THE STAR OF THE NORTH. I. W. Imar, Proprietor.] VOLUME 9. THE STAR OF THE NORTH IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING BY R. W. WEAVER, OFFICE—Up stairi, in the new brick build ing, on Ike south side oj Alain Street, third square below Market. T E H IH S :—Two Dollars per annum, if paid within six months from the time of sub scribing ; two dollars and fifty cents if not paid within the year. No eubscription re ceived for a less period than six months; no -discontinuance permitted until all arrearages %re paid, unless at the option of the editor. ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding one square Will be inserted three limes for One Dollar, kind twenty-five cents for each additional in sertion. A liberal discouot will be made to those wbo advertise by the year. (Original floelrji. For the Star of the North. A FROG HUNT. BY HIAWATHA, JR. Once upon a time a party, Forgetful of the early lessons [ger, Winch they learned when they were youn- In good books of pasteboard covers, Interspersed with wood-cut pictures,— Determined on a jolly frog hunt, A frog hunt out at 's mill-pond, All full of hope aud expectation. Though they went not quite as last as Lightning, or a six-feet smoke-horse, (Their drivers were all less than six feet) Yet they drove with such a gusto, That it seemed more like a norse-race Than a party oh a frog hunt. Once there, they hastily alighted, And all charged upon tho croakers, Giving battle to the croakers, Bloodworms, inmates of the mill-pond, It was truly fun to shoot them, But those wily croakers jumped in, Even after they had shot them I It so happened that the water Was not clear enough to see through, So the croakers like old Big-foot, Saved themselves from immolation, * He his scalp and they their hind-legs. Thus they hunted until noonday. "Bobbin' round" the muddy mill-pond, Each one hoped that day to dine on Frog; but when at last the time came, They had, alas! not one for each one; They were well supplied with bacon, Butler, bread, and various fixius, But the "caput coena," minus, They all felt the doep privation, For the frogs that they had captured, Lay beneatn the muddy waters, The muddy waters of the mill-pond, A savory banquet for the fishes, Mullets, eels and other "small-lry." While tliey viewed their scanty larder, A grand idea was suggested, That of substituting poultry, Far less trouble and tar better. Frogs at best are only poor things, Thus they reasoned somewhat Like the fox did with the grape-vino, For this daring expedition They selected a sharp shooter, The cutest and most expert marksman: Having chosen him a partner, This cutest and most expert marksman Took his journey to the westward, To the dreamy land of sunset. Where the chickens grow by hundreds, And the people are most ready To exchange them for the "needful." While they journeyod to the westward, They espied a little farm-house, Quickly bent their footsteps tow'rd it, Tow'rd the farm house by the road-side; With joy this cute and expert marksman Took a peep into the barn-yard, There saw chickens in greet numbers, Every age and size and color, All of which were good enough for His poor dinnerless companions; No time he lost upon the bargain, But paid at once the price down, Then turned to make a good selection. With antic's eye he scanned these chickens, Weighed their merits and demerits, At last, however chanced to light on Chanticleer, a famous rooster, Whose full voice, both round and deep toned, | Just at day-break from the hen roost, Was accustomed to awaken Years before, that quiet farmer. He drew his piece up to his shoulder, A real Sharpe or Minne shot-gun, Fired, and knocked the rooster's head off, Nor ever put a single shot-grain In the part designed for eating! The next adapted to his fancy, Was a pullet young and tender, One he thought would stew much quicker, And require less dental labor To prepare it for digestion, Soon he brought it in a straight line, In a straight line with his foul-piece, Fired and killed a' la t'other, Then remembering his companions, Who were wating with all patience, He took one upon his shoulder, Gave the other to his partner, And together hastened homeward. Warmly their companions greeted them, Though the expedition lucky, Seized the chickens to denude them, Picked the chickens fat and stubby, Put them on to stew instanter. The fire was kindled by a brook-side, 'Neath the branches of an oak tree, The place was fine enough to grace a Banquet of the Sylphs and Satyrs, , Here they sat long time and feasted, Cracked their jokes and joked on crackers, Picked their chickens strong and well-knit,* (I mean the fibres from the frame work,) Trying to persuade each other, Tlit they really were quite tender. Hie leading facts are ail narrated, And e'en some of the minutiae, Together with a few slight touches i Of what poets must resort to, I Just to keep up the connexion; And since num'rous poets oevor write on Subjects that tare once exhausted, Lest 1 forfeit reputation, The next line will make an end of The description of the frog hunt. 17 A gentleman having lately been call on to subscribe to a course of lectures, de clined. Because, said he, my wife gives me a lec- very night for nothing. M- T , , | 17 When it is not despicable to be poor we want fewer things to live in poverty sat isfactorily than to live magnificently acid with riches. 