about to. corn- Men& running between New Zealand and Panama will carry this crop to;its Atlantic shiputent, from whence= it will prineipally go to :Europe. Many of the South. Sea islailds';as-faverably situated as Tahiti, Will also engage iu ' the cultivation, and leA3en existing. pottonratcp.. They are.possessed of great agricultural as well as commercial advantages', which a little more time will develop and reward. A late Panama steam er brought.two thousand and sixhales of Pacific cotton, of, which eleien hundred were shipped to New-York. • An Interesting Relic—The Rev. J. C. Nevin, missionary in Canton, China, has sent a block of the British prison -ship Afinden,,to be deposited in the Hall of In dependence in Philadelphia, where the memorable Declaration was signed in 1776. The Mindeo was the ship on which Francis Key was. held,as a prisoner when he trlm; posed “The Star-Spangled Banner," on the 12th of September, 1814, during an as' ault of the British forces on >the city of Balti mere. • It was sold in 1862 to the Chineee in Canton, and then broken up by them for the wood, copper and iron. 'Mr. Nevin se cured this block, and, sketching several very appropriate designs, had them 'cut upon-it by a skillful Chinaman. The gift dePosited'in a deserved place_in dependence Hall. latm,...s".aocitp.'k For thoTreebyterioa Rainer Another Remedy for Ants,. -Those who are troubled with these tin , , , weleonie visitors, may be' relieved frOm the annoyance by placing tomato leaves in the places where the little creatures nialte their resorts. This. remedy Lfind availing when everything else has failed. Coil. tor the Prpabiterian Banner Still Another. MESSRS. EDITORS , :—The appeal,of "An Afflicted Housekeeper," published in a late .number of your excellent paper, aroused my, sympathies not a little,: The invading hosts of ants! - Who can stand before theta'? or what can repel them, or prevent their approach ? While ' l fi 4 imly believe in . Allopathy, and the use of,drugs for the cure of ills that huniart flesh is heir to, I think Hydropatby better for the treatment of ants. When-these marauders begin to make their "raids" into my kitchen and pantry, I immediately take measures to "cut off their supplies," by placing_ all those articles of which every housekeeper knows them' to be peculiarly fond,' entirely out of their reach, so that they cannot by any possibility obtain them. I then either . .: go in person, or send some scouts" into the door-yard and vicinity, to aseertairy the "position of the enemy and his fortifications!' This dane, proceed upon his works at once," armed with a sharp stick - (or `spade, if ion' please,) and a good pailful or two of boiling water, stirring up his ",earthworks,' .' and pouring in the scalding fluid. This will leave many 'dead, and m9xtally , wounded, and the survivors Will' retreat shortly. But to re turn to the pantry. Instead of putting " camphor" into the "sugar bowl," and thus camphorating the coffee and tea; I set the; sugar bowl, molasses piteher &e., in, a dish of water, - and no ant will set foot thereon, or look therein. Furthermore, if needful, I wet the floor of my pantry every morning, with cool, fresh water. This causes these invaders to discontinue their visits, as they seem to have positive hatred to water; and Bridget May now be heard' 'humming over the comforting words, " They've gonel 'they've gone l" Directions for Badding A large share of budding is done during the month of August. When the buds 'of any 'sort are well formed, and the ..barks of the stock peels freely, is the time to - insert the bud. So many ask how- to insert the bud, and perform simple operations which are great mysteries to those who have not tried to do theni, that - it will, be well to go . , back to first principles. Stocks are one or