VOLUME 4. JSelect IJoctrg. . TVTLTCHANGING. BT ABBI£ r. rar«T. Erer chunKlnp are thuhMowi, Moving "Hentfy and faet, Flitting o'er .ife'e checkered pathway Like the visions of the pwt; Wak'ning memories aad and tearfnl. Memorise, too. ail clear and bright; Thai they re changing, ever changing From ttie morning till the night. £>er changing is the ennlight, ' Now a gleam and then a clond; How they ga her miety vapor*, Wrap the rtkrth in t«?arfhl shroud. Till the storm of life is over, And the mists are swept away Then the gleaming golden sunlight Perms like dawn of endless day. Krer changing ara our plensnrw ; Vow we re Joyous, now we r« n,\H, Short lived a* the morning drwdfop Trifles th«t have wade us glad. They who have no bope in heaven- Father, held them lint they sink! call, and O, r<»ceive I^**" Kre they reach the river's brink. Ever changing are flur eorrow*. The. e s no life attMllled.with gloom ; •Of» a gleain of Joy will enter From the cradle to the tomb. Ever changing joys and •orrowt- May we look, O Mod. to thee ! Guide u« to that belter portion, Heaven and immortality. £el«t pisctllaus. ' The Whiskey Trade, BY JANE O. SWISBIIELM. While in Hutlei we heard the Rev. J>lr. Dick, of Kittanning, preach a ser inon which wag a mnning commentary on the visit of our Saviour to the country of the Gadarencs. The speaker said no thing about " Prohibition," or whiskey, i\ii« yet it occured to us that his I'iscjurse was tits best argument in favor of a pro hibitory law. that it has been our good fortune to hear. He argued that, at that period of the world's history, evil spirits «J.id actually take possession of human bodies; and he drew the principal proof from the declaration of the inspired wri ters, who say that Christ healed " all manner of disease*, and those who were possessed with devils, and those who V.ere lunatic." So that possession of dev ils was not either diseases, or lunancy, as many argue, but something distinct *rom »nqth. Hut the prohibition part of the ,*lisi~irursp .was in explanation of the de sire of the legion into the swine, and the consent of the Saviour. Till devi's intended to drown the swine, and known .hat if the Saviour gave them leave to do so, the men of that country would raise a great hue and cry ,i«bout the o'estiuction of properly; and ihat this interference with their cash re ceipts would make the people wholly averse to hearing him. The result show ed hqjv 47c1l 'they knew the human hearty •tor although these men saw the poor de moniac sitting "clothed and in his right mind" through ttic boiling powor of Je >us, yet they prayed him to "depart out of their coast." To thein, swine was of liiioie importance than men ; and money of greater consideration than the mission of rccouciliatiun. They would raihcr have the devils with the swine, than the Saviour without them. •But why did the Saviour permit the devils to this destruction ? The country of the Gndarcnes belong* ed to the Jews; it was contrary to the di vine law to raise swine there. The own* crs of these aniuials had not a just tiile to their property. They might have been ,(ientiles. but r the Supreme Being had for bidden the raising of swine in that coun* try. It was therefore on uulawful occu pation ; and the Saviour permitted its destruction to testify His disapprobation of thai! business. The speaker made a most eloquent ap>. plication of the principle in general. \\'hqi:evc! the commands of the Sav» iour come ip competition with the world ly interest, the iiien of the world are ev er to disotey them. The mass of 'tnankind to-day prefer their swine to the Saviour, their property inteiests to the .j-edrmption of their souls; so it had ever been. Whenever obedience to the di vine law appeared to imply some loss of .worldly goods, met .were ready to beg, the Saviour to "depart out of their coasts. Jt was altogether the most forcible and right>mipded discourse we have listened .to for years; and the arguments we had heard used by two Democratic lawyers in the previous week camebX'ck to our mem ory with a peculiar force. The new Liq ' uor Law interfered with property, and so ,was unconstitutional and antidemocratic It must be repealed because legislators 'had no business to interfere with a mau's business,and destroy the value ot bis prop, .erty. Property, property, was the bur> den of their song, .and when we inquired ' how the law dared to-interfere with a man's property in counterfeit money an 1 the machinery for making it, they turu ed a coruei and came rjuud to where they started, repeating parrot like, the cry of 