Jfarailij; ®ralt. [For the American Presbyterian.] THE LOST SOUL, AT JUDGMENT. BT JESSIE QLENN. ‘•Then shall they call upon me, but I will not ans wer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:” Proverbs 1. 28. J Great God ! what iB this ? 0, what means that loud call, That shrill, trumpet blast, that so terrifies all ? See yonder rock quiver from centre to base, While terror and anguish are blanching each face ! Why trembles the earth, and what means this strange sky? A voice.cries, “ The Judgment,” then where shall I fly ! [•: 1 : The Judge,"and the Judgment! Must my turn come too? . - ' tfy latnp is not burning !' 'Oh what shall I do ? .Then Ech o said mockingly, “What shall Ido ?’” See yon “ great white throne ” looming up in the sky, While One sits upon it, in dread.majesty: } How holy His look, 0 how placid and sweet!. ; I long for His smile, so will fly to His feet.. ) Dear Lord, I have come, for 1 know thou art,kind;; , My lamp has gone out, pm! no oilcan l -find, ', I would I had .filled it,—but turn notaway, V . Lord! ; punish me.npt, for my w'llfni'deliiy! 1 Then,Echo repeated,. “ thyWilful [dehiy !”‘ ' Good Master, smile on me, deep horror; is nea^,. My soul is in darkness ! I shudder with fear j ‘ 0 speak but my pardon, for mercy I cry, “No mercy for thee,” said a voice in reply. I tola thee full'oftehthe curse of tlelay. I gave thee Uur ohome, buLthpu did’st not choose me; Begone 1 to,Of i|v S a v ting for thee:” Then. Echo slew answered, “Is waiting for thee.” Xw,P e P! ; !j a ? these, haars surely; shdw[,“ I I never oan battle this wild storm of woe ! 1 ' ■ liR XaWsIF l -.ljO*d,, hear me,you must; Unhand ine, ye fiends, while I crawl in* the dust! . 0 hear me, believe me, the tempter beguiled, ' U® PvMeJ mbf jghtjy, and I tvas/BO jwild ; ~, As to heed his demands: while 1 ime seemed so long, That I meant to repent. 0 say not, begone ! But Echo wailed sadly, the one word—“ begone I” ~ (non TAr •■; t/, c i “I gave you full cnanoe,” said th'e'voice in reply,; ' “ ; That chance with all' Time; has-for you just gonejby; You scorned™/ appeals, and l now laugh at You would not ohoose me, and you cannot be ifiine. Dep&rt I I don’t know^you ; you bear n'ot my name.!” •HaVe mercy! I fthrieked.-but the ory was in vain; How lohg'must this last ? 0 reply; X im'plore !' i 1 I oaught foi" his answer, this word—“ Evermore !’!’ IVtaioh Eoho keepsyailing around, “Evermore;” ! MX :;el ,ir. : ; : NOBODY, SOEB.T .TOE, SEING'POLITE. I am now an old I cannot preach any-longer, 1 take great pleasure in ■ thinking' overthe events of my long life. When Xpr ea,c he d inthe 1 city of B—, I had twp .neighbors: - Onoof them, who lived at the right of my cottage; did not seem friejnd- lyjto,anjd)qdy»,j Hp ,s#l,dpin »spoke, to any * 6h#oir the i boyB disliked him very much, because l very dross and crabbed. He was noted for being penu riOttS; a.nd seldom .did any poor perso .1, re ceive a gift from him. t ~ V I *. To the left of my cbttageiiiiere lived a pbor Bhqemaker, whose whole fime was oc cupied in taking of his large family. Hie .had. a very pleasing .face, was friendly toward everybqdy, y.and twas,jqst the op posite of my neighbor ati the righto; Among • the" old shoemaker's 1 eight l Children thjere was a boy f abont ',eight yearS qld, who had blue eyes. fed cheeks, light hair. and was, as cheerful as a squirrel. His name was. Little Peter,, and though his father was poor, he had trained him to be very’polite,; and Little Peter wah one of tbie-most polite boys I ,. T . ■ For my'part? I 'thought -a great deal of him, and when hinffijihpql fqacher/.who was a member of nijHongregattMfttifd'me how in.dff|tidbus"aßad;aentSd‘hefWae, Ipelt very. fdiktDuw TOsee Him have a, good education. One winter evening, as I whs Sitting at my desk preparing myisermon for 'thetfollow ing (Sunday, 1 heard a rap at the dbor. . “(pome in r 1 said,:, was,my [as tonishment to' find.