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BUB OB BUST.
HT EBQNEZER ELLIOTT.
_ldler,_why_lio-dowO'td-die?
Bettor rub than rust, '
Hark ! the lark sings in the sky—
"Dio when dio thou must I
Day is waking, leaves are shaking,
•"Bottorrub than rust,"
In the grave there's sloop enough—
" Bettor rub than rust;
Death perhaps is hunger proof,
Dio .when dio thou must;
Men aro mowing, bfeozos blowing,
Bettor rub than rust."
Ho wbo will not work, shall want;
Naught for naught is'just—
Wonft do, mutt do, wbon ho can't;
" Bettor rab t than rust,
Boos aro flying; sloth is dying,
Better rub than rust."
« NO,”
Would you loam tho bravest thing
That man can .over do 7
Would you bo the uncrowned king.
Absolute and true?
Would yo seek to emulate
All we learn in story
Of the moral, just and great,
Rich in real glory 7
Would you loso much bittor caro
In your lot below 7
Bravely spoak out wbon and whore
'Tis right to utter " No."
Mon with goodly spirits blest,
Willing to do right,
Yo who stand with wavering breast
Bouoatli Persuasion's might,
When companions sook to taunt
Judgment info sin—
When tho loud laugh fain would daunt
Your bettor voice within—
Dh ! bo sure, ye'll never.meet
M6re insidious foe;
But strike tho coward to your foot
By reason’s watchword "No.*’
Ah, how rtiftny thorns wo wroathd
To twine our brows around,
By not knowing when to broath6
This Sound J
Many a breast has rued Iho day
Whon it rookdded less'
bf fruits the moril 44 Nay,’*
Than flowers upon tlib 4< Yos.”
Many a sad repentant thought
Turns to “ long ago,”
When a luckless fate ftSs wrought
By wadi of saying “No.**
frew have Wfned to fcpoak this Word
When it thould bo spoken j *
Resolution is deferred
Vows to virtue spoken,
More of'courage is required
This one word tri sAyv
Than to stand whero shots are fired
In the battle fray.
Use it fitly, ard ye’ll ieS
Many a lot below p .
May he schooled and dohty ruled
By power to utter 44 No.”
3EWteouo.
[From Qodey’s Lady'S Book, for detofior.]
- THE HEART’S RESOLVE.
BT ALICE B. NEAL.
11 A chain of gold ye shall ndt lack,
oNor braid to bind your Hair;
Nor mettled hound, nor managed hawk,
Nor palfrey, frisk and fair,
And you, the foremost of them a*,
Shall ride ou forest green I
But yet she loot the tears down fa 1
For Jock t^Hafieldeen.”
* Bdt yoU don’t think it a questions of du-
EUen I”
“ I have never Known another parent; and
»u know, Jamie, we-were both taught by
w rector, when we were children, that the
“ramandment with promise, included- all
Jwevrho had shielded or sheltered our youth,
tuu have not forgotten the catechizing, sure-
Ji when we used to stand in the chanel, with
'Ur eyes fixed on the good man, ns he explain
'd our duty to God and our neighbor.”
James Ellis had not forgotten it; for it
jtM there, in that lonely parish church, atan
i n R by the chancel rails, that he had first
joorned to Jove his village playmate., “ Or
'tan Ellen" they celled her then, though sho
‘ad found friends and a home in this Lodge
* Ayton Hall. • There was something in her
fanner and bearing -different from the rest
'{ the children upon the village, green. In
l ‘l their plays, she was the leader; 'and she
'«ver abused the confidence reposed in her
tyranny, which, which so many
-tildren show. James Ellis, the gardener’s
was her favorite among them all; for he
ore d flowers, and. living always among them
Jilted to breathe of tbeir delicate
was as athletic as hie fellows, but never
| rj| »tefonB; and; though he was no lag
i,ru at ball and “ Hunt the Hare,” be loved
? r hatter to wander away in the woods, with
1 #n for Ihb companion; to read to her from
iije book the rector had loaned him, or he
- Pegged from' the shelves of the house
ijjper. . ■ ■
■Jey learned their' ohatechism' together,
upon a bank they had christened “Fai
linoll,” for the lovely-flowers that, grew
,r * i and- the dull, bard sentenses bad ar
new charm as ho repeated' them, guided by
her pleasant voice and never-failing patience.
Did ho remember the catechism in theohuroh 7
Yes, and how ho had'watched her oven then,
in the red light that fell through the stained
glass windows, and thought angels must bo
'like Elion Lloyd, who, with meek and rever
ent tade, listened to tba holy teachings of
.their good rector. And there was another
recollection—of the happyAlayday when she
was chosen queen, liis father gave him
flowers for the garland which she wore; and
his sister Annie, much olde’rthan himself,
made him very happy by thfi gift of the broad
white ribbon with which it.. Was tied.—
How Ellen had thanked him, vrith her eyes,
and with her smile 1 And they were merry
with their dances and songs until—yes, until
the young squire came;—and here his brow
darkened in the reverie. He was a young
lad, no older than James, but very proud and
self-willed even then. He must kiss the
pretty queen fotoooth I And Ellen blushed
tond drew back, while tier young champion'
.came to the rescue. There were high words,
and almost blows, until his father parted
them.; while Ellen, weeping and trembling,
tore the garland from herforhead, and would
sing no rtiore that day.