17 There arc two stars that rise and set with man, and whoso rays enlighten him, viz : Hope and Remembrance. BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 26, 1857. CURIOUS FACTS FROM HISTORY. The Cheoalier U' Aubigne, who fled lo England during the French Revolution of 1798, and for a while lived there, in a straight ened manner, accumulated a fortune of eighty thousand fianos by teaching the Eng lish fashionables bow to mix salad. He vis ited bis patrons in a carriage, attended by a servant. The custom of eettiug a table to drink after dinner was over, was introduced by Marga ret Atheling the Saxon Queen of Scotland.— Sbo was shocked to see the Scottish gentle man rising from the table before grace could be said, and ofiered a cup of choice wiue lo I all who would re.tiain. Fish did not become a popular article af diet in Greece until a comparatively late pe riod, and there was a society against "cruelty to fish," by abstaining (torn devouring what was alleged to make the devourer ferocious and inhuman. With Romans the mullet was prized above all other fisb. It was sometimes served up six pounds in weight, and such a fish was worth three hundred dollars. It was cooked for the benefit and pleasure of the guests. Turlot was next highest in estima tion, and occasionally offending slaves were thrown into ponds to feed them. The older Romans paid special honor lo agriculture, as did the Jews. Their coin wis stamped with cymbals connected therewith. The Greeks refreshed the mouths of their plowing oxen with wine. Charles the Ninth exempted from arrest for debt all persons en gaged in the cultivation of the staple articles of-agriculture. Cortez went to Mexico in search of gold,) bnt the first discovery he made was choco-1 late. The monks were the earliest to adopt' it, but the gentrous beverage was considered a wicked luxury for them, and they were warned against it. The moralists eagerly condemned it. The Spaniards, however, wc|- j corned it with enthusiasm. It is recorded that Antony once rewarded his cook with the gift of a city, for having prepared a repast which elicited the encomi ums of Cleopatra. An English dean, named Nowell, who flourished in the turbulent reign of Queen Mary, was the accidental inventor of bottled ale. He wa out fishing with the fresh drawn beverage at his side, when intelligence reach ed him that his life was in danger. He threw down hia fishing-rod, buried his bottle of ale in the grass, and fled. Afterwards reclaiming the bottle, the cork flew out at the touch, and the dean was so delighted with the creamy condition of the ale, that he took good care thereafter to be supplied with the "same sort." Streams and springs of water were greatly reverenced by some ancient nations. Ac cordiug to the popular belief of the Greeks, every spring, stream and fountain had its resident deity. The Egyptians greatful for the blessings derived from theirbeloved Nile, flung into it corn, sugar and fruit, as thank offerings. The Persians and Cappadocians raised altars beside streams, and paid adora tion to the god whose existence was evinced by the crystal element. The common people of Rome drank to excess of water, both hot and cold. The former they drank in winter as a stimulant. The breakfast of a Greek soldier, taken at dawn of day, consisted of bread soaked in wine. Greek patricians sat down daily lo but one solid meal; soldiers and plebeians partook of two. They were accounted pe culiarly coarse people who consumed three. The Romans were in this respect similar to the Greeks. In Rome milk was used as a cosmetic, and for baths as well as for beverage. Five hun dred as.'es supplied the bath and toilet vases of the Empress Poppma. Some dozen or two of Ihe same animals were kept to maintain the decaying strength of Francis I. of France. Appropos of milk. Butter was not known either in Greece or Rome until comparatively late periods. The Greeks received it from Asia, and the Romans were taught its use by the Roman matrons. Eggs filled witb salt, used to be eaten by