'property, property' There sat one of them listening to that same ser mon, and as we looked at bin, we saw bo AMERICAN CITIZEN was mifluitg the application we were, and felt witli us that this law was obnoxious because it interfered with the profitable, democaatic employment of raising swine. Not that kind ol swine which may bo converted into brushes and light; but great beasts, good for nothing but rolling in the gutters, and filling dishonored graves. What mattered it to the Whis key League, that the poor rum-possessed de sits clothed and in his right mind ; that his instead of being choked iij the sea, are metamorphosed into men,clothed and in their right minds. They lose a market for their swill, and with a great noise they pray the Saviour to depart out of their coast; to let them alone with their pigs, and give them peace in the swill business. No doubt there were many in the country of the Gadareyei who m:ide a living by prcpir ing pig feed. They must have had troughs and kettles, and ppps; feed on hand, and engaged; and the Saviour did not even give them time their business, dispose of their fixture", and look out for some other occupation. He just sent the swine into the sea. snl left them 'to rcgu'ate matters as best they could. We can imagine we sec the ' poor keepers racing down the hill aftir the possessed animals, calling "pig !" aud the great consternation of the people who depended upon this pig-trade for a living! but there is no evidence that Christ showed them any compassion. lie ap peared to at upon the principle that a man who cannot live without injury to his neighbor, if any such there be, has no right to live ai all; and that the redemp tion of one man from (he power of evil spirits was a matter of far import ance than all the varied interests cotinec ied with the swine trade of the Gadarenes One feature of the ease the preacher did not touch upon, for be limited him self to the ordinary leqj;th of sermons forgetting that a sermon can afford to be long when the preacher has a good sub ject and understands it. It is seldom my preacher should preach more than one hour, and few should get beyond thirty minutes ; but Sir. Dick, on the evening we speak of, should have talked two hours if he could have done so without injury to his health. Que of his subject we should like to have heard him discuss, and this is, the effect of the swine trade upon the iu hiibilants of (i ndart'iie. A large portion of thcui were Jews, who were forbidden by tha divine laws to u?e swine's flesh. This lnw. we llsit.k, was founded in the law of nature, and this food was forbid den not ouly ceremonially to the Jews, but because it was and is injurious.— Those who raised it and placed it in market, were holding out a temptation to others to break the divine law by using it. As it was wrong for people to eat swine's flesh, it was wrong to raise it and offer it tor use. The law of God forbade ihc eating of it ; and raising it was per consequence unlawful. At liast this is our view of the case. We caunot re call any injunction of tho Mosaic law against raising swine, and as the Saviour's deed unmistakably stamps the business as unlawful it followt that it was so be cause of its inducing the use cf an ar ticle of food injurious and unlawful.— This view explodes all the sophistry of the rumtrade about not compelling any man to drink. It is not likely the swine merchant of Judca compelled any body to eat ham , but they offered the tcmpta tion; and Jesus destroyed their stock in trade to show that the trade was unlawful. We wish the swine merchants of to day, the venders of swill, would take a look at themselves in the glass of truth as it is held up by the apostle in the his tory of the poor demoniac of the totntis by the Sea of Tiberius. MRS. PARTINGTON ON FASHION.— There is one thing sure, said Mrs. Par tingtuo, the females ol the present re generation are a heap more independent than they used to be. Why I saw a gal go by today that I know belongs to the historical class of society, with her dres» ill tucked up to her knee, ber hair ail buzzlcd up iike as if she hadn't tiuie to comb i' for a week, and one of her grind mother's caps, in an awful crumpled con dition, on her head. Why, laws, honey, wj.en I was a gal, if any of the fellows came along when I had my clothes tucked up that way, and my head kivered with an old wfiite rag, I would run for dear life, and bide ouf of sight. Well,-well, the gals tlien were innocent, unuoufisca ted creatures ; uow they are what the French call " blazes " —Said n gentle', an on