How strangely our childhood shadows forth
our life 1 Many years had gone by, yet they
were sitting on the fairy knoll, as in the days
we have recalled; and the boyish rivals of old
wera' rivalH still, both suitors for the hand of
-Orphan Ellen. She had grown up in-the
Lodge to a tall and stately woman, despite
the rustic dress she always wore, and the
household tasks at which she labored cheer
fully. James Ellis had removed to another
parish, bordering upon Ayton, however, to
wards Which his holiday rambles were al
ways directed; and the young squire had
come into possessing of the Hall, with a wild
undisciplined mind and that same fierce will.
Caring only for field sports; and associating
with the Idle followers which they drew ar
ound him, it was no wonder that the quiet
grace of Ellen Lloyd attracted him, meeting
her as ho did within the shadow of his very
roof. And cunning Dairte Marjory was hot
alow to perceive it, or to throw out lures,
which were scarcely wanting. He hud no
pride to overcome; there was no one to con
sult or advise, and so he demanded at last the
hand of her humble charge never dreaming
that ho could be opposed or thwarted. She
was old, she said, and needed many comforts
they could ill afford with the straitened meahs.
Besides, the squire had helped them in the
fever, and she owed him a heavy debt for
blankets and coals, and doctor, which he was
willing to forgive, besides making the cottage
rent tree, so long as she chose to live and oc
cupy it. Then her own foster-child mistress
at Ayton Hull I The prospect was too grand
to indulge n moment's misgiving on the score
of James Ellis. 1
She was ill prepared for the storm that
burst when she confided to him the fine pros
pects of his friend Ellen. What, Ellen, the
playmate of his boyhood,’the darling of his
manly heart, given to the arms of that faugh
fox-hunting, - wine-drinking young ■ spend
thrift 1 Never, while he had lifel But the
contest was not so easily decided, for no pro
mise had been exchanged between them; and
Ellon, in the power of Dame Margery, seem
ed only the servant of her will. Her heart
was not in the Hall, with all its rich furni
ture and stately appointments—that was
plainly seen ; but it had come to this, that
■he had promised to meet him at Fairy Kn >ll
for the last time.
There they eat, side by side, as in child
hood, with the brook rippling before them,
and the acorn-oups scattered in the soft grass,
the very birds singing the song of old—no
thing changed but those two human hearts.
44 Nell, you can’t wean what you say.—
There is not any law in the land that can
force yon to marry him if you don’t wish it.
pame Margery has been like a mother to
you, to be sure ; and we will always be kind
and good to her. She can have a hbmo with
us, poor as it will be now; and I will work
day and night until that debt is paid. I'd
work my fingers to the bone for you, Nolly !”
But the girl only leaned her head against
the gnarled tree at her side, and' closed her
eyes in a vain endeavor to shut back this learn
that trickled down her face.
44 Come, you must not be breaking your
heart; it drives me mad, arid I could burn
the house over his head for tormenting you
bo. Only give me the right, darling, and no
body shall harm you by a word.”
lie tried to draw her Id him, butshe resist
ed, with a murmur—“ I Have promised.”
” No— promised T*
“ You know all now.” And sho spoke
hurriedly, choked by tdafs. “And, oh I
there is such a weight front my heart; for
now you will help me to bear it. I think X
was mad. They pave mo no pence day nor
night; and at last they said it was you that
hindered me. And Marjory told me strange
things of you that I could not believe—in
deed, £ did not for ad instant. But it was
not until his dreadful threats that I promised.
I could not have blood upon my head—and
your blood, Jamie I”
“ The coward I lie did not dare—
-44 Hush, Jamie, it will do no good now—
and, indeed; 1 had not a selfish thought. It
will be only a prison to me-’-r-and she point :
ed to tbb brown stone turrets rising above the
trees. * 4 But he cod id ruin you, he said, and
Marjery called mo ungrateful, rind told me to
think of the good I ooUld do with the money
he was squandering—and bid mb beware
how I told you what she had said, for she
could prove things that would turn your love
to bate.” ' n •
44 It’s all false together, poor child 1 There
: is nothing to prove, and ho has not a feath
er’s influence with. Sir Edward. The coun
try around despise him for ah empty hot
head, and ns lor that whining old ”
Sho laid her hand upon his arm with a
mute pleading look that was more eloquent
tlian word*.
“ Don’t cheek me now, I can’t stand such
oppression, and in a country where the poor
est may have justice. I swear you shall not
bo Ins wife till you walk over my dead body
to the altar I Oh I Nelly”—and. his tune
changed to one of almost womanly entreaty
“think how I have loved you since we
were little children' together, and I made you
mose-ohaina on this very bank I- You never
knew, you could not dream Aon) much, for ray
lips can’t speak all that my heart thinks.—
Tho brook duos not make much noise here at
our feet, Nolly, but jo‘u know how deep it is.
for ail that stillness, and my love was like it.
When I grew up to be a man, I thought of
you and dreamed of you day and night. You
wera never out of my thoughts. I said to
myself, when I can make a home .she, shall
share it if sho will, and so t worked, and
saved, and toiled all for you. Nelly, and
sometimes when I was tempted to p back
with gay companions, that kept me back; or,
if I was tempted to think the world was very
hard, and things looked darker ahead, I
would gCt a glimpse of A'ytou church, aud re
member who lived eery new it, *Od epe 0»y
" OUR COUNTRY—MAY. IT ALWAYS BE EIG&T—BUT RIdHT Oft WBOW& Otlfc COUNTRY.*
she might be mine. Ohl Nelly—God help
mo-1 can't boar it 1”
He throw himself prostrate upon the bank,
while his hands tore the star grass convul
sively. And yet she looked at him with a
weary hopeless gaze, as if she could not un
derstand it, or had no consolation to offer.
