For the Agitator, Lcul Request of Rotwetl Borden, who died dihttrmaenqe, in . Charleiton, F.eh. 18* B ta = ;i ; 4,{ ”* 1 ■ i • • Tbs'dwlh Siirittli’ea tftttri •. ■• •1 rriM 'Ciali Mffiif KryffliHdrtin ' '' AfcdneetWiUilWhiifd' Of your father* hN Meeeinf ■ £re GjjdxioUi erjprpfnd ■„ Tnil he come to hi* heme., ~ „ , A'ftd lhe btiut In'ydnder brltht Ift4rt#T WMre aJI »re »i r**<‘ m o •■r- ,rV. "rn ’.(ihiliid , V■ • i in • jKneel closely beside me ■ -a' JkndM'myfiaad'mbt'' ’ On mch brow, ondthea,fi»lea To inylartrequeat.',,, ... Itjs lb ie—“db not linqarn ' When gWie lo mV Bat (ireptre Utere lb mdrtlßse la timt ,blessed dome. ■i -; “And And help'lmr lo beir - o Hw weighlqf afflictions In tbis world of one,. Tllfcy’ll be short, iiir I leel That her life Will soon close, And in teat’ll she will mebt (ds And find hef reimb, ■” A "fire Well slots gently U|*m Ihe still sir, • - ■ - firepihing music most sweet Of |he ,bright sod the IWlr* Then ihe sjjlrit arose' 1 ' Took ilsflijhlsnd vntsgone, One prayer Was the answer-* “Tar Wiuhbi it Dona 1” W.J. L MEN IN CHINA. SrnJoti.v Bowbi.no has sent Wthe Lon don Athenfeumab eirrly copy of a Idler on the population of China, addressed 10 the Registrar General, London, nnd read to the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. We copy a few paragraphs ; The Population —There has been no of ficial census taken since the time of Kin King, forty-three years ago. Much doubt n>w b-en thrown upon the accuracy of those returns, which give 362,447,183 «s the total number of the mb ibitants of Chinn, I think our greater knowledge of lb- country in creases the evidence in favor of the apprnxi mitlVe correptness of ihe official document, ami that we may with tolerable safety estimate Ihe present population of the Chinese empire t’ between 350,000,000 and 400,000,000 ol human beings. The penal laws of China make provision for a general system of reg istration ; and corporal pumshinenis, gener ally amounting to a hundred blows of the btimboo, are to be inflicted on (hose who neg lect to make the proper returns. The ms ehirtefy is confided to the elders of the dis. Inc', and the census is required to be annu ally liken ; but 1 have no reason to believe the law is obeyed, or the neglect of it pun ished. Divisions of Men. —According to ancient usage, the population in China is grouped un der four heads: 1. Scholars ; 2. Husband men; 3. Mechanic* ;4. Merchants. There is a nutWhfoas class who are al mo*t t* soli's I outcasts, such ns stage-play ers, prolessi—— l gninoters, ueggaro, Cblivifoi, outlaws, and others; and these probably form no' part of the population returns. In the more remote lural districts, ou the othey hand, the" returning officer most probably contents .himself with giving ihe average of more accessible and better peopled localities. 1 hive no meansW obtaining any satis* factory .tables to show the proportions which different ages bear to'one another in China, or me average mortality at different periods of human life, yet to every decade.nf fife the Chinese apply some special designation.— The age of ten is called •“ the Opening De gree twen;y, “'Youth Expired j - ’ thirty, “Strength and Marriage; 1 lurty, “ Offic ially Apt fifty, “Error-knowinn “sixty, "Cycle Closing seventv, “ Rare Bird of Age;" eighty, “Rusty Visaged;’’ ninety, “Delayed;" one hundred, “Ace’s Extrem ity ” Among ihe Chinese the amount of ‘ reverence grows with the number of years. | Emigration from China. —The constant how ot emigration from China, contrasted . wlh the ’ complete absence of immigration into China, is striking evidence of)he red undancy of ihe population ; fir though Ifiat emigration is almesl wholly confined to .two Provinces, namely, Kwang-lung and Fopk tea, represeming together a population of Drobablr from 34,000.,000 to 35,000,000, I am disposed to thmk that a number nearer 3.0UJ.00D ih in 2,000,000 from these prov mces alone are located m foreign countries. In the kingdom of Siam, it is estimated that mere are ai len-l a million and n hnlfof Chi nese, of which ‘200,000 are in the capital, (b-mgkok.) Thov crowd nil ihe islands of the Indian Archijtelago, In’Ja»a, we know, by a correct census, there are 