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VOL. XVII.-;-4.!
For the "Star and Banner."
The Inconstant.
-"fwas a lovely spot in a shady dell.
Where the murmuring cascade lightly fell,
Where the sweet dowers grew, so will and fair,
Yielding, their fragrance to the cool night air;
-And the leaves of the elm
• With dew-drops were shining,
While the moon-beams gave , them
A silvery lining :
Where the rivulet domed o'er its pebly way,
And joined its low song with the nightingale's lay
'Twas there they met, 'neath the favorite tree,
Where the waters glided so listlessly;
They silently gazed on the beauty around,
Which, spirit-like, held them, enehantinglrbound
For here was the easkade,
So sparkling and bright,
And here the sweet bird made
Her song in the night:
Yes, here they now met, by the ivy-crowned well,
The vow - to exchange; and the farewell to tell.
They parted. He wandefd to sunnier climes,
Where the orange-tree grew. and the fragrant limes
Form - d arbors ; where many a lovetale was breath'd,
And arch smiles, playfully, the ruby lips wreathed,
A dark eye enchained him,
•
And a tiny hand wove
-
-A tie, that soon tore him •
From his first early love :
He yielded. Mir vet gave one lingering thought
To the sweet one, whoSe bosoni with anguish was
fraught. , _
They met. Ilot their actions were alter'd and cold
She, proud and haughtythe bright eye foretold;
She scorn'd the low homage he gladly would bring,
For she knew 'was a glittering, yet tasteless thing
- • And she could rely •
lii her firmness and pride;
Her voice could he gay,
Her sorrows to hide :
And he learn'd from her actions, that woman ran
tear'
From her heart the warm feelings whiCh once cen
tered there.
Penifsylvanin College
MISCELLANY.
117 - The Rev. J. T. Hr. tnar , author of the arti
cles upon " - Afillonald," "Marshal Ney,"-and oth
ers of_,Napolean's distinguished Officers, which
appeared in the. American Review during the past
year, and attracted considerable attention - from
their brilliancy of style and extraordinary vivid
ness of description, has been writing a series of
interesting articles in the N. York Obierver upon
the . "Sacred Mountains." The last Observer con
tains No., .1 of the series, with Mt.
,Hpreh ,as the
theme., We -have. transferred .the siretcir to our
columns as a fair specimen of Mr. Heatily'e
•
Sacrcillioitutains Mt. Iforeb
itir THE REV. .1. T. HEADLEY.
Mount Horeb does not stand so isolated
as, Ararat or Sinai, and hence does 'not oc
eupy so definite a place in nature . or histo
ry. One of the ffroups that surround Si
nai, it presents the same barren and deso
lateappearanee, and stands amid the same
bleak and forbidden scenery. These sol
emn summits rise together in the same
heavenS, and the silent language they speak
has the same
. mpaning. Still; lloreb has
less distinguishing characteristics than Si
nai, and the latter overshadows it as much
in interest as it does in nature.. The Mount
of Terror is monarch there in . the desert,
and all other summits arc but his body
guard. They witnessed his .grand coro
nation when the law was given, and shook
to the thunders that honored the cere
mony.
Mount Horeb has not been consecrated
once, but thrice, and has a three fold claim
for a place amid the immortal list of Sacred
trotintains. Moses learned his first les
sons round its base, and amid its splitudes
formed the thoughtful, stern and dceided
charaCter which rendered him fit to be the
leader of Israel, .When in his impetuous
youth lie slew the Egyptian that • would
trample on his countryman, he tied thither
to escape the' penalty of the, deed, When
the first gust of indignation had swept by,
and he saw the lifeless corps at his feet,
alarm took.tlie place of passion, and hastily
covering the dead man in the sand, he fled
to the desert. Month after month he wan
dered about Horeb, thinking.of Egypt and
thr royal court he dared not cuter. Away
froM the temptations of the palace, and be
yond-the reach of the conflicting motives
that, might sway him there,
.he trod the
desert a freeman. With naught but Nature
and God to teach him, his character must
be simple and manly, and his principles
upright and pure. Amid the grand and
striking feature of • mountain scenery, he
could not but learn to hate tyranny and love
freedom, and when, at length, his charac
ter was settled on a broad anti permanent
basis, the Deity sent him back to Egypt
to deliver his people.
Waiideripg one morning along.theslopes
of Horeb, he saw' before hint a solitary
bush blazing from top to bottom, but dill
unconsumed. Every-branch was a fiery
branch, and every- leaf a leaf of lire that
gloWed unwasted in•the still flame. •As
he stood • amazed and awe-struck at the
sight,: a. voice whose tones were yet to be
familiar to his ear exclaimed, "Take •thy
shoes frtirif Ofrth3- feet, • for the place on
which thou standeSt is . lloljr • Qround."---
Acre Moses received his first eommission,
and here was-(foil's first outward demon-
stration to l►im; in behalf of his people: . .
In the exciting scenes through which
he afterwards - paSsed in Egypt, he may
entirely have forgetlen Horeb
.
die plagues, and death. and flight. and pur
:suit, and lted,'Sea pass;igo, and . overthrow
enem liad all .been left beltink
Ind the host Of Israel entered the desert',
the familiar scenery he began to approach
must have waked up strange associations
in his heart. At length the well-reinem
bored form of Horeb rose to view, where
he had wandered, self exiled from his home.
A gloomy fugitive he first saw that deso
late Mountain in the distance ;—a leader
of a mighty people, and the chosen of God,
he pitched his tent the, second time at its
base. Doubtless,,his first interview with
the Deity here caused him to expect some
other revelations now that the commission
he had given him had been fulfilled. How
much his early experience had to do with
his encamping on -this spot with the host
of Israel it is impossible to tell ; but that
he should expect the Gad who had—first
sent him forth shonld here give him fur
ther instructions was most natural.- His
'expectationsi were not disappointed, and
Sinai and Horeb togetheibecame the scene.
Of the inost wondrous events of human his
tory.
Twice had Horeb been honored with the
presence of Deity, which had so consecra
ted it that we find the angel of the Lord af
terwards calling it "the Mount of God."
It was however destined for a third bap
tism. When Elijah, hunted by Jezebel,
fled for his life, lie wandered across the
desert to ads mountain. His prayers had
brought rain upon the- -parched and deso
late earth; but his sword had also drank
the blood of the prophets of Baal, and'ilez
ebel had sent him word that she would do
to him as he had done to her prophets, and
so belled into the Niildorness and sat down
under a juniper tree and prayed for death.
Weary and 'discouraged, the • hunted fugi
tive lay down and slept,- when the angel of
the Lord touched him and bade him 'arise
and go to Mount Horeb. 'Elijah started .
for the desert, and after travelling for
more than a month, he at length, worn and
exhausted, came to the mountain, and took
up-his solitary lodgings in a cave. How!
many desolate days and lonely nightS he
passed there we know not, but at length a
voice, from heaven said, "Go forth and
stand upon the mount." Jehovah way a
bout to reveal himself. But before he
'readied the entrance Of his rave lie heard
a roar louder than the sea, that arrested his
footsteps and sent the blood back to his
heart. The next moment there came a
blast of wind as if the last chain that bound
it had suddenly been thrown of and it had
burst forth ia %Hits unrestrained and limit
less energy. . In the twinkling of an eye
the suit was blotted - out by the cloud of
dust, and tine-fragments that filled the air
were whirled in fierce eddies onward. It
shrieked and howled around the mouth of
the cave, while the fierce hissing sound of
its steady pressure against the heart of the
mountain was more terrible than its ocean
like roar. Before its fury and strength
rocks were loosened from their beds and
hurled from the air—the earth rent where
it passed, and before its fury that steady
mountain threatened to lift from its base
and be carried away. Amid this deafen
ing uproar and confusion and darkness and
terror, the stunned and awe-struck Elijah
expected to see the form of Jehovah mo
ving; but that resistless blast, strewing
the sides of Horeb with wreck and chaos
was not God in motion : •
"Twas but the whirlwind of his breath,
Announcing danger, wreck and death."
The hurricane passed by, and that wild
strife of the elements ceased ; but before
the darkened heavens could clear them
selves Elijah heard a rumbling sound in
the bowls of the mountain, and the next
moment an earthquake was on the march.
SteritHoreb rocked to and fro like a ves
sel in a storm, and its bosom parted with
the sound.of thunder before the convulsive
thobs that seemed rending the very heart
of nature.
Fathomless .abysses opened on every
side; and. huge. precipices, toppling over
the chasms - at their base, 'went thunder
ing through the darkness.. The :fallen
prophet lay on the floor of his cavern and
listened to the grinding, crushing sound a
round and beneath him, and the steady
shocks that seemed to reach the very seat ! ,
of nature, thinking that Jehovah at last
stood there. Surely it was his mighty
hand that lay on that trembling, tottering
mountain, and his strong arm that rocked
it so wildly on its base. No,. "God was
not in the earthquake,"
"'Twits but the thundering of his car,
The trampling of his steeds from Ihr."
The commotion ceased, and Nature stood
"and calmed her ruffled . fraine:" but in
the sudden ominous silence that followed,
there seemed :1" foreshadowing of some
new terror, and 10, the heavens were sud
denly on tire, and a sheet of Ilame descend
ed. Its lurid light pierced the ilepths of
Elijah's cavern till it glowed like an oven,:
and from base to summit of Mount Horeb
there went up a vast cloud of smoke, fast
and furious, while•the entire sides flowed
with torrents of lire. The mountain glow
ed with a red heat, and stood like a huge
burning furnace under a burning heaven,
and groaned on its ancient seat as if in tor
ture. But God was not in the fiery storm.
""rwcut but the lightning of his eye"
that had kindled that mountain into ablaze
and filled the air with flame.-
lint this too passed by, and what new
scene of terror could rise worthy to herald,
the footsteps of God—what greater .out
ward grandeur , could surround his pres
ence 1 The astonished prophet still lay
on his face wrapped in wonder, and filled
with fear at those , exhibitions of - Almighty
power, waiting for. thc_ next__scend_ in , this
But nitc:r
GETTYSBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 18 lb'
great drama, when suddenly through the EHM-HEM..
deep quiet and breathless hush that had A TEMPERANCE ANECDOTE.
succeeded the earthquake and'. the storm, A very estimable friend of ours, who is
'there arose "a still small voice," the like not to he named, though he might not ob
iof which had never niet his ear before. It ject to it, once gave tis, confidentially, the
was "small and still," hut thrilled the proph- following anecdote about himself. , - He was
ct's frame with electric power, and rose so old-when he told the story to us, but as
sweet and clear, may be logically inferred, he had once,
"That all in heaven and earth might hear; been young.
It spoke Of pe'neeit spoke of love, In his young days he married a wife,
It spoke as angels speak above." wholly from impulsive. passion; but his
And God was in the voice. The proph- youthful liking soon grew into a concen
et knew that lie was nigh, and, rising up, trated flame of early love, healthful emo
wrapped his mantle about his face, and tion, intellectual admiration and moral oil
went to the mouth of the cave, and reve- ration. The latter term, he used to say
rently stood and listened. Oh, who can taios, would never be known to a married
tell the depth and sweetness of the tones of mitt'; a moral obligation may be mentioned
that voice-which the Lord of love deemed to Men who have none, but when sounding
worthy to announce his coming. A ran- in the ears of those wh6 have ties and few
somed spirit's harp—an angel's lute—f means, they are tones of terrible discord. I
Seraph's song, could not have moved the Our tine hearted friend - married - a wife,
prophet so. But while. his whole being, and in her found a woman of superior in
soul and body, trembled to its music, a telligence, as well as amiable temperament.
sterner voice met his ear, saying, "What He, lived happy through his honey-moon,
doest thou here Elijah ?" The ,prophet and grew even more contented afterwards,
poured the tale of his woes and of Israel's but from the inward uneasiness caused by
sin into the Infinite bosom. His wrongs some chronic affection he gradually fell in
were promised redress and Israel deliver- to the use' of alcoholic stimulation.
ante, and the hunted exile went boldly His gentle wife, upon discovering this,
back to his people, and Horeb again stood was afflicted deeply, but knew full well
silent and alone in the desert. that aggravation rather than reforinatiow
"The Mount of God" needs`no other ti- would arise from her interference ; so the
tie to make it the fourth Sacred Mountain mild creature remained silent, and the on
on the earth. - ly tone of reproach she uttered was the•
semi-sigh, semi-exclamation of , Ehm-hentP
When he appeared -before her with- a
slight wildness in the eye, too much red
ness in the cheek,.or an abrupt hiccough,
coining from the throat, her smile .would
be the - sank, her words as kind, but she
would turn aside with her melancholy aspi
ration of "Ehm-hent 7",
He understood. this, though he took no
notice of it, and-being a man of fine sensi
bility, this delicate and kind forbearance Of
his wife wrought upon him_ with wonder-.
fill effect. No curtain lecture could. ever
have fallen on his ear - - with such potency I
as his wife simple "Ehm-hem!"
The agitation ofother and better princi
ples came about, and our friend was one
of, the, first to sign himself a teetotaller.—
The.deed,: however, was not mentioned,
anti .his Wife remained in complete igno
ratteqf it., "Elvis-!{em , " at - any rate, Vas
heard. no mere froth tier lips...
..Some time elots,ed,.and one_ wening4te.
fax down. with a qaint happy
Slilit6; beside Wife; He looked her -in
the . face and smiled still- merrier. She
laughed in return, but was still compelled
to inquire what the fun was about.
"Ehm-hcm !" said the reformed ine
briate.
"What!" inquired the wife, foi: she was
still, as he had ever been, unconscious that
her husband knew aught of her surpressed
grievance on his account.
"Ehm-hem I" said the husband ; "wife,
don't you remember that sound ?"
The whole truth then flashed upon the
happy woman's mind, how her husband
felt deeply and in secret her quiet grief, and
how it had worked upon him even to the
abandonment of his vicious habits. She
threw herself upon his neck, and he laugh
ed with renewed jcy as lie kissed her flush
ed cheek and breathed merrily in her ear
the signal of departed troubles, ‘TE/nn-hon
rt
W1FE......
A lIE .TO COME HOME TO.
And after all, what is it that man seeks
in the companionship of a woman ? An
influence like the gentle dew, and the cheer
ing light, more felt throughout the whole of
his existence,.in its softening,.healing,har
monizing power than acknowledged by,
any Single act or recognized by any certain
rule. It is in fact a being to come home to,
`in the happiest sense of that expression.—
Poetic .lay's of ancient times were wont to
tell hoW the bold warrior, returned from
the fight, would doff his plumed helmet;
and_roposing from his toils, ]ay bare his
weary limbs that woman's hand mightpour
Into their wounds the healing balm. But
never wearied knight nor warrior, covered
with the dust of the battlelfield, ,was more
in need.of woman's soothing power than .
are those care-worn sops o„C the soil, yvho
struggle for the bread of life, in our more
peaceful and enlightened. tliiys. And stilj
though the romance of the castle, thebahrt
et, the waving plume, and the
"Clarion wild and high,"
•
may all have vanished from the scene, the
charm of woman's influence lives as bright- .
ly in the picture of domestic joy, as:when
she placed the wreath of victory on the he
ro's brow. Nay, more so, for there arc
deeper sensibilities at work, thoughts more
profound and passions more intense, in
our great theatre of intellectual and moral
strife, than where the contest was for mar
tial fame, and force of arms procured for
each competitor his share of glory or of
wealth.
Among all the changes which have ta
ken place in the condition ofmankind, it is
then not the least of woman's privileges,
that her influence remains the same except
only as it is deepened and perfected as her
own character approaches towards perfec
tion. It is not the least of her privileges,
that she can still be all to man which his
necessities require ; that he can retire from
the tumult of the world, and seek her so
siety with a zest which nothing can impair,
so long as she receives him with a true
and faithful hear--true to the best and
kindest impulses of which her nature is ca
pable ; and sacred to the faithful triret com
mitted to her care.
And that it is so, how many a home can
witness—how many a fire-side • welcome
how many a happy meeting after absence
painfully prolonged ! Yes, diem are scenes
within the gacred precincts of the house
hold heafth, which, not the less because no
stranger's eye behold them, repay,' and
richly too, dark days of weary conflict,
and long nights of anxious care. But who
Shall paint them ? Are they not graven on
the hearts of wives ? and those who hold
the picture there in all its beauty, vivid
ness and truth, would scarcely wish to
draw aside the veil which screens it from
the world.—Mrs.
WomAN.—Woman should be acquaint
ed, that no beautyhas any charms, but the
inward one of the mind; and that a grace
fulness in their manners is much more en
gaging than that of their persons ; that
meekness and modesty - are the true and,
lasting ornaments ; for she that has these
is qualified as she ought to be for the man
agement of a family, for the educating of
children, or an affection to husband, and
submitting to . a prudent way of livin*-L-
These only are .the charms that render
Wives amiable, anti give them the best title
to our respect.—[Epictelus.
1 Le t ig ll ht o ß n u t i v ie .C til o l t r o c a la s t n es S t T h A a T t s a la m Eti r. T m ..--- a T eu l i l l e .
CALVliS.—"you are from the country, kie, of thatcounty, while riding along was
are you not, sir?" said a dandy clerk in a accosted by a white female and requested
book store, to a handsomelydressed quaker, 1 to - carry her bandbox. lie complied and
who had given him seine trouble. - I offered hee a seat in his wagon into the
"Yes." lbargain,,but she refused. As requested, he
"Well, here's an Essay on the Rearing carried - the box to,the next tavern, handed
of Calves." •
“That," said Aminadab, as he turned to After' his „own and the patience of the. i
leave the store, "thee had better present to int) keeper wad' exhausted by her delay,
thy mother.,'. , - . . ''the box• was'opened, and had in it—not a I
i new cap or bonnet -'- but a jet black child, l
/ THE.Liums—the only incendiaries who ^fast asleepl It is, perhaps, unnecessary I
kindle• a flame which water will not put '.io state that the "lady" never'eame to hand,
- out says the - gallant - editor of thq.ParnSta- ' and the infhnt was taken to the poor htiusel
ble Patriot," ------.; --- -- --- -- -'- . . lof Lehigh touiiiy. -- - •
WAR
The folloWing advice was given by Dr., Benja
min Rush, an eminent American physician and
philanihropist, who died about thirty years ago :,
"In order to impress more deeply the
minds of the citizens of the United States
with the blessings of peace, by contrasting
them with the evils of war, let the follow
ing inscription be painted on the sign which
is placed over the door of the War office
at Washington, namely :-
An office for butcherin g the human spe
cies.
A widoiv-and-orPhan making office.
A broken-bone' making office.
A wooden-leg making office.,
An office for creating public and private
vices:
• An office for creating public debt.
An office for creating finine.
An office for creating pestilential diseases.
An office for creating poverty, and for
the destruction. of liberty and national hap
piness.
In the lobby, let there be painted repre
sentations of the common instrument's of
death ; also, human sculls; broken bones,
hospitals crowded with the sick and wound
ed soldiers, villages on fire, ships sinking
on the ocean, rivers dyed with blood, and
extensive plains without a tree or fence, or
any other object but the ruins of deserted
farm houses.
Above this group of woftd figures let the
following Words be . inserted in red charac
ters, to represent human blood :—"NATION
AL GLORY !"
A YANKEE TRICK.-"I calculate 'I
conldn't.drive trade with you to-daX," said
[ a true specimen of the Yankee pedlar, as
be stood at the door of a merchant.
"I calculate yen:calculate about right, for
you Cannot," was the sneering reply.
"Wal I
guess you needn't get haffy a
bout it. Now here's a dozen real genuine
razor strops worth two dollars and a half—
you
may have 'em for two dollars."
"I tell you, I don't want any 'of your
trash; so y.ou had better be'oing."
"Wal, now, I declare! bet you five
dollars ; if you make an offer for them are
strops, we'll have a .trade yet."
"Done," replied the merchant, placing
his money in the hands of a bystander.—
The Yankee deposited the like sum:--w hen
the merchant offered him a picayune for
the strops.
"They're youth," said the Yankee as
he quietly fob'd the stakes. "But," he
added, with great apparent honesty, . "I
calculate a joke's a joke, and if you don't
want them strops, I'll trade back."
The merchani's countenance brightened.
-"You are not so bad a chap, after all; hero
are your stropsgive me the money."
!.‘There it is," said the Yankee as he're
ceived - the strops, and passed over the pic
ayune. "A trade's a trade—and now you're
wide awake in earnest, I guess the next
time you trade with that are pie, you'll do
a leetle better than to buy razors."
And away walked - the pedlar--with-his
strep - s - and wager, amid the Shouts' of - the
laughing crowd s •
DREADFULLY " SKEERT !"-A young
man residing pretty well up town, was re
turning home late one evening, and after
getting beyond the "Hinits" of gas lits,
he , suddenly discovered a brawny looking
fellow with a bundle - under his arm, close
behind him. He crossed to the other side
of the street—so did the stranger. He re=
turned again to the opposite-walk—so did
the other. He stopped-so did his follow
er. He trotted briskly on-z-his attendant
ivas closp at his heels. He arrived, at
last, at dwelling and musteihv hie cour
age; ho planted himself firmly ppon the
door,step, and bracing hiinself up for'ati
attack, he turned upon his pursuer, with-L.
"Look you, sir ! You Have doggedine
to the last. What do4yon want' vtilain 3"
The learn4ir:nseiited his bundle 4,..0 the
gentlethan---*Mioved its covering .`
with-a country tw'atig,
"Dont you want s tp trade 'for this ;Ore
rdoster, sir?" . ' '
A FORCIBLE SitutioN.—We recollect in
our younger days, (says the Bangor Mer
cury,) to have heard a country parson,
while preaching from the text, wa
ges of sin is death," address his audiente .
something as follows—
" Beloved Brethren—The Scripture telli
,us that
the wages of sin is death. Now, my advice is, that
you leave off sinning, and Strike for higher pay."
REPARTEE--A. Frenchman, once trading
in the market, was interrupted by an im
pertinent would-be-waggish sort of a felloW
who ridiculed him by imitating his impel. ,
fect manner of speaking English. After
patiently listening to him .for some tirne; .
the Frenchman cooly replied, "Mine find
friend you vud do veil to stop now ; for if
Samson had made no better use of de jaw
bone of an ass dan you do, he vud never
have killed so many Philistines."
LIFT 11131 UP-USE KIND WORDS..-- ,
Thy brother is in the ditch. Pass him
I not Give him thy hand and raise
up. Temptation was too powerful for
him ; he yielded, and has fallen. Pity
' him ; say not a reproachful word. Cover
his shame, and when ho is himself use
kind words, and thou wilt restore him to
virtue again. Scores of the tempted and
fallen have thus been saved. The path to'
Heaven is thrcmged, with holy spirits, who,
were once-in the mire and dirt. Kindness
saved them.—Pordarui Bulletin.
A terrible freshet has occurred in Maine"
in consequence of the breaking up of the
ice, and large Portions of the floating Mas
ses jamming in the river and forming a
dam. At Bangor, bridges, dwellings,whule
blocks of stores, and incalculable quanti
ties of lumber came down when the jam
gave way, ana the increase of watet over
spread the city, and boats plied from Chain
ber window to chamber window. The
The
loss in Bangor alone is estimated one mil
lion of dolars.
A committee of the Temperance So
ciety of Allegheny county, have report
edagainst the order of the SOns of Tem
perance, as destructive to the cause of
Temperance, and. incompatible with true
Bible principles. • -
TRANSFERRING A TAx FROM A TOWN TO
TILE STATE.—The N. Y. Sunday Des
patch states that the people ef. a small town
odowiteast" being burthened With a heavy
tax to support their paupers. determined
to
.diminish the evil, if possible—and being
entitled to one Representative in the Gen
eral, Assembly, they selected one' of the
likeliest fellows on the pauper list, and e
lected him to the office, thatthe State might
support him for a time at least. , , • :
SALTPETRE AS A. Masitite:-Onahtt
tired weight saltpetre,Or*ocT.Te..eewu
by band, oa the 6,th day of ARA, Pp ,I,l‘Orplf; 4
of groiving wheat, and to prevent ,
ror , which might have arteen frpptAdtWer
miee in soil on otte:Olki of . solo, from,-
another, the saltpetre. watt welik r applied
A DRUNKEN north countryman returningtU ,
tn every two . ma
~t, two
from a fair, fell asleep .hy the road side, crops were reaped and anantta
where a pig found him and. ;.began • licking] 4114 result being an i na :aWni . , 43 ‘jh nia
his !truth. Sawney -roared our, •
kissin ?: ~Ye see what it is to be wee! •" 1. ,4• *,
liket among the Wins.", . I 0u.4*.Y,1)f e 400., ..•,
• - on clover and 0 •t ,
An Eclipse of the Sub will oceur-Vptil 25. big. „ r
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WHOLEiN:O.436
fPrgtte "Mae and Beaner."
I am comflased of 17 letters:l!: f!
My 12, 3,9, 13, 7,1, town in Blexieo,,, -
My 16, 6,8, 13, 7,5,1 s a lake in. Newa r nk.
31y 1, 12, 13, 15, 3, is i county in
I My 10, 16, 9,6, 8, 11, is a towrrin = Rinsla.
My 12. 13, 17, 10, 16, is fa Hier in
My 11, 14, 8,4, 5, 17, 7,9, 13, 1; it' toity in the
Middle States. ' .• . . 1 .. • •
My 12, 3, 15, 1, is a river in South, America.
My 10.'11,2, 14, is "a town in Austria.
My 14, 8 , 6, 5 ' is a.gulf in Asia.
My :1, 11, 9, 17, is a river in &Aland. • '
My 15, 9,3, 6, 15, 16, 17, is it city ih-the Middle
States.
Aly 10, 16, 6,7, 3, 17,..i5.an island in the Pacific.
My 17, 8,6, is a river in England.
My 12, 13, 17, 7,1, 6,5, 16, is an, island.. in -Ma
laysia.
My whole is the 'name of a distinguished' Pat
riot, in the American Revolution.- Q.
Gettysburg, April -A ilB4tk' 7
AGRHULTITIiAI.'
BRILLIANT WHITEWASH
Much has been said of the brilliant stuc
co whitewash, on, the east of the President's
house at Washingten.
The following is ayeesipt for making it
with some additional improvements learned
by experiment. 'Take . half a bushel ,of
nice, unilacked lime,• slack it with
water, covering it during the process to
keep in the, steam. Strain the liquor
through,a fine eisve - ex ; strainer, end-add to
it a pecer Clean-salt, pnnjously
solved in warm water; three, pounds ,of
ground rich, greund to- a thin *pas,te, and
stirred and- boiled hot ; half
,a pound of
powdered Spanish. Whiting, and ~pound
of clean
. glne, which has , been • previously
dissolved by first soaking It welly and hen
hanging it over a slow fire, iq asmall ; ket;
tlepyithin a large ; one filled with ,water.-.
Add five gallons het-watnr , tck whole
mixture; stir it well' and legit eland a few
days eovered, from, the dirt., it should ; be
put on quite purpose. *can
be kept in kkettlp„on fil4ortabls tAilmace,
It is said
,that about pipit:o . this ; mixture
will cover a square yard upmi 404)401h:1s
Of a houseif I,r.oPerlY iek he s
More erless - eMallPaYJbe mlikoggitiog_
to gin neatness Prelle79l ) *LutOlL'f It ,TP
tains' its brilliancy k ind
tika•PY -- .ZWV - 1749 1°
tis jiot4thgvith9 WA. ti'Vg#P-Pt°
with it ettlier for insidt,or:ipittsille.,-,walle,
Coloring &atter acid;; :Mide
of t in r` s battelf 4 W*4 44 3 , o4 l ol4ll;4n)Wat'/' •
stirred inrwill Meks* :644 '" pink liicurt°r
deep according fle4unntitr ,
cater tinge otth id 1 1 4:Ytaty , IV /Mr ;inside
walls.% Finely pulverized-eoMmq& L lllfayi
well mixed up oitlLStpapiish-brownkbbfore
it is stirred into tbn.mixtnre; , lijakesit, A Il
iac color. L.amPlifiaeltandSPOoiellibrown
mixed toge ther produces , stone
color. Lamp black in. mederste' quantities
makes a slate color, very, suitable. for :the
outside of building's. ,epre stirred
in makes,a Yellow, wash but'ehronte. goes
farther, and makes - color generally es
keeme(ipyettier. ,In , all these, onion the
the darkness of theshade , Will of enlirs(i , be
deterinined by the quitntity efilukooloring
matter used. It is difficult to make: A .rulo
because the tastes , are c . very: different; her
Would be best to try experimenWon a obint
gle and let it dry.
_have:liven Jold that .
green must not be'inixed with lime. The
lime destrois die color and We t color has
an effect on the whitewash; which:•inalies
it craek and peal: When' walls have been
badly sinoked find you' .wish, torhave them
a clean white; ifis well to -squeeze indigo ,
plentifully thiough a big into' the water you
use befoie it is stirred into the'laiholti
ture. If a larger quantity than fivigiillons'
should be warded, the same proportion
should beobseried. - •.
SALT FOR, Coart.-4s thiS ifi the season
when our farmers are preparing• "play
ter" their. Corn, we would begagain to in
vite their attention-to ihe new prepayation•
used for that totirpoSe,'noticed in the• Tel.(
egraph two ycdrs ago. We allude to corn
mon Salt, which has' been found to• 'be a
certain remedy, against theattacks of - grubs;•
wornis, and every other depredator on the
young corn plant. :Let it be mixed with
plaster, in the proportion °tone quart of
salt to three of plaster, and applied at the,
Elaine time, and in the same , manner that
planter usually is applied, being about a ta- •
ble-spobil full to each hill. • Care must be
taken, however, not td , thnow the mixture
upon the plants, as the salt'may prove in
jurious to thein ; but put it around them,
and to them. - ;::•
Those' who have tried: this preparation,
have derived striking advantage% from its
use, not only in tho Completeiprotection
which it afforded , the mops atainstgrabs,
worms, &c. but on adociutiteorftheittrong—L ---
fertilizing qualities of the salt;:4 WershOuld
lik,e to see it generally adopted by far
merd; and „ we, should :like, also,•to be in
formed of the result of the experiment.--
Germantown Telegraph;
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