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THE BIBLE.
BY WILLIAM LEOUETT.
This little book I'd rather own, , , .
Than all the fiold and pt'tnn
Thnt e'r in munurch' coder shown
Than all their diadems.
v, wore the sims one chrysolite,i
Tht earth a golden ball,
And dinmonds ull the slars of night,
This book were worth them all.
How 'baleful to ambition's eye
His blcod-wronp; spoils must glenni,
Wlniti dt alh's npliflcd hand is nigh,
His lift a vanished dream !
Then he;ir him Willi his pnsping breath
Knr one poor moment crave !
Fool ! votildt rton stay the arm of death ?
Ask of the gold to fave I
No, no ! this son! ne'er found relief
In glittering hoards oX weallh ;
Gems dazzle not the eye of prie f,
Gold cannot purchase health:
But here a blessed balm appears,
To heal the deepest woe ;
And he that seeks this book m tears;
His tears shall ceane to How.
Here he who died on Calvary's tree,
Halh made that promise blest :
"Ye heavy laden, come to me,
And I w ill give you rest.
A bruised reed I will not break,
A contrite heart despise;
My burden's liuht, and all who take
My yoke, shall win the skies!"
Yes, yes, this little book is worth
All else to mortals given ;
For what are all the joys of earth.
Compared to joys in f leaven 1
This is the guide our Father gave
To lead to realms of day
A star whose lustte gilds the grave
,;The light the life the way."
SLAMJER.
BY FRANCIS 8. OSOOttD.
A whisper woke the air
A soft, light tone, and low,
Yet barbed wilh shame and wo;
Now, miaht it only perish tliete,
Nor farther go !
Ah me.' a quick and eager ear
Canyjit up the litlle-tiieaniiig sound!
Another voice has breathed it clear,
And so it wanders round,
From ear to lip from lip to ear
Until it reached a genlle heart,
And that it broke.
It was the only heart it found
Tin only In-ait "twii.t meant to find,
When iirst its accents woke;
It reached thai tender heart at Invt,
And that it broke.
Low as it seemed to other's ears,
It came a thunder crush to hers
That fragile girl, so fair and gay
That guileless girl, to pure and true.
'Tin said a little humming bird,
That in a fragrant lily jay,
And dreamed the summer morn away,
Was killed but by the gun's report
Some idle boy had fired in sport !
The very sound a death blow came.
And thus her happy heart, that beat
Wilh love and hope, so fast and sweet,
(Shrined in its Lily, too
for wl
i ho the maid I li.it knew
But owned the delicate, (lower-like grace
Of her young form and face?)
When first that word,
Her light heart heard, .
It fluttered like a frightened bird.
Then shot its wings and sighed,
And wilh a silent tdiuddar died
a umorot!0 SUrtttt.
THE FAT GIRL'S JUMP J
OK, HOW TO DO VP KOM.t'AMBlLI.SM.
I was just twelve years of age, and the
most unequalled rogue for mischief that
old Kentucky" could produce. It was at
this time that I was sent to a country board- ,
tng school, some thirty miles Irom my birth
place, Louisville ami an agreeable school
C.'.l ,1 .. 1 .
il was, ior u nau am two departments, ana
they simply consisted of male and female.
Our tutor and tutoress were the kindest
souls (n Christendom, and never Indicated
heavier punishment than that of sending
the guilty one to bed supperless, or depri-
ving him or her ot the privilege ot
the recess. Then there could be no Won
der in our Imposing upon such good nature
but for my adventure : ,
1 here was only a door (that bf course
locked) that seperated the dormitory of the
boys and girls ; but the kind builder hid
not omitted to place a ventilator over the
door and, as luck would have it, the good
mistress had covered it with i small baize
green curtain upon our side. After enjoy
ing a fine dance upon the green, and that,
too, under the prettiest moonlight that
ever shone, we were assembled in the cha
pel to prayer, and sent to our separate dor
mitories the girls, some fifteen in number,
taking one flight of stairs, while we, eigh
teen or twerity of the greatest scamps alive,
look the opposite flight our master and
mistress returning 19 their own room. A
few moments found all in bed, and strange
to say, perfectly quiet. Ve had lain so
but a short time, When we heard a sudden
creak, like a bedstead, put in violent agita
tion, and this Was followed by a suppressed,
dui general tttten
uHy golly, boys, there' fun among the
gals," I exclaimed, "and here's w hat's go
ing to have a peep at 'em; '
In a moment every bed showed a sitting
figured I bounded out, and running softly
to the keyhole but the fallen ingelt had
stuffed it with rag, and that was no go;
"Never mind, boys; easy now, and I'll
give you all might."