“ It was a wicked, wicked promise, Nelly.”
“ But it was made, and I cannot break it;
that would lye sin. And now- Marjery can
not roprofich me, and no harm will come to
you, And I suppose I ought to bfi Vdry hap
py.”
He started up once more, and cartie to tier
side, “Do you remember the marriage ser
vice, and what you promised there 7 Don't
talk of perjury, if you can make those vows
—to love and honor. Nelly, you can’t do ei
ther ; you know you cannot—and you will
live a lie all your life long 1 Is it worse to
break one ill gat promise 7 for 1 know you
were threatened into it."
“ Oh / lam very miserable I” *
And in another momemt his arms were
around her, and she was sobbing, strained
closely to his heart. He did not speak, but
he pressed wild kisses upon her hair, and
cheek, and brow, tightening his clasp mean
„wliilo-fts-if-he-fearedBhe-would'be'torufrom
him. But ho, she l*iy quite still, tho tears
running down her face, and sobs rending her
very heard 1
At last, sputa recollection seemed to come
to her; for she tore herself away and unclas
ped those twinning arms, saying— ‘‘No, no ;
it cannot be—l have promised. This is all
wrong—so very, very wrong 1"
“ It he answered, passion
ately, ‘‘ You are my wife as much if we stood
at tno altar. My whole life has been yours,
and I will not give you up now."
“You should not have tempted me to.this
meeting/' she said. “It was I
had steeled my heart so—fur it must be.—
You know it must; .for Dame Marjery has
commanded me, and he always has his will.
Do remember once, in these very Woods, we
found a poor little bird, struggling in a snare
lie had set, with broken wings, artd go tore,
that it struggled and struggled, but was not
strong enough to escape?”
“ Ay, hut who did set itrfree, in spite of
the fear of him 7 Don’t forget that, Nolly,” 1
Still she motioned him away, and brushed
back- her Jong hair that had fallen over her
face, as she turned towards Ayton Hall. ’
“ This hight—this very night will decide.
Do not yield to such a false principle, of duty
You mistake it; indeed you do. Meet file
here tonight, Ellen, for they are wearyingyod
out, soul and body, and you shall go to An
nie ; she-bus such a pleasant home, and will
welcome you for asisteriintil lean*’claim you.
Say you will, and we shall forget this horrid
dream, when I was sb near losing you, and
my life shall be devoted to you” happiness/'
“Uow could yoiuresist that pleading, affec
tionate glance, and turn so resolutely from
so much offered happiness?* 1
"Do not tempt me, Jamie. God bless you,
and forget me I It won’t be long till !am
in tho churchyard! God forgive me; but I
wish it was now I”
“Hear once more/' he said. “I will bo
-here until the midnight, and you will come
and let me set you free. Ilomembor, I will
not leave this spot ’ till then. I know you
will come 1”
Sho shook her head sadly, and walked rap
idly away, motioning him back when.be
Would.have joined her.
There whs no sympathy in nature for her
beuvy heart. The sky was unclouded, and a
rich light mid shade checkered the path she
trod bo hurriedly. Now and then, through the
trees, came a glimpse of Aytbn Hall, shaded
by oaks ns lordly as the mansion, the broad
sloping lawn that, newly mown, looked like
the richest velvet in the sunshine. And was
there, in this firm denial of all that proffered
love, no lingering ambition to tread those
stately halls, the mistress of all this beauty
ami magnificence ? She was but human, and
power has tempted many & heart.—-Ah, no,
hers had long been too much engrossed by
another oiyect to leave room for the entrance
of worldly ambition; and she would gladly
have shared the meanest cottage upon the
grounds with James Ellis, than the mansion
with Its owner for her lord. She passed the
chUrcb'-yarri, and, rts she saw the still,
green graves, sleeping so quietly in the shad
ow of the cross, she lunged to lie down beside
them; td esedb# fcil'i dUll ptiio at her
heart. .If tile rector had but been tHbre, iiow
soon Vrodld slid hase confessed all, and been
guided Hy his truthful advice ; blit he tfiis
tar distant, seeking to regain wasted strength,
and there Was Done to console her.
• '‘lt’s a brave wedding wo shall Have, for
all,” chirruped old Marjery, coming forth to
meet her. 4 *But, bless the lassie, we would
na’ think you the bride. You've been greet
ing in those old woods, or.down by the brae.
Hoot, ohiel I. let’s hue nae sioh doings tlie
day.”
Ellen sickened at the crafty smile which
lit her features/ She wondered she had
never seed the expression before ; but avarice
is the sin of old age, find it has snapped the
kindlier nature of her protector. Sho pushed,
by almost roughly, and entered the cottage’
which hud been so many years a happy home
to her; The uUriods high backed chairs, the
carved O&keu table, wore as bright as hands
could make them, and the clematis that shad
ed the casement tilled the room with its soft
spicy breath. Her work was lying ris she
hadthrbwri.it down to keep the tryst '; blit
she was too miserable t> tssumo it, atid leaned
her head up m the table, unheeding the chat
tering oi Paine Marjery. . .
