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SONG offspring.
THRO. W. KICU.
. I Kite the dowers or early spring,
l loro lo hoar tlio gay bird* sing; • »1
1 loro io waaiUr V«r <b« hills,
Ami beside the tinkling rill.
How pleasant 'tis 10 bear the rain
Patter on the roof again !
Oh'. I could sit for hours and hours,
Awl listou to those April showers!
I lore to hear tbs-gentle brew 1
Sighing through the distant trees !
I love to hear the milkmaid's song,
titered as alio trips along.
Yes. I lore thee, gladsome spring,
a. And ill* beauties thou dost bring,
Merriest season of the year,
I wish theud'st «/irg}» linger here!
[Wavcrly Magazine.
bundayreading.
Religious Miscellanies.
Present to an ordinary man the max-!
im.V'Love' your enemies,” you may
boar liim sigh as be answers that the
saying is divine, and be l'cars that, he j
never will practice it. The reason is
that be has an enemy and fully nnder
■stauds what it is to love him, and also
wliat it i? to bate him.—Esco Homo.
The man who holds and expends
money is merely the clerk of tho man j
who enjoys and profits by what money
buys. Money, at most, Is merely the
material from which happiness, honor,:
usefulness and character, may lie built.
To have the material, without aUnping
it to the noblest ends, is like holding a
great many stones, or throwing them
away.
A negro in Philadelphia lately gave
his idea of faith in Owl's promises, in
the following words: ,-T)ar is a brick
wall an do Lord ho stand dai» and say
iw 1 want vnn frt iron tint ’
I ain't agoing to sav Lord I can't. I j
got puffin to do about it. All V hav to j1
do Is to butt agin it, ami it's da Lord's ,
business to put me troo.”
Here is one of Spurgeon’s best say
ings, illustrating the Let that there is;
morality without religion, hut cannot
be religion without morality:
“Teaching men morals is as though I
had a clock that would not go, and 1
turned round one of the cogwhells; but 1
laith takes the key mid winds up tliej
mainspring, and the whole thing ruii
on readily.
IScware of a delusion in the matter
of your salvation. Woe, woe forever
more to them that lose that prize. For ;
what is behind when the soul is onee
lost, hut that sinners warm their bits of j
clay houses at a fire of their own kind
ling. for a day or two, which doth suf
focate with its smoke rather than warm
them ; and at length they doth lie down
in sorrow, and are clothed in everlast
ing shame.
The tendency towards good, the
quickness to grasp it, and the constan
cy in wishing it; tlie intensity, supic
lioss, and tenacity of the springs which |
this tendency puts into play; thelivli-i
lifss, force and precision of the efforts (
towa^is tlie end aimed at—are tlie elc- i
incuts which, like so many letters, form
by tlieir combinations the intrinsic |
gauge of the man aiul determine his !
val lie.
Brethren, are your lives liid with
Christ in God? Do you hate sin heart
ily, and strive to subdue it? Do you
love Jesus entirely, and strive to imi
tate him ? Do you live as you pray, or
only pray as you live ? Do you make
every cross to be a crown, and out of
weakness grow strong in the power of
your God? if So, then are you Christ’s
“peculiar people, and zealous of good
works.”
A devout, ignorant Spanish priest
felt the need of adding private prayer;
of Ids own to the pater posters ; hut lie
did not know how to do it. So at morn
ing. humbly beuding his knees and
lilting his eyes and hands to heaven,
lie would devoutly reneat the alphabet
and then add:
•'O, good (Jod! pul the letters togeth
er to spell syllables to spell words, to
make such aense ns may be most Thy
glory and my good."
A minister ont o prayed in the pulpit
that fcthe I.ord would ldess the congre
gation assembled, and that portion of
it which was oji the way to church and
those who were at home getting ready
to come, and that in Hi- infinite pa
tience lie would grant Hie benefit of
the benediction to those who reached
the"hou*e just in time for that.*’ The
clergymau succeeded in breaking up a
bad habit which had resisted all legiti
mate appeals.