I softly drew a tabln and placed it against
the door, and with the greatest difficulty
stood a chair upon it tof the table being
small, tbe chair made almost too great a
stride of it. However, I mounted, and
raising one corner of the curtain, the whole
scene was visible to me.
The girls had placed two beds Some sit
or eight feet apart, aud laid a leather bed
on the floor between them, and they were
then exercising themselves by jumping
from one bed to the other. There was one
fat girl, about as broad as she was long, and
in ho way calculated, for physical exer
tions; but she had got upon the bed, and
stood swinging her arms to and fro, making
every indication for a desperate jump. By
this time I was out on the floor, and my
place at the curtain supplied by another
sprig of mischief. He leaned down and
whispered the fat girl was going to jump.
"Oh, golly!" said he, "if Fan only falls,
won't she roll over nice!"
I was determined to see this, and climb
ing up again, we both occupied the "tot
tering pile." With one hand over our
mouths, and pinching our noses, to pre
vent a burst of laughter, we stood breath
less awaiting the awful calamity.
"There she goes, by jingo!" I exclaim
ed. She didn't do it, though for her feet
just resting on the round of the bed, she
balanced but for a moment, and fell back
wards, head down and feet in the air, roll
ing and pulling like a porpoise, but display
ing no mean agility for so embarrassing a
situation. 1
We could hold in no longer, but shook
with laughter. The chair tilled, and down
all came together, with a crash like a young
fteal of thunder. j
, "To bed to bed, boys," said I, "and
leave 'the rest to me." !
In nn instant all was quiet; everybody ( where it eists without the act of loving,
in bed and sound asleep, with the excep- I illu' where it demands so costly a thing as a
tion of myself. Oh! such attempts to human heart, wilh nil ils warm and gener
snore, as might have been then heard but ! ,s allections, to satisfy the hunger of a sel
we.were used to playing the "possum," i vanity.
and i now concluJed to give the approach- J' 0,1 these- grounds that the young so
ing tutor and wife a sample of somnambu
lism. "ow don't laugh for the world, boys,
anil see me do the thing
I raised the table on its legs, and gettintr
on it, was concluding my speech that I had
written and committed to memory for the
day and here the trainers of young ideas
entered, but still I continued
"Friends and fellow students: Over
whelmed, as I am, with your kind atten
tions, I cannot refrain from expr-ssing
thanks, yes, warm and heartfelt thf.iiks;
and to you, dear sir, (this of course meant
the tutor, and at this point my vacant sta
ring eyes were upon him,) will my heart
ever yearn. I look upon this moment of
my life with pride that swells my young
bosom almost to bursting ; and when man
hood shall close my youthful career, and
my country shall call inc to her hails of
Legislation, there will I exercise every
truth and virtue instilled into my In :irt dy
vour kind and fatherly tutoring. These
bovish tears of joy will yet swell to a gush
ing stream of ambitious glory and then !
will 1 look back to these days, and with you
uppermost in my thoughts, exclaim, 'Twas
you, yes you, sir that made me what I
am !
"Bravo! bravo! my boy," they both ex
claimed.
I got oft the table now, seeing I had the
game in my own hands, and walked slowly
up to the window, gave myself up to deep
sobbings, and really appeared much af
fected. The tutor approached me and called me
softly by name, but I answered him not ;
arid turning slowly from him, I walked to
the other side of the room, avoiding the
rays of the lamp, which the mistress was
directing upon me.
'He is asleep, my dear," exclaimed the
tutor; and it niut have been the dragging
of the table over the floor that made such
a rumbling noise. fJive me the lamp, and
go bring me a basin of water I will eflect
a lasting cure upon our young somnambu
list." I heard - many suppressed titters, and I
could see sundry corners of sheets roini
into sundry mouths. This nearly destroy
ed my equilibrium ; but I mastered myself,
and again went to the window, though the
mention of the basin of water caused a im
mentary shudder to shoot through my
wlirtle frame.