136,000. — 1 Cochin China teems with Chinese, In this colony we are seldom without one, two, or three vessels taking Chinese emigrants to California and other places. Huttiludfes go to Australia, m the Philippines, to the Sand wioh Islands, to ihe western coast of Central and Southern America; some have mad£ their wa> to British India. The emigration tojha, British West Indies has been consider ■ We—to the Havana greater still; The sin mikl arrivals in Singapore atre estimated at' an average of lo.ouo. and 3,061) is the number that are said annually to return to Ching. J There is not only this enormous maritime emigration,-bul b-'cnnsidcrnlilß inland efflux' of Chinese toward Thibet • and it miiyteaiddrd, Ihal the- large-andfer lile islands of Fbrmoia and Hainan have been, to a great Mlbni, won fritm the ahbri by successive iafonds o/ Chinese, set tj?W. /Now these are-nil mßles-r-tbete is not • wojhsn to ten tliousattd men j henoejoper* hup*, the email social value of (he ferhalß ini fam, Yeiihfi ohtflWihg of’(feu pie*iema.lnA»Q «ip£«td dWSirtrih fJWWim- Mf;bf thrd& U'hb / arti fdft 1 billing narhpn ledye/ jfieVr ’epuniry; ‘ Wiihogf g tin tf purpose, to return to worship in;tbe ancestral h*H i to bring eaonfinhs to rhe lombrpf'iheih f,, hfrsi butjt Hudbted if;tffleli) Wrf Jut Hie’ fbri bf iife from disease, from bad arrangements, from shipwreck, a»4 other casualties, amounts to vr '• t Y!i.xi;rJL nf;rtV'!:) i"i)'oi':.i ni i* -bn VjtiiOKifi'i.•wftoiuui iio! la l '** | £{ff ihmUvi'JrZ ;h; A <3*o *Sfu iIT.O-v fl. 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JWSBK >C"W,ns'.ui ft• '; • „ —: ——•. • - | frigfytfuf ( ptrceulage ,op thosa.who emi ■griie. _' o ~ i; . , iu i iFoad tinii Culiiealion.—Tbe qrpjofdraii). mg artij presb*vihgi preparing, and apjilying manure id a i»reaf t/irieiyof »h»pes-K)f ferliliiing seeds—-indeed, ail ’ the ■delnils of Ghineser; agricuburew-are' well de serving of noie, and all display evidence of ihe inadequate proportion which the produce of the Sotf boars lo ihe demanda for the con aumpiiun of the~penple. *■ ./ , ■ .■ in' - The Chinese, again, hive, no prejudices whatever as regard* food s they,eat anything and qvejyihipg from:which they can, denye Ituiriiioft. Dogs, especially puppies, are ha bitually sold for food j and I have seen in the buicherd* shops large dogs akidned and hang ing wnh tfrir viscera by the side of pi js and goals. Even io rats and micb the Chinese have no objection, neither lo (Be. flesh of mon keys and snakes; is ap arisio- Critical And coStly dgbgacy, which is never framing,' any mortMhan ihe edible birds’- nests, at a.feast where honoris intended to be done to the guests. Unhatched ducks and chickens are a favorite dish. Nor .do the early singes of putrefaction create any dis gust ; rotten eggs are by no means condem ned lo perdition ; fish is the more acceptable when it has a strong fragrance and flavor, to give more gusto to the rice. As the food the Chinese eat is fot tho most pari hard, coarse, nod of little cost, so their beverages are singularly economical. Drunk enness is a rare vice in China, and fermented spirits or strong drinks ate Seldom used.— Tea rttnv be said lo be the national, the uni versal beverage; and though th it employed by the multitude does not cost more than Irom 3d. to 61. per lb., nit infusion of less costly leaves is commonly .employed, espec ially ittyutcalities remote from the ten districts, jßo'h in eating and drinking, the Chinese are temperate, and are satisfied with two daily "meals—'• the morning rice” at about ten «. m., and “the evening rice” at five p. m.