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THE WHOLE ART OF GOVERNMENT CONSISTS IN THE ART OF BEING HONEST. JEFFERSON.
VOL. 12.
STROUD SBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 185-2.
No 28
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Our Evening Hymn.
BY JOHN OUTON.
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Oh, (is sweet ere evening closes
Thus with thankfulness to sing,
Though our hopes, like faded roses,
To our bosoms sadly cling ;
Though we toil no gems possessing,
Here our wealth and wisdom lies,
For God's greatest, purest blessing
From pure thoughts and deeds arise.
Would ye know the richest treasure
Ever yet by man possess'd 1
Tis the heart, a world of pleasure,
Throbbing in a thankful breast ;
Come, then, join us, sister, brother,
Pass in peace life's fleeting hours,
Blest bv blessing one another,
Like the dew-drops to the flowers.
From the y. Y. Tribune. ss m a measure to injure the wheat; maKing
Ventilation, a thick mat all over the ground, and promis-
The fundamental truth that air inhaied by ing a fine yield the coming season, which
breathing is essential to the preservation of will abundantly compensate for all the outlay
animal, including human life, we may pre- jncurred, without the additional amount of
sumc to be generally understood. If any one wheat.
could be found to; doubt it he might easily be I also applied the dissolved bones, but with
convinced by trying the experiment and not out guano, on part of a fipld of corn. The
breathing for three or four minutes. But the result was equal to that of the wheat. The
intimately related and equally important part of the field to which it had been applied
truths that every human being has lungs or grew off from the first, stronger and greener;
air chambers therein the inhaled air or breath so that many persons " who examined the
is consumed or worked over by a process skin field were able to point out the very row
to combustion that oxygen which forms one where lhe nes "had been applied. There
fifth of the air is thereby extracted from the was evidently from ten to twenty bushels
residuum, or nitrogen, and employod to clar- more to the acre on that part of the field,
fy the blood of its constantly accumulating As ground bones are difficult to be obtained
impurities that the blood which, thus fresh- in sufficient quantity to be largely applied in
ly renovated with oxygen, has been ejected
into arteries of a bright red color, and in a
thoroughly liquid state, is returned through
b 3 ' fa
the veins saturated with carbon an d other
impurities, and thence dark, sluggish and
clotted, that it must now be renovated by
fresh air, containing a large proportion of ox-
ygon, for which purpose the air already in the
lunirs at once inhaled or respired therefrom is
no fitter than the ashes of yesterday's fuel
would be to make a new fire for to day-that for
this purpose every adult, healthy human be-
ing needs to inhale about eighteen breaths
per minute, of about one pint of fresh pure
air, each, making over two gallons of air per
minntnnn f hut the mhnlntmn instoarl nf
air already deprived ofoxygen and loaded with
impurities by respiration is a process alike
baneful to health, strength and life these
1rnt,0 ,r. nnt fronnmllv nnorefnn nr thoir
WUIUW 1W" & J J .w.www, .......
importance could not fail to be realized' and
respected.
It is not possible that men and women
wcmld consent to be shut up in a close, crow-
dcd. low roofed car. having possibly one or
two small, utterly inadequate appertures
for the escape, of vitiated air, none at all for "e" aH wo" c.iabe 01 c,uzeuB we" UBberv
the ingress of that which is pure, and that, inS the diversion. They also lack the prim
while thus poisoning themselves, they would ncss' method and neatness which are taught
raise a row, against any one who should kind- bv dome6tic difipline, a"d in this particular
ly and slightly raise the window by his side, wU1 be benefitted by military regimen. The
if they only knew what they were doing. suggestion worthy of a passing notice. In
Nor would they build costly churches and Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
commodious halls for public meetings, and and New Hampshire, where they encourage
there huddle for hours, enduring discomfort ilome manufactures, and in North Carolina
and imbibing the seeds of fatal disease, if a!8o, there are a superfluity of white females,
they only knew that copious ventilation was but ffficie,lt' he?? rfaonSRiT mlSS
1 rriil3-.. I rlohoil!lirt' H 1 II P TP. It TP 4 JJ I.I II II I mom
the very first requirement for such halls, and maiedthan fcmaiea in all the States. Mor-
that they might far better, even during p. tern- mon polygamy must certainly be stopped. !