pvestiuting a lace collar to Ilia id ilitrada, 'l)o not jet any one else rumple it." '-No, dear, I*ll take it off," retorted tbe naughty beauty. "Lei us have Fafth that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to tbe end,dare to do our duty as we understand it"—A. Lntoour BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 18G7. tfrtncatioual. (From ttie Pennsylvania School Joui ual.) Soldiers' Orphan School. (CONTINUED.) Programme of Ntitdies and I>c ~ (ails. »• In order to enable this programme to be punctually and successfully put into operation, the following rules are to be observed: 2st. That the school be divided in.o four general Divisions, each consisting of two sub divisions or classes, and these as far as practicable ol an equal number aud grade of pupils. 2nd. That each pupil be furnishcq with all necessary Books, Slates, Paper, Pens, luk, Pencils, &c. 3rd. That every pupil be in his or her seat at the opening exercises of the school, and a'so at the close, unless ab< sent at the close on detail for work, in regular turn. 4th. That a full half hour be devoted to each recitation. Programm«---Morntng Session. OP'G Kxift'a IST HALF HOIK 2ND j 3RD | 4TH 15 min ,'W min. 30 min. ;3«J min 80 niln. 7 45-I*. 8-8.80, 8.30-9. ! jMLJU. V.30-10. 1 Oivis.o*. A.Claae, Work, j Work, Work, | Work, B. Class, Work, j Work, Work, 2 DtTisiok. | Unite, Slll.lv, Itcrlta, **'»!'« C.CIKM, Ment. Arith. Spoil. ;Sp<-U. tJ " r •, D. Class, | Stndjr, [Recite, j Writing, Ment. Arith. Mrnt. Kxeicise 3 Division. | j ..... Recite, Study, Recite. , K E Class. Read |W Arith W.Ariti I *® l F. Class, 1 Study, Recite, Wilting, R , tclt *' Read. 1 Road. Exercise l ' L * 4 DIVISION. Recite, Recite, Wrlti'a 0. Cla.se, Obj. Less. : Reno! Head. Kxer'e, 11. Class, Stn<lv, Recite, Writing. 'Recite, | Read. ißead. j Exercise don't L Morning Session-Continued* lUCCEBS. ftiH 6TH. j 7th TTmin. 30 miiT ! 30 min. .'kTniTnT . Recite, j Writing, Recite. A.IIMII, it Spell. Read. Exercise, | Mental. B \ Study. ; Recite, 'Writi-g, ' ... Spell. Read IS.or R. ; Exercise 2 DIVISION. C. Claw " Work, Work, Work, D. Class, . Work, | Work, Work, I 3 DIVISION. „ . „ , A Recite. Ftudy. Recite, E. Class, »« Obj. Lesson. Spell. Spell. F.UJM. Study, W Aritb. W. Aiith Spell. •D""." ~c lt„ Study, Recite, 0. Class, " €• unt. Lent. s '" ! ' l .-re'l - Stn«ly, S' ci f 0 ' Study, Spell. | "I™"- H« ,J - Noox— RECK.«S 75 min. 11 45-1. Programme—Afernoon Session. M. % HQgw. J 2XD. | 3wn. [ 4i it SO min. 20 minti «*e 30 minutes. . 30 minute*. 1-1,30. 1.30-2. 2-2.3 Q. I 2-30-3. Study. Recite, Study, R?citn, W. Arith. W Arith Geo. or Hint G/ap. Pr llist I Recite, , Study. Recite. |Stndy, Ment. Arith. W. Arith. W. Arith . Geo, or llist. Recite, 'Stndy, Recite, [Study, Read. jUeo. or Hist. Geo. or llist. W. Arith. B'udy, Recite, : Stndy, ! Recite. Geo.* Gen. W. Arith. W.Ar.th. Work, Work, Work. (Work, j I Work, Work. Work, Work, | Study, Recite. Study, Recite. Read. Head. IW. Arith. W. Arith. Recite, Btudy, Recite, 'Study, Obj. Less. Spell 'Spell. iDrawiufc, Ac. Afternoon Session- -Continued. Rr.cssa. 6TH. 6TH. j 7T«. 15 nun. ;i0 minutes. 30 minutes. 30 miunt»-a. 3-1 15. 315-346. 345-1 15. 4 16-1 45. Study. Recite, Jstudy. " Gr. or Comj> G. op C. !Si>e*l or Read. Recite, Study. ! Recite. Geo or Hi*t.|G.or C. Gram «>r Comp. Rerite, Study, j Recite, M W. Arith. R. or C. Obj. Lees, or C. 'Study, Recite, | Study, Study, jßecite Study, " Ment or C. ;M «rO. Road. Recite, • Stndy, Recite, j Spell. |T. JTCJ. |Tables or Comp. ji * | M Work. \V>.k, Work. • Work, |Work, i 'work. On Wednesday afternoon the A, I) and E classes will write compositions during he first half hour aflgf Recess ; and the K, C and F classes will Tiave a similar exercise during the second .half hour af ter recess. These compositions will be examined and errors marked by the class eximmar the^ succeeding "half hours.— The Principal Teacher shall give such aid and instruction, in the preparation of these exorcises as will make them pleas ant and profitable instead of irksome. On Friday the A, K and I) classes will receive a lesson on objects, at the time allotted for the recitation of Mental Arithmetic. The remaining classes will eaeli have a le.