— The only repugnance 1. have observed in China is in ihe use of milk—no exinnrdinn ry prejudice, especially Considering the Tar lay influences which have been long domi nant in Ihe land; but I never saw or heard of butter, cream, milk, or whey, being intro duced at any native Chinese table. Ravages of Famine and Disease. —There is probably no part bf the world in whichthe harvests of mortality are more sweeping and destructive than in Chinn, producing voids which require no ordinary appliances to fill up. Multitudes perish absolutely from Ihe want of means of existence ; inundations destroy lotyna and villages and all their in. Habitants, it wouiu m.. „„ w the loss of life by the typhoons or hurricanes which visit the coasts of Chinn, in which boats and junks are sometimes sacrificed h\ hundreds and by thousands. • The late civil wars in' Chiba must have led to the loss bf milhons of lives. The sacrifices of human beings by executions alone are frightful. At the moment in which I write, it ,js believed ihai from four hundred to five hundred vic tims full daily by ihe hands of the headsman, in the province of Kwang.tung alone. Rev. erence for life there h) none, as life exists in superfluous abundance. A dead body is at) object of so lit lie cimcern, that it is sometimes nut while to remove it from the spot where it putrefies on the earth.— Often hive I seen a corpse under the table of gamblers —often have I trod over a putrid body at the threshold of a door. In many ports of China there are lowets of brick or stone, whe/e toothless —principally Ihmnlu— children are thrown by 'heir parents into a hole made into the side of Ihe wait. Infanticide. —There Bre vnVious opinions as to the extent of infanticide in China ; but that it is a common practice in mutiny pros, inces ndnti's of no doubt. One ol' the most eloquentChine.se writers against infanticide— Kwoi Chung Fu—professes to have been specially inspired by “the god of literature” to call upon the Chinese people to refrain from the inhuman practice, and declares that .“the god” hid filled his house with honors, and given ,him literary descendants, as the recompense for his exertions. Yet his de nunciations scarcely go .further than to pro nounce it wicked in ihnse to destroy their female children who have the means of bn tig-- ing them up. Father Rtpa mentions,-that of abandoned children, the-Jesuits baplize in Pekin alone not less than three , thousand yearly. 1, have seen ponds which are.lhe habitual receptacle of fetuale whose bodies lie floating about on (heir surface. Polygamy.— Generally* the wife willingly coincides. with ■he. husband in introducing into the household any number of concubines whom he is able to maintain ; since she ex ei'cfkes' over them anf undoubted mithoiily, atid'the Child of a concubine is bUtfod to.pay! hijher respect to the’ first wife than to jisnwn mother. The Chinese illusiraie all Ihedo* mesiio .relations by imagery,(Hid are wonl lo B»y„ | |'P l , 'he husband is ihe sun and the wile >he moon, so the concubines are the planets add ihe’stars of the domestic firma meHt I .' '•’ ' 'fiWt'lakf of and miWibtV IhbPpeitand thebabiatf ihb 'tbcTbl pjfra'tiiid:’' . ' 1 ' ri t 1 " "TH6 senliftiehtbT'dishrtnor attached to ilia eatiiictibh‘of a face By the wbmof desdetVd hpis, ihHntgh whPiivihe .whftlp line of reirer 'erinal' services 'sbcrie'liatte called re- If&ptis worship) rendered to'-ancestor's is to lie perpetual 1 , is by Wd means confined to the (irivijbged classes in China., One of pur fe male servants—a nominal Christian ex pressed Her earnest desire that Her husband should have, another wife in her pbsenbp, and seepied quite surprised that any one should suppose such an Jprraiigemeni .io be in any respect improper.. ~ „The, msrriaga..of,,children, is one pf the great concerns,of; families,,, Scarcely is,a child born in’the higher ranks of life, ere the quesiiqn of its future espousal becomes p,fre quent topic of discussion.. There is a large body of professional matchmakers, whose business it is to put all the preliminary ar rangements in’ train, 10. settle questions of dowry, to accommodate differences, to report on the pros and coup, of suggested alliances. There being no hereditary honors in China, except those which reckon upward from the distinguished son to the father, the'grnhdfa rher, and the whole line of ancestry, which may be ennobled bv the literary or tparrial genius of a descendant—the distinctions of caste are unknown; and a successful' stu dent evetf of the lowest origin, would be deemed a fit match for the moat opolent and distinguished female in the community. The severe laws which prohibit marriage within certain degrees of affinity (they do not, how ever, interdict it with a deceased wife's sister) 'end lo make marriages more prolific, and to produce a healthier race of children.