O ! how easy it is to deceive ourselvos
and to sleep and wish that heaven may
fall down into our lap! Time, custom,
ami a good opinion of ourselves, our
good meaning and our lazy desires, our
fair shows and the world's glistening
lustres, and these broad, gaudy orna
ments and deckings of religion that
bear bulk iu the church, is that whero
wl til most satisfy themselves; but a
pillow watered with tears lor the sins
of the land, is rare to be found among
’The little T have seen of tlio world
teaches me to look upon the errors of
others in sorrow, not in anger. When
f I take the history of one soul that has
sutt'erod and sinned, aiid represent to
myself the struggles and temptations it
lias passed through, the brief pulsations
Of joy, the feverish inquietude of hope
and fear, the pressure of want, the de
sertion of friends, I would t'stiu leave
the erripjj^b’ul of my fbllowjman Willi
Him from whose hand it eame.—
fellow.
Sorrow sobers hs, and make* the
mintUgeuiaM »w*tn 'sofrow we lpVe
and trust our friends more tender) yn
and ille dead become dearer to . Us.—
And just as the liars shine out in the
night, to there are blessod 'faces that
look at us lit our gtief, though before,
their features were fading from our
recollection,
Snfl’ering! Ijefho'mnn cheat it too l
much, because it is good for him, and
it will help to make him sure of his be
ing immortal. It r I(i Jn. sorrow—the
night o'ftiie sOul-£thtU*we %ce furthest
and know ourselves natives of infinity j
and sons and daughters of the intst
lligh.[—Euthansy.
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, ( ^Old ^Sweeilwarts. .. , i ■
It jsyfrHsanfi tgmeet dfdfriends, lint
exceedingly trying to meet with an old
sweetheart. Lavender is not more try
ing to the complexion of a brunette.— I
'Twas in life's early forenoon that you
knew her, when existence Wore nice 1
new cloUies, dyciLin the establishment ■
dt'Xluii.rfiiiibiliv. You tgurted poetry to
her by the hour, took moonlight strolls
and drives, mid quoted various litticj
tilings addressed to night's luminary by :
the poets which you found in the “Pic- i
tjonarv of'poetical Quotations,'5 and.,
tommlfted to memory after hours of
painful study. .Sim was in raptures
and siyid you hod stick a memory—you
remembered everything you read. You
wore Byronical collars in those days,
cultivated a fine fnven moustache, f(jc
which you were indebted to the hair-1
dyer,^|ent» good Him! df rinie on your ,
hair, which was inclined to curl, and j
was mildly given fo gin and water.—
Your sweetheart used to gently chide 1
you foy/hc latter lia^i(,:Biit''it was evi
dent fo von tiiat you wouldn't be half i
tlie romantic youtli tlint vop was. with
out a little dissipation, so you never
Vot a medal.’5 „
You wrote unutterable poetry in hey
>lbum, aud gave her your miniature in
i erimsor-vclvct rase. You drenmcdJ
iWny hours in building atiiioApherir j.
.•ountry seals in whicli your sweetheart,
v»d you Woectbo only residents, with
lothing to do but wander amid flow- |
uV i*tttWnfuf quote tViidi those imprac-,
ical writers called poets. J
“YeArs 1,-il e outstretched their shad- !
>W.v wings between." You didn't
narry sweetheart somehow, and lore J
iVilli Us stunt, realities drove all j
Iiougkta of her from your mind. You ,
ire brought together,again unexpected-'
y, and memory, expert telegraph op
erator that she is, puls you hi Instant'
•ommunicatiou with olden times.—
■sweetheart lias faded of course, and so
save you. As you doff your hut in sal
utation, you read a surprise in her look
md then you remember that your liair
lon't curl any more ; the cares of life i
save plowed furrows in your “(irecian ,
forehead,” as she delighted once to call [
it, and time with his scythe, lias mowed j
iWny quite a clearing on tlic top of I
your head.