“ 4 *lt’s na* evsry brid* that has tlib like o’
this, my bairn. See the grarid present that
the squire lii'self sent you. That 1 should
see the day i/fphan Ellen was decked out in
such brave garment's 1 It's afr nny wedding
we shall ha' far a’.” And the old crone lifted
the slashed sleeve of the rich robe, for she
well knew the value ot the costly, fabric, and
that few village girls could resist such woo
ing'
It was in strange contrast to Ellen’s simple
attire, the rich fabric gleaming in the sun
light as the heavy folds caught its lustres ;
the snow white ground, with a dainty rose,
like flush spreading ovpr it, and softened by
laces that a duchess might hhve .worn. It
would well become her stately beauty; and
perhaps the maiden thought this as she gaged
vacantly towards it. But no . she scarcely
understood why it was there. There was a
sick, faint -feeling of head and heart, her
thoughts were dull and' confused, and sho
longed only to escape from the sound of a
voice she had learned alnfost to hate*
Oh, the weariness of that weary day I she
•soarcelyknew how the hours passed, except
that they seemed interminable. But at.
length came evening, and then the cool. Silent
night/and the staYs seemed more pitiful than
r tho'sunshine. She watehed until sleep came
to Pime Magery’s watchful eyes, and then
stole out to seek the open air; for she could
not sleep, remembering who* watched in vain
for hei* at Fairy XCrioll. There laythe robe
as the admiring' Majjeryhad left iV fl pwd
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10,1864,
out in her ycty path, and gWniinp; softly in
the moonlight. She could not mist tho im
pulse, but tare it from the chair and trampled
it under her. feet, as ehe thought. “And for
things like thess my happiness is to be bar
tered!”
Tho aot seemed to giro her new Ilfs and
energy, the night air pooled the fever of her
brain, and she began to think nqoe more calm
ly and clearly. Yet there soera'ed no e.oapo
for her; she was bound by every tie of grati
tude to Dame Marjery: she had herself onm
seated br the marriage; she know tho fierce
impetus v?ill which would not brook defer
ment ; itnd, as she Wrung Her hands,for very
hopeiessntas, the tfrOrds of James Ellis rose
in her mind with fearful meaning, “You
iHill lihe a jtc dll your UJe J” It would, in
deed, be eo ; and whether it was hotter to
break one extorted promise than doliber
otoly to take vows sfra could never fulfil. To
hive 1 when she shrunk from liis very trend,
and trembled at the sound of his voicr. To
honor I when she respected more truly the
very beggar at his gate. ; To obey 1 that wild
lawless will. IJfhat an intolerable yoke did
ehe bend her neok to reoeive I Turn whore
she would, it was too true —she would lice a
tie, 1 ■
One last,last hope of escape. It was not
yet midnight, and as she turned to the thnl
ing thought of the deep love that had that
day been proffered her. It seemed to hind
her, to constrain her, by its power. A calm
resolve passed through her heart, better than
all reasoning, than all argument. She felt
what was right, and, in Another moment was
bounding down the hill to the forest path.—■
No pause, not even to glance at tho hall,
more lovely than ever in the soft picturesque
light, or to the lodge, to see if her steps were
watched. ’ Fear was gone, weakness, doubt,
wore rolled away. ’On through tho tangled
wood, leaping the windings of the stream,
penetrating the darksome thicket, on and on,
every moment losing the fetters Of her rash
promise, until a quick step sprung to meet
hor, nnd she was looked in the strong arms
of him who loved her so truly.
“ I knew, I knew you would cornel” ho
said; “ and Annie is waiting fur us. You
are mine, mine own now, Nolly 1 are you not
my darling?”
But she only laid her head upon his breast
and smiled'upwards through her tears.
A Chinese Temple in San Fran-
SISfGtJLAR MIXTURE OF BUSINESS
AND SUPERSTITION.
the San Francisco Bulletin has tha follow
ing account of a wonderful temple just com
pleted in that city by tha Chinese residents :
“It may not bo known to all our readers
tliat there are in California six influential
and wealthy Chinese oonipanio*, which are
partly commercial associations and partly
benevolent orders, and with which all the
Chinese who come hither are in sonie sort
connected. These companies arc knowii as
Sam Yep, Yeong Wo, See Yep, Nihg Yeong,
Hop Wo Bed Yen Wo. They all have their
headquarters in this oityii Every Mongolian
who comes to this coast is either consigned
to the career indentured to the service of
one of these companies; ‘They have a com
plete registry of the namta and whetcahouts
of their countrymen; are boitnd to look After
them in health and sickness so. long as their
connection with the company ifl preserved,
and iftthey die here to return their bodies to
China. Thev are not unlike in their'char
acter and objects tlidsi great onuimercial and
colonising companies that sprang up in Eu
rope after the discovery of America, mid that
furnished emigrants and slaves to the new
world, which they Visited in search of gold
and furs, fur the purpose of establishing set
tlements and trading posts, and sometimes,
avowedly to convert the heathen.