- < So strong is the objection to the marriage of blood relations, thai-a man and woman of the same Sing, or family name, cannot (awfully wed. v “Some Shaking.*’ Tom is a queer genius, and lets off some tall ones occasionally. He visited os the other day in our sanctum, with a “How do you do, old feltow ?” “H illoh, Tom, ,r said we, “where have you been so long?” ' "y “Wh.v, sir, I have been down on'SeVen RiVer, in Anne Arundel countv, inking some Shanghai notes nn the chills nnd fever.” "Ah indeed!” said wej “are ihoy very bad down there ?” "Rather 'bad,”’ said Tom, dryly. "Therb is nnn place where they'have been attempt ittg to build a brick house for eight weeks: "> '1 . * ‘ ■ O-* ihtt JiuiJ'Jaj”''"*.— up the bricks preparatory lb brushing it, they were token wit'll a chill, and shook the whole building completely down, and kepi on shak ing till Ihe brinks were dusi of the finest quality. Just al that juncture the chills citme rill wilh renewed force, and they commenced shaking up the dust with such gusto, that lhev were entirely obscured for' two hours, and (he people of the neighbuihood thought ihe sun was in an eclipse.” ■' ‘y 1 [From ilniof £U ricent ’"'’ ■ 1 ' n, ‘ O -!-i:l !.,:>« ;,,, I -,• . , ~ !,;TC_ j Sotne of you have been ’bronchi heforethd High,Council charged with this fault and'With ihal.nand you snythit it is loomnch foryriu .cannot, bear it, But you have |B 01 to bear it, and if you will not, makeup ypurtriiqds logn-,to hell at once and have (tones with it, .-.'if you do wrong, and ji is mademanifest before the High Council;-dort'i grunnabout-if, nor whine about yOur faking, precious chnrHcler, but Consider that you'haVe nonet' that isthebest why to gfet along with i f - ,My fiarishaVe scandalized mesince IhaVe brfeii in Ihochdrcb, arid I have IreCn asked: “Brothel Brigham, ard you h- going-to bear this? ','p u yhii notknow Ihatsuch-atid-stiCh person's' drß"Bcahd«( , izmg your character Said IJ M db'noi know that I have Any Chrir ndfer; ‘I have neyCr alopped to inquire wheth er I hHve one o ! r not. 'll is for me to pursue a ctnirse'that Will build up the kingdom of God on the earth, and you niay take my character to 6d what you please; I care not what you do with it, so you but keep your blinds oflTfrom me. If you ore brought be fore the High Council, or before a bishop’s court, atjd it is proven before either of lapse tribunals that you are covetous, don’t fly in a passion and become so egciled that yoit .are ready to burst, 1 may see fit to expose some men who have not , paid their, tithing; now if ypu are going to get nervous about it, and ore afraid of bursting, let me know, and we will slip'amegg-shell over you and your pre cious characters. What precious characters spine of you had in Wales, in England, in Scotland, and perhaps in Ire'and 1 . Do not be .scared if it is pioven against same, before the bisnop’s court, that you did steal the poles from yuttr neighbor’s garden fence. If you did, it would-be fnY-beiter for you to gethghthp and own'd—fur you have 1 in reality lost your character before God, an gels and men—and thgp refnlin from such evils and establish a good character. It would be better for you to do that than to become angry when your (anils are made, manifest. If it is proven before the High Council that you did steal a .beef creature, don't get angry, but rise up and ticknoa ledge that you did B'eal il. If it is proven that you were in some person’s wond pile and stole wood,.don’t be frightened, for if you will steal, it must be made manifest. Some one may say* “Why, I-did not lhink saints Were guilty of such deeds?” Norleither. Such crimes are committed bv people who gather with the saints to trv them, to afflict and an noy them, and drive them to their rimy. “Can’t believe anything like that, Tom'.” “Its a (act,” said Toml and resumed: “there is a farmer down there, who, in apple picking season, hauls his niggers out in the orchard and sets one up against each tree. In a short lime Ihe chill conies on, and every apple m the orchard is shaken off ihe tree un to ihe ground.” “Incredible,’’ said we, holding our sides with limb