-son on objects once a week, on FrijWy, at'the periods designated in the prugi amine. Ou the other of the w<.ek this period cf time is to be de» voted to orthographical exercises, reviews of prejioty lessons. &c. -' f V'; •' _ ; This Programme of Studies provides for eight hours of exerciser in the school room every week.day except Saturday ; but inasmuch as »ach pupil in the school will be detailed for work,.in regular turn, during tw6 of those hours and have half an hour of intermissions, there will re main only five hours to each pupil for, study and instruction, —each recitation being preceded by ample time to prepare the lesson by study, under the supervis ion and aid which this system contem plates. It is Relieved that this provision for intellectual training is quite sufficient, and that with proper care, skill and faith fulness on the part of the teachers and industry, patience and obedience on that of the pupils, the schools may soon be made to show results alike creditable to themselves and honorable to the State Order, Koalnefta nnd Work. GENERAL PRINCIPLES. I. Concurrently with the improvement of the mind and the elevation of the moral nature, the comfort, health and ef ficiency of the body for the purposes of life, are to be slfendet} to acd promoted by all proper thearifc. It. Comfor' and health being depend ent, as far as be effected by human means, on proper food, clothing, cleunli. oess. air, exercise and relaxat : on, —these are to be secured not only by a sufficiency of eat-.h, but their full enjoyment must be promoted by regular inspectiou and constant supervision. 111. Labor, being essentjul to health and happiness, is also to be such a por tion of the life of t)iede children, as on the one baud, not to interfere with their intellectual or mo p al development, while, on the other, it shall be of such kinds as shall fit them for those domestic and so* cial duties v>)iich all, no matter of what calling or profession, should le able to discharge for themselves. IV This labor fs to be performed so as, at the same time to be instructive to the pupils and beneficial to the school, and must therefore always to be executed under proper instruction and supervision. Hence, 1 V. There must be, in each of the schools, a sufficient force of employees to supervise aud djrcct the pupils in all mat ters of order, ticatncss and work. VI There will be, in addition to the Principal or proprietor e! the school and his wife,- from whoso kind aud intelli. gent supervision much is expected,— A slatron with a male assistaut. A Farmer, who shall also be Gardener and tbe master of boys' work. A Nurse. Two Uooks, one of whom shall bake. Two Laundresses. One Chambermaid. Oue Eating-room girl (TFT BE CONTINUED.) GOD IN O«R MIDST.— It is comforting to think we have a God over our heads, to look af;er us and rule us. Alas ! what could we make of ourselves, if left to our own shift ? It is more comforting that we can call this God qjir own God, and call flim more our own than we can call houses or laud, or Aught that we have, our own. The fulness of the Deity, and a proper!} in the same, is very satisfy* ing ; and the more so, "that no man can take this joy from us." Hut that this fulness of the Deity for our inorc case and familiar participat'on of the samc | should dwell bodily in a crca'ed nature, and partieuiaily in ours; this gives all satisfaction possible, that poor, necessii tous creatures can want or desire. An absolute God could not anawer our exi gencies ; His majeaty would astouish, aud his justice terrify, our guilty and mis giving minds. • Hut a God dwelling in the human nature, and there exhibiting all the divine glory for our contempla tion, and all the fulness of the Spirit for our vivification and consolation, this rais es.soul to the highest pitch of humble confidence, admiration and joy.—[6Vair« Jotd. A GOOD (.HABACTER. —A goou char, cater is to a young man wha*. a firm found ation is to the artist who proposes to erectj a substantial building upon it. lie can well build with safety, and all who be* hold it will have confidence in its solid* ity—a helping ha&d will never be want iog; but let a Single part of this be de fective, and you go at hazard, douh'iog and distrusting, and ten t* one it will tumble down at ininirle ali that was built on it in ruins: ' a good character poverty is a curse; with it, scarcely an evil. Happiness cannot ex ist where good character i3 not. All that is bright in the hope ot""youth, and that is calm and blissful ia the sober scenes of life, all that is southing in the vale of years centers in and is derived from a good character, ihereft re acquire this as tie first and most v&luablo good. I farmers jfjmrtttmi. Patent Office Report, 1856. Calcareous Manures. B1 CARBONATE OF LIME. (Continued.) As tbe £re enters the kiln at some dis. tanee from the bottom and as the flame rises as soon it into this cavity, the lower part of the kiln (that below the level of (he fire»place) is occupied by lime already burned ; and as this lime is intensely hot, when, on a portion of lime being removed from below, it descends into this part of the kilu, and as the ai.