You liavn'l an empty hair dye bottle j
ven to rctainiPhCr of the raven mous-'
tacho of other days, ami your sandy j
heard needs trimming badly. Sweet
heart laughs at some poorly executed j
joke (ghosts of'Hint once ohpt’vating
with,) and you perceive slyg bas> a front
tooth gone, and you nesivr noticed pc-'
fore that she had such a homely profile.
You are suddenly and forcibly remind- ’
Sweetheart introduces her husband
to you and tells him with a titter,
t'vhjehis 0 painful odjllScaMnw of her
girlish laugh, once so musical and fas
c hutting* you compared if to 'the pip
ping of pliant willows in the water
fall, don't you remember ?} that yon'are
“an old beau. !
Then returning to you, she inquires,
“Do you lovo poetry as much ns you
ever did Poetry ! Stull'! You place
your liaml on the Tribune almanac and 1
affirm that yon have not read a line of i
poetry tor years.
During the day you go about your
business in u wandering manner. The
old days opine hack again and you live
in the past. You go home, mid the
presence of your family, not visionary
or unreal, dispels tin* -substantial vis- j
ions conjured by meeting “an oklswect- ,
heart.”
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Good Joke.
'The Murfreesboro (Tenu.) Monitor j
has the following:
‘‘M’o heard a good joke on one of tire
Radical delegates who was returning
from the Xnshvillc Convention. A re
spectable, well behaved darkey of this
place was at the depot, selling apples
and cakes, when a Radical delegate ap
proached him and told him lie was now
the white iimnH) equal. and if any “reb
el” attempted to impose on hitq to
knock hint do\vn or shoot him, and fie
would ho protected. The darkey gave
along gittruw, »w4 said:. Q O
“Lord! my young limstcr was in de
rebel army, and I was dcro with him. j
Deed I was.”
The Rad. was so disgusted with the
Ulan and brother's disloyalty that he
immediately returned the live rents’
worth of apples that he had bought,
swearing lie would patronize u j'd-d
reUtd."’ _ r .-i " t
i tkH' Rich old men huve their »;<*>•
I cliairs—editors have their tuleasy owl*.
Ij^rrarisian ladies are running up a
balcony of hair above the forehead.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.]
I have just got over eelebraffhg
Washington’* Mrthdny.
It'bo lmd lived inn yfaft-tla/ h*
hould have been • hundred ami thirty -
five your* old. '
■*Ji>»t Milo* *f that
.It 4s about the age of the otifesif
Inhabitant. • ''
Washington was n gvttrt man.
He was first dn first In peaoo,
and IlfSt lit ttffe hPartrS Of hit romitry-'
men, and belonged fo the first families
of Virginia.
Ho was likewise the Father Of His
'VMKftjUUtf think he
would feel proud of his offspring,
Had he Still continued to reside up
to this time ht Motnit Vernon he would
not be eligible to a seat in Congress.
That lovely patriot, Thad. Stevens,
would consign him to martial law and
disfranchisement.
"rtie soil on which lie was born awl j
ouWhich his hones rett iff no longer
the land'of the free, brtt crushed and
dismembered ; Virginia w’cars in ore"*
galling chains than those which fell
fVoitrJiei'.IlBilig tv hen the Inst foreign,
foe yielded at Yorktown.
Fminsylvauia, where rebellion first ;
disturbed the peace of the Young lie- ,
public, lias spawned forth mi arch nut- j
lignant,.a lineal descendant of the >
whiskey rioters Wlrorti Washington j
crushed, to riot In the degradation of
the istate ennoble^ as the birthplace of I
Washington. . J
Of course you li.ivc heard of the lit
tle HogVnd the dead ffon.
Whnt are tlic glories of the past
compared with the.g£piies.af the pres
ent ?
Or the grertttrfcn of tlic Ilevolution,
since greater have risen who know so'j
much more about govcrunient and the
fundamental principles of llepublican
isui.
If Washington lived iu this genera
tion, lie couldu't have been a great man.
One of the earliest traits of Ids char
acter was his inability to tell a lie.
Tlmt ulotf^ \vould iiuve ruined his
political prospects.
As a general lie wouldn’t have done ;
either.
lie neVer expressed an intention of
fighting it out all the summer on any i
particular line.