The good dame returned with what I
magnified into an uncommonly large ves
sel of water. Hut it was no delusion for
in her haste she brought the "filterer," and ;
I knew certainly it was a cold duckin? 1 1
was to have Could I escape it? 1 would
.. 1 ' 1.1 T -!.4 1. "l,;
try,
I walked first to one bed, then to an
other the tutor follow ing with the filterer,
his wife playing "torch-bearer," while the
heavy breathing of the possuming sleepers
added to the solemnity of the scene. I
still walked on, turning away every time
he proposed to douse mej They had com
pletely cut off the retreat to my own bed,
and I saw at once I should have to take it.
I walked boldly out, arid placing myself
before him, he upset the1 contents of the jug
tipod me. ::
I gasped, caught my breath, tottered, and
played the frightened boy so well, that the
deception was complete. I heard a merry
laugh in the next room my schoolmates
on their beds rubbing their eyes and inquir
ing the matter.
The next morning the boys found that
tht rag had been taken from that keyhdle.
BOILING,
br. Webster, in his Encyclopedia of Do
mestic. Economy, direots that meats for boil:
ing should be put into cold water, and hea.
ted together wilh the water. Lie big gives
a different model, viz: that they should be
put into boiling water, in the manner us di
rected for vegetables; '. The reason given is,
thai if put into cold water, the juices of the
meat, on which the flavor depends,' wilt bo
gradually dissolved, and go to enrich the
soap instead of being- retained on the meut.
All authoritiot recommend the use of hard
instead of soft water for meat, unless soup is
to be made.
A CHOICE EXTRACT.
Will the young reader endure for a mo
ment a few grave hints 6n a subject which
is too frequently placed beyond the pale of
reasoning; by some parties thought too sa
cred, by others too trifling, by all unsuita
ble for the exercise of the reasoning pow
ers And consequently that which forms
atone time or another' in the experience of
every human being a large fortiori of the
business of human lile that which above
every other tendency, impulse, or passion,
decides their destiny fur this World, and
often for the next that which attaches
them by indissoluble tivs to relationship,
home, and society that which constitutes
their bane or their blessing, their happiness
or their misery, which enters alike into
their successor their failure, and is equally
capable of accelerating both that is not to
be looked into with serious eyes, but is reft
lor the gossip of the young, the jest of the
vulgar, and the scorn of the would-be wise.
One word, therefore, of serious earnest
ness on this forbidden subject one word of
quiet reasoning, and of simple truth, may
surely be borne with, for the sake of the
variety which it presents in the accustomed
mode of treating a somewhat popular
theme. One word and it is this. There
are two distinct ways of becoming entan
gled in what is called a love-afTair : there
is the love ilsclf a holy, and a precious
thing : and there is the love of being loved
a mean a greedy a devouring passion
oilen mix
in society, and that such learlul
and fatal mistakes are consequently made.
The false passion exhibits all the outward
symptoms of the real one, and what renders
discrimination between the two more diffi
cult, is that it often, if not always is, in
some measure mixed with it ; for to love,
and not to desire to bn loved in return,
would he as little in accordance with rea
son, as with nature.
It is on these unequal, and false grounds,
that women sometimes dare to marry ; and
oh ! what an awakenins; to the truth comes
then! The devoted affection which had
supplied abundant food for vanity in those
circles o( society where it could be exhibi
ted as a trophy of conquest, or while the
freshness of the victory enhanced its value,
how docs 't jvil! and weary in the privacy
of (loiiitsllc life: or perhaps if Mill valued
for the 't "1 imis incei.M- it ol'ers, how is it
drawn i,p ,n. mill lirainetl of its sweetness,
by thut iv tji.iring and insatiable love of be
ing loved, which !i.i:M lie fed by constant
demonstrations of 'litaclitiient, at once de
grading to the digliitv of man, and Wearv-
i ing to the patience of the most devoted.