two year old trees, raised frOm Seeds or o ittings. Timis from trees of desirable kinds are 'formed upon the shoots of the present seasons growth, in the arils of the leavei, or Where they join the stem. Cut a shoot of thi - s'kind, remove the , upper un ril erred buds and the lower undeveloped' nites, Mid also the leaves, letting the stocks alone remain. - With a sharp knife remove a bud, cutting from below upward. Select a smooth place upon the north side -of a stock, and as near the gronnd as possibli, and with the knife cut through the bark in the form of the letter T, that is, u short horizontal put, and from the middle of this a longer vertical one. Lift the , corners of the cut:portion, and insert the bud, crowd ing it well down into the cut. A- portion of the bark of the bud will stick above the cross cut on .the stock-; this should be cut off even with ..the cross. cut:. Bind- all up with bass bark, lamp wick, or woolen yarn, taking care; to bind so as to exclude rain, and to keep the, wounded bark from, curl ing up and drying. If the buds appear, plump and sound, after they have been in serted a fortnight, it is fair to conclude that they have " taken." With this brief, explanation, one ean'make a fe:trial liex periments on worthless twigs, a hen go to work with a good chance 0 success: Label all budded trees, and make a record of them i - to avoid future trouble--Amer ican Agriculturist. . . [We commend to, our readers in the country these timely hints of the Agricul turist..: A little attention paid now to this subject, the, labor and O e of a few hours, . M we might say moments, properly applied, will secure for the lover of good fruit a rich and It:scions and'tunple reward- Now that the more pressing labors of harvest are over; this farmer: can easily avail himaelf of his comparative , Lleisiirey- thus loath:tart° enrich his garden and orchard with the choicest varieties he can cull from the se lections of friends and neighbors, or by a little effort can obtain new varieties from a distance. Ladies have sometimes succeed ed remarkably in this method of fruit culture, and it 'is worthy of a trial by all who have the opportunity of making the experiment. The cultivation of good fruit, as the old copy-books used to say of virtue, is its own reward.] A visitor in the military hospitali at Washington, in a communication to the N. Y. Tribune, thus urges the importande of securing the crop of blackberries now ripening, and preparing them in the form best adapted for hospital uses. Now is the time to day in .a good store of the various preparatieui of this fruit, and we'feel sure that the wants of the soldier will be re membered. To the Editor of , - the N . E Tribune : Sin—Will you please, without • delay, give place in your • .columns to a few earnest, heartfelt words; addressed to the good peo ple of your State -. who are at work pr are Willing to work in behalf of the soldier? They all want •to know how they can use what they have to spare, in such way as to save thereby the•greatest nuniber 'of lives. Just now it is easy to tell them how. Men in ,the army are, during all in atone, from various causes, peculiarly liable to diarrhea, which if allowed to continue bi comes chronic, and this in its last st.ige is death; slow bat sure. After prolongedand intense suffering •• the victim,dies. In all of the earlier staves of this terrible dis eaie, however, it may be checked, the pa tient cured„by the simple use of •the black berry, in some form. This life-raving berry grows abundantly in our land; and is now still growing, still ripening for use ; so that fora little while yet this rich, pry cions fruit may be found on the bushes and in the market. Will not those 'who' have them growing, preserve as many as they can, for the soldier ? Who that has money, any