Then we don't hear Of Itffybody mil-:
kili;f fovtunotv l»y army contracts for j
beef nnd'piipddy his, day.
A Republican administration never
could have toleruted such a eomtiiand
Br-in-eliief.
pipu his, farowpll address would
have been fatal' to his deputation.
The principles he enunciated would
li ve B locked the Radical pr> » , and he
would have been denounced ns u Cop
perhead.
He was open to suspicion of free
trade proclivities because he affiliated
with a Boston 'party who refused to
pay the duty on tea.
ConsPtfWefttljr the Tribune would
have hecu down on hiip.
Seme men are born too soon, some
too lute. Washington was born about
the right time.
I’copie didn't know so much in his ;
day.
Or, at least they didn't send such :
wise men to Congress*
People’were satisfied with the union
under the Constitution then, entertain
ing a very foolish respect for the Con
stitution without the amendments.
There are several anecdotes of Wash
ington extant.
One of which,is about a British sen
tinel whS was on picket duty one night
wliyu he satv a mini—a tall man—ride
by.. This Bi-RLtfi sentinel, who was
truly loyal to hie Government, thought
hpwould dnjpt the tall man. As the
idea occurred to him, he raised his gun
to carry it out. Just before lie pulled j
the trigger the Bullish sentinel altered
his mind and didn't shoot.
The tall man who wasn't shot was
Washington.
Tin r:* *:n 1
him of itaftcrwar^l. i
Such was the greatness of hissmind.
There is one vjjlp.T anecdote of Wash
ington never before published, but was
related privately to mo by liis nurse, l
Joyce llcth. when she was hi lSurnum's
muscitm.
"Washington's father made little
George a Christmas present of a nice
little plum trcey which he had bought
at a hardware store in Itiehmond.
Little George, who was of an Inquir
ing turn of mind, wanted to And out ;
where the. plums came from, so betook
a favorite hatchet that the hired girl
used to chop kindling wood with, and
chopped tip thcjrep.
It took the edge oft' tire hatchet and
hacked it like a buck saw, so that it
wouldn't split llac kindling wood.
“Who lias done this/' said old Mr.
Washington, looking about for a hick
ory switch to warm Jd» offspring,
“Father/’ said Qeorg^y, with the
presence of mind of fyt.ufc greatness,
‘‘I mil the boy who dissected that spec
imen of horticulture."
“OofiwYii tiiy nrtr.«' my sou,” said
tl.e old gentlemen.
There is pidj'.outj parallel in Ameri
can liistofy to tins touching story of
attachment to veracity.
W hen Colonel Hilly Wilson's
Zouaves, of predatory notoriety,* were
encamped on fttatcu Island in lStli,
some benevolent persons in New York :
took irp a collection to supply the
lambs with hymn books and chewing
Mme*d. *
TheeoiiHKitteey WitMIrefunds, went
down to Staten Island, pass*'4 through
the Camp, inspected ihh tombs in their
tents, and linally canto to Colonel Bil
ly's headquarters. Theehnirmah made j
a heat speech, then putting his hand in '
hft porket, discovered that the moirry
was jro.nc, , , !
‘'Iliad ft,” Said lie, “wlien I reached
the camp,” |
Says Colottel Billy. “I guess its all
right; somo of tiro bpys, have got it.'
Adjutant, just inquire who's lifted the '
swag from the old dhfleinin spictaeles." j
Adjutant went out to investigate, i
and returned with a report that Com
pany Q said they hud relieved .the old
gentleman of the money for fear lie
might get fatigued carrying it any fur
ther.