It is this vanity of being loved, when
mistaken for the act of" loving, which makes
so many fretful, teasing,, und requiring
w ives. The character of the flirt is pecu
liarly marked by this propensity, and might
be a warning, instead of an attraction, as it
too often is, to those who compete for her
favors or her smiles. The position of a
Hirst is that of a person demanding of others
a costly and valuable treasure, for which it
is impossible that any equivalent should be
returned. It is more odious even than
this, for it implies the use of deep artifice
to obtain by secret means, what right rea
son and honorable feeling would alike blush
to demand openly. It implies deception
too, for it makes a show of being able to
return in kind, sonje portion at least of the
treasure demanded. It promises nothing
it cannot promise; because there would be
living witnesses to prove that others had
shared in the same, and all would know
that the heart in question, however large
and bountiful, could not be bestowed upon
an. .o; me nut is acquainted with a sa
fer course than this. It is the great busi
ness of her life to find out and practice such
methods of acting, speaking, and even look
ing, as shall convey the idea that she her
self has a heart to be won, when in reality
the ruling passion of her life is to win the
hearts of others.
If the professed flirt were the only one
addicted to this practice, or liable in this
way to be deceived herself while deceiving
others, there would be comparatively little
: I. ! . .1 . . - -. . ..
mischief done to society; nor would the
individual injury be such as to claim any
large amount of sympathy or consideration.
But the evil to be deplored is one which
tries the foundation of human happiness in
a widely different manner. It arises in
fact out of that ignorance of themselves
which is supposed necessarily to belong to
the young, and which education makes no
pretence to remedy; It, conseqtieully ex
ists among the learned and the highly
taught according to the accustomed fashion
of instruction, and influences their actions;
to as great an extent as amongst the more
Ignorant and unenlightened.
By which of the common systems Of in;
struction, for instance, is a vain young gir!
to be made aware of the factj that while be
lieving herself captivated by her first love,
and fancying him an object of affection, she
Is only captivated by his flattering atten
tions, and charmed with the idea of being
an object of affection herself! that she is
in reality only charmed with the idea of
being preferred before others ; and thus the
deeper the impression she has the power
to make, the more ardent and devoted the
attachment displayed by her lover, the
greater is the gratification to her own vanity
and self-love 1
It is precisely this mistake, so frequently
the result of pure ignorance as regards the
motives, powers, and passions which hab
itually influence our common nature, that
makes shipwreck of so large an amount of
human happiness in the married state. It
is the fact of entering upon that state pre
pared, and expecting to receive, rather than
to gire to be the pampered, cherished,
flattered one, rather than to cherish, bear
with, and, if profoundly admiring be flat
tering, then to flatter another. ,
If in the outset there should be so great
a sim-larily n the symptoms of tfiese two
motions, or tendencies, as to excite the in
quiry where lies the . difference ? their
results are so stronjlv marked by contra
dictory elements of character, as to draw
out, through the whole experience of Jife,
a set of feelings and habits entirely opposed
to each other. In one case, these are gree
dily bent upon receiving in the other, be
nevolently disposed to give out perpetually
from fountain inexhaustible as life itself.
In one case there is a constant dem'and in
the other, & no less constant sup'rily. In
one case there is self for the centre of all
good n tha other, self is forgotten in min
istering to the good of 4 being who is more
than self. In one case-, kindness, attention,
Solicitude, are watched for, demanded as a
right, and only borne without, by sorrow,
reproaches, and tears; in the other they
are dispensed like the sunshine and the
due equally natural, generous, and spon
taneous, but not the less essential to the
verdure and the beauty of life. In one
case, the insatiable receiver sits like a bloat
ed ido! on a mystic shrine, gloating over
rich offerings presented there in the other,
the heart itself pours forth its secret wealth,
and asks for no return beyond those of wel
come and acceptance.
Just in proportion then as it is more
blessed to give than to receive ; and just in
the same manner, is the act of loving, gen
erously and devotedly, superior in all the
elements of true nobility and true happiness-,
to that common, mean, and despica
ble passion, which deserves no better name
than a greediness for being loved ; and just
in proportion too, as these distinct elements
of character differ from each other, is it im
portant to learn in early life how to distin
guish them each from the other, both in
their outward manifestations, and in their
secret influence upon the happiness or mis
ery of life.
When education shall have mastered a
few dfficulties of this description, it will
indeed have become worthy of its name.