pest, sit there without any roof at all over The best imprests of the country requke it.
their heads, than with a roof which impris- The voice ot poaterity imperiously -deWuds
, . , , . it, and we commend this tact also to the at-
ons and returns upon their lungs the poison- lcnlJon of Pfesldeul Fillmore.
ous, corrupting exhalations from their own . ,
chests and bodies. (ttA French woman, in Savannah, Ga.,
So with private dwellings. A man has of extraordinary fecundity, thirty-three years
toiled hard and long for a competence, and of age, has just given birth to her twenty-sec-having
finally attained it, resolves upon huil- ond, twenty-third and twenty-fourth children,
ding a house after his own heart. He grud- She has produced the whole twenty-four in
ges no expense to secure an agreeable loca- nine years. They come three at a time, and
tion and prospect, pure water, spacious rooms, all doing remarkably well. What is singu
tasteful draperies, ample bedding, elegant lar, and at thc same time provoking to the
furniture, &c., &c., providing carefully and husband, who desires to transmit his name
bountifully for every want but the first and and title, they are every of them girls.
greatest of all pure fresh air. He might 7- i ,
have secured this in every room of this JL A 1,16 ?Tl '
sion for some paltry twenty or thirty dollar,; tan into a gentleman s family. One even
yet he neglects it, and leaves his children to in after havin bee" CaUed Up ?
fester in their own corruption night after mg-room,.he came down 10 me ucut:.
night, until they finally sicken and die for laughing immodefately. "Whats the mat
want of that element which God abundantly ter !" cried the cook" Why' dan? lU ,
and freely supplicdfor their sustenance, but ; he-,Hhcre are twelve on 'cm up there, who
which ho in his dense ignorance has perverse-, could'nt snuff the candle, and they had to
ly Ehut out-and rejected. " ' , i-ring for me to do it !" .
From the West Chester Register and Examiner.
Dissolved Bones.
Mr. Editor : Wishing to cultivate a
f f nnvntn, nn. t
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becomc ?erv noo, t determined in the fall of
1850 to put it in Wheat
It had been in
corn and yielded a Very meagre crop, then in
J o r
1 oats, and after the oats in clover, that made
respectable distance from one another, and
even the clover was pastured off, so that the
?romlse. for a wbeat cn)p w" a poor nc-
After giving it a dressing of lime at the rate
. i-tt kllcl,r.lj tn trii nrrp on the sod it
ot thirty ousliels to tne acre, on ine soa, 11
' Kl n .1 A iiiTMpt trv fKia tnntH r f cir
Vllt3 JJ1UWCU 111 XlUg UOl .- "IV UVpu vr uia.
I inches, the soil not permitting deep plowing.
Then, when the ground was in its rough
state, I applied the following preparation, viz:
j 13 bushels bones, dissolved by 300 lbs. of sul
phuric acid the bones were very coarsely
ground, and required more acid and time to
i dissolve them than if they had been finer.
I When sufficiently dissolved, I had them mix
ed with a cart load of saw dust, and after
leaving it for a few days in a pile to heat,
mixed with it 500 lbs. of Guano, sowed it
broadcast-on the field, at the rate of 2i bush
els of bones and one hundred lbs. of guano to
the acre.
1 The wheat grew finely in the fall, looked
well through the summer, and when harvest-
ed, yielded a smull fraction over 29 bushels
to the acre; fully 15 bushels, more to the a
cre than the land would have produced with?
cut the hone, sawdust and guano. 11 was see-
dedin clover and timothy,' which grew so
riuik in the low and mure wet part of the field, "
their ground state, I believe it is much more
economical and profitable to disolve them in
?cid .,Tb(: ,?fter froP of f,lover w"ch il m06t
benefits, will much more than pay the expense
0r the acid.
Oxford, Feb. 10, 1852. S. D.
The-Wecess.ly of Bachelors.
ine last census laoies a. voiummaus uucu-
ment) reveal some curious items. In Iowa,
for instance, there are 10,000 more men than
women' Consequently, if the ratio shall con-
uuue' luejt- "" ".ijr uv-u
elors. It will be fair to allow 5000 more for
in08e wno' ougn weu oisposea 10 marry,
wi unable t0 EUlt themselves, or to get
suited. This, considering the difficulties in
. t 1 .1 'i 11 j ' a
the current of such affairs in the different
Portions of the State, and the number of ill-
favored women who never find their "worser
halves," is a Small allowance
We may cal-
cuiaie, men, on.an array OI lo.uuuoacueiors,
i .rriii !
J 'iuuu U1 uoe a ctJ &quau
-sufficient probably for all the militia purpo-
es of lhc State' We suest-the propriety
of a law Pinp military duty solely upon
1 .. iimn r .. c. : j
bachelors. They are generally a leisurely as
11 i .1 r 11 j
Friendship, JLove, and Truth.
FRIENDSHIP.
There is a star that beams on high,
With tender, lovely ray,
That lights the path of generous worth,
That speaks a brighter day. -
LOVE.
There is n tie, a golden chain,
That binds with stronger hand
Than iron shackles of the cell
Or all the acts of man.
TRUTH.
There is a gem, a pearl of worth,
As lasting as the skies,
More dazzling than the gems of earth,
It's splendor never die.B.
Mechanic' in Italy.
A correspondentofthe Living Age, writing
from Florence, Italy, thus describes some of
the vexatious incidents of a dependence on
the mechanics of that city. He says :
" In America I might be saved all this loss
of time ; but here, where the carpenters have
nothing but a red-hot poker to bore deep holes
with, (not an auger in all Florence !) what
can be expected from" other mechanics? A
part of my room is fitted up like a blacksmith's
shop, where I hammer through my difficulties
as best I may. But you will ask how do the
Florentines get on Why they get on as
their grandfathers did. They work without
tools; and take as much time to do a thing as a
k Yankee would require to do it twice or thrice
j over. What would you think to see a man
6awin? holding the wood in both hands,
and the Baw framc betwecn i,iB knees, bob-
bng up and down oyer 5t wilh thc pregpira.
the way that thc sawyers all do here. Eve
rything is inside out, or the wrong end fore
most, in this country. The gimlets are made
to turn the reverse of ours; axes are shaped
like grubbing-hoes; and plows are made from
a forked tree.
The Girls in California.
Some young fellow, writing to his sister in
Zanesville, Ohio says : w
' It 5a n rri rrpat in this cniintrv tn fintftr
... ... j
carpeted with coffee sacks neatly stitched to
getlier; and then to see in what trim order they
keep their cupboards, whilst we men, raiser
able housekeepers, that we are, pile every
thing pell mell on one shelf bread, meat,
candles, soap, grease, hats, cigar stumps
,
all
together.
" We take more interest here in a love af
fair than you do at home in a presidential elec
tion. If a gentleman is courting a lady, the
precise time when he poped the question, and
what was said on the occasion, known
throguh the country in the short space of no
time. Men are seized with the same hallu-
cination in regard to female beautv. as be wil-
dered Don Quixote when he invested a red
faced, tub-shaped city wench with the come
liness and charms of a venus.
a i j j
ately married in our neighborhood, who
had no doubt, been singing 'why don t the
men propose
V for thf Inst twnntr vnarn.
c: .1 u: 1 ..;f v,,nvl..ln.l
j j
M a uuu, -j-u ..u
Ban8 teeth and sans money in short, she
- - ... . .
had ab0ut as little pretensions to beauty as
the old Pal whose husband had to practice
kissing the cow a year, before he could screw
up courage to give her a.smack."
Births, Marriages aud Deaths.
m . :.i:sk. r- .1, ,:0t,; r,
f. . . . . .. . ,
marriages, births and deaths.which was passed
irnn(rK hir! iinnnd ilrnMi5.Uhlf!n WAR nKHnrt
by the last Legislature, has become a law
without the signature of the Governor, hav-
ing been passed within ten days of the close
of the session and not sent back within three
days after the meeting of the present legisla-
1 , , . , r ij of tobacco is injurious to the teeth and that support, when he can and ought to
a house hallowed by the presence ot a lady, , ,1,1 Tt. a. 1 l i. n 1 ,lt ?.
. . r Jfl r . ... . the health. It answer to which the in- do it himself, we ought to curse him-
where, instead of a floor covered with dirty quirer may bc rcspectfullYinvited to turn Had a judicious policy been adopted by
boots aud 'later peelings you see it nicely t , fjvclonedia. and when he reads of the State in regard to Ymr canal, it would
1
ture. The bill requires the Register and Re- that outlay is succeeded by depression, in magse3 or lump3. Its flavor is exceed
corder of each county to keep a book for re- and whatever unduly depress it whether . . lea3ant. 0n the ascent of thc
gistration, iif which shall be entered, in cases resulting originally from a stimulant, a Nevada there is a species of pine
of marriage, thc name and occupation of the narcotic, a sedative, or any otr power-,much r;gombl. tBo wbit ine o( tho
husband, his placaiof birth and residence, and I ful PrinciPlc. has efteot of lessening ic Suto t thafc the leave3
the names of his parents: also the name ofFoperly the action o the hear and d Thig trc(J ys to an enor.
the wife and her parents, together with the
t r.u . .i! i i t,
color of the parties, the time and place where
' ...
the ceremony was performed, and the name and
residence of the person performing it. These
facts inthe form of a certificate, under oath,
must be furnished to the Register, by the
i nrann m:; ,uu;n i,;..,
days, under the penalty of fjve dollars.
In cases of births, the physician or other
persons in attendance is required to return,
within the same time and under the same
penalty, the name and occupation of the pa
rents, as well as the name of the mother pre
vious to marriage, the sex and color of the
child, the time of birth, Sic. When deaths
occur, the name, sex, color and age, (as near
as can be ascertained) of the deceased, must
be returned, together with the occupation,
place of birth and death, cause of death and
other facts connected therewith. Neglect or
refusal of the proper person to make such re
turn, subjects him to a penalty of twenty
dollars. The expenseaof registration' arc' to
be paid cut cf the county treasury: '
Orf I
Attention ! Young Men I
The young ladies of the State of Maine,
have recently formed themselves into a soci
ety for mutual improvement and protection.
Among the resolutions adopted at a regular
meeting, we find the following: That we will
receive the attention of no 11 so styled young
gentleman, who has not learned some busi
ness or engaged in some steady employment
for a livelihood, for it is apprehended that af
the bird is caught it may starve in the cage.
That we will promise to marriage to no young
man who is in the habit of tippling, for we
are assured that his wife will -come to want
and his children go barefoot. That we will
marry no young man who is not a patron of
his neighborhood paper, for we have not only
strong evidence of his want of intelligence,
but that he will prove too stingy to provide
for his family, educate his children, or en
courage institutions of learning in his vicinity-
.in 1 1 - .in 1 1 m .....
The County of Philadelphia, from one ex
treme to the other extends about twenty-
three miles, and has an average breadth of
about five and one-half miles. It comprises
one city, seven incorporated districts, five
boroughs, and a population of about four hun
dred and ten thousand- souls, of which only
121,417 are in the city proper. The city
and seven incorporated districts are, to a
great extent compactly covered with houses,
have the appearance of unity, and contain
about three hundered and forty thousand souls.
The remotest point ot the County from the
State House is about fifteen miles.
Proof of Psychology. Take a cow, cut
straw the length of grass, and put green spec
tacles on her, she will be so convinced that
she is eating the grass that grass butter can
made from the milk.
To Simooth Flat Irons. If vour flat irons
are rough or smoky, lay a little fine s.alt on
anatsuriace, ana run tnem well; it will pre-
and make them smooth.
o o '
Effects of Usnig Tobacco.
It is frequently aBked whether the use
the powerful principles it contains, name- have been finished years ago, and its own
ly. empyrncumatic oil, and nicotina, the earnings would now have been paying the
action of both of which is highly poison- interest on the money which it costs,
ous (a drop of the former placed on the and it would now be supporting itself.
tongue excites convulsions and coma, A different policy however has been pur
lethargic drownsiness, and may prove fa- sued, and it compels the people to sup
tal in a few minutes ; and a quarter of a port it. The policy then which complse
drop of the latter will kill a rabbit, and the people to do this, ought to be cursed.
a drop a dog,) will he not rather inquire
how it can be otherwise than most injur-
ious not only to the teeth and gums, but
indirectly, if not obviously to every part
of the frame? Beyond an unsightly dis-
coloration of the teeth and an empyrneu-
matical infection of the breath of those
accustomed to the use of this narcotio
ac poison, its deleterious effects may
not for a considerable period be detected:
out atter long uaoituai use, tne wnoie sys -
ffm nofnmnu unnrnrrnfirnri nnH nlrhniirrn
habit reconcile its action when used
moderateiv. nothing can secure the body
c ; i l . .n
j nuui lrntuuvu piupui ty auu uitiuiutu
-i. i. "1
f auBorpuon, wueu empioyeu m ui
incautiously. Its action on the heart, or
1 i ii 1 1. r
property tne nerves 01 uic iiearc, mam-
ests itself by lower positions, and an in-
j auigence in an intemperate ana excessive
u?u m u - T n
pipes and cigars has caused death. Un-
der the action oi tne nervous system, tne
ubi uic .iihiuu ui iuu -n u, ocm,
mouous oi tue uu.
motions oi tne ncarr, anu suosequuuuy
1 the rreneral Quickness of the course ot
i . o i . . .
the-blood, are quickened or retarded.
Lll-irriLauis aim biiiuuiauta uigu auu
force to a more vehement, and conse-
ii l i i i: ..ii M
quently, a more rapid outlay of the
strength or capacity for exertion ; and it
is an invariable law of organization,
arteries; ana ic is pn mis account mat
n:etW ntoxicatincr brinks nor tobacco
metuer intoxicating urinka nor touacco,
n0r any thig elao producing an effect
which issues in depression, can be recom
mended for the promotion of health and
longevity. I would therofore strongly
recommend abstinence from the use of
tooacco in an or any oi us
forms : not
only on thc ground of its rendering the
f I. una! nlit 1 . nml tlin lirnntli dianrrrno.
able, but because it is clear to a demon -
u jnmono f.
. O J a
obiubiuu. bum iv uuuii t uiwow tub uuu- .
ural powers ite use even in the orms
of snuff and errhines is . very objectiona-
ble; the membrane, of the nose becomes
t iick.encd, its r.ensiDility impaired, ana;
the power of discriminating odors great-
ly lessened. - Miles oh Teeth.
Thc Duk'hman who refused to
take a one dollar bill because it might be
altered from a ten prefers stage traveling
to raiJUpads. The former, he says, rides'
hira ci"hl hours for a dollar, while the
latfeVfrily rides him one. Dec bccples1
can't cheat him.
From the JPitlslon, Pa. Cazctlc.
Indivdual and State Entecprise.
We arejinformed that the Lackawanna
Iron-and Coal Company have concluded
a contract to furnish a large quantity of
coal, to be delivered in the city of Buffa
lo, for the use of steam Boats on Lake
Erie the present season. This is indeed
gratifying, and to none more so, than to
those who have for years been strong ad-
1 C 1 1: xt AT il. T ,
vuuiiics lur cuuipiuuug iuu xturiu jurancn
Canalin ordcrthat a communication might
bo opened, through which the coal in our
Vallie's could be introduced, for domes
tic and all other purposes, in the State
of New York, as well as for generating
steam on thc Lakes. Through the in
domitable cnterprize of Messrs. Scran
tons & Piatt, the Lackawanna and
Westren Railroad has been opened, and
coai can now bo delivered in the city of
Buffalo. Never was the difference be
tween individual and State enterprise
more strongly marked, than as seen in
the enterprize of those" gentlemen, and
the slow movement of the State, in bnild
ing the North Branch Canal. Eighteen
months only have passed since the blow
was struck on the Lackawanna and Wes
tern K. B. In less than fifteen months
after the commencement of the work on
that road, it was finished t and the cars
were runing over a road nearly fifty miles
in length. Seventeen years ago the first
work was done on the North Branch Ca
nal. It is not finished yet, nor can a sin
gle cargo of coal be taken from our val
ley through this Canal, to the Canal wa
ters of thc State of New York in fifteen
months from this time, provided an ap
propriation be made immediately, of mo
ney enough to complete if Thus the
State has been engaged more years in
building a canal only twice the length of
the Lackawanna and
Western It. It.
The money invested by the stock holders
of the R. It. is already paying the interest
on the amount invested by its own earn-
jngg while the money invested in the ca-
nal has been earning nothing, but has
npp.n nn n.nnnn.1 tn.Tr iinnn fcnfi nnnlvnrs or
: the people to pay its interest. If a man
Supports himself bv his "own industry and!
Avjse calculations, we applaud him. But
if he compels his friends to give him
' Those who own coal and depend upon
this canal for a communication through
which to send it to market, are compel-
.led to stand idle with their arms folded,
while their neighbors are whirling the
valuable mineral product to almost every
extreme point with profit. This is the
difference between the enterprize ot a,
few active gentlemen, and the snail-like
plodding of the great State of Pennsyl
, vania
A Curious Fact.
A
l paper pub ished
, states in that region is to be found an
ma, siuica 111 tuiu, 11
ma
abundance of saccharine matter of delici-.
l aUUUlial lliu uj litem ui ucuw
It is to be found on different
ous flavor.
descriptions of trees and in different
On the leaves of the willows
which upQn the banks? ifc jg found j
nr a,fn,n
in a candied form on
' fc h of Jugf The
- , ,
d.ang
and at their en-
nn - . an. - illvnr ftf nj,w;n(T
rr"T::' .u": ,;:" '.r i. -
tne leaves, wa w - - -
oak, also there is a clear deposit of hon -
ey,wmc,lf , - -
the article is ever seen, but it is of thick-
er consistency. Here, also, it collects on'
thc upper foliage until the latter is borne
, .,,on M, s.Wmrinc matter drons
a . o7n roof ,f:h, ,i 30 1
mous size u icet in ueigut, auu
f efc in d ametcr at thc base ; aud some-
X trunk runs up 280 feet almost
up .'csu icet airaosc
without a limb or crook. The resinous
matter which exudes from the bark has
a rich saccharine flavor. Tho Indians
eat in it large quantities.
jtfgrA liuck while pcing measurea ior
l I f knntj nhanmoH
, a ' , '
I "Make them cover thc calf."
f.lio nsfnn?
n(r hia cuatomer from head
'J. not leather enogh.''
to loot, x mivenot uw 0
, Tumrterancc Law. A petition
. . f ,
; being signed m New ori', praying
j the Legislature to pass a law oy wuicn
any person found drunk is liable to be
i
arrested and taken when sober bctore a
magistrate, who shall ascertain from
where the liquor was obtained. The sel-
lcr in such cases shall bc fined id a sum
not less thairS-5, and not more than
What Punctuality will do.
If Jerry Dilatory would pay us that :
dollar that he owes us for a small job w
did for him a year or two ago, we would 1
pay Mr. Dry Goods the dollar we owe
him ; ho would pay Sam Yulcan for shoe-
incr his horse : Sam would pay bob Char-1!
coal for his coal; Bob would pay Joe'
Axeman for two days'! chopping : Joq r
would pay
pay Jack Grist for his last bag of '
corn meal
: Jack would pay Dr. Escu-
lapius for the medicine that came so
near "getting down" his child; Doc.
would pay the widow Broom for her last
two days' washing : she woul'd pay bill
Grocer the dollar she owes him ; Grocer
would pay "Coke upon Littleton" his fee
for counsel in the action of The State of
Ohio vs. Bill Grocer; Coke upon Little
ton would pay Peter Crispin for men
ding his boots ; Peter would then go and
pay Tim Haystack the dollar he owes him
on the hay that he bought last week ;
and Tim is such a good, honest soul, that
we know he would come right in and pay
us the dollar he owes us onsubscriptiou
and then we could buy a chicken, a
dozen of eggs, a half bushel of corn meal
to make "dodgers," and we, ourselfrin
diviually, our wife, and our " todlin wee
things" would " boast one splendid ban
quet once a year," and we wouldhave &
dime in our pocket, baby in the cradle
and little wife to rock it.
But, because Jerry Dilatory is nob
enough honest to pay not one of those
debts can be paid andj we cannot have
the feast of fat thingsjat all. Ah! Jerry
Dilatory, you are the cause of all this
trouble. You prevent all this happiness.
It requires all our forbearance to keep
from giving you "particular Jesse.'" We
feel as though we would like to take a
scythe and mow down a ten acre field or."
such men. They are excrescences on so
cietyjthat mar its beauty, clog its energies
destroy its peace and waste its substance.
Still men are so, and we suppose they
will stay so a little while yet ; but we do
hope there is a better time coming a
time when to owe a man and not pay
nim will be considered akin to stealinfr-
when all will adopt the scriptural m6U-
" owe no man anything," Moijsvilln
Tribune.
From a varitey of causes, nothing i.-
more common than to find American wo
men who have not the slightest idea of
household duties. A writer thus alludes
to this snbiect:
t -r .1 i i f I 1.11
in tms neglect 01 uousenoiu cares
American females stand alone. A Ger
man lady, no matter how lofty her rank,
never forgets that domestic labors con-
j duce to the health of body and mind a-
like. An English lady, whether she be
only a gentleman s wite or a duke s does
j not despise her household, and even
though she has a housekeeper, devotes a
portion of her time to this, her true, her
j happiest sphere. It is reserved for our
republican fine ladies to be more choice
than even their monarchical and aristo-
cratic sisters. The result is a lassitude
of mind often as fatal to health as the
neglect of bodily exercise. The wife
who leaves her household caresto her
servants pays the penalty which ha3 been
affixed to idleness since the foundation of
world, and cither wilts away from
' gheer Qr .g drf yon into aU of
- , . , , P ... . c 1 1 . p
hionablc follies to find employment for
her mind.
Rev. Dr. Porter, a Presbyterian cler-
J ot Memphis, has been preaching
, a series of astronomical sermons, ,n or
TT K. TT mA.n t.
lieu, .me "iiapny x iuuu i.u locates m
the solar system in
thc Sun. "The
other plaC0T, h fixes oufside of the solar
. . , .
ness beyond the light of the sun and
, nnmtlta nnA ,aK
stars, where the planets, comets, and lost
worlds, which have violated the great
laws of their existence, darkle forever on.
their returnless course
space.
though eternal
Yankee Speed.
The Missouri republican is responsible
for the following anecdote:
AU x, u.i uS i uB uF
nority of the horses m his country, men
tioned that the celebrated English EclipS(
An Englishman, boasting of the supe-
tioneutnat tne cciopratea jngiisn ricnpso
had run a mile in a minute. "My good
fellow,' exclaimed an American present
'that is rather less than the average rate
j of our common roadsters'. I live at my
country seat near x uiiuuepuiu, uuu hch
j- 111 i,uv i a
i my own snaaow can i nuvi itu mu,
! but generally comes into the store to find
me. from a minute to a minute, anu a
half after my arrival. One morning the
beast was restless, and I rode him as
possibly could several times a-
round a large factory just to take old
Harry out of him. Well, sir, he went so
H.rro
djrcotly beforc lnCj andwastitice in dan-
ger. of riding over myself"
s
Dust for Cleaning Knives. Ground char
coal is said to be the best thing in thejvorld
for cleaning knives. It will not wear 'tho
; knives awny like brick dust which is' so of
Jen u-jod.