“Behold,” said Colonel Billy, his
eyes gleaming witli emotion, “the no
bility of the lambs, they may steal, hut
they'.worjjtiie.:; « y ■ .
n flint nr an exalting virtue which:
American youth with isufli aNijsfWdus
Axnmp^sfrit'iWh (hem' ought to rulti-1
vate as one of the necessaries of life. |
Mrs. O’laiujni has impressed this no-1
hie precept upon oOrTlrcmitHoeles. |
When site accuses him of a broken |
window, sticking pins wrong way up
ill the chair cushions, or oflierf*. peeen-j
dilios, she tells him to own up, and
then site a'ttl IfAt libf liifci.’TVnt if he
denies it he will be whipped addition
ally for telling n story, ■■
I d«n'ti tliiII^,hhj 441 termsiet ion of the
precept or appreciation of the induce
ment of leniency is hlfogctlior clear.
Cor instance, he frankly owned up
wheu accused of breaking the nose of
his mother's favorite jpitaber, when j
subsequently Eliza Jans acknowledged |
she did it.
When called upon for an explain-!
tion, Master Themistoeles tell back
upon his Mother's assnranee that she :
wouldn’t lick him when lie owned up.
It is a good thing to encourage youth |
10 >niiu, uiii ii is wen iu no u uuuer- ,
standingly.
JYours virtuously,
COI5HY OT.ANCN
Homan Women.—'J'iio undent Ho
mans, in sqmo respects, were in ad
Vtitlce of the present age in their prac
tical physiological knowledge. This
was especially the case in the habits of
the women. They seemed to lie fully 1
ilware of the fool tliKi h hardy rat'o
must he born of beultbful mothers. and
consequently, any usage or practice
likely to affect injuriously the health
of women was viewed bv the state
with suspicion. The mifselqi frtro sys
tematically educated. Frequent bath
ing was required by law. Large bath
houses Were established, which were
places of common resort, l’or several
centuries of the best ages of Home, it
was a criminal offense for a Hom.ut j
mother to driuk intoxicating liquors. ■
At the time of our Saviour on earth,
»ud for a long period after.it.was con
sidered infamous for a Homan woman
to taste wine. For a guest to offer a
glass of wine to one of the household I
was looked upon as n deep insult, as it
implied a want of chastity on her part.
History records several deaths where
they were put to death by their hus
bands because they smelt of •‘Tome-,
turn.” The consequence of thistphysi
cal training and abstinence front all in
toxicating liquor was, that the Homans \
were noted for their endurance and
strength. Had we the same habits, j
with our superior chrirftian civilization, 1
we should astonish the world by our
physical health aud -trengih.
Iue I.qVE. or Tut,‘Xu.-—.The love of
truth! believer in all g'ood jfnd beauti
ful things! bqUever even iu one’s self,
aud, therefore, believer in others, and •
such as are far hotter than one’s self!
putter of security into the heart, of;
solidity into the ground we tread upon,
of loveliness into the!flowers, of hope
into the stars! retainer of x'oiith In age.
and of comfort in adversity ! bringcr
of tears into tlie eves that look upon
those imperfect words, to think how
large and longing the mind of man is,,
compared with his frail virtues and his
transitory power, and what mornings
of light and abnmtiiucc thou hast in .
store, nevertheless, for the whole hu- •
man race, preparing to ripen for them
in accordance with their belief in it^
possibility, and their resolution to work
for it in loving trust! Oh, shall they |
he thought guilty of deserting thee,
because, out of the very love of truth,
thc.y feed themselves bound to pro-;
claim to what extent it does not exist!
because, out of the Very love of truth,
they will not sutler those who care
nothing for it to pretend to a religious
zeal in its behalf when the lie is to be
turned against Uic|Usc{yes ?
Ql’EEK.—A queer occurrence is re-;
luted, by Hie Toledo Blade, of a young
girl from Ohio, whohad been attending
Hev. Mr. Pershing’s l'cm.de College, at
Pittsburg. During the late session she
had been unusually popular aiming her
teachers and classmates, on account of
her marked proficiency and good con
duct. On coming hack to the Institu
tion, however, a few days ago, after
the vacation, to commence anew her
studies, she was refused admittance, on
account of the discovery that she is
"one thirty-second part Ethiopian."
So much for negro equality in the
N'ortli. Yet Sonic folks think or it peo
ple can stomach IE—[Meniphl Ledger.
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Farmers.