- in the kiln, to which it communicates its heat, muit riste upward in oonsequencd of its being heated, irod paae'off through the opening-at the top of the kiln, this lime in cooling, by this contrivance, is mado to assist in heating the fresh por tion of cold limestone with which the kiln is charged. To facilitate this com munication of heat from the red hot lime just burned to the limestone above; fu tbe u pp«r part of the kiln, a gentle draft of air through the kiln, from the bottom to the top of it, must be es.ablished, which is done by leaving an opening in the door below, by which the cold air froYn without may be suffered to enter the kiln. This opening (which should be furnish ed wilh a register of some kiud or oilier) mu«t be very small; otherwise, it will occasion too strong a draft of cold air iu to the kiln, and do more harm than good; and it will probably be found to be best to close it entirely, after the lime in the lower part of the kiln has parted with a certain proportion of its heat. The preceding description gives a gcn» oral idest of the manner in which thi s kiln is made to operate while iu tlio act of calciuation. The height of the kiln is 15 feet, its internal diuiuetcr below, 2 feet, and above, 9 inches. In order more effectually to confine the heat, its walls, which are of bricks and very thin, are double, aud the cavity between them is filled with dry wcod asho-j. To give great er strength to the fabric, these two walls are eounccted in d t Terent places by hori zontal layers of bricks which unite them firmly. The following is a description of anoths cr kiln of approved construction, suita ble for burning lime with eoal, or other dry, smofcehss fuel. It is supposed to be built at the side of a bank or cliff, of a ciseular form within, 32 feet high from the iron grating over the pits, 3 feet in diameter at the top, and 7 feet across, near the middle, at a IS feet above the grating. The walls are designed t& be built of stone, from 3 to 6 feet thick, and lined with bricks. Below tho shift or hollow of the kiln, are tvfo arches or pits, each 3 f;et wide and 3 Icet high, di vided by a partition wall, 18 inches thick, extending up the shaft 1-y fuct. About 18 inches from each arch, or pit, is an oven, say 2} feet square, where coal is used for fuel, and somewhat deeper, where wood is employed, communicating with the shafts t>y narrow flues. Uelow the shafts, are two movable iron grates for dragging out the lime after it is burned. The ovens, as well as tho arches under tho shaft, are provided w.ith iron doars, which are to be closed whenever it is desired to stop the draft. An iron cap, or covtfr, is also provided to be placed over the top of the kiln, to prevent the escape of mnrc heat than is necessary to keep up thf combustion of the fuel.— This cap is also furnished with a damper, or valve, for tcgulating tho draft. In a kiln like this, it is obvious that the limestone can be well burned, with a comparatively small amount of fuel, in winter as well as in summer, and that tjie farmer or others can be supplied with lime, at any time, without extinguishing the fire. All this is necosviry to be done ft, to supply tho broken limestone, and Flie fuel at the top of tho kiln, and rake out the burned lime through the iron grate, or opening at tho bottom, as fast as occasion may rcquiro. In case it may bo necessary to check the burning for a time, nothing more need be done than to close the iron doors ut ihe bottom of the kiln, and the cover, (Vr capj at the top, when the fire may be koj.t alive for four or five d:.j.«. n hen the kiln is to be filled, the lime, stone should be broken into pie<S%s about Mie size of a man's fist, and laid in alter nate layerit with the coal, usually in the proportion of three ofthe former to one of the latter; but as limestones vary much in their character, the proper quan tity of fuel can only be regulated by trial. The eoal should not be plated near er the lining of the kiln «han 8 or 0 inch es, in order that the bricks may not melt uor burn. When newly-burned lime is taken from the kiln, it has a strong tendeuey to "driuk io ' and combine with water. — Hence, when exposed to the atmosphere, or core cd ovcx with sodfi in a shallow pit, it slpwly absorbs moisture from the air, without developing much heat, in creases in weight, swells, ai d