When educators shall have turned their at
tention to subjects of this nature when
they shall even have dreamed that it is de
sirable to do so when they shall have en
tertained, though but a faint idea of the
fact, that the springs of human conduct
arise more out of this class of feelings, than
out of problems in algebra, or Latin roots,
or even living language iu any of its varied
forms, they will have advanced one step
towards that blessed era when moral culti
vation shall assert its claim to be regarded
in
connection with intellectual. i.ven
then, the long years in which intellect
alone has been the direct object of the edu
cator in systematic training will have to
be recovered by that neglected , portion of
our nature, out of which spring the motives
of all human conduct out of which spring
happiness and misery good and evil. AH
the long year3 in which this has been ne
glected will then have to be made up for
by tenfold earnestness and effort, before that
equal balance of mind, that harmony of
character, and that consistency ol action
can bo looked for, which constitute man a
fitting recipient for the higher influences
of religion, and which, instead of frustra
ting the great work still remaining to be
done, is like the preparation of the soil be
fore the scattering in of precious seed.
Hearts and Homes.
ACoolOpf.ration. 'itallo, there capting!'
said a 'brother Jonathan' to a captain of a
canal packet on the Eric Canal, 'what do yon
charge for passage?'
'Three cents per mile, and boarded,' said
the captain.
'Wul, 1 guess I'll take passage, capting,
seeing as how 1 am kinder gin out walking so
far.'
Accordingly, he got on board just as the
steward was ringing the bell for dinner. Jo
nathan sat down and began to demolish the
"fixins," to the utter consternation of the cap
tain, until he had cleared the labia of all that
was ealeble, when he got up and went on
deck; picking bis teelh very comfortably.
'How far is it, capting, from here to where
I came aboard V
'Neatly one and a half miles,' said the
captain.
'Let's see,1 said Jonathan, 'that would be
just four and a half cents ; but never mind,
capting I won't be small : here's five cents,
which pays my fare to here j I guess I'll go
ashore now; I'm kinder rested out.'
The captain vamosed for the cabin, and
iunathan went ashore. The captain did not
take any more "way passenger" the re
mainder of the summer;
Oodb NONSENSE.
tt is now found out, that in Russia, sledges
are used, because wheels have a revolution
ary tendency. This was not noticed in the
"Will of Peter the Great."
The Pope, after being a (?at) Gaeta, has
concluded lo try the "dogs" at Bologna.
This Is a queer age, as well as a sausage.
An American editor has arrived at Paris,
with au object of putting down the masses.
7'ir m asses is an old joke ; but the older a joke
is the newer it is to him.
Mr. Walsh, consul, was called homej but
he is so deaf that he can't possibly hear the
summons.
Poussin, the old Frenoh painter, wai fa
mous for bis introduction of uhtti horses to
landscapes. But we (earn from Washington
that oh old "whiley" kicked up, and spoiled
hit canvass, whereupon be. went off with hit
colors, and tmall pallef he slept on. The
brush will come after him.
It it understood that cigars are terribly
dear in Franoe and England, at Spain hat po
Cuba to back her.
John BtinYAH'4 silveW Mlltfe.
in these days of rushing after gold, as a
seasonable warning we copy for a perusal the
following passage from Bunyan's Pilgrim's
Progress:
At the farthest side of the plain called
Ease', was a little hill called Lucre, and in
that hill a silver mine, which some of them
that had formerly gone that way, because of
its rarity had turned aside to see ; but going
too near the brim of the pit, t.e ground be
ing deceitful under them, broke and they
were slain. Some also had been maimed
there, and could not, to their dying day, be
their own men again.
Then 1 saw in my drenm, that a little off
of the road oyer against the silver mine, stood
Pern as, to call passengers to and see; who
said to Christian and his fellows "Ho! turn
asido hitherto, and I will show you a thing."
"What thing so deserving as to turn us
from the way V asked Christian. r
"Here is a silver mine and some dicjzina in
it for treasure. If you will come, with a lit
tle pains you may richly provide for your
selves." Then said Hopeful, "let us go and see."
"Not I," said Christinn, "I have before
heard of this place, and how many here have
been slain; and besides, that treasure is a
snare to those that seek it, for it hindreth
them in their pilgrimage," The Christian
called to Demas saying "Is not the place
dangerous."
"Not very dangerous, except to those that
are careless." But withal he blushed as ho
spoke.
"Then," said Christian to Hopeful, "let us
not stii a step, but still-keep on our way."