curious maidens, after a whole day's fasting on St. Agnes' eve, in the belief that in the af ter dreams of ihe maid, her future husband would be revealed to her. Gov, Grimes Vindicating the Laws. j lowa has been disgraced so frequently by gangs of " Regulators," lawlessly assuming the authority to bsng persons suspected of horse thieving, that Gov. Grimes has thought it necessary to call the attention of the lawful authorities to seize and punish the Vigilant Committees. The Regulators it appears are bound together by secret oaths to defend ev ery one of their lawless gang. They number it is said, 2000 in Jackson county. The Gov ernor calls upon the Sheriff to serve the war rants for the arrest of the leaders. If the county force is not sufficient to execute the laws, the Governor promises sufficient from other counties. He says: I' I am resolved that, so far as in me lies, this lawless violence, which under the plea of administering justice to horse thieves, sets at defiance the authorities of ihe State, and destroys all respect for the laws, both human and divine, shall be checked. I shall have no hesitation, therefore, when officially ad vised of the exigency, to call out the entire military power of the State, if necessary, to crush out this spirit of rebellion which has shown itself in your county." It comes to this always in the end, when legal authority is usurped, under any specious pretext. The usurper* themselves become the greatest"violators of the laws, and have to be put down by force. The people whose will it expressed in Ihe laws, will not allow their authority to be overturned by persons who are not disposed to submit to tho law's wholesome restraints. A WORD TO THE GIRLS. We never expect to tire in interest or in labor for the girls. We see so much to hope for in relation to the young females of our country and so mnch that is defective in their education, that their interest—their good lies upon onr heart like a perpetual inspiration. When we see girls educated in the schools of folly and fashion, selling themselves body and soul to the blandishments of the shop keeper and mantua maker, idling their young lives away in gossip and nonsense, taking early lessons in rouge-daubing and toilet gli ding, talking seriously of matrimony in their early teens, looking forward to making a for tunate match, as their only hope and care of life, forgetting all that is best and greatest in their minds and hearts, ignoring all womanly aspirations and aims, giving no heed to the preparations lor life's great duties and joys, my heart bleeds within me. How many good people are trying to improve the homes of the world. How many are seeking to awaken in hearts a belter ideal ol home life, a truer estimate of home virtue, a more thor ough insight into home duties. How limited will be their success unless the hearts of the girls can be warmed with u burning zeal for improvement. Woman is the mistress, the the presiding genius of home ; and she must become true to herself, true to her womanly ■ qualities of mind and heart, ere the homes j of this world can be what they should be.— | She must cease to worship at the shrine of i folly; she must cease to place her sole good | in marriage; she must cease to regard her self simply the doll or plaything of man ; she must cease to desire to OR his |>et; she must cease to lean or, lather, brother, husband for support, for instruction. She must feel that she has a mind to be educated, a soul to be taught the way of duty. She must learn to be independent of her opinions, her actions, her duties and aims. Every girl should have some aim ill life, and educate hcrrelf lor some place and duty. Her education should be solid and thorough. Why should the boys be sent to college from fourteen to eigh teen and the girls to a seminary or academy only as many months. Why should the boys be three or lour years learning a trade or a profession, and the girls never learn to do anything? Why should the boys be all their minority learning agriculture with the best books, instructions and experiences they can get, and the girls that are to be their wives be ignorant of everything that pertains to their future duties and trials? Why should It be die province ol the boys to know so much and (he girls to know so little? We want to see the girls of this ago wake up to a new life and every one of them fix on some great attainment that they will secure. First of all let them learn to be true women, intelligent, self-reliant, virtuous, high-mind ed, sober, afleclionate, thoughtful, lovir.g, all that is truly loving and nothing that is not, demanding of all their associates that they shall be honorable and respectful. Secondly, let them determine that they will know the most they can know about the practical and useful duties of life, that their hands shall be taught to be useful and their minds active come what fortune may. Thirdly, let them learn how to preserve their health, to care for and do for the sick, to be judicious managers ol households, sick rooms, nurseries,gardens, dairies, and whatever falls to the common lot of men and women. Fourthly, let them learn to do something by which they could earn an honest and comfortable living were they thrown upon their own resources. Fifthly, let them read and acquire useful knowledge. Wiih such efforts the girls of to-day may be glorious women for the next forty years.