gradually Calls to powder. In this case, it is said to be air-slaehed, or spontaneously slack til. IB rich limes, the increase of bulk may be from 3 to 3J times; but iu the poorer varieties, or such as contaia much foreign matter, the increase may be less than twice their bulk. If water be sprinkled or thrown upon the-kimi of lime namcdjabove, or if it be immersed in watk'r for a short time, and then withdrawn, it absorb; tha water, be comes hot, crack- 1 , swells, throws off much Watery vapor, and 'alls dowu in a short time to a biilky, more or less white, and almost impalpable powder. When the thirsty lime has thus fallen, it is said to be slacked, or quenched. If more water be added, it is no longer ' drunk in," but forms with the lime a paste, and, if sharp snnd be added, a mnrlar is formed. In slacking, the wafer combines chomically with the lime; 3 pounds Of which, when pure, take up a pound of .water, and give 4 pounds of pulverulent, slaked lime.— The more "and complete the oper ation of slacking,the finer the powder of the lime will be. r.nd consequently the more equally it may be incorporated with the soil. Eitlier excess or deficiency of water interferes with the uniform slack ing. 1 licsc effects are more or less rapid" ana striking, according.to the quality of the lime, and the time that has teen al owel to elapse after the burning, beforo the water was nppl'rcd. All lime becomes difficult to slake when it has been for a long time exposed to.the air. When the slacking is rapid,as in the rich limes, the heat produced is sufficient to kindle gun powder strewn npon it, and the "increase of bulk as beioie stated is frotn 2 to 3 i times. It the water be thrown on so rjpidly or iiiifuch quantity as to chill the jime or any part of it.the powder will he gritty, will contain many little lump-, which refuse to slack, and will also be less bulky and less minutely divided, and therefore less fitted either for agricultural al or building purposes. It may be received as a general rule, however, that the best moJo of slacking lime for agricultural purposes, is that which gives it the greatest, and reduees it to the most minute state of division.— For the followipg reasons,the spontaneous method is preferred by many, as it is thought to> be more economical and has a better effect < n tho crops to which it is applied. First, it causes the lime to fall to the finest powder; and secondly, it is the least expensive, requiring lets 'Car e and attention, and exposes the lime least to become "chilled'' and gritty; but when thus left to itself, it should be laid up in heaps, covered with sods, .and allowed to remain a sufficient time to slack, in order to i the surface of the heaps from being chilled, or the whole converted in to mortar by large or continued falls of rain : also to exclude the too free access of the air, which gradually brings back the lime to a half state of carbonate.— lleuce, the may be laid up in heaps in the field in the winter, covered, with sods, and left until it has completely fal len, or until lie time is convenient for layiug it upon the land, in spring or sum mer, when preparing for the ensuing crops. (TO BE CONTINUED.) CUTTING NOTES AND BANK-BILLS IN Two.— A subscriber asks : u ls it agaiDst the law to cut a note in two parts, and send one half one mail and the other the next; so as to guard against thieving on the way." This practice is very com mon in England, where the notes are ar ranged to encourage it, the numbers and letters being duplicated on the opposite sides, and probably also the laws, or de cisions of tRe courts, make it easy to dol led on one half if the other is lost. This custom does not prevail in this couutry and it would be hard to collect ou half a note.— American Agriculturist. —There are a multitude of people who destroy themselves through ir resolution. They are eternally tell ing about what they mean to do, but they never do it. —''Wherein tho iiastinquired a t.utor, one day, 01. a <vt*y little pupil.— ' ; \\ here the morning comes from,"was the prompt aud pleasant answer. iiismark handles his cards queerly; h« plays the donee with kings. A (Jogma is defined as an opinion laid down with a snarl v —ln Spain tho art of adulterating food is 1 carried to perfection lfuttc in that favorite latitude is composed of tal low, remnants of cheese, the juice of tha jxtals of marigold and raw potatoes scrap ed and reduced to pulp. • '.fbis dcliejous expound is made into catess and out wardly provided with a layer of the gen uine article. NUMBER 5. - L"5"5553!»