"I will warrant you. when By-ends comes
tip, if he has tho invitation as we, he will
turn in hither to see."
"No doubt therefore," said Christian, "for
his principles lead him that w ay, and a hun
dred toone ho dies there."
What is there that any average number of
of us have ever enjoyed, and still deem worth
enjoying, which we have been rendered in
capable of relishing through the maturity pf
our growth, and tlie firmer set of our s!':cili
deis i Are we less delighted than in child
hood with the delicious creations of a soaring
imagination, or the brilliant colourings of a
warm fancy Has poetry or music failed to
charinns? Have we ceased to dwell with pro
found enjoyment on thu life-hallowing, soul
elevating presentments of the painter, the
sculptor, and tho dramatist? Do we turn with
satiety from the singing of birds, or the bud
ding of flowers, or the sparkling gems, which,
at morn and eventide, bend the fresh green
grass and deck the opening leaflets of the haw
thorn? Do summers's genial showers and sun
shine gladden less than of old? Is there no lon
ger a grateful response in our hearts for the
plcntitudo cf autumn's stores? Or has winter
itself lost any of its household joys, its social
charities, and fire-side endearments? Say,
by the flight of years, arid the furrowing of
our brows we acquired some sources of plea
sure which are wholly new.
ADVICE GRATIS.
One of our exchanges says: Be content
as long as your mouth is full und body co
vered, remember the poor kiss the pretty
girls don't rob your neighbor's hen rooet
never pick an editor's pocket, nor entertain
an idea that he is going to treat kick dull
care to the deuce black your own boots '
sew on your own buttons, and be sure to
to take a paper and pay for it. G'jod practi
cal advice.
From tha Knickerbocker.
FORBEARANCE AN ILLl STK ATION.
There are pleasant spots where no sunbeams
6low, ...
There are fertile veils where ho rivers flow,
There are flowers that bloom where 110 south
winds come,
And the air is stirred with the drowsy hum
Of bees, where the place seem nut lo be
A filling haunt for such melody:
And we wonder much that things' should be
sd,
Till, searching above and searching below,
We the hidden secret of Nature know.
There kre cheerful homes where the light bf
day
Steal in w!th a faintly glimmering ray;
Where the labor is hard, and coarse the bread,
And but scanty rest for the weary head ;
Where childhood is nursed by Hunger gaunt,
And clasped in the cold embrace ot Want!
And we wonder much until we find
That a faith which never looks behind
Gives feet to the lame ahd eyei to the blind.
There are yearnig hearts that Wcnder on
Through lite; us if seeking a Jjght that is
gone J
Though no outward cattse of grief appear;
Yet 110 friendly hand may stay the leur,
Which only in silent sadness reveals
All that the desolate spirit feels:
These love not darkness, they seek fur light ;
But w hat other eves seems most briuht,
To them brings naught but despair aud blight
There are gentle natures that strangely turn
rrum uie neuritis wnere Love uota warmly
burn.
Who hearken not to Flatlery't voice,
Who care not for wealth, but make their choice
To dwell alone, Ihul so they may bear
The Muse's tweet voice forever near ;
And amid the treasures of the mind
A solace and support they find,
Thau friendship far more true, more kind.
This it Nature's grand primeval law,
Tbut from many sources the soul shall draw
Happiness, profit, tirength and content,
At from every clmui-inii element.
The leafy tree and the springing flower,
iienve new Deauty and added power:
Then blame not thy inatea that they do not
see)
Each feature of truth at it charmeth thee,
But abide W thine own sincerity,
Otlte OF THE PRINTER!.
there is a good practical printer ,v the
1 name of James Evan', who live at Rtai
Ohio, who educated himself at a distinguish,
ed Literary Institution in New Hampshire', is
a practical farmer, has taught school of vari
ous grade's in New England, travelled through,
most of the States of the Union, taught a
"High School" in Ohio, a "Seminary" in
Kentucky, an "Academy" in Illinois and one
in Missouri ; been Superintendent of the
Common Schools and School Examiner, &
President of a College of Teachers and of a
Literary Association, who once offered A
prize of $50 for the best method of teaching
the branches usually taught in a High School;
who has acted in the capacity of Editor of
three newspapers, and more or less in . the
capacity of Constable, SheriiT, County Trea
surer, Recorder, Auctioneer'., and Merchant,
wholesale Pedler, arid Postmaster at three
different places'; who is a practical Surveyor
Engineer, Map maker, also , a regular mem
ber of the bar, and Notary Public, &c, &e.
and who works at the printing business more
or less nearly every day. He is about thirty
years of age, and in easy circumstances. His
father died very poor, when he was very
young, and his mother supported the family
several years by hard labor. He has made
himself what he is Cincinnati Commercial.
l aiiok.