The reading of essays by the ladies is
one of the cxqrcisos which give life and in
terest to the meeting of the Springfield
(\ t) Farmer’s Club. Frotn one of the
essays by Mrs. Dau Rice, published in the
Vermont Farmer, we copy the following
paragraphs :
Tftd you ever think of thfc amount of
thnuglit requisite to plan three meals ir
day for three hundred and sixty-five day.^
in success on ? To prepare enough ami
not too much, and lor those living at a1
distance from the village to remchibyi that
the stock of flout*, sugar, tea, etc , is re
plenished in duo time ? ido you ever
think of the multitude of her cares aud
duties? She must yise early to prepare I
breakfast or oversee it. Perhaps there affc
children to wash, dress and feed, or to
get ready for xfliool with their dinners.—
There is baking, sweeping, dusting I'mieh
for the men, may be dinner, and to l>q
Made ready at the proper time—the wash
ing, starching, folding, and ironing of
clothes—-the enre of milk, including the
making of butter mid cheese—-and the in
evitable washing of dishes.
In rnitmnn there is the additional work ,
of pickling, preserving, and canning of!
ivuit, drying apples, boiling eider, making j
apple satire, with her still more unpleas, |
ant task wfticii falls to the lot at butcher- j
ing tinio. Thon there is harvestiug, hay- !
Hip. i-'liigip shearing, etc., when more lolp i
is needed, bringing an increase of her la
bors.
Twieq tryfcaf conies house clearing.— i
Hy tlie way; bflJPthe foes a house keeper i
has to eontefid with, dirt is tire greatest, 1
Sh C may gain a complete victory and be- i
gin to repose upon her laurels after her’
semi-annual engagements—but it is only !
temporary. The enemy soon returns and
even daily skirmish ing does not keep it at1
bay.
There is the mending too; sewing ma
chines are great blessings, but they can’t
set in the lmteh ur darn a stockiuz. 1 do
not mention these things by wiry of com j
plaining of woman’s hit in general, or ask
ing for her any .l ights which she docs not
possess. 1 don’t know that tin"c is any
remedy m the present state of the world.
It seems to he owe of tho evils of life that
must bo borue as vre boar other things ; ;
but what 1 do ask is a due appreciation of’!
the important part that woman acts, and a |
Concession that her labors, .mental ami f
physical, arc as great, all thing* considered. !
as thoso of tho other sox.
Women uro not so childish that a little !
sympathy now and then or acknowledge-1
uient of their efforts and sacrifices, makes
them imagine their ease worse than it is. i
I tell you, men aud husbands, "it doetli ;
good like a medicine,” and many a poor,
broken down wife and mother is dying for
want of it
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t&' Tho constitutionality of the Milita
ry lteconstruction bill is about being test
ed before the Supreme Court, but the
opiuion of eminent counsel seems to he
that the question cannot he taken before
that tribunal except on appeal from a low
er Court. 'J he ease as made up is in the
form of a petition for an injunction re
straining Geu. l’ope and Andrew .John
ston from enforcing the provisions of tho
act.
In this case, it appears to us that it is
within the jurisdiction of the Snprcme
Court to take judicial cognizance of the
Hitcstion, and to graut or refuse the injuno
tion on the merits of the ease as made
nP;
The Governors of all of the Southern
States, except Patton, who is in favor of
the law, are desirous of having its validity
judicially tested, and very likely the Pres- }
idont is in the same position, although iti
is not easy to judge what relation he holds |
to tho act, since after proving it not to be
Constitutional, ho nevertheless euforccs it
as if it wero entirely unobjectionable and1
not subject to tuo lault ot antagonism to
tlio Coimtitutiutf.-pjgfc Louis Times.
The OocoAntfr Watekfai.t.s.—We
arc pleased to learn that tho cocoanut tva
terfalls are meeting with iiivor iu tho eyes
of our lady friends, and that one of our cn
tcrjrfising milliners intends applying for a
patent to have the solo benefit of the trade
of this city. The dangerous styles w hich
have lately bccu adopted, have come well
yigli ruining tho crauiums OC some of the j
lnvTrest dath-els in the country, a fact for [
w hich they could not account until the j
chignon horrors were made public. This i
imposition was an outrage, and it is quite j
a pleasure to record our horror of the in-!