«| ON SKATING AND WINTER—"Grii, who is evidently a brick, writes as lollows to the Cincinnati Times Wie commend the item t* all skaters and everybody else who can enjoy a laugh: MV inter is the coldest season the of year, because it comes in the winter, mostly. In some countrks winter comes in the summer, and then it is very pleasant. I wish winter cttma in summer in this c'duntry, which is the best Government that the sun ever shoneS upon. Then we could go skat'ng barefoot and slide down< hill• in linen trowsers. We couli snowball without our fingers getting cold— and men who go out sleighrid mg wouldn't have to stop at every tavern, to", warm, as they do now. It snows more in the winter than it does at any other season of the year, I his is because so many cutters an 4 sleighs aie made then. "Ice grows much }better in winter than in summer which was an inco herence before the discovery of ico houses. Water that is left out of doors is apt to freeze at this seasosf Some folks take in their wells' arid cisterns on a cold night and keep" them thfe fire, so they don't freeze. "Skating is great fun in the win ter. The bojs get their skates on when the river is frozen over and race, play tag, break through tlirf' ice and get wet all over;(they get drowned sometimes and are brought home all dripping, which makes their mothers scold, getting water all over the carpet in the front ri on,) fall and brenk their head?, and . njoy themselves in many other ways. • A wicked boy once stole my skates and ran off with them, and I coulJi't catch him. Mother said, 'i e-/er mind, judgement, will overtake him.* "Well, if judgement does, julge ment Will have to be pretty lively on his legf, for that boy runs bullyi "There ain't much slei£h*»riding except in the winter. Folks v don't seem to caro about it in warm weeth* er. brown up boys and girls like to go sl.'ighsridig. The boys generally drive with one hand and help the girls to hold their muffs with the other. l?rothcr Bob let me go along a little way once when ho took Celia Ann Crane out sleigh-riding, and I thought he paid more attention to holding ihe muff than he did holding the horses. "Snowballing is another winter sport. I have snow-balled in tho summer, but wo used stones and hard apples. It isn't so amusing a$ it is in the winter, somehow." TEMPER UNDER COHTROL. —It is one of the rich rewards of self mas tery, that the very occurrences which fret the temper of an irritable peraon, bring relief and satisfaction to him who rules his spirit. The following anecdote of Wilberforce is in pointy A friend told me that be found him once in the greatest agitation look ing for a dispatch he had mislaid—- one of the royal family was waiting for it—he had delayed the till the last moment—he seemed at last quite vexed and flur.ied. At this unlucky instance a disturbance in the nursery overhead occurred. My friend who was with him, said, to himself, "Now for once, WiU berforce's temper will give way." He hardly thought thus, when Wil berforce turned to him and said," What a blessing it is to have ,t#ese dear children ! Only think what*a re*' lief, amidst other hurries, to hear their voices and know they are welf!" —A bet was once made in London, that by a single question proposed to an Englishman, a Scotchman .a-nd an Irishman, a characteristic reply would be elicited from each of the'at. Three representative loborers were accordingly called in, and separately asked: "What will you take and rui) round Russell Square stripped to tho shirt?" While the Englishman un hesitatiegJy answered, "A pint 6fpor ter,." the humerous response ef the Irishman tfas, 'A mighty great c»wld! The man of the North however, in* stead of condescending upon any definite "cousideration," cautionsfy replied, with an eye to a good bar gain; "What will your honor gi'e me?" t The man who gave the infDrmation which led to the arrest of John Ii„ 'Strratt is a French Canadian, named St. Marie. lie was formerly a. Union soldier, and s>erved in tho Papal Zouaves. Both he and 3ur ratt werejn love with the same ladjf in Washington, and S . Marie be trayed Surratt through jealously. PUNISH SI ENT I* SCHOOLS. —The miveisant in l«»ur of abolishing c rp<rnl paninbiMnt in the publia rrhooK nppenrii 10 b«consinj( general. Fr< m flo-t n, where * rery re*- pectuble meeting denounced the practuiS t>y resolution, it has gone to Jicw York and Bd» Hca'i rs thera have just oiderod it> abortion in all female an 1 primary ?chool« *nd di recting how itihouli be administered in the other school*. ,
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