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I remember kind parents who warmly bath prese'd On the brow of my childhood their fondest ea- A sister's affection around me has twined, With tenderest love her soul was enshrined; tor, have all these faded away from my view, still thou art the same to me, oh Cousin, true. Frlendo have forsaken nie—romes hare died That ware on era joyous near by my side ; Y et. the hand of pare Headship oilen loth clasp My own n ill' its thrilling—its cordial grasp, Other lor'd Linos haws chang'dtbut still do I find No changes in thee, oh, Cousin most kind. Oh ! what can repay A friendship like thine, So patient, so pure, so truly divine ; Thou art dear to me now on this wearisome earth; Words have not power to tell of thy worth ; Thy voles with sweet sytnpathy,falls on my ear Like the spell of rich music, WI, Cousin dear. May kind Heaven the choicest of blessing still east Around thy loved pathway while lire's trou• Wee lost May you now and hereafter sh,re earth's dear est bliss, Truc love and devotion still welcome thy kiss, find when far removed from this region of care, May you cherish in Heaven a dear Cousin's prayer. Three Springs, Oct. 25th 1854. *dat *tolZ RALPH LEONARD, -0~~, alatania MILD DIIP-3 Ern. A TALE OF REVOLUTIONARY TIEES. Daring the dark hour of the American Revolution, few men spread more terror a mong the ranks of the English soldiery than Gen. Francis Marion. Unlike most of the other officers of note belonging to the conti nental establishment, who came out, AS a British colonel once expressed it, and fought 'like christians and gentleman in the open ficld,' Marion preferred another course of action. Lying secreted among his men in the swamps and almost impervious forests of the South, he would sally forth by night with his well tried band, scamper across the moon lit plains, and making a sudden and unexpec ted rush upon the enemy, spread confusion and dismay among his ranks. At the period of whichwe are writing there were Iwo parties in the Carolinas, ono loyal to King George and opposed to the war, and were known by the title of Tories, the other ready to stake their all upon the great game or independence and known as Whigs. A feeling of bitter animosity had become engendered is the hearts of those two parties against each other, and acts of cruelty were as common as the withered leaves upon the for• est trees in Autumn. Ralph Leonard, the hero of our tale, was a fine young man of aboOt twenty-five, with an easy, dignified carriage, an interesting, intelli gent countenance, and a smile as sweet as his frown was terrible when he had occasion for an ger. Re belonged to the Whig party, and ha ted the tories with a bitterness which increased with every act of atrocity on their part, and made him a most formidable enemy to their success. In the early part of this war he had joined the fiery Marion as a private, but his talents were quickly apprehended by the Gen eral, and he was taken as his aid with the nominal rank of Captain. Loy nsbury was a man of about forty, with coal black Lair, slightly sprinkled with grey, an erect and martial figure, and bright keen eye that g. f`Yrrt,,, '' ,, l 1 s to 'mar. thy fontute,!. Tie trgc A111111 , ,d be a large Poi• I BEE NO STAR ABOVE THE HORIZON, PROHISINO LIGHT TO GUIDE US, 111:T THE INTELLIGENT, DATHIGTIO, UNtTED Wino PARTY OS TILE UNITED STATES."—IWERSTER. tion of the inhabitants, and he often expressed his contempt for all around him with a bitter sneer. Most people had a sort of awe of him, and seamed rather to with to cultivate this feeling than to do away with it by any act of courtesy on thiir part. He was crabbed and curlish to a degree, and used to roam about the fields in a sullen mood, muttering to himself and growling about something or other contin 'ually, as though be was discontented with himself and all the world around him. He was unmarried, for his unsocial habits were not well calculated to wits the confidence or affections of any female, and so he lived on the loneliness of a small farm left him by Isis deceased mother, rather shunned and avoided by his neighbors whom he seemed to wish to keep at a distance. Ir. the neighborhood where young Leonard and Lounsbury resided, there dwelt an opulent firmer by the name of Hewitt. who had owned a large number of slaves, and had become noted to all the coun try around by his hospitality and courteous bearing. Many were the visitors who frequented the Colonel's mansion, and at times it seemed more like a large hotel than the dwelling of a country gentleman. Whether the smiles of a planter's daughter had anything to do with the drawing thither so many people, I leave it to my renders to determine. Mary Hewitt—thou want a sweet girl, Mary, with thy bright black eyes, thy finely rounded form, and dark brown hair, that hung in ring. lets round thy oval brunette cheeks. Yes, thou want pretty, else why did so many young men call to inquire after the health of the Colo nel? Surely they must have felt an uncom mon deep interest in the old gentleman's wet fare, did they not ? And why before the breaking out of the war, did young Ralph Leonard used to spend so many winter even. fogs at the mansion ? Ah I Mary I . suspect that thou bast much to answer fur. Those bright black eyes I fear looked too deeply into thb heart of my young hero, or he would no'. thus be hanging about thy home. It was the begining of the year 1776 and the war of the Revolution was drenching the fields of America in blood, and many of her bravest and noblest slept a sleep that knows no wak ing. ln a little lane leading from the man sion of Colonel Hewitt to the highway, two young persons might have been seen walking arm in arm towards a noble steed that stood ready saddled and bridled, and hitched to a huge poplar, which threw its shadow to the ground. It was about nine o'clock in the evening, and the moon was shining down brightly through the crisp wintry air, and its rays tA I:ke showers of liquid silver on the frozen waters of many a glittering stream, and lighted up the countenances of the two indi viduals as they strolled down the lane. There was something almost radient in the beauty of the female as those silvery rays MI upon her features, while the fare of the young man look. cd rather solemn and care worn. $1 25 1 50 And so Ralph, you have decided to enter the army, and join the valient Marion ?" said the lady, whom the reader will have no difficul• ty in conjecturing, was none other than Mary liewitt. 'Well sorry as I not to port with you, likannot but commend your resolution, The country now requires the service of every arm that can wield a sword, and dearly as I love you, 1 cannot let my selfish feelings detain you from the right path and from your duty.' 'Ah, can I forgot thee, Mary I But as you say, I must go where my country needs men.— The torics are mustering their forces and are committing depredations throughout the State; and Mat night I heard that the villain Louse• bury had gone off and,joined the loyalists. If ever I meet with that fellow I will—' 'I suppose that you did nut kuow that ho was a rival of yours 1' 'Not I, indeed. I suppose he was callous to female charms. 'lt seems you were mistaken then. No long er than the night before last lie did me the honor to come here and make me an offer of his hand. As for his heart I suppose that he has none to give.' 'lf he has one it is of steel. But what ans wer did you make him 7' 'Oh : you know well enough Ralph I But in my relbsal I was as gentle and courteous ns I well could be, I did nut wish to wound his feeling too much." 'And he appreciated your delicacy 7' 'lndeed he did not. He flew into a violent passion, turned almost black in the face with rago, swore that he would marry me sometime, or another, and loft in a towering passion.' 'Mary, that Lounsberry is a dangerous low. He meditates mischief, and it would be well for you to be upon your guard. If 'ne has as reported gone off and joined the loyalists he may have it in his power to do you a lasting injury. You must be on your guard. 'I shall be watchful love. But it is getting chilly here, I must go back to the house, for' father will be wondering what has become of me. Good night and may God bless you and return you in safely to my arms?' The next moment the steed was galloping along the highway, bearing the erect and state ly rider, while the fair young girl hastened back to her father's home. No sooner had the spot become silent than the person of a man was seen descending the trunk of a large poplar three, under which the lovers had been conversing. It was none oth er than Willet Lounsbury, and he had been concealed amongst the branches of the tree, and haoverbeard every word that had been et tered. A rifle vim; hung over his shoulder, and in a black leather girdle was stuck a brace of heavy horse pistols nod as he came out from the shadow of the tree, and the moonbeams fell upon his face, there was something diaboli cal in the working of his features. 'So, so,' muttered he with an oath. 'I have found out the reason for the aversion of Mary Hewitt to myself, and be calls me a villian does he ? He'll find out tltvt if I have the name I'll have HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1854. the game as well. And as for that little bre nette minx—if she does not become Mrs. Lounsbery, it will be because there is no chap lain in the loyalist corpse to snake her so 7' 7 — And with an imprecation he started off over the fields towards the great forest, whose dim outlines could be just distinguisherin the sil very momilight. Its the depths of that forest the loyalists or tories, souse six or seven hundred in number, had formed an encampment, from which they used to sally forth and commit all sorts of de- . predations upon the whigs, nor were they al ways scrupulous either auto whether a mast es paused the British or American cause, if he chanced to have much valuable property in his possession which was easy to he transf,:red to their camp. The commander of this delecta ble corps was one Hugh Lindsay, a desperate fellow, who like the wandering Arabs had for years drawn sword against society and all law or order, but being of determined bravery, mid Herculean strength, lie had commended him self to the tory party byseveral desperate deeds, and been chosen their leader by acclainatiOn. On the night to whirls we hake alluded, Lindsay had retired to his bed, when it was announced to" him that a man had made his appearance at the out-post., m u d had express. ed a desire to see him without a moment's de lay. The captain therefore rose and dressed himself' and ordered that the stranger should be admitted. A moment snore, and Willa Louusbury was ushered into his presence. 'Well,' said Lindsay, gruffly, for he did not like being culled itp, 'what is the important business that has brought you to my camp at this unseasonable hour ?' • am desirous of joining your bard.' 'Surely you need not have disturbed me al. ter I Mid turned in about such a matter. To. morrow morning would have done just as well if not a little better.' `But betbre I consent to join, there are cor• Min agreements to be made .with you. My name is Lounsbury.' 'Oh, I have heard of you before sir. Of course you want to be an officer.' 'I do not care so Much for that. It is re venge that I am after.' 'And how can I assist you ?' 'You have heard of Col. Ilewitt ?' 'What that violent, %Vhig who entertains the continental officers, and says, if he had the way he would hang every loyalist lie could find upon the soil of Carolina. Well, I do know him, and I'm going to pay the old scoundrel a visit some of these nights, and males n bonfire of his mansion.' 'That's the way to talk.' And will yoti as• sist me?' 'ln what?' 'He has a daughter who has rejected my of. iew of marriage, I wish to seize her, bring her to this camp, and compel her to wed me in ot. der to save her lith. Have you any chaplin at tached to your command?' '0 re 3 we have n sort of a renegade amongst us who has once been a minister. He is a very accommodating fellow, and will do the business for you.' 'And will you assist me in carrying out my plan of revenge r+ 'Stop a bit. Do yeti know where the Col. keeps his money and plate!. I llave heard that he secrets it at night, and it would not do to make the descent in the day time, or we might bare Marion and his men down upon us.' 'Yes, 1 know where ho puts it, one of his negro servants informed me the other night.' 'Well' you take me to the spot, and point out the place to me, and I will promise to aid you in obtaining the girl.' 'On that condition I will join you.' 'Enough said—good night then ; I wish to turn in again.' Ralph Leonard, on leaving the premises of Col. Hewitt, repaired at once to the head quer. tors of Marion. Ho was encampted in the very midst of a dark swamp, upon a little aqd surrounded by stagnant pools. Our young hero could not but admire the spirit of pattiotism which prompted 'men to leave be hind them comfortable homes, mid take up their abode in such a lonely and pestilential spot, and proceeding to the rude log but of the general, he made known his wishes, and was quickly enrolled as one of his band. It woo not long ere Ralph had an opportunity of dis• tinguishing himself in an engagement with a party of loyalists, detatched from the main body encamped iu the fittest, to procure fur. age for their horses, and au impressed was Marylon with the prowess of our hero that he at once made him his aid, with the rank of captain, as before stated. The general was extremely anxious to make an attack upon the tory camp, commanded by Lindsay, who was a bitter personal enemy of his, and for some days prior to the arrival of Ralph Leonard he had beets making arrange. meats for affecting his object. Our hero, as aid to the general was of course cognizant of all his plans, and it was not long ere a circum stance occurred which induced him to urge his commander to delay his meditated assault up on the tory camp. It was a dark and rainy night its the latter part of 1776, and the thmily of Col. Hewitt were sunk in slumbers, notwithstanding the proximity of the loyalist camp, andthe dangers to which they were hourly exposed. It was one of those tempests known as an equinoctial storm, and the wind shrieked and howled around the mansion, as it warning the inmates that trouble was at hand. As Use clock struck the hour of midnight, a loud rapping on the door awakened the colonel, and-Ise put his head out of an upper window, and inquired what was wanted. What was Isis horror on beholding, by a flash of lightening that for a moment illumi nated all around, his lane tilled with armed men. `Open the door you rebel ! open the door !' shouted the voice of the leader, but it wee the last words he ever uttered The colonel had aimed his tr,ty ride at hint—and flash—a sharp report, a loud groan, and Lindsay sank to tho earth a corpse. `Rush on, my men rash on, and burst open the door l' called out Lounsbury, who the day before had been elected the lieutenant of the band, and who now by the fill of Litids4hod become the chief, iruskon ! there's •plente of money and plate in the house—plenty of good liquor, rush oir, my boys l' Again the deadly rifle. sent its sharp report upon the stormy night, but this time it missed its mark. A huge tory by the side of Loans. bury was struck down pierced through the heart, but the new leader escaped Crowds were now rushing against the door with all their might, but still 'it did not give way. The old rifle frotn the upper window was sunling death and destruction among the ranks of the tories, whose powder. had become wet by the storm so that they could nut return the fire. One after the other had fallen to the earth while efforts were being made to stave is the door, but still, however it did not give way.— The rifle continued to do its work with most un. erring certainty. Every discharge brought down n loyalist, and atlength fear spread among them. Lounsbury now bethought him of a plan to open the door, and immediately acted upon it. Taking a heavy rail from the fence he ordered ten men to seize it and used it as a sort of battering rant to burst open the door' front its hinges. In this he at last succeeded, and the miscreants cause pouring into the house,.not sorry to escape the terrible rifle of the colonel. An indiscriminate slaughter now ensued.— On first entering, Lounsbury had placed woes tind over the door of Mary's chamber, which was in an upper story, with orders to admit no one save himself, so that she was in a measure out of danger, but every other member of the household, including the old planter himself, who fought desperately to the last were slain. Even the poor defenceless negroes, who had taken no active part in the defence were bay oneted in cold blood the monsters sparing nei ther age, sex, or condition. It was not long ere Lounsbury entered the apartment of Mary, where he found her sunk in a deepswbon. Or dering four of his men to take her up and car ry her carefully down to the lane, and there await his coming, he repaired to the cellar where one of the negroes had informed him the colonel kept his treasures. There he found some ten or fifteen thousand dollars in gold, besides a large quantity of valuable plate, and . digesting Me latter to ono of his wee, while the fernier he scoured hisown person, he tods lila departure, having first caused the build lug to be, fired in several plucea, . It wasuot many moments before the flames burst forth in every direction, and threw their bright glare upon the stormy night air, the crowds of armed tories in the lane, the giant poplar waving to and fro as if in distress, the pale features of the unconscious Mary, and the fiend like Nee of Lounsbury bending over her, and endeavouring to restore her to sensibility. It was a scene for a painter, and midi as was often witnessed in those stormy days. And by the light of Ord burning mansion did those armed miscreants take their depar ture, bearing with them upon a sort of rude litter, tit pale ferns of Mary Hewitt, who was now restored to cor.oeiousness, but who pray ed that she might be permitted to share the fate of her murdered titther. But to this Lounsbury would not conant. He assured her that a brighter destiny was in store for her, that she was destined to become the bride of the loyalist leader, sad that she ought to con sider herself as highly honored in. , being thus selected from all the world beside. To these remarks the unfortunate girl made no reply, as it was not long ere the tories arrived at their cm:1'11110.1a in rho midst of the forest. Here Mary was confined in a strong log building which Lounsbury had constructed for that purpose, and where lie informed bier she would remain until the ensuing Sunday even ing, when she was either to wed him volunta rily, or else lie married rip:Lunar her will. But innovence will usually find a friend even when in its most helpless state. It chanced the very negro which Lounsbury appointed to attend upon Mary, bud once belonged to her father. The negro expressed no little syinpa thj. for the misfortunes of his former mistress, and a desire to serve her. Mary accordingly wrote a long letter to Ralph Leonard, detailing the particulars of the outrage, and dispatched the faithful negro with it to the camp of Marten. At last the fate 1 Sabbath eve arrived, on which Lounsbury declared she was to become his wife. A large party was assembled at the t cut of the leader, the accommodating chaplain was in attendance, end Mary was led in as pale as a ghost, and more dead than alive, to perform her part of the ceremony. But at the instant when she was about to be helped up to go through with the solemn mock•, cry, a loud cry was heard at the outposts. 'Marion is upon us!' cried an ollicer rushing into the tent. It was indeed Marion's men, who came hewing down the loyalists as the western pioneer hews down the trees of the forest, and taken by surprise as they were,tbey made but feeble resistance. Almost all the force was slain or captured, and Lounsbury fell by the hand of Ralph Leonard. But Marion would have his whims gratified ; so gathering his officers together beneath the tent of the tory chief, he compelled the retie- gado clergyman to perform the marriage cere mony for his young aid and Mary Hewitt,in the presence of the dying Lounsbury, who was conscious of what was going on, and gnashed his teeth with rage, as his wild spirit departed forever. dear, I wish it was as much the fashion to trade wivei as it is to trabo horses.' 'Why ?' 'Cause I'd cheat somebody most shockiny bud brforo night. IllistcflantDUS. A Quaker's Letter to his Watchmaker. I herewith send thee my pocket clock, which greatly standeth in need of thy friendly corree• tion. The last time he was at thy friendly school, he was in no ways reformed upr in the least benefitted thereby; for, I perceive by the index of his mind, that ho is a liar, rind the truth is not in him; that his pulse is sometimes slow, which betokeneth not an even temper; at other times it waxetli sluggish, notwithstand• ing I freqnently urge him ; when he should be on his duty, itti thou knoweth hititusual name denoteth, I find him slumbering, or, as the van. icy of human reason phrases, I catch him nap. ping. Examine him therefore, and prove him, I beseech thee, thoroughly, that thou mayest, being well acquainted with his inward frame and disposition, draw him from the error of his way, and show him the path wherein he should go. It grieves me to think, and when I pots. der therein I am verily of the opinion that his body is foul, and the whole mass is corrupted. Cleanse him, therefore, with thy charming physic, from all pollution, that ho may vibrate and circulate according to the truth. I will place hint a few days under thy care, and pay for his board as thou requirest. I entreat thee, friend John to demean thyself on this occasion with judgement, according to the gift which is in thee, and prove thyself a workman. And when thou layest thy correcting hand upon him, let it be without passion, lest thou should drive him to destruction. Do thou regulate his me. tion for a time to come, by the motion of light that ruleth the day, and when thou fintlest him converted from the error of his ways and more conformable to the above mentioned rules, then do thou 'send him home with a just bill of charges drawn out in the spirit of moderation and it shall be sent to thee in root of all evil. Animal• Speed. Man has the power of imitating every me ; lion but that of flight. To effect this he has, in maturity and health, 60 bones in his head, 60 in his thighs and legs, 62 in his arms and hands, and 67 in his trunk. lie has also 434 muscles. His heart makes 64 pulsations in a ridable; and therefore 3,740 in an hour, and 92,160 in a day. There are also three com plete circulations of his blood in the short space of an hour. In respect to the compare: tive speed of animated beings and of impelled bodies, it may be remarked that size and con struction seem to have little influence, nor has comparative strength, though one body giving any quantity of motion to another is said to lose so much of its own. The sloth is by no means a small animal, and yet it can travel only fifty paces .in a day; a worm crawls only five inches in fifty seconds; bat a ladybird can fly twenty million times its own length in less than an hoar. An elk can run a mile and a half in seven minutes; an antelope a mile in a minute; the wild mule of Tartary has a speed even greater than that; an eagle can fly eighteen leagues in an hour; and a Canary fah. con can even reach 250 leagues in the short space of sixteen hours. A violent wind tray els sixty miles in an hour; sound, 1,142 Eng. lish feet in a second. Who aro Your Companions 1 "ITe that walketh with wise men shall be wise; but a companion of tbuls shall bo des troyed." It is said to be a property of the tree frog that it acquires the color of whatever it adheres to for a short time. Thus when found on growing corn, it is commonly of a very dark green. If found on the white oak it has the color peculiar to that tree. Just so is with men. Tell me whom you choose and prefer as a com panion, and I certainly dan tell you who you are. Do you love the society of the vulgar? Then you are already debased in your senti ments. Do you seek to be with the profane? In your hearts you are like them. Are jesters and buffoons your choicest friends? He who loves to laugh at folly is himself a tool, and probably a very stupid one, too. Do you love and reel; the society of the wise and good?— Would you rather take the lowest. sent among others ? Then you already learned to be wise and good. You may not have made much progress, but even a good beginning is not to he despised. Hold on your way, and seek to be a companion of all that fear God. So you shall be wisp for yourself, and wise for decal ty. A NATURAL CURIOSITY.—WO have several times hoard of a spotted negro man belonging to Mr. A. F. Bruce, of Saline county. his master informed es that the negro is about 4 years old. A few days ago we called to see him. At twelve he was copper color all over, at twenty years of age ho was spotted like a leopard; since that time he has been white near. ly all over. He is now undergoing a second change—the black spots increasing in size and number. The parts or the skin which are white are very white and clear, and as smooth as the skin of any laboring white man. The veins in his arms have the same blue appear ance of those of the fairest skinned white man. The hair and features that he is an unmixed African. Be is stout and has always been healthy, except a rheumatism in one leg, which is of late origin. in the hands of Barnum, Joe would be a forttme.—Ex. sErA party of belated gentleman about a certain hour began to think of home, and their wives' displeasure, and urged a depar- ture. "Never mind," said ono of the guests, "fifteen minutes now will make no difference use wife is as mad now as she can be." IZIES.A dying West India Planter, groaning to his favorite negro servant sighed out," Ah Sambo, I'm going a long journey." "Heber mind, maim," said Sambo• consoling him i" "him all the way down hill, and you will soon reavh the end." Don't take the Newspaper. Some time ago, a lady, noticing that a neigh bor was not in her sent at church, one Sab• Beth, called on her, on returning home, to in quire what could have detained no punctual an attendent. On entering the house, she found the family busily at work. She was surprised when her friend nettlressed her: "Why, la? where have you been to-day, dressed in your Sunday clothes?" ''To meeting." "Why, what day is it 1" "Sabbath day." "Sal, atop washing in one minute I Sabbath day I Well I didn't know, for my husband has got so plaguey stingy that he won't take the papers now, and we don't know nothing—well who preached?" "Mr. "What did ho preach about ?' "It was on thedeath of our Saviour." "Why, is lie dead? I didn't know he was ski:l Well, all Boston might be dead, and we know nothing about it I It won't do—we Must have the newspaper again, for everything goes wrong without the pver." - . Oar A bear lives more than twenty years; a dog lives twenty years; a fox fourteen or six teen; lions sometimes live to the age of seventy. The average age of cats is fifteen years; a sqirrel and hare seven or eight years. Ele phants have been known to live to the age of four hundred years. When Alexander the Great had conquered ono Porta, King of In dia, he took a great elephant, which had fought very valiently for the king, named him Ajax, dedicated him to the sun, and then let him go with this inscription: "Alexander the son of Jupiter. 'lath dedicated Ajax to the sun."— This elephant was found with this inscription duce hundred and filly years after. Pigs have been known to live to the age of thirty; the rhinoceros to twenty. .A horse has been known to live to the age of sixtytwo, but ave rages twenty-five or thirty. Camels live one hundred. Sheep seldom exceed the ago of ten. Cows live about fifteen years. An eagle died at Vienna at the age of one hundred and four years. Ravens frequently reach the age of one hundred. Swans have been known to live three hundred years and the tortoise a hundred and seven. Tare SAYING.—The loveliest valley has a muddy swamp, the noblest mountain a piercing blast; and the prettiest face some ugly feature. The fairest complexion is most subject to frec kles, the handsomest girls are apt to beproud ; the most sentimental lady loves cold pork; and the gayest mother lets her children go ragged. The kindest wife will sometimes overlook an absent shirt button, and the best husband for gets to kiss his will, every time he steps ont .side of the gate, and the best dispositioned.chil dress its the world get angry and squall; and the smartest scholars miss a lesson, and the wittiest wits say something stupid, and the wisest essayists write some nonsense; and Ho mer nodded ; and Wordsworth snored, and stars will fall, and the moots suffer eclipse—and men wont be angels; nor earth heaven. The Crown of England. The following is estimated asthe value of the jewels in this mngnificent diadem : Twenty diamonds round the 6n:ie.— :ZINO each, £30,000; two large centre dia monds, £2OOO each, £lOOO ; fifty-four smaller diamonds, placed at the angle of the former, £lOO ; four crosses, composed of twenty-five diamonds, £12,090; four largo diamonds on the top of the crosses ? £4000; twelve diamonds contained in !kende-lie, £10,000; eighteen smaller diamonds contained in the same £2OOO pearls, diamonds, &c. , upon the arches and crosses, £lO,OOO ; also ono hundred and forty one small diamonds, £5OOO ; twenty-six dia monds in the upper cross, £300; two circles of pearls about the rim, £3OOO. Cost of the crown, exclusive of the metal, £111,900. SEVEN FooLs.—The Envious man who sends away his mutton because his next door neigh bor is eating venison. 2. The Jealous man who spreads his bed with nettles, and then sleeps in it.. 3. The Proud man who gets wet thro' rather than ride in the carriage of an inferior. 4. The Litigious man, w goes to law in the hope of ruining his oppoWnt, and gets ru ined himself. 5. The Extravagant man who buys a her ring and takes a cab to carry it home. 6. Tho Angry man, who 'learns the ophe. cleido, because be is annoyed with the playing of his neighbor's piano. •7. The Ostentatious man, who illuminates the outside of his houso most brilliantly, and sits inside in the dark. Profane Swearing. It chills my heart to hear the bleat Supremo Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme I Maintain your rank vulgarity despise; To swear is neither brave, polite' nor wise. You would not swear upon the bed of death ; Reflect ; your maker now could atop your breath. LCOWPER. Itel..Tbe following is roceommended as a reading exercise: 'I saw five brave maids, sit ting on fiva broad beds, briiiding broad braids. I said to these five bravo maids, sitting on five broad beds, braiding broad braids: 'Braid broad braids, brave maids." lel.' Madam,' said a cross-tempered physi cian to a patient, 'if women were admitted to paradise, their tongues would make it a purge. tory.' 'And some physicians, if allowed to practice there,' replied the lady, 'would soon make it a desert.' SeN•Tho savage man paints his body to ter. rify his enemies; the civilized woman covers her face with rcd and white colon to charm her friend,. VOL. 19. NO. 46. lor thc lama. He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. Plain Facts for Farmers. Feeding cattle and mulch cows, particularly shouldbe protected by stabling or otherwise from the cold and storms of winter. The cows will give one third more mills from the same food, while your steers will consume twenty per cent. less feed, and leave the barnyard in better condition in the spring than if unpro tected. Horses should be kept irtmarm but well ven tilated stables. Every horse should.have his blanket on at night an old piece of rag carpet will answer a good purpose when you are not disposed to incur the expense of a regular horse blanket. At any rate have acovering of some kind for your horse at night, and use the curry comb freely by day, and with ordinary attention to his other wants, you will have the services of a good horse for twenty to twentyfive years instead of eight or ten, as is generally the case. Make it an inevitable rule to cut all your hay, straw and fodder, before feeding it. Your cattle will thrive better on less food, and you will save not less than twenty per cent. of your whole winter's consumption. Devote every year one acre at least of your farm to the cultivation of roots as winter feed for your stock. A good root crop "will pay" better for this purpose from one acre than three time that quantity of land devoted to grain or hay. Keep yourpoultry warm through the winter; and with judicious feeding (every farmer knows how to feed his poultry if he only would take the trouble to do it,) you can have about as many eggs during the winter as any other sea. son of the year. Preserve careefully the droppings from your hen•roosts, and by the mixture ofa little plaster of paris as you put them away in a dry place, you will-have a manure very little inferior to the best Peruvian guano, and at one•tenth the . cost. Never allow a stick of wood to be put on yaur fire, or iu the stove, that has not been cut and piled up under your wood shed from three to six months before hand. You will besure of good fires with no consumption of wood, nod be spared the infliction of n"srooking house nod u. scolding wife." have a eonvnient tool house on your premis es where every too Land implement mud be re turned immediately after boing used. you will always know where to ioult for your tools when you want one, and ordinary farm imple ments will last nearly a life time. I have im• plements on my farm that have been in con stantuse fur thirty-two years, and are in good _ . condition yet. Keep a subsoil plow and use it, at least every time you break up your sod ground, and previous to putting in your wheat crop. It will pay fur itself in one season. The subsoil plow should only bo used in soils that have been nnder•drained, or aro naturally wet. Thu best subsoil plow, in say opinion, is Roger's patent with one handle. Cultivate no more land every year than you can manure thoroughly. Half a field well ma aimed will produce more abundastaly, and at lees cast of labor, than is whole field, will, that is only half immured. Subscribe for the Pennsylvania Farm Jour nal. What the Farmer most Needs, They need organization. They want far. merle clubs, and neighborho ea libraries of ap• ricultural books. They need discussion. They need more intercourse, not only in their own town and county, to see and learn what other farmers are doing, and adopt the improve merits made by them. They need . to become satisfied with their vocation ; to get rid of tho prevailing notion that farming is necessarily an untnental enniloyment ; that is, that the farmer has no occasion to think; has no oc:cu min' for education, and never can become wealthy or what the world would call respecta ble, while engai ed in the culture of the earth, and there asks the first opportunity to escape frot- ,vocation placed under ban, not only by all others, but his own class also. The great need of the farmer, is, that he shall declare himself independent of all other classes at least more so than they are of hint, and of course he is entitled to engage in any other calling whatever—and if he is a man of toil, that is no reason that he sldfuld not be a man of intellect. The great need of the farmer is organization, and this must be accomplished by a few self-sacrificing men, who will under take the labor of establishing and maintaining farmers' clubs in every neighborhood. Far mers need to drop politics, and take np agri culture. They must talk, and read and think, and they will be sure to act, or their children will act for them.—Farm Journal. To make Pancake, These are made of eggs, flour and milk.— the just proportions are, one table-spoonful of flour to each egg. To make small pancake, beat a couple of eggs thoroughly, and add sweet milk. Then take a couple of table. spoonsful of flour, work it into a thick plastic and ductile batter by adding the milk and eggs, and a little salt. Grease the pan with a piece of sweet lard or butter, and stir briskly to prevent it catching or adhering to the Dot. two. When the under side is sufficiently Lro,vned, turn it. Leave the cakes folded, with sugar or honey and butter between the folds, or sugar alone. If this is found to be too solid, add more eggs and use less flour.— , . A slight sprinkle of grated nutmeg will be en addition.—Plough Eagle. WILD OATS-11 crop that is D 81181 1 ,7 3GIBII between 18 and 32. ill° harvest generally seta in nbunt 10 yearai4er, and is counnouly found to conwiat of a lualan comtitution, two wiAk lap, a bad rowel, It
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