The following is a beautiful tribute to labor :
"Why, man of idleness, labor rocked you
in the cradle, and has nourished your para--perqd
life without it, the woven silks and
wool upon your back would bo, in the silk
worm's nest, aud the fleeces in the sheperd's
fold. For the meanest thing that ministers
to the human want, save tho air of heaven,
maVt is to toil indebted ; and eveu the air,
by God's wise ordination, is breathed with
labor.
It is only the drones who toil not, who in
fest the hivo of the active like masses bf cor
ruption and decay. The lords of the earth
are working men, who can build, or cast
down, at their will, and who letort the sneer
of the 'soft ha-i Joi!,' by pointing to their thrr
phies wherever art, science, civilization and
humanity are known. Work o'rV, men of toil!
thy royalty is yet to be acknowledged; and
labor onward lo the highest throne of poWer."
Labor is not only essential to irue dignity
and independence, till happinecs'. It is lie-,
cess.iry to ensure the strengili arid health' of
the body without which the mind must suffer
and become the prey of anxious and fearful
thoughts. Without occupation df some sort;
1 here can be no conteiueJness of heart! It
is ihc groat preservative froni both sorrow and
sin. Tho hardest work in the world, and the
inor.t demoralizing, is doing nothing.. No slate
or individual can prosper where Labor in
any of its forms is despised.
A Noble Sentiment. "The more 1 arri
acquainted with agricultural affairs, the bet
ter I am pleased with them ; insomuch that
I can nowhere find so great satisfaction as
those innocent and nseful pursuits. In, in
dulging those feelings lam led fo reflect how
much more delightful to an utidebauched
in 1 nd is the task of making improvements on
the earth, than the vain glory which can be
acquired from ravaging it by the most unin
terrupted career of conquests.'' Waiting
ton's letters to Arthur Youn'g.
CULTIVATION OF WHEAT.
A farmer of Stirling hi a communication
in I lie Mark Lane Express, says he has in tl
great measure succeeded in obviating the
ev'l of having wheat freeze out, or as we
term it, winter killed, by ploughing in his
seed. He first prepares his fields by sum
mer fallowing, limh.g, kc. and then piitt in
his wheat in the follow mariner : "I sow my
wheat by a plouch drawn by two horses,
five or six inches deep, and cover it with the
next furrow at tenor clven Inches in breadth.
I never harrow it after sowing and there it
no treading upon 1 lie land." The wheat
thus covered grows in drills, being in the
deepest part of the furrow, and the writer
finds that it comes up better than wheu
sown broadcast; while tho roots are longer,
and consequently the plants escape freezing
out In the sprilig.
Sad ArrAta. Ait unforttinale occurrence
look place in Wurren county, Pa., on Sunday
week. Two old cititens, Walter Seman and
Richard Powell, tho former an old hunter,
and the latter a magistrate, spent the day
together. Seman became so enthusiastic,
rose and took down his old rifle, (which he
always kept loaded) and sportively taid
"Powell 1 have a great mind to shoot you."
The muzzle of the ride being in a directioti
towards Powell's breast the latter struck It
with his hand, with the view of preventing
an accident. The stroke twisting the rifle
in Setnan't hand (who hunter like had hit
finger on the trigger) it wat discharged, and
the ball pis-rced Powell's thigh, from which
he bled to death in a few hourt. They had!
been drinking.
Three Lines of Telegbafii are now in'
operation between Boston and New York:
Smith' line under Morse's patent, Houte'd
line unoer nit own patent, and O'Keily'rf
line under Cain's patent.
jiUjoa J. P. Gaines, of Kentucky, hat
been appointed Governor of Oregon, in place
of Mr. Lincoln, who declines.
A gentle reply to teurrillout language it
ihe most teveie revenge.
The French mean to keep three vettek
of war In the Chinese teat: