OALENDER FOR 1864. 1112 18119' 2628 Jam 1 811 1516 22 23 rri I CM I= Oil 2 B 9', 1 5 6 22 23 1 49 30 June. letrß. hia Crucia, Via Lucia. Through night to light—And though to mortal eyes Creation's face a pall of horror wear, Good cheer! good cheer! The gloom of mid- night flies; Then shall a Motorise follow, mild and fair. Through storm tolutim I—And though his thun- dim.ear Thp-rumbling tempest drive through earth and sky, Good cheer! , good (sheer! The elemental war Tells that a blessed healing hour is nigh. Through frost to Spring !—And though the bitter • blast Of Eurus stiffen nature's juicy veins, Good uheerl good cheer! When Winter's wrath is past, Soft, murmuring Spring breathes sweetly o'er the plains. Through strife to peace!—And though, with bristling front, A thousand frightful deaths encompass thee, Good cheer! goad cheer! Brave thou the bat tle's brunt e• For the peace-march and song of victory. Through meat to sleep !—And though the sultry noon, 'With heavy, drooping wing, oppress thee now, 1 Good cheer ! good cheer 1 The cool of evening BOOIL • Shall lull to sweet repose thy weary brow. I Through cross to crown !—And though thy spir it's life Trials untold assail with giant strength, Good .cheerl good cheer! Soon ends the bitter strite, And thou shalt reign in peade with Christ at length. Through woe to joy I—And though at morn thou weep, And though the midnight finds thee weeping still, Good cheer! good cheer! The Shepherd loves his sheep: Resign thee to the watchful Father's will. Through death to life !—And through this vale of tears, Awl through this thistle-field of life ascend To' thwreat supper in that world whose years Of bliss nnfading, cloudless, know no end. for tt g,oung. Oar Young friend; will notice our lead ing editorial this week. We hope they will be induced to embrace the Saviour 1 whom ANNA loved, and who was to her so I precious. 'We commend to them the Bible, ) the Church, and the Sabbath School. Then we ask them to read, often and prayerfully, the books which Jesus blessed I to her. The first two named are publica. tions of our own Board; the two others are issues of the CARTERS. All can be had in Pittsburgh. " Seek ye first, the kingdom of God and his righteousness." Whosoever cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out." From the Boston Recorder. The Silver. Quarter; or, The Two Rewards. One bright Sabbath noon, as little Edith Sumner was walking home from church, with her mother, she said : " Mamma ' will you please give me twen ty-five cents? I want to give it to a mis sionary from Africa, who visited our Sunday School this morning. Ho said there were a great many people there, who knew nothing of God and heaven, and that he wetted to carry some Bibles to them. As he has not money enough to buy as many as they need, he thought we children night like to help him. I wish you had been at school. this morning, for then I know you would pity the poor creatures he told us about." "I should like to have heard Mr. 11 1 's address," replied Mrs. Sumner; " though nothing could add to the deep interest which I already take in the spir itual welfare of our deluded brethren in that benighted country." "Then, mamma, you-'ll let me have the quarter, won't you ? Our superintendent asked us each to give something. Lizzie /Jackson .and Susie Maynard say their mothers always give them twenty-five cents when there is to , be any collection of the kind. You van afford to give me as much, can't you ?" "I don't know, my daughter, as that will be a good plan." " Why-, mamma, you strely must think this a worthy object. The other'clay when Tasked for money to give a crazy woman at the door, you feared she would make an improper use of it, and so refused. But you cannot think so in this case You cer -tainly approve of having Bibles bought for Ailief heathen!' "Yes, my child, I do approve, and am oonvitmea , money can be invested in no bet ter way;. for I deem it both a duty and a privilege to assist a ccording to our means in distributing God's Holy Word among the millions of human beings who are now - living in utter ignoianoe of all its blessed teachings and promises: But, Edith, if I give - you-the money it ,will not be your giving, and surely, you -would wish the get to be your own." "Xes,mamms,' but you know' I have no mow and I cannot earn nay. 0, I'm so sorry. 'I do want very much to help buy the Bibles." " Perhaps you will yet be able to do so," rapped her mother. "You know that ram money parningit, Had there,may, 15 1 6 July. MD dug• Sept. act, Nov. 1 2 ' 1 Dec. —Kosegarten be some way in which you can save that amount." " I'm sure, I don't know how," answered the little girl, sadly. Nothing more was then said upon the subject; but as the family were seated that evening around the tea-table, Edith sud denly looked up, and said to her aunt, with whom sbe and her mother had lived since her father's death : " Aunt Mary, do you think I eat a pound of butter in a week ?" " What a curious question," replied her aunt. I sure I don't know, but should think it possible, as you are a great butter eater." " Then, Aunt Mary, will you please give me twenty-five cents next Sunday if I don't eat any butter this week. I want to put it in the Missionary Box." " Yes, Edith, I am perfectly willing to do so, and think you will feel much happier if you persevere in making this sacrifice for the benefit of others, than if the money: were given you for the purpose without any , effort of your own. My only fear is that you will tire of denying yourself an article which you have always considered so -essen to every meal:" " Thank you, Aunt Mary, I'd rather do without butter one week and really give the quarter all myself." Little Edith bravely ate her bread with out butter at each meal during the week, though she frequently said : " I shall be glad when the week is out ; I don't like bread without butter." Her mother would reply : " Well, Edith, you know you, peed' not go without. Shall I help you to some ?" "0 no, mamma," she would answer, " I want to earn the quarter." It so happened .tbat during the week there was no preserve or sauce on the table, which made the bread still less palatable, than it would otherwise have been, without butter. Several times as the family were helped, Edith would appear as if.on the point of passing her plate, then resolutely take up her dry bread, although it was easy to see the struggle was a hard one. On Saturday morning, she said joyously, " This is my last day. I can eat butter to-night, can't I ?" "Certainly," replied Aunt Mary, "but I think it would be a pity to give up when you have so nearly accomplished your-ob ject." " But . ' thought," said Edith, in a tone of disappointment, "the week would be over to-night, and I could eat butter." " So it will, my child, after tea, but as the agreement was that you should deny yourself the entire week, I shall_ttot feel bound to pay the quarter, unless you per severe to the end ; but of course, you are at liberty to do as you please." " Mrs.. Sumner, 'after helping the older members of the family that nigt, offered Edith some of the nice yellow butter, Baying : " You wish for some, do you not ?" " Poor child. The temptation was a great one. She raised her plate, but imme diately withdrew it, and with quivering lips, said firmly : " No, thank you, mamma, I'd rather not." Having gained a victory over herself, the sacrifice was no longer a difficult one, and, upon rising from the table, she exclaimed : "'T is mine. •The week is over, the, quarter is earned." " Yes, dear Edith, you have indeed bravely persevered in this, your first act of i• self-denial, for the benefit of others," said her aunt, as kissing her, she placed a sil ver quarter in her little hands. "0, mamma I 0 Aunt Mary, how glad lam I did n'tgive up. I should If I had !• not remembered what the minister told us r of the poor heathen, and thought how sad it would be, if they should never learn about God. 0, I'm very glad," and the child fairly jumped for joy. None could be happier than little Edith, as she set out on the following morning, with a bright shining coin in her pocket, and, the consciousness that she had perse vered in a self-imposed duty, and was now able to give what was in reality her own far the benefit of those poor creatures, in whom she was so much interested. On approaching the church, she met one of her classmates, who said, " Ho* much have you got for the mission ?" ' " A quarter," replied Edith. " A quarter ! only a quarter 1 Father has given me a two and a half gold piece. I should think you'd be ashamed to have people see that you give so little." "'Tie all I have," softly replied the child, as they entered - the church. At the proper time, a collection was taken up, and as the rich girl's money was laid on the plate, the children looked on and whispered their admiration of her lib erality, but they took no notice , of Edith's quarter. But Christ and his angels were looking on, and no doubt registered this, her child ish sacrifice for his sake, on a bright, un fading page. While Cora was thinking how pleased every one was with her, little Edith was earnestly joining -in •the prayer that God would send his Gospel throughout all lands. Both children had their reward. The rich child was seen of men, and greatly admired. The scholars exclaimed, " How much you gave 1" and the teacher said- her offering was a great help: This, then, was her reward, the praise of men. Edith too, was rewarded. Her love for Christ and his Church was increased, and the better feelings of her nature brought into action, but more than all, she had the happy consciousness of having performed an act of self-denial, that she might in reality give her mite (and not the last one to be earned through other similar self sacrifices more and more cheerfully to be made) toward fufilling the Saviour's in junction : " Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature." The Ragged Garment, "Aunt Lucy, I've been trying all this week to be a Christian, and I don't feel any more like one now than I ever did. What shall I do ?" " What is it to be a Christian, Ella?" ." Why, to be a Christian is to:be good, and I've tried to be good every day. I have given away all my spending money to pooor people, and I have been patient every day—everyday but Thursday with John ny, helping him spelk—l went to Myra Smith, and begged her to be friends with me, though I'm sure I hadn't done any thing to make her angry; and I've said my' prayers every night and morning— longer ones than ,I ever 'said before ! I know that I have done wrong sometimes; but, Aunt Lucy, there's nobody so good as never to sin, is there ? What shall Ido ?" " Ella, who told you that to,be nChris tian is to be good.?" . " Why, aunty, I suppose my Sabbath School teacher told me, or you or mamma. Somebody told me, or I shouldn't know it but AIWA, remember." PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1864. From the Episcopal Recorder " No, dear, I feel quite sure that. Miss G. never told you that, and just as certain that neither your mother nor I ever did; and I am sure that nobody who has studied the Bible with an understanding heart, would teach you so, for it is not Bible truth." " Why, Aunt Lucy I" • " Ella, did you see that poor beggar that came to the gate yesterday ?" " Yes-, aunty!' "-Well, dear, I once had a dream as nearly like this as I can remember. I thought I was summoned into the presence of a king. I felt glad to goit first; but when I looked down at myself, I saw that I had on a dress just like that One which the poor beggar-woman wore. I looked around_ in vain for a better one—l could find none, and the messenger allowed me not . to wait, and forward Iwas obliged to go just as I was. As I walked, I discovered - great rents 'which I had not seen before; and as I tried to arrange the folds so as to .eover them, worse ones were .revealed, and it was so filthy that I implored the messenger to throw his cloak - over me to conceal it Only smiled at my distresS, • and 'remarked that it was quite too late now to make . ,any change. Just' as we reached -the palace gate, I fainted with excess,. of terror and shame. This ,awakenedme, and great was my relief to ,find that it was only a dream. But, as I pondered over it, I could not :but feel it to be highly `suggestive of a truth which I hope, with the blessing of God, to make clear. to sour mind, my Ella. In:the '6th verse of the 6.4 th chapter of Isaiah, we are - telt - 1410 righteousnesses are as' filthy rags ;' - and if you or I try to get to heaven clothed in their, we shall feel just as I did in my dream when at the palace gate, only infinitely worse. You have tried to do'something to earn heaven one, week, utid .you,are.,discenraged;,,if..yuu.should , try, wither week, you would, be More discour aged; andif you .shonitt keep on trying; 'T think that; before 'Ong you would certainly give up in despair. We cannot help to save ourselves—we cannot do any thing to merit heaven. _ Christ' has :done .411. •To become a Christian' is to believe Christ, to trust our souls to • him, to- take him at his word.• He says, ''Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy-laden (with sin), and I will giVe you rest.'' Now, ifit were pessi hie for the sinner to put away his burden: - of guilt by his own effort, this invitation Would not be to him—he - Would. not be heavy-laden, and would not need the • rest which a life spent in the loving service of Christ is to the sin,burdened .soul. „But this is not possible; .and all the fitness that our gracious Saviour requires 'in you, my darling, or in any one, is .to feel that you. are a sinner, and that you are sorry for . your sins. Then trust him, and he will do all for you."' "Aunt Lucy, I think that I understand you; but then, if Christ 'doei all 'for' us, doesn't it matter how we live ? If we only believe in him, can wego on in sin and yet I be saved.? "No, Ella; because if we continue to sin willingly, that will prove that we never were really sorry for our sine., If truly love Christ, we shall want td. be like him, and shall daily strive to live as he did when on earth, and as he would haVe us now: How did you feel the other day, Ella, when Mrs. B. said to me, Ella looks so much like her mamma, and seems to be no less like her in disposition!" "I felt glad, dear aunty." " Why ?" " Because I love dear:mamma, and I want to be like her?' " Then,. dear child, when you'become one of Christ's little ones, that is just the way that you will feel toward him. You will learn to hate sin more and more,' because he hates it, and yoU will strive to do good, not because you can by doing it earn heaven, but because it is Christ-like. You will fall into sin sometimes, and will have to pray for forgiveness again and again, but, you will be truly sorry, and praying God for Christ's sake to work in you by his Holy .Spirit those things which are pleasing in his sight, you will be more watchful and more prayerful, and so will grow more like Christ. The good actions, which you per formed last week , ilid not spring from the right motive—they were done to gain a reward. Ali darling, you forget all the back accounts. Good actions are accepta ble to our heavenly Father only when they, spring from a heart warm with, the love of Christ—only when they are offered in the name of Christ." ANNA MORGAN. isctilaneop. The Benevolent Fairy. Once there was a fairy that had more be nevolence and enlarged views than most of her species. She-said her people-had dote very wrong in confining all their gifts to mankind, who had long since ceased to'be worthy of them. Her heart burned to be. of service to the 'brute creation; so she stepped up to a cow, which was grazing by the wayside. " Cow," said she, " what do you wish for most in ;the world? If lon will tell -me - , you shall-have it." . The cow said-:. "If I might have my wish, I would be-a bird. Ido not like to. -be tied up in the barn every night, and i never-allowed :to go into but one pasture. The birds have no, troubles; they are free and happy.. They can fly away from dan ger, and in Winter they can warm them selves by the sun. Then they are at liberty to go all round -the-world; .and - gather in formation Item -every eoarlry. am , weary of this -life of servitude anesame . When the fairy heard these words, she touched her with a little wand, and the ea* changed to a bird, and flew merrily away. Soon after,the fairrniet , a robin:, and she k, said: " Pretty robin, -what*onldjett most like in the world ?" " I would like to be, a whale," said the bird; "I think it is very degrading - to be such a little mite of a chature as I am. . I always look on every thing large with'envy. Besides, I would like to live away down un der water,. because I should be so safe there; hawk's could not find me„ or the guns-of cruel men reach me?' The fairy did as he wished her; and he plunged into the sea. As the fairy stood by the sea shore, she saw another whale afar off, and She Jumped into an argonatit Shell and went lo, , thec:While to ask him if he was happy " No, Lammot, replied - the whale; "but I am sure I should be, if I had been made a horse, instead of being a whale. Those beautiful creatures do not have to waitApon themselves; they are fed and tend* and. their coats brushed to shine like the sun. No harpooners pursue them ; no sword fish and thiteshers unite to torment ,them ; they live in plenty, and die in peaceful old age." ' "It is very strange," said the fairy, "That every one should be unhappy where God -haw placed them; how =true-it IS that each one knows his own sorrow better than another." She granted the whale ilk wish, and flew away well contented that had that day done three benevolent actions. ' The following year, the kind-hearted fairy. sought out the creatures she bad changed, and asked' them if they were very happy. "0, I was very silly," said the cow, "-when I changed the petty troubles I had known and tried, for greater ones I had never heard of. I was a- to think there was more freedom - in the air than on the earth. I have lived in perpetual terror of the hawks and the guns. 01 I wish I was a cow again." The fairy changed her to a cow, and the grass tasted sweeter to her than it ever did. Upon inquiry it was found that the others were as unhappy'as she had been. The whale, wounded by the sword-fish and pur sued by harpoons;Was dying to breathe the sweet air.oftlaveti once more, and to build his , nest among the-green Summer boughs; while the horse, whipped and goaded dur ing the day, and> tied up through the night, longed. for the freedom of the waves again. And thus it is,with mortals. Every one_ wishes to be what he is not. The poor man thinks that ,poverty is peculiar for its trials and- temptagone ; that if he were rich, in the midst of his possessions, he `we* never mop be ,troubled with care; but, notWithsianding, le is often weary of the <world that no new excitement to offer-rfrette,d-b • thousand pretended . oiC his'generosity, embittered byin gratitude, and sickened with heartless flat tery of e,ontandingTheirs. The uneducated niamenvieti the idol of literary fame ; every . _ thing 'Seems bright: and'golden in his path; ,and.he knows not how often .the darling of popular favor mourns for the peaceful spirit of the unambitious,.and the untroubled faith of the ignorant; and how, in very heart, sickness, he Shrinks from the publicity the world heaps upon him, and the rancorous animosity it is sure ,to bring in its train. Content - is the 'whole of wisdom—the .amount of all philosophy. Every class of mankind - has about its-share of happiness; and if we doubt it, it is because we have a .clearer knowledge of our own troubles than of any others. We may believe that if wn could exchange' places with the wealthy and `the celebrated, we should have philosophy enough to avoid their restlessness and lan guor; but we deceive ourselves. Mortals cannot escape a mingled destiny. For wise purposes, there is a diop of bitterness at the fountain_; ,it mixes with all the wa ters of life; and whither we drink from an earthen or a golden cup, we cannot escape our portion. • Confirmed Grumbler. Sometime ago there lived. in. Edinburgh a well-known grumbler named Sandy Black, whose often recurring fits of spleen or indi gestion produced some amusing smith of senSeless irritability, which were highly relished by all except the brute's good, pa tient little wife. One morning=Sandy rose bent on a quarrel ; the paddies and eggs were excellent, done to a turn, and had been ordered by himself the previous even lug ; and breakfast passed without the looked for cause of complaint. Whakwill you have for dinner, San dy ?" said. Mrs. Black. 44 A chicken," said tlieshusband. 44 Roast or-boiled ?"-atiked the wife. " Confound it if you had "been a...g00d and considerate wife, you'd have known be tore this what I liked," Sandy growled out, and slamming the door behind him, left the house. -.lt was in Spring, and a friend who was present heard the little wife say, " Sandy's bent on a disturbance to-day; I shall not please him, do what 'I can." The dinner time came, and Sandy.and his friend sat-down to dinner ; the fish was eaten in silence, and on raising the cover of the dish before him, in a towering pas sion he called out, "Boiled chicken ! I hate it 1 A chicken boiled is a chicken spoiled." Immediately the cover was raised. for an other chicken, roasted to a turn. ":I won't eat roast chicken !" roared Sandy;'" you know how it should have been cooked !" At the instant a broiled chicken, with mushroons, was placed on the table. " Without green peas'!" roared the grum bler. "Here they are„ dear !” said Mrs. Black. "How dare you spend my money in that way 7" "They were a present," said the wife, interrupting him. Itisinglrom his chair, and rushing from the room, amidst a roar of laughter from, his friend, he clenched his fist and shouted, "How dare you receive a present without my leave'?" Gather Sponge. The sponge business is largely pursued at the' Bahama Islands. The exports of this article - amount-annually to about $200,- 000. .It is Almost mitirely the growth of the last twent.y.years..,, boring that period,. the.article.has almost .quadrupled in value, and has been applied, to a great variety of -new purposes; especially in'Franec. The sponge is compressed_'' in powerful Presses ? and. sacked like. cotton. It is as sorted,and.- graded.aumples being , fastened on each package fenhow its fibre. It is fished, or raked, or grappled up from the clear, sandy bottom, at the depth of twenty, `forty or sixty feet, and often far from the shore. The water is so transparent that the growing, sponge is visible on .the hot tom. • ' The sponge is the covering, the habita tion of the lowest order of animal nature. Tiftleddinrgitiliation' hardillie - detected in the animal. When firat taken from the water, the spOn'ge Vblack, and at once be comes offensive` to the smell; it will almost cause the flesh it touches to blister. The first process is buryit in the sand, where it remains for two orthree weeks, when the gelatinous animal matter seems to be ab sorbed,and destroyed; or eaten by the in sects that swarm in the sand. The boat men who obtain , it are'paid in shares by the owners of the boats. This, thereforerbe cornes,precarious, and semi-gambling, like wrecking, highly attractive to the colored, population. The ,lligher ,Experienee. >,.A person-may be lifted up into such a sympathy with God,,and elevated - into such a moral state, that' he- shall know how to clasp an evil and wear it. So it was with the apostle. God.senklim a thorn in the -fiesh,.whereit,rankled, and gave him ox treme pain .._ -God to remove it; but God's reply to him was, "My grace-is sufficient fbr thee." He asked that the thorn Might he taken away, and his prayer was answered ; but it was answered by a better method than removing the eVil=by making him, willing and able to bear • it. For I tell you thattreuble ,ykieh we emkjiießjciyfullyA; better.treated than trouble that is taken away. -There is under it more manhood, more strength, more conscious power of being. - And so God hears the prayers of those that im portune him, and then lifts them up into such sympathy with himself, and such near ness to eternal things, that in a high state of mind they learn to bear troubles which in a lower state would crush them. Apiculturat. Poultry in Frosty Weather. There is something exhilarating in a frost. When the early morning breaks on the earth covered with rim, and the hard ground seems to spurn the foot that treads on it, and the sun rises like a disc of burn ing copper, there is• something cheerful about it. Nature has donned her masque rade dress of white. Your horse cannot contain himself; and the steady old friend, for some months past content to shake, his lead, or whisk his tail, as the only answer To what a grand-daughter of ours calls a " good cut o' the whip," now seeks to de vour space, and to try conclusions with your strength or that of your reins. In like manner your tried friend, the old, dog, gambols, and' in the gleesoraness "of his &clings he picks up a shred of cloth in the field, and shake's and tosses it for very wan "fonness. The appearance of real Winter is then a holiday to many, but (ah t those buts) not to all. Xis none to the poultry. Water is frozen; the ground is so hard they cannot scratch ; there is not an ani mal of any kind on ita surface; and they •must depend on-their owner for everything they want. See they lack nothing. First they must have water. Few people have any idea of the suffering caused to birds by the lack of water. Their power of main tainini life o?i the smallest possible quan tity of food is wonderful, provided they have :water; but a practised eye can tell in a dead fowl or pigeon whether it suffered or not from thirst. The skin becomes hard, dry, and red; the flesh contracts as it were, and becomes brown, and the whole body looks as if it had been suddenly shrivelled and dried up. You must bear in mind they require more food and better than they, do in milder weather; and, if you• can, let them have a greater variety. They want substitutes for 'the worms and insects. NoW,- the scraps of meat and --fat from.the table should go to the fowls. Save the drainings of all the glasses, pour them to gether, and sweep all the crumbs and old corners of bread into it. Feed the birds often, and if there is snow,: sweep a place clean and feed there. Never feed any -kind of bird in such '=a manner that they shall pick up snow with their food; it is a' strong medicine to them. The lark that fattens in fwo days 'on the white hoar-frost be comes a wretched skeleton after two days' . snow.—Cottage Gardener, Iffanures.—Quantity, Quality, The following extracts are taken from -an essay upon making, preserving, and apply ing manures, read before the Milton Farm ers Club, and subsequently published in the New -England Farmer : As most farmers keep different kinds of stock, the manure of all would be improved if it should be mixed in one heap. This is easily done when cattle are - kept in the sta ble during cold weather, and also in Sum mer if the soiling system be practiced; and, according to some writers, manure made by soiling in the Summer is much more valu able than that made in the Winter. The strength of manure, however, depends al most entirely upon the food which the ani mals consume. As the heap in the cellar increases, loam, muck, or other suitable in gredients should be mixed with it. This ,mixture should` be -determined in a great measure by the quality of the soil on which the manure is to be used; if it is cold, wet and clayey, I prefer sandy , loam or, some other warm material; if light and porous, muck or some other tenacious substance is necessary. In adding ingredients to ma mire, judgment should be used, because too much be added it will injure the quality more that it will increase the quantity. Farmers have been sometimes heard to say that with a certain number of cattle they could make so many cords 9f manure, but the size of a manure heap is no true test of its value If lam called upon, to .appraise a pile of manurej want to knew how much stock has been kept, and how it has bum fed ; and then, if the manure has been properly saved, I think that I san judge pretty nearly of its value. Notwithstanding the light which scien tific writers have thrown upon the subject, the manner in which manures operate, the best methods of applying them, and their efficiency and durability, are still subjects of discussion among intelligent farmers. Perhaps there is nothing connected with farming about Which practical farmers differ more than the state in which manures should be applied. Some contend that it should be used in a green, unfermented state, and others that it should not be'used until it is so rotten' and fine as to be'easily cut with a spade. lam or the opinion that it depends very much on the . crops to be raised, and the soil on which the manure is to - be used. For, roots, vines, and small, vegetable, fine manure;is - probably the best; also, for top-dressing dry land; but for common field crops, such as corn- and. pota toes, and for top-dressing moist,leavy land, green manure is probably the most profit able. The quantity of which it is profit able to-use per acre, is another subject of discussion. Singular as this may aepear, I think this depends, in snme measure, on the price of land. If a man has land enough, or can buy it at a low rate, his object should be to make the most of his labor and money; whereas, if, land be ; worth five hundred;dol lars per acre,•he should endeavor to realize the most from each acre. Some crops, however, require more food to bring them' to maturity than others. Again, the depth to which manure should be buried is a controverted question the tendency of mauve is down Ward, be lieve much more is generally lost by being buried too deep than too shallow. Or- °herding may be an exception. For tilled crops I prefer to , havumanure covered, but left quite , near the surface. Once more, the best ,time for applying manure is not a settled question among fariners. believe, o ever, the prevail ing opinion is, that for tilled crops,manure ought to be applied , , immediately before dropping the seed, but for top-dressing grass land,,okinionenre various. I prefer a damp time hi the littler end of the Sum mer. The aftergrowth will then soon:cover it, and prevent much loss by evaporation. will here obierve that, although I am eat il I fied that high cultivativ is generally the most profitable, yet if a man has land enough, I would ' not- recommend using so much manure at a ,time for, top-dressing grass land, es. to. cause thegrass to , _lodge in ordinary 'seasons ; because I;think i.that; ton of hay can be made at as little expense where there is only a ton and a half to the acre as if there were more, and the quality of the hay will be much better.---Evange/ist. FORM OF A DEVISE OR BEQUEST TO ANY or THR BOARDS OF PRE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The State laws differ so much that no one form will answer in all the States, but in every Case it is - essential to give the' ItIGHT COICPORAMX NADIR. .The oldest Board was originally called. t'he Board of Missions, but is now incorporated un der the laws of Pennsylvania under title of " The Trustees of the Board of Domestic Missions of the General _Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America." Of the Board of Education the corporate name i 5 ,66 The Trustees of the Board of Educa tion of he Presbytetrian Church in the United States of America." - The Board of Foreign Missions is incorporated under the laws of New-York, under the style- of " The- Board of ifor4n Missions of tlie,.Presbsfte= Tian Church in the United States of America." The Board of Publication is-incorporated' un der tlfb laws of Pennsylvania under the style of " The Trustees of ,the Presbyterian Board of Pub lication." The Board of Church Astension of the Gen _ eral Assembly is not incorporated, but the fol "lowing form of bequest, it is supposed, would be valid. I bequeath to my executors the"sum of dollars, in trust, to pay over the same in after my decease, to the person who, when the same shall be payable, shall set as Treasurer of .the Board of Church Extension of the General As sembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United ,States of America, located in the City . of St Louis, Missouri; to*be applied to the uses and purposes of Said Board, and under its directions, and the receipt of the said Treasurer shall be a full and legal acquittance of my said executors for the same. When real estate or other property is given, let it be particularly described. RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEM ELY IN REGARD TO COLLECTIONS. WIIRICEAS, Many of our churches do not con tribute to our benevolent enterprises, - and where as, it is desirable to test the power of simulta neous effort; and whereas, an emergency has arisen, requiring the cooperation of all • our churches to save our Boards from serious em barrassment ; therefor% Resolved, 1. That this Assembly earnestly re quest all our churches that have no fixed times for the purpose, to take up annual collections as follows, viz.: For the BOARD ON DOMESTIC MISSIONS on the FIRMSABBATEC OF• NOVEMBER. For the BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS on the FIRST BABBATH OF JANUARY.' For the BOARD OF EDUCATION on the EDIT SABBATH OY MAUCH: For the COLPORTAGE FUND of the BOARD OF PUBLICATION on the. Finer SABBATH or MAT. For the BOARD OF CHURCH EXTENSION OR the FIRST SABBATH OF RILL .• . For the DISABLED MINISTERS' FUND on the FIRST SABBATH OP SEPTEMBER:. • Resolved, 2. That when the annual' collections 'cannot be.taken up on the days above designated, it be recommended to take them up as soon thereafter as THE HOME AND FOREIGN RECORD. By' order of the General Assembly, the publication of the Home and Foreign Record in the quarto or newspaper form will cease with the December number. It will from thence be printed only in the octavo, or pamphlet form, which will be advantageous to those who annually bind it in a volume. The matters it presents have a permanent interest. It is our duty, as. Christians, to know what, as a Church, we are doing now ; and, if preserved, it will be a valuable record of the progress of the Church to succeeding generations. The change'presents a favorable opportunity for pastors and others interested in the welfare of the people, to make a new effort to circulate the Record among them. It is now several years since any considerable accession has been made to the list of subscribers, and it is thought that m many churches there are numbers recently added, who know nothing of the existenee cit this periodical. It is hoped that the action of the Assembly will meet the approval of the Church, which could be shown in no better way than by a.great increase of subScribers. THE HOME AND FOREIGN RECORD OF TEE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Is the organ of.the Boards of:Domestic Missions, Education ' Foreign Missions, Publication and the Board of Chirch Extension,' and is issued monthly, at Fifty Cents a year for a single copy. Packages to churches, for any number of copies, at 25 cents per copy. Payment in. advance. Address, Mr. Peter Walker, 821 Chestnut St., Philadelphia." POSTA(I7I.—The postage of.the Home, and For et:on Record is one cent each paper, payable quar terly in advance, at the (Ace of delivery. But packages to one address are liable to one cent for each four ounces contained. in them, payable quarterly in advance. Packages of the Home and Foreign Record are delivered, free of charge in New-York, Balti more, Louisville, Cincinnati, Wheeling and Pitts;• burgh. • Ax OPFER.—kny missionary, eolporteur, or other person, procuring new subscribers to the Record at 50 cents each, shall be entitled to , 20. per cent. for, each such subscription •procured and prepaid. . JUST PUBLISEEE-D - The Presbyterian Board of Publication, 821 Chestnut Street,'Philadelplia couNsms.POß THE SCHOOL-ROOM. A Plain Talk to Boys and Girls on. entering School. By John &Hart, LL.D. ISmo. Pamphlet, pp. 24. Price 5 cents. An excellent little book for teachers and parents to place in the hands of children. TRACT NO. 267. OUTLIVED HER USEFULNESS.- Pp. 4. '7 SERIES' FOR YOUTH.. 18KO.: 11 - 13' RAILROAD BOY. By Mrs: Sarah A..lSlyers, author of "Poor Nicholas." Pp. 180. Three Illustrations Price 35 and 40 cents. GRACE ABBOTT; or, Tun Sumer 1:6-PARIT Pp. la' Threelllitatrations. -Price 25 and 80 ants. ... AMY'S NEW ROME, and Other Stories for Boys and Girls. Pp. 216. Colored Frontispiece and two Illustrations. Price 45 and 50 cenia. TILE YOUNG' RECRUIT; or, Vann liVirion Bra's. By lard.. Sarah .A.. Myers, author of =u Poor Nicholas," dec. Pp. 216. Three Illustrations. Price 35 and 40 cents. AUNT BETSY'S RULE,. and- Row it Worked. Pp. 396. Pour Illustrations. Price 50 and 55 cents. This is, one of the. very best books the Board has pub. fished, and intended to 'benefit parents as well as children A number of others are in course of preparation, and will be issued shortly. IN PRESS, -41V7f'Wlir1fr izzlx,r FOR nag - 'HOLIDAYS. DIAMONDS RERET,aed MSS TE'WSPERY'S LETTERS' TO THE TOXIN % j•Bcitlir , biautifnlly , printed on laid tinted „paper, red and gilt edges, bevel aka, and Rine , ' trate& - Please 'addrass orders, tO WINTHROP SARGENT; Business Correspondent. gyar- Any-of the -above .aaiit -try mail, prepaid, on !tic . eipt of the , gatalegue price. a MUMS' D ENVISTRY,... The very best Cheap-Dentistry ever done In the , world, teleTniehO at the - 'Dental Institute; 251' PENN STENET, prrumuot,n.-, - moo 4y C A ,R B 0 For -- Brilliancy- - and &mom' y , , fIETRPA.BakkiiIAL, Oblltlt,ll.LlThiterAnMCiAtinOW ftr market. 'lt mIII - butn 40 sOlee of ocelbfl IMMR 'la per . .iilotlyaafeeand`freo from all offensive odor. OM for sale by - • W. MACKEOHNWISTi tabfrly Btriawr, PirraMititm 11. 4 1 :0,43.5.1.4 4 II No. 87 Fourth Street, Pittsburgh, Hale : received thati PALI: StOOK of CARPETS, - - OIL - CLOT-HS, DRUCCETS, , SHADES, and all other geode hi line, whie - h they over at` rise„ .mugh.reclueptufrom those .of itust season, •hathw "pion par 'ellasett, dosing the late DECLINE, itt .I..eatvest Castt: d4i-~,d-910,044-~,d uitifrogiot vrast-tib OkIN A. ispeoßD St, CO 11111E'4C4C1131811:31010 44:6 MANUFACTURERS AND DEALEPS -1 Hate, Caps, and Steam , Good wHOLMALE AND RETAIL, ISI Wood Street, Pittsbu r o:, Have now on hand for Spring sales, as large and cis, p,te assortment of Goods as can be found in any of 11:1, consisting of Fur, Silk, and Wool :R af; „ o f every style and quality; CAPS of every quality a,„1 1 , , ? fashions; Palm Leaf, Straw, Leghorn, and Panam a yY . Straw, and Silk BONNETS, etc.7etc. Persons purcheme either by 'Wholesale or Retail, will find it Br FDE, i AND LEATHER STOIC D. KIRKPATRICK & SONS, '' No. 31 South Third Street, BZTWUN MARKRT MID CONTNIIT STRUTS, Pen-orLPA:I Have for Sale SPANISH AND GREEN SLAUGHTER HIDES, TA AND PATNA SIPS, TANNERS' OIL, e.C., 4 T. THE LOWEST PRICES AND UPON THE BEST TERMS. aer All kinds of Leather in the rough th e tdo m e maxim' price will be giwou m cash, or tau.. [ exchange for HA.:es. Leather stored free of charge' - and on commfeeton. • Liberal Comb Advances made on Leather Cons! n ,„ to Ire - - E TLEM El o i ß 7 S FALL AND WINTER, CLOTHS, CASSIMERES 7 VESTINGS, and Orf.R.ooi: MS, wilt be found et 011111111C - 3V3IIO3IIEIE'ss, Tailoring Establishment, NO. 84 WILLIE STREET, PITTSBURGH, pi, marlliy $lO LIB•R O.&RIES The: American Sunday School Union FOR DISTRIBUTION. The $lO Sunday School Libraries for distribution . legacy-let Will of the late CHARLES BREWER, ready for delivery on and after July 10th, 1860. The Sunday Schools entitled to these Libreria An. established in AlleghenyvConnty, Pa., since March , 1860. Applicants will be required to subscribe to stzunubc ing name, !Oration, and date of organization of the s 6, name and Post Office address of Superintendent : number of teachers and scholars in attendance , d am. then contributed for support of School. Reasenable evidence, by amount of contributions u &wise, of thepermanence of the School will 1 , < . • - Apply to P. R. 11.1T4X, Of ELTON, MACR'33I t No. 1? 4 19.1111 v Rt . ENtea6,7l. CZ= ripLIE CONSTITUTION OP-TR AIL lINITBD STATES, • AND Union League Pledge, In pamphlet form. Price 3 cents. $2.00 per Inc, Single copies, mailedi postpaid, on receipt of price. .A.ddrese all orders to JOHN P. HUNT, Publisher, Mmuannin flail. Fifth Stroot, t. 115" IWIIDGEHILL• SCHOOL, PRINCvTiys From their knowledge of Edgebill School, of the Rev. Messrs. HUGHES and CATTELL th. signed.cordially- recommend this Institution as v. M t confidence and patronage of parents, who desire tkins a Scheel, where due attention is paid alike to the and.intellectual culture of the pupils. JOHN - MACLEAN. , President of the College. STEPHEN ALEXANDER, Prof. of Natural PhiteLt, LYHAN H. ATWATER, Prof. of Moral Philosophy. ARNOLD GITTOT; Prof. of Physical Geography. • G. MDSGRAFE GRIER; Professor of Latin. JOHN T. DUFFlELD,..professor of Mathematics. J. S. SCHENCK, Professor of Chemistry. 3.. H. MoLLVAINE, Professor of Rhetoric. II C CAMERON, Professor of Greek. :CHARLES HODGE, A. T. M'CILL, W. HENRY GREEN, .Protein the Theological ietr,,r ! JAMES O.3IOPFAT, C. W. DODGE, • T. M. MACDONAT.D, Pastor of First Presbyterian Chtt'l JOSEPH R.ANN, Pastor of Second '•, For circulars, address either of the Principals. REV. JAMES P. HUGHES, A. 31 REV. THOMAS W. CATTELL, A.:q. my6-ly .E° INVITE -THE ATTENTION 0; - .the publie to the Purr 4DELPEILL Housekeeping Dry Goods Stan where may be fobnd a large assortment of ail kinds f! Goods, required in 'furnishing a house, thus guts: trouble usually experienced in hunting such articb-s, , clans places. Int consequence of our giving our attenti this kind of stoat, to the exclusion of dress end fancy .n we can guarantee our prices and styles to be the moat fa F:o.. ble in the market. IN LINEN GOO.DE, we are able to give perfect satisfaction. being the Oltholip tab/is/Led .Linen More in the city, and having been k n than twenty years regular importers from some of t ~ !•5 mannfacturersin Ireland. We offer, also, a large stock d FLANNELS AND MUSLIMS , of the best . qualities to be obtaineg, and at the Ter: - lo , t; prices. Also, Blankets,. Sheetings, Tiekings. bc.r.e Table Cloths, and Napkins; Towellings, Diapers. linekah Table and -Piano Covers, Damasks and Moreans, Curtains, Dimities, 'Furniture Chintzes, Wit: , Shadings; &c.i &c. JOHN 9. COV4ELL it SON. 8.. W. corner of Cheat - nut and Seventh bu.. apBo4f Phil^a4o.,4 SA.PONIFIER, OR, CONCENTRATED LYE FAMILY SOAP MAKER. WAR makes high prices; Saponifier helps to reduc- It makes Soap for Bova cents a pound by using your k• grease. .1010.- CAUTION! As spurious Lye's are offered careful and only buy the PATEXTED article put up in cans, all others being Coutmararrs. PENNSYLVANIA SALT MANUFACTURING PHILADELPHIA--No. 127 WALNUT STEELY. PITIMMIIOR—PITT Simmer AND DUQIIEMIE WAT 4 nue.4s4m WEST BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL MALE AND FEMALE. Duties resumed September Bth, 1862. The EICCOW: Bons for BOARDING. PITPILS are equal to any in the The course of instruction thorough. Pupils received ac, age'preParatory to entering the High School classes. TERHS—for Boarders $ 3O per quarter. ' For Circulars, address P. DONLEAVY LONG, A.M., Principal. sope.-tt Jersey Share, Lycothing Co., P. FOR. SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES, Szt Songs of att:tering; Songs or Welcome; Songs of y ing and of Parting; Songs of Brothers and Staer , Home; Sony; of the School-room; Songs of Study: of Play; Songs of the Woods, the Fields, and the Ft. Songs of Union; Songs of Freedom and our beloved F lend; Songs of Exercise and of rations Trades and 0 'Noise; Sprigs:Merry; Songs Serious; Songs for the Chi; and Songs' or the Concert, are to be found in the r zit a Irs 127- -BY GEORGE P. ROOT Contains Over 200 Pieces of Musk Copies nmiied on receipt of . 45 cents, GRAS. C. MELLOE, No. 81 Wood Strom PIEW y2Sly' D W L I ANS, WROLBSALE AND RFTAIL Tea Dealer and Grocer. 114 SMITHFIELD STEERTS, PITTSBITWA , Pure Fresh Teas, and a general variety of Fine Gr - c,r - ; the lowest Cash prices. aar- Goods carefully paelred, and forwarded ru .0. WARRINGTON, LATE Would irctite the attention of the O the F F Lati Clntrri Ladies tobi:S v T et .: stock of BOOTS AND SHOES of his own make. littler; and; a superior article in material, corer.;.' style and finish, warranted not to rip, and to Fi r ' BatidtelianOrhicklm offers for sale as lost as any made shoe in the city. -T. C. WARRINGTON: 108 Grant street, (opposite the eop26 4m Pirt,to. IErNABE , SPIANOs ARE Doti' c hi ' h Jw-m 6 sidered the best Pianos in the vi - orl , l, ac , warrinteirfor eight.years. As to the relative 1,, Bombe Pianos, we would refer to the certifical.. ,, t in:Oar 'pelmet.= from 'Mather' ' , Gottschaliz. " Satter, and El. Vieuptexups. Aeall is 'before purchasing: eliewhere. Persons at a Please send for a circular. - For sale at factory pr; , ' RAINES RAM: PIANOS are the beet Pi:111', , try at the price. GROVESTEEN & CO.'S P 1.1.7• eetave - rosewood,:fdlly warranted, for S2I(. TRAVEN'S Parlor Gem PIANOS for MELODEONS, the best made, Prices from • 0 1 1 ABLorTE , BLITHE 43 Fifth St., Pittsburg . umr 2s - 11 y • Sole Agq i e for shore - JOHN A. RENSHAW, Corner of Liberty and Rand Strati. Pittburgh, Pa., Would invite the attention of the public It 11, and %Riad assortment of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES , TEAS. Sugar-Oared Hants, - Dried Beef, Fish. ghee?'. and Domestic 'Fruits, Pickles and Sance.9. Prank' Prnita and Vegetables, kc y besides 11. large ' .111:1:U &E-KEEPING UTENSI L ; . stithws Wood and Willow Ware, Japanned T:.- Hoasekeeping Hardware, Asc., WHOLESALE AND ELTAM. Geoid carfenTly packed and delivered for cartage at any of the Railroad Depot= landings. Ostalognes containing an exteudi'd,!•',„, an • -sent by mail if desired, and all orders from a s ' receive our prompt and careful attention. i v JOHN A' DE3l5l' =1 Pr'nee ILI.
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