money to spare, will refuse or neglect to buy some of these; and either- them= selves preserve them,' or send them to the Aid Society ladies, who will receiva them as a sacred truit, and prepare them for sending to, the sick soldier who needs them. • Buy one blishel, or five s or ten, or more' if you are able. If you are not able to get as many as you would like, buy all you,can; for surely a few.lives saved are better than none. , But try to-get a bushel, or at least a peck, remembering that you are securing that which is life to the seldier; remem bering the peculiar medicinal virtue of, the blaekberry—how it seems invariably to cure, while=every other medicine often - fails. The hospital surgeons regard the black •berry juice,' in any jay preserved, as of inestimable value. It,seems pessessed of a quality_ not found in any other fruit, or leaf, or root, or seed, or mineral ever. used. It seems the chosen messenger of God, to call the slowly-waiting victim of "chronic. diarrhea, from approaching' death,' back to vigorous life, to call the soldier-hero from the,yawning grave ,to take his place in the ranks once niore, to do- valiant 'service there, - to strike, heavy blows for *cauntry. and for all' that makes life dear to us. Brave, noble fellow, willing as he is to do this,shall he •not have• this.pfecions me dicinal fruit and live? He wants the juice without the . seed. Therefore do not dry or can them, but send along all that you may have Already; dried or canned. The ,con valeseentimay be strengthened by them. Not knowing how precious the juice of these berries is to the soldier'sick with this disease, the good people of the land have themselves consumed hundreds and thou sands of bushels, which ought to have been made into sirup, jelly, wine, brandy, or col.- dial, to be carried by loving hearts and faithful - hands 'to the thousands: f•sick men wasting away in hospital. Let no more be eaten by those who, would rather save many a sick and sinking hero's life than gratify their own selfish' appetite. Let no more be left in the markets to lie; consumed by the well and hearty. Oh.! my. friends,pould you but see the 'elteleton forms- that'are at all times to be foOnd in the hospital wards of Washington and elsewhere, and renumber that the juice of the blackberry would doubtless have eaved , them,,could it lave been given to them in time, you would - resolve to se cure as'many as possible to be preserved, and to be held sacred to the service of re storing to life and health the sick and suf fering soldier. ' In Washington the Sanitary Conanits'on is trying to buy up all the blackberries it can get, and good women are making them into cordial, brandy, wine, or sirup, to be used - only in cases of diarrhea. You have doubt , less -already done muehl milli' you not `c o AS much more as you can, while the black berry season le,t. ? Will not all men . and women, who love the soldier and the cause he serves, do what they can` in aid of• this their - preset t effo for the savingof human life. ' The following is a recipe fully approved,: - - BL ACKARKILY DRANDY.—To two quarts of blackberry juice, put 1.-} lb of white sugar, oz: of cinnamon". oz. (Jf nutmegs, oz. of cloves, 1 'oz of allspice. Let it boil 'a few minutes,,and When.cool, add one pint of brandy. Will all papers' friendly to- the• soldier please copy; SYMPATHIZER HE IvarruAL LIFE.I.NSULIANCE . . COMPANY , • OF "NEW-YORK. FREDERICK S. WINSTON, President 'ASSETS. JUTS IST, ISflt. 1511,(1911.P,OU0 A...NHAL. INCOME, OVER, 2,000,000 PAID.CLAIAIS EX DEATH,. (20 Years.) , -. OVER.... -.5,000,060 SURPLUS DIVIDEND; DURING HIVE YEAN6-IE6B-'62*TBEEN MILLIONS OF DOLLABB, BEING ABOUT NEVENTY Esa CENT. ON I.A.B.TICIFATINO P8.8311173f8. References la Pittsburgh: HON. THOMAS M. HOWE, ISAAC M. PENNOCK, JAMES B. LYON, JOHN: 11. SEBES% GEORGE E. WHITS,'WILLI AM ' W: WARS, JAM BS A. HUTCHISON, F. IL EATON; -- FLORENCE KRAMER, JOHN H.M'CORD. JOHN D. SCULLY, 'WILLIAM E. SCHMERTZ, THOMAS H. LANE, ' W.LLIAM M. SHINN, WILLIS BOOTHE,. 'WILLIAM VANKIRE, • E. L. FAHNESTOOK, M. WHITMORE. W. A. HALLOS, M.D., MEDICAL EXAMINER. GEORGE: M.''BLAC.KSTOCK Agent, ilrifth Street,,Pittsbuith. °rpm.? m. sexism JOSZPIX 9#.13611 IMUNASTER .GAZ Z • • 9$ Grant target, Pittsburgh. . Soldiers .for Penatosts, Bounty and Bock Pay premptly.eptleqed. ,0p27..s lIIIDE, OIL AND LEATHER - STORE • D. KIRKPATRIOK - SONS, sat South TWA Stmet, Einwszx MAIlk22; &BID 011117141 VT STRAW* PELUADZIPHLA • Have for Sae SPANISH "LED GREEN exakuairrlß HIDER, OALUTI TA AND PATNA KIPS; TANNERS' OIL, 404, AT THE LOWEST PRICES - AND UPON THE BEST TERMS. . Aar All kinds of .Leather in the rough wanted, -far which the bigbett coarkelnice will be given -In cub, or taken or.ohanoforlli..eo.: Leather stored free of charge, and told on commission. Liberal Gull ,S,dvarteiss made ea katber lfaaelgaer' „V h OLDIERW CLAM AGENCY. W. J. & T AT,L PATTERSON: 80LI0IToR8 OF CLAIMS. AND PENSIONS, No. 144 Kourth,St., Pittsburgh,, Pa. aar - zengdout,Boung9k.Bacli rat ...AV 40,1 dire clitim!! of allkinaicplonititty baltioted. 4 ' " 1.76:1 Blackberries. ATTOR,2rEYS LAW, LYON'S KATHADION. Kathairon is from the Greek word "Kathro," or Katbaire," singnifying to cleanse, rejuvenate and restore. This article in what its name signines. /or preserving, re• storing and beautifying the human hair it is the moat re markable preparation in the world. It is again owned and put np by the original proprietor, and is now made with the same care, skill and attention which gave it a sale of over one million bottles per annum. It is a most delightful Eisii Dressing. It ex adicates smut and dandruff. It keeps the head cool and clean. It makes the hair rich, soft and glow. It proventa the, halt frein falling off &nil:turning gray. It reatoroo hair upon bold bends- Any lady or gentleman who values •a beautiful head of hair should use Lyon's Hathairon. It is known and used throoghent the civilized world. Bold by all respectable &Mere. DMUS S. BARNES &PO:, New-York. HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA. BALL This is the most delightful and extraordinary article ever discovered. it changes the sunburnt face and - hands to a pearly satin texture of ravishing beauty, imparting the. marble purity 'of youth, and the distingue appearance' So ;inviting in the city belle of fashion.. It removes:tan,. fr.eckles, pimples and roughnese from the skin, leaving the complexion fresh trans Parent and snooth: :It contains no material injurious to the akin. Patronized by Actresses and Opera Singers. It is What every lady should have. Bold everywhere. , . Prepared by W. B. NAN-AN, Troy, N. Y. Address all orders to • DEMAS S. BARNES Sr. 61, Neir-York. HEIIISTREETS INIMITABLE HAIR RESTORATIVEI Not - a, Dye, But restores gray hair to its original color, by supplying the capillary tubes with natural sustenance, impaired by age or, disease. Aliinstrintatteosss dyes are composed of lunar caustic, destroying,thavitality and beauty of the hair, and afford of themselves no dressing. , lieimstreet'animitable cioloring not only restores hair to its natural color by an easy process, but gives the hair a Lakuriant Beauty, promotes its growth,' prevents its falling Mt eradicates dan druff„ and imparts health and pleasantness to the head. It has stood the test of time, being the aright - al "Ralteoloring and is constantly increasing in favor. Used by both gentle men and ladies. It is sold brall respectable dealers, or can be' &mired by them of the commercial agents. D. S. BARNES di 00,402 Broadway, New-York. ' Two sizes, BO cents and $1:00. • - D. S. BARNES, Neiv:York. MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT. The parties in St. Louis and Cincinnati, who have been Counterfeiting the, Mustang. Liniment under pretense of 'proprietorship; have been thoroughly estoped by the Courts. To guard against further imposition, I have procured from the U. S. Treasury, a private steel plate revenue: stamp, which is placed over the top of each bottle. Each stamp beenithe facminkfle of my Signature, ,and without which the article is a Counterfeit, dangerous and worthless imita tion.' lAxaritine,,, ry bottle. This Liniment haabeenin tugs and growing in , favor for many yearn. There hardly existit a hamlet on the haolleole Globe test does not contain evi dence of its wonitenni effects. It is the best =pliant inthe world. With its present improved ingredients, its effects upon ;man and beast are perfectly remarkable. Sores are healed, ; pains relieved, lives saved, valuable animals made useful, and' untold'illft assuaged. For cuts, braises, sfiraine, rheumatism, swellings, 'bites; cuts, caked breasts, sprained horses, &c,it is a Sovereign Remedy that should never be dispensed with. It should be in every fatally. Sold by all Druggists. D. S. BARNES, New-York. We hairs learned not to be astonished at anything. Yeats of exparivine and a correspondence extending throughout all netionalitiee of the habitable globe have turned theorise into facts and established a baste from which we need not err.: We are not surprised at such facie as the following -'-although the persons Who's-rite their' are. We - know the persconiand circumstances, hence feel at liberty to indorse their statements: “Nzw-BanyoßD, Masa, Nov. 24,1863. "Dada Sri have been afflicted many years with severe .prostrating craning in my limbs, cold feet and hands, and a general disordered System. Physicians and medicines Med .to. relieve me. , While visiting some friends. in New Yoik who were using Plantation Bitters, they prevailed upon me to try them. I commenced with a small wine,glassful after dinner. Feeding better by degrees, In a few days I was .aatonished to Dnd the acridness and cramps had entirely left me, and I could sleep the night through, which I have not done for years. I feel like another being. ;lily appetite and strength have also greatly , improved bAthetnie of the Plan tation Bitten. Itealiecttally, Jtinx a Room" Raansmisy, Wis., Sept. 16,1883. " * * * I have been in the army hospital , for fourteen months—speechless and nearly dead: At Alton, 111., they kave me a bottle of Plantation Bitters. * * S. Three bot tles restored my speech and cured* Me. * * * The following is from the • bleinger of-the Union HOMO School foithe Children of Volunteers:- - HAvslisrsa mAsaioN, 57sa• ST.,~ Nzw-Yosi,-Augubt 8,1863. "Da. DICALT; :—Your wonderful Plantalion.Bitters have becm given to some of our little .children suffering One we/Ames and weak lunge with moat happy effect . One lit tle girl in with pains in her head, loss of appe. tite, and daily wasting- consumption, on whom all medical skill had been exhausted, brut been entirely restored. We COMMEIIOed with but a teaspoonful of Bitters a day. ner appetite and ate ength rapidly increased, and she is now well. -" Respectfully, Alta. 0. M. Devon." • • I owe mach to you for I verily believe the !Plantation Bitters havesaed my life. " Ewe. WAG4OINit, Madrid, N. y." * • • ThOn wilt send me two bottles more of thy Plantation Enters. My with him been greatly benefited by theit use. Thy friend, AM pusancPtdiadelp'a, Pa" *4 * * • I have been a great sufferer from. Dyspepsia, and:had to abandoc preaching. * The %Plantation teMliavetured me. "Riv. J. B. banana, Rochester, N. ,Jr.t, ' a • * • I have given the Plantation Bitters' to buil. die& of our disabled soldiers with the .most astonishing effect. G. W. D. Annum., "Superintendent Soldiers' Home, ail; 0." The Plantation Bitters have cured we of Liver Complaint, of which, 1 was laid up prostrate, and hed tq n abando m y business. - H. B. Hineinsv, Cleveland, Ohio." " * * * The Plantation•Bilter*have cared me of a de rangement of the. Kidneys and Urinary Organs that hasdis tressed me for 'years. It acts'like a charm. • "0.0. Moosa, No. 264.Brocidwa,y." Ac., &c., Ac The Plantadon Bitters make the weak strong, the languid brilliant, and are exhausted nature's great restorer. They are composed of the celebrated Calisaya Bark, Wintergreen, Sassafras, Roots, Berber; de., all preeerved m perfectly pure OrMW S. T..-1-18607-X. Persons of eendentary habits, troubled with weakness, lassitude, palpitation of the heart, lack of appetite, distress after eating, torpid liver, constipation, ko., deserve to suffer if'they will not try them. They are recommended by the highest medical.authori ilea, and are warranted to produce an intmeeffaic beneficial effect. They are exlieedingly agreeable, perfectly pure ' and harmless. Notice,—Any person Pretending -to 'sell Plantation Bit ters in bulk or by the gallon is a swindler and imposter. It is put up only in our log cabin bottle. Beware. of bottles Milled with imitation deleterious staff, for which several . parsons are' already in Prison.. Bde that every bottle has our United Btatee damp over the cork rovetealtated,Und our signature muted-Plate /at- Bold by revealable dealers throughout the habitable DIMEE 80 CO.. 102 r Broadwiti, Ne*-York. THE HERON WORKS, Not. 87, 19, 40, 41 and 42 Pent 'Stree t PITTSBURGH, PA. POST Ell AND COttaPADIV, MACHINISTS, STEAM:ENCINE ERS AND •IRON FOUNDERS, and onprepared to Inaniitheture, to order on short notice, and oxi the most favorable terra", • - • AlllChicits of Stettni, hAvin g sust completed a firat t e r kwis itittNr;liT, are Toady 40 - filltordetkifor 0 .4 4,41TR41if of any thsi pisiOrp„ KNABE'S PIANOS ATIE NOW CO N . sidered the beet Pianos in the world, and are fun warranted for eight yenta. As to the relative merits of the K tia b e , planes, we would ref. r to the certi fl rates el ex cel 1 t a ce in our possesarion from Thalberg, Gottschalk, Strackeseh. Satter, and M. Vleuptempe. A call is respectfully solicited before purchasing elsewhere. Persons at a distance will please send for a circular. For tale at factory prices. HAINES BROS. PIANOS are the beet Plates in theco wl . try at the price. GROVEZTERN .4 CO.'S PIANOS, fiti octave rosewood, fully warranted, for 5250. MARSHALL ik TRAVIOPS Parlor Oem PIANOS for 5225. pgiNi a , 2 ,, MELODEONS, the beat made. Prices front tab te. 5220, CHARLOTTE BLUME, 43 Firth 81., Pittsburgh, nov2s-A. Sole Agent for above Instruments. JOHN• A. RENSHAW, Corner of Liberty and Hand Streets, Pittsburgh, Pa., Wonid invite the attention of the public to We extentirt arid varied assortment of - CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, TEAK. Sugar-Cured Hams, Dried Beef, Fish, Cheese, Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Pickles and Sauces, Havana Cigars, Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, &c., besides a large stock of ' H 0 U SEKEEPING UTENSILS, Such as Wood' 'and Willow Ware, Japanned Tin Ware, Housekeeping Hardware, km, ffriIOLEBALLE AND 1tET4.21. Goodanarfeully packed and delivered free of charge for cartage, at, any of the Railroad Depots or Steamboat Landings:- Oetuil owns containing an extended list of goods sent by mail if deeired s ,and all orders from a distance will receive our prompt and careful attention. sp7 A FIRST NATIONAL BANK OP ALLEGHENY, PA. DESIGNATE,D DEPOSITORY AND FINANCIAI AGENT OP T11:11 17.1•TirIMID ST.A.MES. - 111 L. +lllllO 4IL 41:10 11.1 41(11 This . Bank has been authorised and Is now prepared t re calve Subscriptions to the NEW GOVERNMENT LOAN. Mama; legned-under ,authority of an act t f Congress Approved March 8,1804, provides for the issue of Two hut 'dyed Millions of Dollars ($200,000,000) United States Bote redeemable after ten years, and payable forty years less u , date,' IN COIN, dated Maich 1,1884, bearing interest at the rate of 5 PER CENT, per Annum IN COIN, payable semi-annually on all Bonds over $lOO, and on Bonds of $lOO And less, annually, Subscribers will rezeive either Registered or Cocteau Bonds, as they may prefer. Reglatered Benda will belssued of the &nominee' one of fifty dollars, ONO .one hundred dollars, (dim) d ie d im . dred dollars, (8500,) one thousand dollars, ili,ooto e re thousand dopier*, ($6,086,) and ten thousand donors, ($10,600)^, and Coupon Bonds of the denomination of fifty dollars, (SA) one hundied4ollars, ($100,) fire hundred &I ($800,) and one thousand dollo', ($1,080.) T. H. NEVIN, ra.siursx. S. P. KRA.MER, Cashier. Opl3-z A NEW. AND CHOICE SELECTION OP Spring and Summer BOOTS,- SHOES, , RUBBERS, &c., For Bale at the NEW BQOT AND SHOD HOUSE of SLATER & SOUTH, 54 Market- Street, 2d door from Third, hiarBo-a • rirrsoußoß, . - vALUABLE BOOKS 1 SMITH,' ENGLISH & CO.: . . Farrar' Science in Theology...-. .... ........ Religious Cases of Conscience. 1.10 The Young Parson 1.z5 Pleming's Vocabulary of Philosophy. Edited by C. P. Knuth, D.D. ...... . ... ... ...... . Bible Illustrations Dr. Seim' bast Tunes, and Great Consiuninatiou, Do. Parable of the Ten 'Virgins- Thank on the Gospel of John Do; Do. Sermon on the Mount.-- .... Hermeneutical Manual. 'Winer's Grammar of the New Testament Coles on God's Sovereignty He ps for the Pulpit Pulpit Themes' 1.75 Kurta's Cnuret History. 2 ......... ..... 2.50 Hen&tenberg on Rcclesiastes 255 Mc/lvaine's Evidences of Christianity 75 Luther on .. . . . ..........»..._.....»1.50 Sohn:tuckers' Popular Theology 1.25 = /Kr. 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Caps, and Straw Gooda Wood Strtet, Pittsbur eve now on band for Eprhag sales, as large and complete 11 assortment of Goods as can be found in any of the Eastern cities, conalstin g of Fur, Silk, and Wool Hats, of every style and viably; OAPS of every quality and late' fashions; Palm Leaf, Straw, Leghorn, and Panama HATS Straw, and Bilk' BONNETS, etc., etc. Persons wishing to purchase either by Wholesale or Retail, will find it to that ..k.rsts:bwr, •••••• .01,1,0411 •••••,10 11, SMITH, DIERCHANT TAILOR, No. 84 Wylie nreet,.Pittsburgit, Pa., espectfully invites inielionttention to his NEW AND EX TEN4I7.Ia ASSORTMENT OF FASHIONABLE Spring and annliner Goods, Embracing :Mille New and Desirable Stylee for Gentlemen's Wear, which will be made to order in the very best manner, at Reasonable Prices. Also; a Pine Assortment of Gent's Porundarig Goods kept constantly on hand. mar'? a O. A. PLUM" NEW AND VALUABLE BOOKS FOR BALE AT THE PRESBYTERIAN BOOK ROOMS, RENSHAW'S NEW BUILDINGS, The Board of Co'portage revectfully invite their friends to calßat their Rama, and examine their large utortment of religions books, among which are the tolkiwing new Wines: The'lleidiatip of Christ.— ...$l.O Five Yews' Prayers and Answers. By Prime ..........» Patience to Work and Patiince io Wait 1.30 Hand Book of the New Testaninnt-.... ............... .The Ways of Pleasantness tor - the Yotmg. ........ --- The Recreations of a Country Parson. 2 vole Craver. Thoughts of a Country Parson—. ...... The Sympathy of Christ. By Winslow Andy Rail, the Minion Scholar in the ..... Stepping Stones for Children's Feet. ThaDrutelinid's Daughter Little Lily's Travels-2, ..... ..... The Bible Against Slavery._ 25 All the issues of the Board of Publication and a large sup ply of Sabbath Schoolbooks, alrays on hand. JOHN CUIBERTSON, Librarian. iebls-s, B . L. H. HAMM, 41? 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