hands. “Fsci,” said Tonv; “ihev keep a" man alongside of each negro lo take him away a 4 soon as ihe fruit is off fur tear lie will shake down.” Tom continued : “Mr. S.', aTnend of mine and n house carpenter, was eugsged a few days ago in-covering the roof of a house with shingles. Just ns he was “finishing,’’ the chHI came on and he shook every shingle off the root'. Some of them arc supposed to he flying abrint yet. “Another gentleman near ihe same piece, was taken with a.chill the other day at din ner, and shook his knife and fork down his ihroal, besides breaking all his crockery ware on ihe table. His little son, who was sitting at the table atlhe same lime, was taken with ihe chill and shook all Ihe buttons off his in expressibles, and then shook himself clear of theth.” “We then prevailed upon Tom to desist, who did so, wilh the understanding.that he whs lo give us the balance at some other time. Persons who- think of emigrating to A nee Arundel county will please lake notice. * ft.fk *»- * L-.l x- U „ scouring two or three months hgo, about re turning lost property when found, one nr two men brought in'two or three rusiynails of no value, which they h-id picked up. This'wns taninmnunl to saying “Brother Sprague, if we had found Brigham’s purse, wtj would see you in hell before ivb would return it.” We wish id impress upon you the necessity nf your bringing the u* you find, the hpy fork, or any other lust properly which you find, to the -person who is Appointed in lake charge ol.such properly, that the owners may again possess it. But if you should pick up a piece of rotten wood, nnd bring it lo brother Brig ham or brother Sprague, with a show of hon esty, and in derision of the counsel you. h ive received, it would be like saying: “If.we could find pr steal your pursek, you should never sea them again. . VVe are poor, misera. bin devils, and mean to live here by stealing from the saints; and you cannot help your selves.” Do you not suppose lhat it. is necessary to have devils mixed up wilh usto make saints ol us I We are us yet obliged lo haVe devils in our community ; we could nut build up the kingdom without them. Many of you know that you cannot get your endowment, wi-fiout ihe Devil’s being present; indeed, wfi cannot make rapid progress without the devil. I know that it frightens the righteous sectarian world to think lhat we have so maqy devils with us—so mahy poor, miserable curses. Bless your souls! we could no! prosper in the kingdom of Gud without them. We must have those amongst us who will,steal our fence poles, who will go nnd .steal hay from their neighbor’s' hajr stack, or go inro’ihe corn-field to steal corn, nnd leave the fence down; nearly that is dropped, in the kanyon must be picked up by and the scores of lost'watches, gold rings, breastpins, &c., tnust get into' their hands, though' they, will not wear them in your sight, li is'es sentiully necessary to have such characters here. ' Curled.—A celebrated .French surgeoh has lately published a long dissertation on the beneficial influence of groaning find'crying, on I he nervous system, fie chnlends tW groaning And crying are lli,b Iwb grand rations by which Kifyire allays miguish—ihftl hi has uniformly observed that'those'patients Who give why to ihelr natural feelings', more speedily recover ffom accitotia and opera lion’s, Ihan those Who'pujtpose that it' is’iin worthy atnait to heVray such symptpnrts of doWardiceas ellher'jogrosri Or' id,cry. ,He is always' pleased tfy the crying ah’d Violent roaring of a patient, during' Vfie. time h‘a is undergoing a yioleny'surgical dfieyalion, be chuse ,|ie is iaiisfied i|ia\' hB Will rtierety snolWhis nervous system so as. fo‘prevent fever, and insure a fa vnrah'd termination. He relates the case’of a manw’ho by cryipg bawlW, rediiced his pulse from onehuodred 1". I o v. ! ;r, i-jjy 111 and cveniy.-tix, to sixty in theeourae or two hjiuWf I aame patients greijf relieT froni crying, and , facts whiciTliW persbh will’deify. Aato 'reatlelw and tW(ip ; ehondlriHiinl'sbhjecft, or those Whbarebsvefr happy' bm when iheyi aro unddr eomel coarse of niediesf or dietetic treatment,the French surgeon assures them that they capnnt da better than to groan all day and cry all night. Live'here, then, you poor, miserable cur ses, until the time of retribution, when your heads will have hpen severed from your bod ies. Jujjt let the. Lord Almighty say, “|»y judgment: to ihe.iinaland righteousness to the i plummet,” and the time of thieves is short in this crtmnitiniiy . ' Alloy of Metals. —Professor Calvert, of Gugland, has.'iaucceeded irt producing two new alloys, composed of,front combined -With that valuable' tnetallately obtained by M. De ville—aluminum, • These tWo alloys nreicom posed ot follows; .First, 1 eqqivalpmor alum inum, 5 /ge‘dihd, 2 equi- Vale&ts Of aluminum, ? equivalents of iton; ahd {he Ifist nljny posjsdssed proper i y offint ,QXy d ain g‘ wjiepc x pose d ,tu. ad arn p n into sphere, 1 although it' contains jtj per ppm of- iroq. n Thus i* one. of thq grpat chemical: and commercial , questions of the thaj cLteoderiog iron.jess oxy r expos ediiodamp.ntmosphere. And it has bfeti often nhd truly observed; rtiat thnughthe Chinese may be culled sensu* ali*i«, there is-no; deification-of-fhe grosser sennualiin-s, surh as.isTuuodin the olaafical Pagtheuns t and in . many of tl>R Oriental, forms of fait h. If ale* of ihe aninursof their iVi’><3B a (id heroes seldom fuureihtheir bis* fHHc«T , b(ibk^T?T.T/:; htttntf7ssTO I'i.’ith'l wJ oi -•)<> * linunjli' | T-ntfoiiAiiiUtuir: urtoiirltmun PUBLISHERS'*- PROPRIETORS. ; ill limitr’.iu-i*! -io^i ', nwHof,Santa.QritZj.Qa/i -forniijj (here is a small romantic but secluded mountain-bound valley, .containing about’lso ahreinf level end fertile land,- formdd around i he jfinclitm of two small j|om the noriHetist and' porth" oul of Wfn^eep,pan yons. ;In ite forks .of these creeks rises u> the elevation of fourorfive hundred feet, a rugged mbuntaip df sand ; at its point, wtycli is nearly ' perpendicular,' and perhaps 3Q or 40 steps from its, (wse.js an oblong, ancient, and certainly interesting .ruin covering an area of'loo feet west and east,‘and 60 feet •north and'soulh. 'No walls are, now to; be seen, (orjjf.spch-, there be they cpvpred with-sand; which to.all.appearance ba» grad ually fallen from the point of this moonthin, 'which'hasevidenlly formed a little more than hillf a,pyramid, perhaps 60 feet high, ffie base'of which covdrs over two'acrps o| lapd ; the sides.of which rise .at an angle of over 40 degrees, and'are composed of Iduse.eand, in walking over which yolt sink two or three ipches at every atep you take. An occasion al shrub is seen growing over it, and several large pitch pine trees are also growing on inis half'mound, resting on its north'side against the base of the sand mounain before refer red in., On 'ihiyt pari of this half mound, facing to the west, is seen all the evidene.es of a building. There were pillars of solid masonry rising out'of a cdarse, sand rock, that is. exceedingly hard. The masonry is laid in cement; the pillars are circular, and of various sizes—from 1$ to 2J Teel in diam eter —nil but two or three of'the largest have circular flues, as if" they might have been in tended to conduct smoke from the building below, and for this reason we call them chim nies. The other pillars were solid, and nil ol them were circular on the outside; the masonry is not only of-the most substantial character, but unique in the manner of fitting nniflapping the pieces together, that in the writer’s opinion is more substantial than that of the present mode of laying down a work of a similar character. Starting in this val ley from the level ’plateau due west of the ruin, and going'up the side of the mound of sand before spoken of, about forty steps, you will come in contact with the west line of the ruin, as indicated by these pillars,' they, be ing so arranged as to show the outline of an oblong structure. These pillars number a bout thirty, and appear to be regularly dis-. persed around the exterior, except the three largo ones, which seem to run through the building at about 13 feel south of the north line, and five chimnies in a cluster, being about two" feel a|ffln, •«.. ... i ino onrl ono to another.-near the centre of the east end of the ruin. 1 . Anecdote of a Fvt Min.—‘■Biddv,’’ said a lady in the city of Guiham, one morn ing, ns she was recoonoilcring in kiichen, to her., ser.qppl, l ,‘wb«l a quantity of soap grease yoo baye gnt We ~can get plenty of sonpfpr it, and .we must exchange, it for some. Watch f(\r the .fnt man and when ho comus along, tell him 1 want to speak lo him.’’ ' • • “Yes, ma’am, ’’ snvs between each twi'ch of her dish-cloth,keeping a bright look out of the kitchen window, find no moving creature escaped her watchful gaze. At lasi her industry seemed Jo be.iew-irdcd, for down iha street came a large,, pnrlly gentleman, flourMii'qj* a cane, and looking the picture of good humor, Sure wh"n he was Iron' of the house out she flew and informed him that her mistress wished to speak lo him. “Speak, to me, my good girl?” said the gentleman. I‘Yes, sir, wants lo speak to ve, and says, would ye be good enough lo walk in, sir ?” This request, so direct, it could hot be re fused ; so, in a a'aie of some wonderment up the steps went the gentleman, nnd up ibe stops went Bridget, and- knocking at her mistress’s door pul Iter head in and exchiipted “Ful gentleman’s in Ihe parlor, mum.” So saying, she instantly withdrew to the lower regions. “In the parlor,” thought the lady ; “what can it mean ? Bridget must have blundered but down 'to the parhtr she-went, and was met with a mou graceful bow. 1 ’ “Your servant informed me, madam, that you would like to'speak to me—al yourser vi ce,'tnndiim.” The mortified mistress Saw the 1 stale of the case immedmteVyj arid a smile wreathed li-c-li about her mouth in spite of herself, as she said : * ■ ' ‘‘WilTynu phrdnn the terrible blunder of a' raw Irish girl, mv dear sir? I' told h"r'to cult in the fat man to lake away the' soap grease, when she made a mistake you see.’ 1 The jolly fat gentleman leaned bank in his chair, and laughed sich a hearty ha ! ha ! ha ! as never comps from your lean gentry. apologles needed, madam, 4 ’said he: “h is decidedly thq, best j ike of the season. Ha! he! so she 190 k me fur the snap-grease man, did.-she] -It wjll keep npe laughing .for monlhs-r’-s.uch a good,joke !” ■ And qll up street and. round the corner wqs hprrd the, merry, ha I ha! of lhe old gentle,- manushe.brought down,bis enne eyery now and then, and. exclaimed—r‘‘auch a joke!” . To. open a "hank requires less capital o.nr. nt: , ■ . ■■■,:, a: „■ w tpqq. people imagine. All that a .nec essary is two shillings to buy a-sriow shovpj. 1 i.Ncver mount up high if you are likely lo become, giddy; many a man falls from 100 exalted 'nhtinns of himself. 1 4” y«« n R lady Who was' rehtiked’W'Kjb .kisying he; jspjf py quoting,!ho nossage— yoj'wpuld that men.' should dp upto' yfiuj'do 'yiileycn’iotntbemi” - 1 Bow Jim Whlcker'B Head got Bali, tftrfAW(Hk«<#lil o>ddl«&imVffl£&low, with avery but by reason o£ hayingi vorjr'OFdi from his fcJtflsbnstjO «rlL»tb9.#(ry "rottndio* thfeback'hr > iwast'eary sensitive ttbouniia '<| aq.hh’er to, fplqh il out, for I was SHriain', the rr&ts'wasn't' dpad, though tbar (iUIO to be seen above (he ground.. 1M heard of bars’s greasp, nod bought a gallon ih bottles; bhtj' believe' it was nothing .but hog’s lard dud mutton taller; so i thought! would have the genuine article, and f got p(d Dan jo go ouiap3~kiU something formy especial bdn'efit. ‘' Dan' told men way ip J fie Spring, and’ that the bar was inbad health and 'faiit of sdaSbo j but I believed He w*s trying id quiz Pie, and wouldn't take ho for an apswer. A aljqrt huh't fetched a criltyr ‘at baV, ad'd’pjp. 'by a shot 'in the vitals, ■‘ s iVe'd the vaf(hihl ,* , bui the bar tops in 'a h&d condiilori, forhe looked seedy as an old Canada he had hardly ile enough in bird to keep his jitits' from squeaking, but What Jhe did haye 1 got; and used ; and stran ger,” said Jim, looking sorrowfully round da the company, “intho days whai linle har I had ' co'rtiirtenced falling off, and in a week bwas tis bald ns a gun-barrel. Dan wpa right; fheyarmim was a shedding himself, and hud nothing in him hut har shedding ile, and'the consequence is, I can’t in the dark tell rhy head frhm a dried gourd, i f I depend op itelm.”— Harper's Magazine. Prating to the,Point. — A cerioih law. yor who, whilom, dwelt in one of our New England towns, no\ed for his overreaching and shortcomings, during a revival came un der conviction and requested prayers for the furtherance of bis- conversion. His appeal was responded to .by one of the saints, an eccentric ’but very pious old man, honest, plain, blunt, square-toed, and flat footed, who thus weni ai it; “We do most earnesdy en treat thee, O Lord; to sanctify our penitent brother here; fill his heart Withgondnessand grace, so that he shall hereafter forsake his evil ways and follow in the right path. VVa do know, however, that it is required of him who has appropriated worldly goods to him self unlawfully and dishonestly, that he shill make restitution fourfold ; but we do beseeth thee to have mercy on this our ening brother, «s it would be impossible for him to do" that, and let him offfor the best he can do without beggaring himself entirely, by his paying iwenty-Bve cents on the dollar.” ” 1 The next supplicant -hi the same meetihg was air elderly maiden who got her (Hug by going into different families and spinning for them.. She also had been famous for her shortcomings—never giving full counts off hoc yarn ; the forty threads to'a knot was a point which she never reached. The blunt old man, inns u,,, o or tier case; “Reform, O Lord, the heart of thy handmaid here, before thee, we beseech theo; and will ibou enable her to count forty,” A Touching Scute.—A correspondent of the -Emura Republican .-ays ihn>.. in a (rip over ih>- tfew York and Erie road, an. incident Recurred (hat (ouched every beholder’s heart witli pily. A comparatively young, lady, dressed in deep mourning, her husband having recenlly died, was (raveling southward, hi\v mg in her care and,.keeping a young daugh ier of some six,,y ears. .The lillle girl wap as wild eyed us on autumnal sky and delic.tlp and transparent as of Ceylon. Touchingly beautiful was ibe affection of her heart for the liiotiyer, whose solicitpde for the daughters comfort was unceasingly monifes,- ted.. Looking ever and anon from the car window eaying : “Molher, 1 am weary when.shall,we get home?’’ After alimeshe fell into a gerylp slumber and awakening.sod dunly—a radium smile' overspread, her fpa lures, she exclaimed pointing upward, •‘Moiher, tlujro is papa iyhome at last!” and expired. It was yei many a weary .mile lo the moiher’s hon]e,,but the angels pitying ijie Jiule sufferer, gathered .her lo the Paradise oV Innocence. Nature and examining fhb edge of a very’keen razor with a microscope, it will appeiVr'as broad as the hack of a thick knife'; rough', unevhn, full of notches and furrows. An exceedingly small needla re sembles an iron bar. Bul'lho sting of a bcO seen through the same instrument, exhibits everywhere a polish .most amazingly beauti ful, without ihe leasi flaw, blemish or inequaT ity, and it ends with a point too fine lo be discerned. A small piece of exceedingly find lawn appears, through a microscope tike a hurdle or lattice, and the threads themselves seem coarser than the yarn with which topes are-made- for anchors. But.a silk worm’s web appears perfectly smooth; and shining, and everywhere etjual.'The smallest dot that can be.rnqde withy pen appears,’when viewed bv 4 microscope,, .an irregular spot, rough, jagged and uneven, —but the little specks on the wings or o( insects are to be found lo.be most acctlcqiely circular. So great .is the contrast between the works of God.and man. Tfis Effects w Ooido* The imfenS’e cold, this winler, has'irtcreased ihs working expenses of the ’railroods throughoul the .Northern Slates^’for break ages, in a mosi extraordinary manner. • - 1 1'fs welt known that during (rbsty weather a (hide bur of cast.iron cam be broken with I 'great ease, byasmartblow' from a ■ mallei'; anil the.same can bedpne.'bul not sd - easily, • wth a. bar ofiwrodghtiron. On ihis accounlvtho locomotives omhti'jha railroads have .bad a serious.lilmerif it/b'y.breakages from.frequent •cb'ncußsioris. while running. 'The machine shops at lhetklaiions-have been working dav and night.: Puinps have beeii' frozen end bursted, slide rods and connecting rdlsnmf a*les Ijrqken, and .vyroughi-ifon tires, three /inches thick, ttf hi»vo knapped ; like rings of glasV; ‘