*‘my neighbor who lived at the right of the parsonage. A “ Please, sir; do net be offended that I ,trophic,yo,u to-night..l,have an important matter which I thought that I ought to lay before you.” , . | “ I am very much pleased to see you/’ I replied, “ and I hope you will speak freely” „ « Yon know,” replied the neighbor, “ that I take a walk- 'every day, and as often asT ' pass the door of the shoemaker -who lives dose by us, his little boy Peter salutes jme . with ,so much kindness such- a pleasant face that he has deeply affected me. Though he has kept it' up for a year or two, I have ncVCr .returned his salutation, and yeji he is as, pleasant, as ever.. So 1 have been think ing to myself that his politeness must be 'fiatiiriil'tb him, and that the boy has a good heart One day I thought that I would test him; and, accordingly, as I went by the shoemaker’s shop, I dropped my money purse right near where Little Peter was standing, ahdtheh I hurried on. I thought I w.ould see whether Pefer was honest: as f Well as polite,, but I had not gone a dozen ' StepS befo're he came’ runnihg after me, and, handing me my money-purse, said to me; 1 This isyotirs, sir ; please take it!’ Now, this oircumstance has affected me very deeply, and I havethought that I. bright to i do what I can to help that poor family.; -I am advanced in life, and Cm rich, and need but little to live upon. So, in the first place I would like to help the shoemaker and his family; and ihlhdiiext place, I would like to do what 1 can Peter:' --What I desire of yon, sir, isto givdme your advice.” 5 j ; 1 I took hold of my neighbor’s hand, thank : ed him heartily for revealing- to me such good .desires/’and 'then rtold him that I thought the poqr shoemaker and his family were very worthy objects of his attention. I then told hint that Little Peter was a boy ofunusual talents as ~ well as of-greet : politeness,.and. of undoubted honesty, and then advised my neighbor to provide for jhis education." 1 SothenprSmised the the wopld P.ay wants of the shoemaker and his family, and after half] an THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1869. hour’s time, he bade me “ Good-night;” but the remarkable circumstance so affected me, and led mo to think over the change that God had wrought in him, that it was a late hour before I went to sleep. The next week this same neighbor went into the shoemaker’s little shop. The ceil ing was so low that he could hardly stand up in it, and he found out th&t the shoemak er did not make shoes at all, but only mended them, for there were piles of old worn out shoes all around theroom, but there was Dot a sign of any new leather, or of any new boots or Bhoes. Of course, the shoemaker was almost beside himself with astonishment to see the man who had pas sed-feif'a..-,cross and ugly .person, and who ■seldom spoke to anybody, come into; bis shop, and especially 'address him in the pleasant manner in which he did. rich.’'gentleman ,then-.said : “ liafri needing a new pair of boots, and I would like you to make mo a pair. Can ypji .d'o it at,once?” .< “ Well—well—l can make shoes; and boots, too, but—but—really; I : d'o'n't' kqdW —l [ believe I'haven’t' got—l haven’t got ! • leathoi; enough.” . , ! . The truth was, the shoemaker did inot know what to say;yet he knew that he jhad no leather in.hi^shqp ! that wa]J ; ,fit for ritak-. ing boots,. for it had 'been many months nnce he.had made apair, and he was really .oo pqqr .to, ; lay in a> lresh stock of leather. : As; soon as the rich ; man saw the poor ■ ni^m'aker’s'difficulty, he said to him r; j • “ Oh ! well ; neVea mind the lbathfer ; I . ,wilL,take .care of that.” ’ ■ " - The shoemaker.. bardly Jknew what to. think of him when he insisted" upon. Lis taking his measure. But the measure was taken, apd the , rich qqigbbor bade jhim . ito tne sHoeinaker a large'roil of leaiiher/anff if- his’ name had not been on it, he wpplc certainly have thought it was designedfqr v ? ,H 3 ■' :> } A 1 : 1 The next day a . supply of flour, meal, potatoes,..and , bqef ,ws[B brought to the Bjho'e-' maker’s little s]iqp,"'and he and his family,, were-rejoiced beyond at the good fqrtnhe which they had met.with. , But little Peter’s education was yet to be. pfqyided fpr., 3iy rich Boighbdr skwl the"* school-teacher in regard to, him; gave !h*im a sum of money to pay .greatV.'.a£tentiJii/£b., him, to teach him in special hqurko'filtheday; to providq him.with‘^|l f %he-books that! -he: rieededj.and to prepare him for the Uuiver sity ~wrth the.greatest care. j Now, ,t toT sayTtbateallithe kind ness which, ithih rich- m’au •Sh'owed toj the poor ‘'sfi6^|d^qr v ah|Pt|ifs‘ i 'family did (not have : “Effect toward making them lose or kindnesk .of heart. . The tide now turned greatly in tjjq shoemaker’s favbr, and 'as 'h'e'began to| pqt one new pair rr of.,l)o,q.tB ,or, shoes' on ano.ther in his littlo. how window, his customers ,bp gap to multiply; and ; after a few months::he had to move into alargef ‘shdp, apd : hie nessi increased s cor©ts»tlyu/”Little Peter progressed very finely at schoolj but nobody mould say to; him' that' ’the ’ good forturie. whieh he had met with had spoiled him. s Nqw.,„w.hen .the;,rich,,man, saw, that 1 his Hhdn%6h Mi bfilf that the shoemaker and his family, and especially Little Peterj deserved all that they Had re ceived af His hkndsf he" Qetermined to icon-, tibue his kindness tqward others. In he spent the ,whole o| his reqiai,ning.?iif4'‘in seeking out and aiding the poor an 3 neg lected worthy persons in. the; oity of' B ! But 1 it [was his regret, 1 to the latest"' day of his life, that' he had not. commenced ; pqipH i kindnesß before.. Still, his. rCgret, sWeetry ened by the fact that God , hpil used liittlel Peter’s kindness: and politeness to. soften his beart, and :tq lead, him to/devote thej last of his life,to ; a, big,b, and worthy purpose.- EEMLViAIi /MJ3ASTJBES AND EEVIVAL ' ' ci d. 'FiNSit.' r;r |’ j that th Without 'lie' :w measures it ls impossi church shoutdsucceedin gaining the attention of the world to religion. .There arc so many ex citing subjects constantly brought- before theipub lic mind, such .a running to and fro, so many that cry, “ 'Lo'here,” and'-“ Lo'there,that the church cannot maintain'hhr ground, cannot-command at tention'; wi^hout ; yery exciting pje'acKingi and sut; ficient novelty >in measures, to get the-public ear. The measures oh politicians, of infidels and here-' tics, the scrambling after/wealth, the increase of luxury, and the ten thousand exciting an'd coun teracting influences that hear upon the church and upon the world, will , their attention and turn all men away from the sanctuary and. from the altars of the Lord, 'unless, we increase in wis; dom and piety, and wisely adopt such new ihe,a-» sures as are calculated to get the attention of men to the of ghrjst. I .have already said, in the coarse of these lecthrelf that novelties should be no, faster thanthey are for. They should t.e introduced with; the greatest iwisdom, Bnd'icaution,- and -aprayerfuiness, 0 . and in a manner calculated to excite' as 'little opposition as possible.) ■, But new measures - we must have. And may Grod prevent the church; fijoinj sealing down in any-set of forms, and ■ getting the j pre sent or any other edition of her measures stereo typed. 1 j ,(Xlt isAvident that ..we exciting preaching, to meet the character andwants of'the age. Ministers are generally beginning to! find "this out.. And some of therm cdfiaplaih bfitj and suppose it to be-owing to new measures, 'as 'they eali them. They say that ministers ad our fathers" would' have @!!r, now cannot be heard, cj&Mfc'gat’gffifpftment, nor collek an And they- think- that ;nOTg, measures/ have pervertedJhe taste of'the peppierßut this is not the'difficulty.' 1 The character of llie ageis>: changed,-a«d these m,en, havejnpt- conformed to, it, bht' retain the samelatiff,'dry, prosing style of preaching that answered iialf a century a : gb.; *. Book at the Methodists. Many of their min isters aTe uniearhedf in’ the 1 co'mmon sense of the term, many of them tdken right. from the shop or the farm, gathered 6'opgre-' 1 gat ions, 1 " anff pushed'tHeir * way, and won pouls : everywhere. Wherever the Methodists have gone, their plain, pointed and simple, but warm mode of preaching has always gathered congrega tions. Few Presbyterian ministers have gathered so large assemblies, or won so many souls. Now are we to be told that we must pursue the same old, formal mode of doing things, amidst all these changes ? As well might the North River be rolled back, as the world converted under such preaching. Those who adi>pt a different style of preaching, as the Methodists have done, will run away from us The world will escape from under the influence of;this old-fashioned or rather new fashioned ministry. It is impossible that the pub lic mind should he held by'such preaching. We must have exciting, powerful preaching,, or the devil will hjyjh.the people, except,what the Meth odists can, saves It is impossible that ourjninis ters should continue to-do good/unless we have 1 innovation? in regard to the style of preaching. Mkhy ministers‘are'ffnding itf-out! already,' that a Methodist preacher,, without . the .advantages of ,a liberal education,' .will, draw a Congregationi around him which a Presbyterian minister;, with, perhaps ten times'ds'tfidch learning, cannot equal,- because he'dia? hot the earnest manner'' of tb'e other; ahd ! does'not pour out jfire upon/his hears erS'when tie'preaches •i -t:-\ •. t: ! BY‘SI; b. oonwat. ; Ifr., with few rivals'in the past and none in the present, at; the head 6fi tohatyitf ‘fattlt of-'anhefterephrase,' may ;, be ! call6d ! 'ihteliectual- ppeitry: : There are poets who tank him ih'imagibative liis* tre, there are more mußical minstrels, there . • -these. % are view;—'/Warmer an d more delicate cleSr, vigor ous,; seulpture of' forms i Aast-.of with veins of jtdue abd red),, lor the utterance; o.f the rjghtrphysi ognoniiaalword iaiid.phrase,he hasvno, sn,- peridr Binc’e v ShabespP'afe. . Yet fnteirectflal 'ah It is .oven to 1 a-GreCk evph would by ho meads; express ,the ; cfear.myjf \his>writings tO>etj'le‘ them philosophical. VJSfp .thepry can qhofe ■Him;.nor is hejatall ethieaL' &ißYeli'giohß fervor showß'in'pdibts Of white lire on every 1 ! page,i and yet/Bp AtAjssoral led-’' object. He .writps, neither fjable ndr allegory. The.; world of me n ; a n d. worh en, •wathttheir actual passions,■ hopeamndfoyes, and' the vast arenas. for their- play opened by these as'rivCrs cut’ their chanhels-h^these are enough For him. for; man ; his faith junst find its joy in a divin'd' Man. The world of forms, the city 'of bodies,' represents ItOihim. thetacattered rays of this mysterious humanity; and his art is not tofohMgh inemhfiio'iiahy moral monot ,ony» bu^ t tQ' PjdtWatft thenji ih [the.ir vairious-vibality.iand; meaning, and: re i port threirdraifihtiO'interplay. ‘ ‘To 1 pbilbsox phy and science all is unity; the poet' is'a* creator-of variety- 6u’tof ■thisvuhity which-' shows 1 Jj'a'raday but ono erehiept, Tyndall o&e force, Hegdl one idea, 'npaej'tyihg ‘all actual dr cqnceiya.ble conibination^.^ H .IIow ! .grandly,•he haevtaeated his -forms. may. bp best lparned 1 by considering'th'e' , 'fortiiitjy ( pf’ his invention •as ; disp)ay'e'dfn-all Of hiS |vo,lr nines. lip poet,of J<hip generation had ap> proachpifßobert Browning in the richpesa and originality of iris plots; While r apbund him the gods ahdcgoddpsses of Greece and Borne h^ypifeepngmasquerading- in con tern-' iporary costumes-^whUe!<:critios-.have ; beep often limitedfor a : generation ait: a-time" tb ’WS&itß's* yphna oh .Cupid ;i'9 byer ; every or jScahdihavianoy iltaliandegend has been made do -do" dutyiike the profes sional models l whose: faces - and forms, nbw r brigbt', r hbw lirown, reappear a); every; Aca demy exhibition—this poet has’ evolved; a series of the’ most beautiful; frames -as well as portraits,.in attestatidn pf which wC need only, for _the 4 reader of Browning, mention “ Jrippa '“''The Flight, of the'-Duchess,” a‘nd “The Blot on; the Scutcheon." —Atlantic Monthly for February. DANTE.' BY WILLIAM CULLXN BIfrANT. The following lines .were written about the time ; of the six hundredth anniversary of the birfch| of Dante,-which was celebrated in various parts of the civilized world in May, 1865. If they have any interest for the reader, they will owe it in a 1 ;odd degree to • the recent admirable- translations of which have familiarized ithe American public with the character of his inind and what-hfe did for his own age and the ages which succeeded hjm,— the translation.of the entire poem by in- which the nakedy-grgndeuri of the original is reproduced with a pevere fidelity, andi that of, the Infernp’j.by Parsons, remai table for the ; easeand.'Bpirit qf itsren(lerihg. . ( - ,: _ The. allusjon in the,last stanza of the linesihere,, giyen .will ijie peaililyi understood to, refer KisS ■ tory of-opr own country for the year 1865. 1, ' ‘ Who, midst the grasses of the‘field : j That Bpring 'beabath our careless feet, ! ! First-found ithe shining stems.'that yield The grains of, life-sustaining wheat; .< Li 'A PI .J. >1 .'1 iw 1.. ! Who fire'&upon the furrowed land ' Stro\yes, the.bright,grains,to sprout and grow, And ripen lot the reaper’s hand, — We know hot, and'we cannot know. ,/ ] . I-> i . f Jr. .>: * t' : 5 *.> . ; i ’ '• But wejl we, know the hand that brought And scattered, far as sight can reach, The seeds of free and living, thought V -On the. broad field of-modern speech. , ’ the, white hills that round us lie ... ! ‘ We cherish that*Great Sower’s fame; ; .And.hs'wepile’the Sheaves *n high; With awe we utter Dante’s name. Six centuries, since the poet s birfb, ~ Havecotneand flitted’ o’er our sphere-; Ti,e ridheSt harvest reapedon earth ; ' ! i ■■ Growns'thelastqtntury’s closing year. Ben Franklin a.nd Philadelphia Mer-; CHANTS.— .When Benjamih-Franklin was a,, printer in Philadelphia, it seemshe.published a newspaper.. ' Among 'otherthings 'that -re eewsedn censure at his hands were, certain' . mocles“ > of 4 transacting business by 2 the jner chants of Philadelphia. He handled the knaves in such a manner as to arouse their wrath, and calling a meeting among them selves they waited upon the sturdy printer, and demanded to know what he meant. “Here,” said they, “we have been pa tronizing and supporting you, and this is our reward. You must change this mode of do ing or we’ll show you that the merchants are a power you may not trifle with. Without our patronage where would you stand ?” “ Gentlemen of the Merchants’ 1 Commit tee,” said the polite printer, “ I am as you see, very busy-now, but call at my house this evening for dinner, I'shall consider the matter over with you ip a friendly,manner.” The committee congratulating themselves that old Ben was evidently frightened, came to.dinner,at the',horn; named hut were sur prised to find nothing on the table but mush madeiof ilk-ground i corn—and a large pitchei ofi milk. The merchants’ committee riot' being used>to coarse:fare, 1 coUld: do noth ing but watch l the'healthy jirinter while he made a 1 hearty ineal. 1 : Bising-from the table 1 h’e'addfes'sed’ .the committee 1 thusr Gpntlri meri,J lie 1 thdt Jjan 1 live’' comfortably, on such .food can ‘ liyrifripthoutV ypur patronage.; I 1 shall, mpse pra'clices, when nii((.,riot before. .Geptlemen,. good,might.”, i ;,,, c ; And for,, many,a .year Philadelphia mer chants were hettervand far -more honest,' dnoident.' -- ?i ; 'j IM ' li'T '• 1' I Three 'ehilcfrem- in .New"’'Brunswick grit astray. One, a girl, was about six years of the, others Your, and three... was a :i :Wiid legion’,','arid in ,wildVweather, arid at; the ;riigbt- r , ?rom signs it seems thutlfhe mix ’year old,- girl soon felt, sure.that there dipuftt&o. hope-;of, their 'being foundthatpight, and:so took measures, at once, for the! safe keeping of-heir little ones. Putting therri in ;th & most sheltered nook; she could find', : sh e then/Stripped l away most of her own >? gar ments to* put on them and 1 then set out .to gather dry sea weed -Arid brush to cover them rip.'iri"and’duf^rid'theml, 1 A! large (juantity : •rif..this, had been gathered',Arid piledabout trip babes in a sort of nest, and: there 1 they lay,jjrhen. the pebplpf|ojrind still' alive,; but the six year old matron and martyr' lay .QU.bon.the .shore’dead of ;the icpld>.beside the iasfc:pile.of brush,she had been.able to gather but was-pot able to bringvin;* .ft, • .-•hepn [ <3 ( : , .1, ■• ■- ‘ BTOEI&HT, POE 1 THE; OQHBUMTTim ■M> J »m i 4 ;4:V *i •;'t' ' V"-k‘< t ‘ someconsumptiv.es that ope of the b,es]t’ prescriptions we have made has been, their [removal from a north room to tl}e sunny south chamber. As wo caseS' cbriie, to rifind/ytfikirigiy illbstTiJrti’ye'tof thd’Sfih’s* bbhigh influence. We hat'd been,''attending, at an orphah asy luiiii'a,;girl ; twelve years old,-who had been; long ill of severe typhoid fever. She. was whpily 'prostrated id mind add-body, and emaciated’ 'to the last-degree.'; It was plain that she was falling into'that depf eas ed .condition of. all the powers of-life that so ioften precedes iconsnmption,, Day after day we visited her, but all recuperative power seemed'lost.; Half dead and, alive, the little' creature neither, spoke nor moved, an.d ate only; on:compulsion.; ■Qne'iday,.on our,; way to visit her, we felt that elastic thrill which the warm rays of .the. sun impart.ip, ■the early coblj/weather ofspring. We [in voluntarily leaped 1 along, and were instant ly struck w i th' the fac tthat “virtue had gone; idut of us,” when, we left behind ns the sun light and warmth' ofthe street,‘and, edtered-i that northern chaniber, the dormitory of the/ poor orphan. That inspiriting influence the invalid had never experienced in the slight-, est'degree iduriug the whole of her sickness, as, owing to 'its peculiar situation, not a ray of direct sunlight had ever entered; the chamber. We were shocked, and for the first time considered the depth of her loss, and our own remissness in regard to,; her. The air of the, room had been pure, fhe_ceilings of the infirmary ,were lofty, the attendants had been faithful and sagacious. Hothing seemedL eking, in fact, to restore health. Yet it did not come. On the contrary, there seemed a constant downward tendency.; “A SUn-bbthinthe warm rays of this delicious spring day is whdt this girl needs,” we in stantly said to th'ei sister superior. This lady .gladly consented to-the chsinge, and placed the little patient in another room ’having a southern aspectahdPonsequentlyfilled with,, sunlight. ■ This irivalid'dmmiuediafely recog-, nized the change,- and asked, in her weak way, tp. have the curtains raised, so as to let. in t'he full blaze of the light. Soon she want ed to sit up, and directed that the easy chair, 'in which’she waS propped, should be placed 1 so' as to allowher'whole body below her face to be exposed to the direct rays of the sun. It natural ’tendency 'of disease,, seeking 'for ''all; life-tonofiating 'influences. And'We 'hav'e never met with so marked or SO rap|d itiaprovement as immediately began in tho’body ari’d mind' of thb girl. Appetite ■ and Strength-ihcfeased daily, andwiththem l burst forth 1 again all the joyous'ness of the 'phild^s 1 heart. ‘ 1 ' ; ! ; An'oth'er analogous case, which, although ! we do not demonstrate by it the influebce-'Of •• the sun alone, we cannot forbear to name";» because by sucirexafnplek we impress per hapß on .the, minds of onr readers the real l principles underlying the,'whole question. •A,4jH?Y eged about .thirty, resident 'in the northern; part of. Hew; England, 'consulted us-for undoubted' tubercular disease of the ! lut%B. ; Her hbuse was< well situated, a'nd on ! the • side towards-the south was a smail 1. ratsed'fwo-bMhrePitebi abWo The«'WirifenW® preaching' 'and were to be given. Having full faith in th., H ■ livine influences of pure air and sunlit p we directed that she should sit out on it. piazza every day during the winter, nnl e . it were too stormy. It was so arranged i to shut out the cool air on three sides, an to admit the full blaze of sunlight in fron Here, according to our directions, she use to Bit, wrapped in furs, reading or writin. for several hours each day during the fo lowing winter, and with most excellent re suits. She was directed frequently to mak, neep inspirations, in order to fill the lung: with pure air. She was never chilled, becaus; the sun’s rays and her warm clothing pre vented it. She never “took cold” there. Oi the contrary, the balmy influences exertei upon her by her daily sun and air bath wen so grateful j her breathing became so mucl easier after each of them, that, whenever £ storm came, 1 and prevented the resort to the piazza, the invalid suffered in consequence thereof. Whether these remarks will prove to our readers that want of sunlight may be reckoned:among the causesof consumption may well be doubted, but we trust that, at least, they will convince some sceptics that sunlight: has a potent influence in raising the human body from various, weaknesses that sometimes are’the precursors: of fatal phthi sis.—Atlantic Monthly for February. An “agricultural locomotive," or mam moth steam plow, has'been-built in Droville, California.- The huge ma'Chioe has six driv ing wheels, eaohierfurnishfed with cogs and .a pinion connected with amain driving shaft by self-adjusting drums and pinions. It is about2o? feet long,.and can-turn. within its Own length. , A -movable pinion, with;lever attached, ehahles the' pilot to guide it by steam when in motion. -Thefour forward wheels are connected together by. a frame, upon which reijts a universal pivot,tancLupon .:the-latter rests: the boiler,; supported; .by the sides by projecting frame-work. The .boiler retains an upiiight position while running on uneven o.r .sideling ground.: In thle rear ;of the boiler are the' engines, the pistons connecting with the main shaft in the; rear. ,TheplowB, 39 in number, are attached’ to a revolving shaft, which gets its motion from the main driving Bha’ft. The 39 plows occu py a space of but. 12 feet. They are raised or, lowered at will by tneans of a segment at cither end of.'the; shaft. The whole weight jis about, eight tuns,; The engine has a fifty thorhe power. ; The first lest seems* to have mad e a very: favorable impression. Its plow ing was done handsomely ahd rapidly.. The spalce, twelve feet wide, was leftitn the beßt c.ondition;.poBBible for plantihgiilt was thor oughly. pulverized to the depthj of six or eight inches,‘and turned over, and resem bled ground that bad been- plo'wed and run over -..with ..a cultivator. The universal ex pression, from .farmers present was,, that it perfqrmed:its work,well, but fears.were en tertained .by someth at .the weight of the machine was too great for cultivated: land. During the first test,’howevgr,itr was'run ning upon new’ ground, softened by, recent rains, so.that a loaded wagon over it., -■ ■■ j , y. .. 1 Hew Mode of the TJ. S- Senate, January, 13, lgfoy.Mrfeumner presented the petition of; M&hlon Jjhomis, XRJ of the. District of Cofcm|ii*Setting forth that he’ Has discovered MuhlraFented a new.mode of telegraphing, dispSKfng with the use of wires, and Using the earttLesnow, to form one-half ofthecircuit/and.'ujje con tinuous electrical element far’.above'the sur face of the earth for the other part of the and. asking an appropriation of >sso,ooo'to enable him to complete the demon stration of the value of hfs invention. Mr. Sumner said, in . presenting tile, petition, he .merely performed a duty.’Vut he thought this alleged invention was enter a great .peso of moonshine, or else it marked an epoch in the progress of Mr. Wilson fhough t it was better not to sheer just yet; some pf the greatest mien of the country had .laughed when, the, mag otic telegraph was first suggested, hut the laugh was now on the other side of. the mouth. Several Senators seemed disposed to throw ridicule on the matter. The petition was referred to the Committee on Patents. Philadelphia as a Manfeacturins City.— ln considering the subject of a proper location for manufacturing establishments, there is one argument in favor of philadel phia not generally used, but of greai im portance.. This is that the rate? ofinsurance here are lower than imany other great citv engaged in industrial, pursuits*. Of this there can be nb ; dispute, the fact be ing well known to business men. The rea sons-are numerous;- 1 i The arrangements here for the extinguishm’ent of fires are oh a more comprehensive scale' than those of any other city W e have more steam 1 fire-engines than any two other American cities combined, and they are well distributed throughout all parts of the city. O.ur electric fire alarm telegraph ns the most complete and'effective in the world, and has'served as d model for copy. , Thh investigations of .he hire Marshal have Reduced "the'perils i m a ™ n i and,; altogether, ouh ; arrange ments have caused a great reduction in the lumber of .fires as well as in the amount of ■ losses consequent. The Poli'ce.'and Fire De partment?,.,work .harmoniously together in the extinguishment of-fires,;,the,paving of property and the exclusion.efivdepred&tojs. 1,; ? ATrE^f— Tie mok ’(lxtrior.dfnarT in stance of patience- oii' record in modern tt«ies, ; is tost,of ll s silentlj%.tw,o„days>Me A .couple 0 uple of ( v t or 7 a iabout the con fsteuetio»!of ,a® j:act!fi{)and Amended tfe.c^roverSy^by,remarking: , Gentlemen, the'law is ; ;
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