“ The system of the Chinese companies is,
however, more thorough ; their motives and
transactions generally more regular; .and
they also mix the religious element with their
business in a different manner, not seeking
to,, proselyte us ‘outside barbarians’,’ but to
furnish temples wherein the hSoinliora of their
own guilds uiny worship the wooddn gode of
the Celestial Empire, and burn Josh sticks
and holy paper. The Sen Yup Company
hare long had a temple on Pine street, in a
building wliiah rustle visitors to the bity dur
ing tile sniall-pox visitation of 1832 used to
be waggishly misinformed was a pest house.
The Ning Yeong Company have recently
built a large establishment on Dupont Alley,
between Pacific street and Broadway, which
has been popularly reported to bo a pnran
temple, wherein all manner of idols are v br
'shipped and mystic rites performed, popular
report is partly right and partly wrong.
the dedication or, the teupek;
The Ning Yeong Company, which is said
to bo the largest and richest in the State,
and to have a total membership in California
of eighteen thousand, erected anew building
for its business headquarters, mainly at a cost
of siiteen thousand dollars, the furniture and
outfit costing ninny thousand more. Its re
cent ooirip'letioo Oris been made the occasion
of S grand festival, continuing through many
days and nights, in Which all. the Chinese in
the citY ace participating, arid to which many
Arileficane have been invited. The ceremo
nies' hegdn with a Chinamen going about
blowing water from his rrioiith upon the fur
niture and into the corners of the rooms ; and
this queer proceeding wds followed by a hid
eous outburst of barbaric music* the burning
of incense, bowings before Josh, visiting anp
feasting. A great many outside 1 barbarians’
have improved the opportunity to study
Chinese customs, and to inspect the temple
of trade and superstition which is worth de
scribing. The main building is of brick,
about twenty feet front, forty feet deep , and
three stories high. The front is a recessed
arch under a square ‘cornice, the windows
enening upon iron railed balconies built
within the arch and outer square line of the
building.. This edifice isnppronohed through
n square one-story brick, opening into an in
ner court.
TttE RpatSTER of ilte DSAfi.’
“ Tha first floor of the main building is di
vided into several small reception andsmok
ing room’s, at the entrance to which stand* a
police officer, who admits .whoever has one of
the invitation cards issued by the "company.
In these rooms visitors are sometimes hand
ed a cun often, some fried cakes, or a pane#
of cigars, and Chinamen may be seen reolin
in<» on lounges and smoking’.pipes of wood
and metal, .which emit a very villainous
smell. Back of the reception roomsis a sort
of altar, covered with gilt and red hangings,
the front being, open and showing what w
s(nobles u succession of small steps or'shelyes,*
which are covered with papsr aiid insoribed
with Chinese characters. This is the regis
ter of the dead. Here are insoribed the
nam’d of all the msmbert or Wards of th*
cisfco.
Ning Yeong Company who have died in Cal
ifornia. In front of this ghostly record lamps
are kept burning night and day.
TUB “ RXCITANOB."
“Tho furniture of r.U tho Apartments cm
the first floor is of the plainest description.—
On the second floor ia toe company’s business
room, or exchange, where the. president or
Sing Song, whose name ie Wing Ga, and hie
head manager, Ah Wee, nit and smoke and
talk, receive visitors,-presi lo 6v«r meetings
of the company, and direct its ordinary con
cerns, relieving tho tedium Of those occupa
tions with ’art occasional tune oft some of thoso
thrilling two instruments for which
Chinadom is so ffimorta. This apartment is
supplied with chairs and tables made of a
hard black V?ood, that Ah Woe assures hla
American friends will break the edge of a
steel implement. The walla are papered and
partly hung with oblong tapestries of crim
son and yellow silk or satin elaborately, em
broidered in gold nnd high colors, And heav
ily fringed., Ah Woo nays this cost $l5O a
yard, and wns presented to the company by
some of its friends.
_T.MX_TXTXJXO«-OP--T-n«-rESPLBi
“But tho wonder of the whole building is
the temple in tho third story. Tho first glance
as it reveals only a confused heap of gilt,
crimson and blue cabinets,'brass ornaments,
crimson hangings and gaudy sings, while the
air is In Jen-with warm and sickening odors.
A more careful surrey extracts something
wonderful and systematic from .this melange
of barbaric tinsel and furniture. The walla
and ceilings arc nearly hid with huge crim
son,-blue and gilt signs, each bearing four ,
largo letters— to be u motto of some
sort—and an. inscription in smaller charac
ters at one end. These are said to be pres
ents from other companies, and from friends
here and in China. the centre of tHo
room are placed three cabinets, each about
ten feet long fly two feet wide find four feet
High, made of exceedingly dark* and heavy
wood, find the fronts carved in high relief in
the most grotesque and elaborate manner.—
Soma of the carvings represent the interior
of houses, with figures of men, beasts, birds
and insects of strange juxtaposition, while
others consist of trees, vines and scroll-work
—all gilded, the background being tho orig
inal dark color of the wood.
“On the top of these massive cabinets are
large braziers Slled with incense, or.contain
ing live coals, in whioh sticks of sandal wood
are slowly burning; fantastic wax tapers,
sticks of punk three feat high and four inch
es thick; lofty vessels of mettle like tin, whose
use is not apparent, small images, peaked
yellow flags, pyramids or fan-shaped bunch
es o( artificial flowers, poaauck tails and in-,
sects mixed with tinsel ornaments, blnzing /
lamps, carved and gilt sticks of sandel wood,
&o. Along the sides of tho room, at the ends
of these cabinets are bannera of embroidered
silk, round and square and fnuged, drums,
brass emblems, military and civic, and weap
ons of war. Much of tho furniture and trum
pery described was presented to the compa
ny. The front cabinet—which Ah Wee says
costs $4OO in Chinn, where wages are less
time one cent a day in some districts—.was a
gift from the Chineese employed at the Mis
sion Wbllen Mills. In the rear of ell this
splendor stands tho altar of Josh—tho wood
en god of the almon-eyed idolaters. This is
a square alcove of carved aud gilded wood,
iu which sits the awful Josh himself—a big
punched Chinaman With a brick red face,
long strips of fed cloth flowing from each
side of his head, three long tails of black florae
hair sprouting oitt of his chin and the corn
ers of his mouth, and his person bedizond
with blue; green, crimson and gilt carvings,
studded with bits of glass, to represent his
smallclothes, aud high above his head a brass
suu, as it this celestial superstition had mix
ed with a bit of Pureeeism.
TRADITION AND orrRRINOS,
“■We are asked to believe while in this aw
ful presence that Josh, when alive on earth,
stood fifteen feet in his bare feel, and wielded
a battle axe that weighed d ton, and one day
killed thirty thousand of his foes. In proof
of this story wp are shown by Ah VYao in a
manner that admitted of no controversy, H
wooden battle axe, highly carved and gilded,
wliieli is an exact representation ot the one
Josh swung with suoh fateful fury. Under
Josli’S august nose blazed several oil lamps ;
and sticks of biinring sandel wood and punk,
and braziers ef inConse powder, sent up
wreaths of smoke, filling the room' With an
odor that was rather pleasant after a while.-
Before this altar the heads of the companies,-
olad in long blue robes and black scull cups
appearjdaily during tb# festival, bowing, kiss
ing the floor and chanting, while the Som-
Yen and Good Kim are twanged and-drums
are beat in horrid dissonance. Hither are
brought the offerings of baked and raw meats
—whole sheep and hogs. A record of these
is kept, blit with .the exception of the left
hindquarters of the baked animals, they are
taken away again by those who bring them.
This is an economical form of sacrifice, and
probably doqp Josh as much good ns though
votaries did not save their bacon so carefully
The religious ceremonies are soon oyor (and
tltat is another wise economy,) though du
ring the current festival they are frequently
repeated; , .
“It isa carioris fact that the Chinese do
not resent or apparently object to the pres
ence of Americans during theso rites. Per
haps they are willing to give us every oppor
tunity to bo converted, and desire to set us
an example of liberality and courtesy which
wo will be long in following.”
Dnors of Wisdom.— A bright and beauti
ful bird is Hope ; it will oorae to us ’mid the
darkness, and sing the sweetest song when
our spirits are saddest; and when the lone
foul is weary, and longs to pass away, it
warbles Us saddest notes, and tightens again
the slender fibres of our hearts thftt grief had
been tearing away.
We know nothing in advance ; every new
Step.we,take in life is nil additional experi
ment we make ; and if puts to the reat our
theories, dur feelings, and our principles.
Teach self-denial, and make its practice
pleasurable, and you create for the world a
destiny more sublime than aver issued from
the brain of the wildest dreamer.
Must men (and women • too) to con
sider their sohonl-learning as if it were like a
tad pole’s tail, meant to drop off ns soon as
the owner comes to full growth.
The'mors nearly Our minds approach _ to a
slate of purity in this life, the greater will bo
our ohanoe of realizing true happiness.
If men would but follow the ndytee which
they gratuitously bestow upon othefs, what a
reformation Would bo effected in the world,
Kough’ 'diamonds are sometimes mistaken
for pebbles’.
(£7* Cotton is exported from Texas into
Mexico,'where English and American speou
atbra are’ buying it op at a high figui*.
I gtirnltural.
[From tho American Agriculturist.
JiOTBS AND SUGGESTIONS FOB THE MONTH*
The frosts of October, and the bracing
winds, now and theu almost wintry, Warn
ua to prepare for the cold weather, which ap
proaches with such steady marches from the
ice-caves of the North. The year has poured
out almost all tho contents from her “ Horn
of plenty/’ and man lias garnered them’.—
Our granaries are full and our barns crowded
with tho harvests. Fruits are gathered and
routs are fast filling up the measure of the
bountiful store. It now {remain to make
those final preparations for winter which
are necessary for us in order to take
advantage of . Its .hours of comparative
freedom from sever* labor. Bee how each
bud has its winter jacket, padded or furry,
and of many {olds. The leaves in the forest
and orchard protect the tender plants which
seek the shelter of their moist shade. The
cattle have their thick winter coats, the birds
“thicker"pluTnageTandThe wiliflinimalß h five
made provision in a much more remarkable
degree. Wo subject plants and animals to
very 'unnatural conditions of life when we
domesticate them, and of course should con
scientiously guard them from suffering, and
the evils of exposure fo the cold. While we
rejoice in the bounties of Heaven, and give
thanks for cur full harvests, and that, though
in a fearful struggle for national life and in
tegrity, our country still holds its place
tfmung nations, let us remember those whose
barns are not full, because the strong arms
that would have sowed and garnered tho
crops, have been reaping harvests of laurels
6u the, battle field. *
wokk FOR TUB TAltlC, BARK, AND STOCK YARD.
Buildings. —Everything should be put in
order for cold vroather, which otten comes as
early as tho middle of the month. Banking
ud earth against foundations, boarding up
stables inside, tightening the obtaide,hoard
ing, stopping leaks,in the roofs, setting glass
where parveo are broken, five each important
at this season. All stablos.ought.to bo pro
rided with, glazed windows, into which the
sun may shine freely.
Butter. —Feed the cows roots, pumpkins
find meal, bran and oil cuke, or something of
the kind to keep up the butter product. This
is as good as gold to pay debts in Europe,
and will bring high prioea while foreign ex
change is high. ,
Cabbages. —They afford a very nutritious
milking food for cows, and when no decayed
are fed, vrilhnot flavor inilk, if fed a£
ter morning milking. •
CWfte.—Push forward the fattening of:
beeves as fast as possible. The,best flesh is
laid oft before tho coldest weather, dive the
shelter df good warm elieds to young stock,
and stable the irtilch cows. If this bo not
possible, give the best protection you
Tho straw slicltbrs described in the Jan. Ag
riculturist of this vdlumfe are now important
to many Western fanners. .
Cellars. —Seo that there is perfect drain
age, and tUfit vfdter cannot run in, even in
the worst weather. Make (hem neat, healthy
and light, by whitewash. Stop the rat holes
with cement mortar filled with broken glass;
and “ point up" cracks and loose spots in the
foundations.
' Cwtern».--Protect against winter. It is
not too lato to liiako n good one. Durable
farm cisterns are made by cementing right
sgainstUie earth, as repeatedly desprilieoin
the Agriculturists Empty fouf oislerhs and
clean them o'lit efirly in the
month, that they may be filled afresh before
the snow comes.'
■ early its possible Have it.all
husked and placed in dry, airy cribs, or
spread out on tkarra and "dry floors. Corn
husks, well baled, meet a ready sale at high
prices in Eastern cities.
Draining. —So long ns the ground contin
ues open, jf it bo all winter, keep hands at
work at this important business. It is much
better for a farmer to bury his money in the
earth, in the shape ol well laid tiles, 4 feat
Jeep; than to put it in the best bank in the
world, while the labor thus expended is that
which can not be immediately oonvertedWnto
money. No one who does a little good drain
ing will stop with that.
Fences. —Poor fences are a temptation to
people to steal rails for firewood, and the
careless fanner id’ in part answerable for the
crime.
Fruit, — Handle carefully ; one bruise rots
an apple. Apples packed in barrels in dry
leaves keep longer than packed in any other
way we know,’find will bear transportation
better. Keep fruit in d cool place, but whore
it will not be frosted. Cider made from se
lected sound apples, and when special pare is
taken to have everything clean, is superior to
most wines. .. . .
' Grain.—Rats, riiiee and other vcfniiii have
free chance at grain so long ns it is in the
sfisal. Get it all threshed and ready for mar
kebassoon (is possible. Keep it always clean
and bright; in tlis most marketable order for
high pfices.
Hedges. —Thorns and other deciduous
plants may be set so long its tho ground is
open.
Hogs. —Keep clean, well bedded, and shel
tered ; supply cooked lood if possible. Lit
ters of early pigs may now ho provided for,
allowing for the eow to go about four months
with young.
Horses. —See to it that the stables are well
Tsntilnted and light—easily cleaned out and
warm. Blanket a horse when he is standing
out of the stable, or when he first comes in,
and at night; too much blanketing is injuri
ous.
Leaves furnish an excellent material for
manure. Collect all that yoil can. They
answer for bedding, but are not a, good absor
bent of liquids. ' !
Jtanurcs.— Get out much muck to be ex
posed to the weather in winter, for use next
year; collect every thing that may increase
tbs supply in the hog pen, barn yard
or Compost heaps of manure.
Plowing. —Poll plowing tells, particularly
on land which is not well drained and fa late
in drying in. the spring, also on foul land, and
on heavy clays that ure ameliorated by the
frost. ,
. Potatoes.— Be sure that potatoes in pits in
the open ground have' good ventilation and
drainage, but are well covered. Those in
cellars should be dry and cool, butt not so
cold as apples.
Poultry in warm, light, clean quarters will
if tbp hens be well fed, secure plenty of eggs
nil winter., Feed freely those destined for
market. Prices ore usually best just before
or alter the holidays. Scraps from .beef and
pork are fattening, are much relished, Bud
induce laying. ,
Poets. —Store in cool cellars after sweat
ing ; free them from tops and dirt.when pat
in..
Comfortable" sheds, .give
them a good range; if boused.free
tion and dean quarter], not crowded. Each
sheep should bars 10 lo 19 square' feet sur
face room, (equivalent to at pace 2 J by 4 feet,
or 3by 5 feet for. each one;) not more thaiji
100 to ISO. should be confined in iho same
room. Turn in the buck this month for
April lambs, but they do better if droppdfi iti
May, in colder localities. . ■
Sugar Sorgum, —it bears eorao frost, bm4
ripens little after the leaves are frozen.—
Such cane ferments rapidly and must b*
worked pt once.
turnips and Carrots. —Dig before the
ground is liable to froeio, and store tbeSt
after eweoting.
Winter Crain. —ft is better fur it to bar*
too much growth than too little. Nevsr feed
•Off at this late season. Look to the surface
drains, that water raay'not stand in thedej
and that side-bills be not exposed to washing
by overflowing. , .
Wood for Fuel.-— Much good fuel may be
collected from that which has broken ond’
blown dowrvdedd trees, etc., both in orchard
and forest; as well as from old fences, bridg
es, etc., which shod lid bo . .replace'd—witfi
soundiituff,
!C7*Be not,affronted ata jest. IfonethrotSi
salt at thee thou wilt receive ho harm, unlss*
thou hast sore places.
HJ7” Bachelors are not quite, so stupid ns
involuntary ibdidchp would, have us believe;
One of the invetoratos being asked the other
day, why he did not secure come fond one's
company in hie voyage on the ocean of life;
replied, “I would if I was sure such tinoceatl
worild be Pacific.” .
iHTsaitssiSo SobCtb’.—-1-t' tha New York
fair tifd following occurred:
Scene—Very pretty girl pinning is botjueS
on young swell's cost.
Young swell- —“ Twenty-five seats for the
boqjuot, I think you said ; here's iwo-iulltlf
greenback.'’
Young lady—“ Yes, twerity-ftye cents fid
the hoguet; a dollar for pinning it oh jour
coat; and sevonty-fivC cents for the pin.—i.
That’s just right. Can’t I show yon suaie
thing else !” _
137" Bloridin, who figured at Niagara two,
years ago, has taken the Romans in Italy by
storm. We'learn that more than forty thou
sand pcopls swarm twi.be.a week to the fields
of th'o I’rietorians to admire the astonishing
feats of this remarkable man. A rope is
stretched to the height of eighty feet. Over
this ho walks blindfolded pushing before
himself a cooking ntoVo, with’ all the nepess
aary utensils, cooking an omelette, whioh he
devours with evident appetite. Another dar
ring feet of his consists in his carrying a
man upun his Shoulders heavier than hiniielr.
Blondin gives Birti three, hundred francs for
every representation. Blondin receives thir
ty thousand,francs per month, and bis wealth
bps already reached the enormous sum of four
millions of francs. It is characteristic of the
population of Romo, that while Blondin walks
on tiis rope before a multitude. Signora Ris
tori, the- great Italian tragedienne, plays
there before empty benches. Such is life.—.
A juggler has always mare charm than a foal
artiste.
Taiprixa Quail. —Sportsmen object that
catching quail in traps is not legitimate sport,
ind clttim that one trapper Will depopulate e.
section of country more thoroughly than a
dozen gtinner. The law for their protection
is to allow fdrtboir increase, tint in trapping
all the parent birds the object is defeated.—
A trapper in a few months could thoroughly
depopulate a district of this due bird, while
a hundred sportsmen could not succeed in do
ing the Same thing. A wagon loaded with
traps passed up tho valley on EridSy, to make
a business of catching quails for market, and
it may Un safely assumed thilt from wherever
they are located sportsman may emigrate.—
Napa Reporter.
O" Somebody who has just travelled in
Utah Terri tody says the Mormon .farmers
have a very felicitous and convenient arrange
ment by which they enjoy domestic and con
nubial gratifications whether they are al
their fends or up in the city. .They have a
wife at the farin, or such a number of wive*
as they can support. , They also fcave one or
more up in town, so that if overtaken. b$
night, or a storm, they can still he at home
in their city establ S unent,’ with family com
forts orotlnd them. Viewed from a Mormon
stand point, this is a very agreeable arrange
ment. .
As AtklS SoLtM.ES.- A few days ago {he
telegraph brouglit a very weighty dispatfihj
aim tho i)uly Wonder is bow the polos stood Bp
under such a tremendous lead. It was, if ni
remember rightly, headed “ important newe
from tho South.” In siihsianoe it stated that
a deserter had just arrived in Wnshiiigtort
from Leo’s army wlio reported that his .ne
children were sill in tho service and Insgrdnds
father had just been conscripted. - It might
be interesting for ono having the time to figt
fire out the age of that grandfather.
Mint Joups. —The question of the origin
of mint julips was recently agitated in Vir
ginia; and it,was ascertained that the idea
was conceived by an editor who kissed a pret
ty girl after she had eaten some mint, and
who was so much intoxicated with
that he devoted several months in attempting
to produce a substitute; or counterfeit which
would approach the original ns neatlj as pos
sible.
S®* A-woman named Sarah M’Ewen, re
siding in Jersey City, a few.driys sih'cs, mur
dered her infant,'by hanging it to a bod-pest;
and then committed suicide by suspending
her body from the top of a door with a cord
about her . neck. The recent death of ber
husband is supposed to bare be eh the cause.
The Wkono lloCbe.—-“ Madam,”, said *
polite traveller to d testy old landlady* “ If r
See proper to help myseelf to.tbismllk.is
there any impropriety in it ?”■ “ I don't know
what you mean f but if you mean to insinu
ate that there is anything unity in that milk*
I’U.give you to undersand thnt you’v* atruCk
the wrong house,., There ain’t tho.first hair,
in it, fqrtis soon ns 'Dorothv. Ann r told me
that the cat Was drowbed.ip the milk, JjWiaoA,,
right straight and strained :it uyep,",;;: ; .-r.
86J 1 A ybli'ng girl of
les was burned toddeatb on : the roprning of
her mdraiage by troadingonm.tndlch,-which
ignited andset her clothed on fire.
• f)Sr Tho London Post says that htseviey
al Federols in.
blookide roWdts. •' .
NO si