— Valley Farmer. Town Making. A gentleman recently returned from the West relates that, in setting out early in the morning from the place where he had passed the night, he consulted his map of the country, and finding that a very con siderable town, called Vienna, occupied a point of his road, but some twelve or fif teen miles off, concluded to journey as far as that place before breakfast. Another equally extensive town, bearing as sound ing a name, was laid down at a convenient distance for his afternoon stage, and there he proposed halting for the night. Ho con tinued to travel at a good round pace until the sun had risen high in the heavens, and until he computed that he had accomplished more than twice or thrice the distance which he proposed to himself in the outset. Still he saw no town before him, even of the humblest kind, much less such a magnifi cent one as his map prepared him to look for. At length, meeting a solitary wood chopper emerging from the forest, he ac costed him and inquired how far it was to Vienna. "Vienna!" exclaimed the man; "why you passed it five and twenty miles back. Did you notice a stick of timber and a blazed tree beside the road 1 That was Vienna." The dismayed traveller then inquired how far it was to the other place, at which he designed passing the night. "Why you are right on that place now," returned the man; "it begins just on the other side of yon ravine, and runs down to a clump of girdled trees which yon will see about a mile further on the road." "Are there no houses built?" falter ed out the traveller. "Ob, no houses what somever," returned the woodsman; "they hewed and hauled the logs for blacksmith's shop, but before they raised it the town lots were all disposed of in the Eastern States; and every thing has been left just as you now see it ever since."—ifoston Travtlltr. Traili and Right Gad aid onr Country. The Increased wear and Tear of the Brrtla In Modern Life. In the report of the Commissioners on Lu naey, for the year 1847, we find the total number ol private patients of the middle and upper olasses, then under confinement in private asylums, amounted to 4,649. Now, if we skip eight years, and refer to the report of 1855, we find there only 4,557 patients under confinement, or about 96 less, not withstanding tne increase of population dur ing that period. If we compare the num ber of pauper lunatios under confinement at these two periods, wo shall find a widaly different stale of things, for in 1847 there were 9,654 in our public and private asy lums, whilst in 1855 they numbered 15,822. In other words, our pauper lunatics would appear to have increased 6,170 in eight years, or upwards of 64 per cent. It is this extraordinary increase of pauper lunatics in the county asylums which has frightened some psychologists from their pro priety, and led them to believe that insanity is running a winning raoe with the healthy intellect. But these figures, if they mean any thing, prove that it is not the intellect of the country that breeds insanity, but its ig norance, as it cannot for one moment be contended (hit the great movements now tak ing place In the world originate with the laboring classes. We shall be told, we know, that there is a constant descent of pa tients from private asylums to public asy lums; that the professional man and the tradesman, after expending the means of his friends and family for a year or two in the vain hope a speedy cure, becomes necessari ly in the end a pauper lunatic, and that this stream aids to swell the nhmbeis iu the county institution. Allowing its due weight to this explana tion—and those who know public asylums are well aware how small, comparatively speaking, is the educated element-yet as the same disturbing element in ihe calculation obtained at both periods, we may safely con clude that both the figures are not thereby essentially altered. A still more convincing proof that mental ruin springs rather from men'.ul torpidity than from mental stimula tion is lobe found by comparing the propor tion of lunatics to the population in the rural and the manufacturingdißiricls. Sir Andrew Halhday, who worked out this interesting problem in 1828, selected as his twenty non agricultural counties—Cornwall, Cheshire, Derby, Durham, Gloucester, Lanoaster, North umbe'latid, Slaflord, Somerset, Yotk (West Hiding) and Warwick, which contained a population at that time of 4,493,194, and a total number of 3,910 insane peisons, or 1 to every 1,200. His twelve agricultural coun ties were Bedford, Berkshire, Bucks, Cam bridge, Hereford, Lincoln, Norfork, North ampton, Oxford, Rutland, Suffolk, and Wilts, the total population of which was 2,012,- 979, and the total number of insane persons 2,526, a proportion of 1 lunatic lo every 820 sane. Another significant fact elicited was, whilst in the manufacturing countieathe idiots were considerably less than the lunatics, iu the rural counties the idiots were to the lunatics as 7to 51 Thus the Hodges of England, who know nothing of the march of intellect, contribute far more inmates to the public lunatic asylums than the toil-worn artizans of Manchester or Liverpool, who lives in the great eye ol the world and keep step with the march of civilization, even if they do but bring up its rear. Isolation is a greater cause of mental ruin than exaggeration—our English fields can afiord cretins as plentifully as the upland valleys of the mountain range seldom visited by the foot of the traveller; whilst, on the other band, in the workshop and the puclic assembly, "As iron weareth iron, so man sharpeneth the face of his friend."— Quarterly Review. English Anecdotes. Campbell's Lives of the Chief Justices of England, just published, contains come a musing stories. One is of a young counsel, who bad the reputation of being a very im pudent (allow, but whose memory was apt to laii him. He began ■ speech with ' the unfortunate client who appears by me—the unfortunate client who appears by me—my Lord —my unfortunate client—." The Chief Jusiice interposed in a soft encouraging tone, "You may go on, sir; so fat the court is quite with you." On another occasion, a Quaker coming into the witness box at Guildhall without a broad brim or dittoes, and rather smartly dressed, the crier put the book into his hand, and was about 10 administer the oath, when be required to be examined on hie affirmative. Another witness having giv en rambling and discreditable answers, was asked what be was, and said "I employ myself as a surgeon." "But does any one else employ you us a surgeon 1" asked Chief Jusiice LordElleuborough. Henry Hunt, the famous demagogue, having beeu brought up to receive sentence on a conviction for hold ing a seditious meeting, began bis address in mitigation of punishment, by complain ing of certain persons who bad accused him of "stirring up the people by dangerous elo quence." His Lordship answered, "my im partiality as a judge calls on me to say, sir, that in accusing you of that, they do you great injustice." A very tedious bishop hav-1 ing yawned during his own speech, Lord Ellenborough exclaimed: "Come, COM, the fellow shows symptoms of tsate; bet this is encroaching on our province." Soec after be was made Chief Justice be removed to a splendid mansiog in St- James' Square.— To give an idea of its size to an old lawyer of Chanoary Lane, be said, "Sir, if you let off a piece of ordnance in tbe hall, the report is not heurd in the bud-rooms." WHERE DUES WUOD COME FROM. If we were to take up a handful of soil and examine it nnder the microseopo, we should find it lo contain a number of small frag ments of wood, small broken pieces of the branches, or leaves, or other parts of the tree. If we could examine it chemically, we should find yet more strikingly that it was nearly (ho same as wood in its compo sition. Perhaps then, it may be said, the young plant obtains its wood from the earth in which it growß ? The following experiment will show wheth er ibis conjecture is likely to bo correct or not. Two hundred pounds ol earth were dried in an oven, and afterwards put into a large earthen vessel; (he earth was then moistened with rain-ivator, and a willow tree, weighing five pounds, was planted therein. Dur:ng the space of five years, the earth was carefully watered with rain-water or pure water. The willow grew and flour ished, and, to prevent the earth being mixed with fresh earth, or dirt being blown it by the winds, it was covered with a metal plate, full of very minute holes, which would ex clude everything but air from getting access to earth below it. After growing in the earth for five years, the tree was removed, and on being weigh ed, was tound to have gained one hundred and sixty-four pounds, as it now weighed one hundred and sixty nine pounds. And this estimate did not include the weight of the leuves or dead branches which in five years fell from the tree. Now came the ap plication ol the test. Was all ihis obtained from the earth? It had not sensibly dimin iihed; but in order to make the experiment conclusive, it was again dried in an oven and pot iri llie balance. Astonishing was the re sult—the earth weighed only two ounces less than it did when the willow was first planted in it! yet the tree had gained one hundred and sixty-four pounds. Manifestly, then, the wood thus gained in this space of lime was not obtained from the earth; wc are, therefore compelled to repeat our question, "Where does the wood como from?" We are left with only two alternatives the water with which it was refreshed, or the air in which it lived. It can be clearly shown that it was no', due to tho water; we are, conse quently, unable to resist the perplexing and wonderful conclusion, it was derived from the air. Can it be ? Where those great oceanpaces of wood, which are as old as man's intro duction into Eden, and wave in their vast but solitary luxuriance over the fertile hills aid plains of South America, were these all obtained from the thin aij ? Were the par ticles which unite to form our battle-ships, Old England's walls ol wood, ever borne the world about, not only on wings of air, but actually as air themselves. Was the firm table on which 1 write, the chair on which I rest, the solid floor on which 1 tread and much of the house in which I dwell, and once in a form which I could not aB much as lay my finger on, or grasp in my hands? Wonderfnl truth! all this was air.— Life of a Tree. Getting Used to it by Degrees. "Somewhere about here," wri'es a South ern correspondent, "lives a small farmer of such social habits that his coming home in toxicated was once no unusual thing. His wile urged him in vain to sign the pledge. "Why, you see," he would say, "I'll sign it after a while, but don't like to break right off at once; it ain't wholesome. The best way is to get used to a thing by degrees. "Very well, old man," his helpmate would rejoin, See now if you don't fall into a hole one of these days, while you can't take care of yourself and nobody will help you out." Sure enough, as if to verify the prophecy, as he returned home drunk one day, he fell into a shallow well, and after a good deal of useless scrambling, he shouted for the 'light of his eyes' to cume and help him out. " Didn't I tell you so V' said the good soul, showing her cap frill over the edge of the parapet; "you havd got into a hole at last, and it's only lucky I'm in hearing, or you might have drowned. Well," she continued after a pause, letting down the bucket, "take hold." And up ha came higher at each turn of the windlas, until the old lady's grasp slipping from Ihe handle, down he went to 4he bottom agaiu. This occurring more than once, made the temporary occupant of the well suspicious. "Look here," he screamed in fury, at the last splash, "you're doing that on purpose— I know you are !" " Well, now 1 am," responded his old wo man tranquilly, while winding up once more. "Dont you remember telling me, it's best to get used to a thing by degrees J I'm afraid if I haul you right up of a sudden, you won't find it wholesome!" The old fellow could not help chuckling at the application cf his principle, and protested he would sign the pledge on the instant, it she would lift him fairly out. This she did and packed him otf to sign the pledge wet as he was. "For, you see," she added emphatically, if you ever fall into the ditch agaiu, I'll fan* you thar—l will!" UNPLUSSNT. — S&nt —A private parlor— Mr. Thompson, a rich merchant, spending tbe evening with his brother and wife. Entrance of Julia, their daughter, a girl of six years. Mr. Thompson—My dear, don't you love me t Julia—No, I don't love you at all! Fa, (who baa an eye to his brother's last will and testament) —0, yes, Julia, you love your uncle don't yon 1 Julia—No, 1 don't love him. Uncle—Why don't you love me.' Julia—Pa don't want me to tell. Unsuspicious Fa—Oh yes, my dear, tell uocle. Julia, (after thinking a moment)— Well its because you dou't die and leave me your money. Fa said that you would, bat yon don't 1 (iiind Tableau—Wife screams—husband sweats, and uucle makes a hasty exit. I TAKE THINGS AS I FIND 'EM BY SI.OCUM. I seek no change Or notion strange, Of progress or reform ; Or will I mix With politics, Or faction's angry storm. I'll not be sad, Though times are bad ; My maxim's better far— -1 lake thing* as I find 'em, And leave 'em as (bey are. Some folks will gel In such a pet, Because things don't go right; They plo> and scheme, And plan and dream, Through many a weary night. But deuce the bit Will 1 permit Such stuff my rest lo mar— -1 take things as 1 find 'em Aud 1 leave 'em as (hey are. Tiie constant tax Upon our backs, Willi crushing weight may press ; Poor men may bear The greater share, While richer bear the less. Throughout the State Abuses great May scandal spread afar— -1 take things as I find 'em, And 1 leave 'em us they are. Men's votes, which ought Not to be bought, But should be free as air, May still be sold For rum aud gold, What matter, 1 don't care. Or else, with raps, l'aid rowdy chaps Our voting may debar— But 1 take things as 1 find 'em, And 1 leave 'em as they are. Poor children might To read and write Be taught—l think they should ; Good schools to keep Might be as cheap As jails—l think tliey would. But things like these Should no', my ease Or quiet comfort inar— J take things as I find'em, Aud 1 leave 'em as they are. Yet do not dream That I would seem To countenance abuse; 1 should delight. In things set rigtit, But then 'mould play the deuce With me, to be Contiuualiy 'Gainst error forced to spar— So I take things as 1 find 'em And I leave 'em as they are. UE CONTKNT7 Freeman Ilnnt, in his 'VVorih on Wealth,' thus beautifully and truthfully depicts the charms of a contented spirit—of such an one as it is written, "A contented mind is a con tinual feast." "The health, and strength, and freshness, and sweet sleep of youth are yours. Young Love, by day and night encircles you.—- ( Hearts unsoiled by the deep sin of covetous ness, beat fondly with your own. None— ghoul-like—listen for the death tick of your chamber. Your shoes have value in men's eyes, only when you tread in them. The smiles, 110 wealth can purchase, greet you, living; and tears that rarely drop on rose wood coffins, will fall from pilyingeyes up on you, dying. Be wise in being content with competency. You have, to eat, to wear, enough ? then have you all the rich man hath. What though he fares more sumptuously ? He shortens life—increases pains and aches—impairs his health there by. What if his raimauts be more costly ? God loves him none the more, and man's respect in such regard, comes ever mingled with his envy. Nature is yours in all her glory; her ever varying and forever beautiful face smiles peace upon you Her hills and valleys, fields and flowers, and her holy places know no desecration in the step of poverty; but wel come ever to wealth and beauty, rich and poor alike. Be content! The robin chirps as gavly as the gorgeous bird of Paradise. Less gau dy is his plumage, less splendid his sur roundings. Yet not joy that cheers the east ern beauty, but comes upon his barren hills to bless the nest that robin builds. His flight's as strong, his note as gay ; and in his humble home, the light ot happiness shines all as bright, because no cloud ot en vy dims it. Let us then, labor and be strong in the best use of that we have ; wasting no golden hours in idle wishes for tilings that burden those who own them, as the gifts al ready bestowed by a wisdom that never errs. Being content, the poorest man is rich: while he who counts his millions, hath little joy if he be otherwise.'' ANOTHER HINT TO LADIES IN THE CABS.— The "hint to Isdies in the cars," which some time ago found i<s way into the newspapers receives an appropriate counterpart iu the following : The seats ware ail full, except ou which was occupied by a rough looking Irishman —and it one of the stations, a couple of evi dently weli bred and intelligent young Udiee came iu to procure seals : but seeing uo va cant ones were about to go iu to a back car— w'oeo Patrick rose hastily aud offered them his seat, with evident pleasure. "But you will have no qgat yourself," responded one of the yooug ladies with a smile—hesi.atiog, wiih true politeness, as to excepting it - ''Niver ye mind that!" sanl the Hiberian. "yet welcome toil I'd ride upoa the cow catcher nil New York, any time, for a smile hem SWoh nntfamWy l*dtee.'" and retreeted hastily into the next cat, am id the cheers of those who had witnessed the atfait [Two Dollars per Inn. NUMBER 33. lIIKUS—I II KIR UTILITY* We do not alway* know our beat friend* But experience sometime* teaches us, work ing out for us conclusions very unlike those we had previously entertained. In the his tory of birds, similar examples are not wanting. A writer of note says, "After some Slates had paid threepence a dozen for the destruction of blackbird*, the conse quence wts a total loss, in the year 1749, of all the grass and grain, by means of in sects, which had flourished under the pro tection of that law." Another ornithologist, Wilson,computes that each redwinged black bird devours, on an average, fifty grubs dady during the summer soason. Most birds live entirely on bird* and inaects, and though some are destructive to our cherries and other fruits, the numbers of such are small, and these propensities are to be offaet by numeroua and valuable services whicb no other agencies can perform. The following descriptions may throw light upon the treatment these birds bare a right to claim at our hantls : The Baltimore Oriole, a beautiful and well-known bird, called sometimes Gold robin, Hang-bird, etc. It feeds chiefly on insects, and its services are of great value. They visit our gardens for grub* only, and thus protect our pea vines sud other plants from a destructive enamy. The red-winged blackbird often arrive* at the North ere the snow has disappeared— It feeds 011 grubs, worms and caterpillars, without inflicting sny injury upon the farm er. Hence it does him a very important ser vice. The Cow blackbird \s less numerous than the species jnst described. They follow our cultle, and catch and devour the insects that molert them. From this fact they derive their name. Tho Rice Bunting, or Bob-o-ltnk, is con stantly employed in catching grasshoppers, spiders, crickets, etc., and thus does good i service. It is, however, said to do some in i jury to grain, especially at the South, and particularly when tbey collect their young in flocks preparatory to a flight toward their winter quarters. The Crow blackbird is one of our early visitors. When it devours immense num bers of grubs, etc., it is also clearly pfoved that it pulls up the corn. Southern farmers attempt to diminish the amount of depreda tions, by soaking their corn la Glaubers' salts, making it unpalatable to tbs birds, i The American Crow devoura every thing I eatable, without much apparect choice, whether fruits, seeds, vegetables, reptile*, insects, dead animals, Sic. The Cedar-bird gathers cat'erpiller*, worms etc., which it devours with an insatiable ap petite. Our cherries and other fruit are not spared, but aredevonred, in their season, as rapidly as are the canker-worms, snd other enemies of the trees, in their season. Bat whatever injury they may thus inflict seems irremediable, is their numbers can scarcely be diminished by any agency in our con trol. Tha King bird lives wholly on insects and worms, without any mischievous, unless it be occasionally to devour honeybees. That he has a ta-te (or such food is pretty well established, though some deoy it. [They attack the drones, only ] The Cat-bird is constantly employed in devouring wasps, worms, etc., bat does not always spare oar fruits. They devour of the latter, however, much less than would the insects they destroy. The Wood thrush lives on worms, beetles, etc., and never commits depredations of any kind. Their residence is much more con stant in the extreme South, than farther north. The Blue-bird confines himself to the de struction of beetles, spiders, grubs, wire worms, etc., and thongh they attack die su mac and wild cherry, sod other wild berries, they do no injury to the frails or vegetable* of the garden. The Golden-winged woodpecker is repated as a fruit stealer, but "with all its faults," it is of great use to the horticulturist. The Red-headed Woodpecker, like the for mer, helps itself to fruits of all kinds, car ries otl apples even in its bill; but this use ful labor is also worthy of its hire; it does much more good than evil. The Downy Woodpecker, and perhaps -one o'-her species, come ander the same category as those species already described. A JIASY-HOBSED DILSMMA.— We could not but be amused at the centralizing efforts of a man oa Main street ibe oiber night. He had been to some grocery, and was walking along ibe pavement with a cabbage under each arm, some potatoes in the bosom of hi* shirt, a beef steak in one band and two pullets in the other, besides a brick or two in bis bat- Here his ttoubles commenced. He dropped one cabbage: stooped to pick it op; spilled bis potatoes; laid down bis steak and chick ens; put the potatoes in his pockets; the cab bage in bis bosom ; meanwbitw one chicken treveled oil: caught it, found chicken No. S had taken leg bail; wedged chicken No. I between the two cabbages and a stone, and made after No. ?: captured it, and whan we left was trying to arraage matters for aouee oience of carnage, to the in finite stow meat of quite a crowd of lookers oa.—Jfaofas Punt. t.sr' -• t H,' * said an Englishman. "l be long to a country upon which tin* sua never sew.'' "And I," said a Yankee, "belong*** country oi which there is no correct nap, it grows o iat that surveyors can't knap up with it.' 1
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