V'- titor of waterfalls. Within tho last few t
days three hundred'aud fvrty-seveu have ;
bceu committed to the flames in this city,
and twice that number of the cocoanut
stylo Lave been ordered.
Hi>“ A young lady, a member of a faul
ty which, although not wealthy, was com
fortably off iu this World s goods, was to
he married. Handsomely engraved curds
were sent out by the relatives and flfends
but about two weeks before the wedding it
was found that there were not cards enough
•
to “go round." Instead of having more
sti uek off, tho young lady called on some
neighbors and asked tltrin to return the
cards that had been sent then:, as she dc
ired to tend them to others ! Cap that.
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Simplicity in Language.
T)d tiftt i.tirt with votir common sens*
when you, write). Volt yioeil not make
Alt idiot of yourself because you have
n pen in yottr hand. Be simples bo
honest, be unaffected fii yolif speaking
and writing. Never use a long word
where A abort one will do. Call things
by thoir right names; never smother
votir thought with a cloud of phrases;
lot a spado he a spado, uotn well-kuojvn
oldoug instrument of manual industry ;
let home bo homo, not a residence; a
plaoo, not a locality. Write muck as
yon would speak; speak as you think.
With' your inferiors) sp.eak.no coarser
than usual; with your superiors, no
finer. Be what you say, and say what
yoU nfe. Avoid'ltll oddity of express
“ion. 'l’Ue wise man will so speak that
no, ope. may observe how he speaks.
Taileto please, not yoWrlCW/bht your
neighbor; give him the fcffbsltmeut of
sitting by a cheerful, modest, sensible
talker ; one who is equally ready to
give or to take, and who loaves his
flirts and his opinions on votir memo
ry ; not the words in which tjiey wore
uttered. Be a gentleman in openness
of demeanor, insimplieity of language,
in freedom from singularity, if not by
birth. Show your good taste and good
breeding in your speech and style, if
pot in tho fnsiuon of your dress and
your knowledge of etiquette.
Eccentric Prftyeh
In a Work entitled, -English Eccen
tricities,’* recently published in Lon
don, says (lie Christian Observer, may
be found the following extempore
prayer, attributed by the author, to a
certain 31 r. Ward.:
“Lord, Thou knowest tlmt T possess
nine bouses in the city of London, and
that I have recently bought an estate in
(he county of Essex, preserve, there
fore. I pray Thee, the two counties of
Middlesex and Essex, from firqs nth!
earthquakes, and as I have an hypothe
cated cstatoriu Hertfordshire, look also,
in compassum upon that county; ns to
the other parts of (lie country do as
Thou wilt. Lord, consolidate the lioy
al Hank, that it may honor its nodes.
Let ail hit debtors he, or become, lion
rsi men. v.ivv a prosperous aim spccny
passage to tho .Sloop .Mermaid, for the
insurance «f which, t am re-po:isi!de.
Preserve me from robbers and brigands.
Make all my servants faithful and de
voted, that they may watch ovov my
interests and relax not their diligence
bv day or by night.”
Arc there any people in tin’s country,
who, in their private devotions, ever
offered up a similar prayer? „
How to jik MuXRAnt.K.—Sit at your
window and look over tho way at vour
neighbor'll excellent mansion. Which be
lias recently bought and paid for, and
sing out:
‘Oli, that 1 were a rich man.’
Got angry with vour neighbor, and
think you have not got a friend in the
world. Shed a tear or two; take a
walk in the burial ground, continually
saying to yourself:
•When shall I be buried her©?’
Sign a note for a friend, and never
forget your kindness, and every hour
in the day whisper to yourself:
‘T wonder if he will pay the note?’
Think everybody means to cheat you.
Closely examine every hill you take,
doubt its being genuine till you put the
owner to a great deal of trouble.
Nevet accommodate if you can help
it.
-Never visit the sick and afflicted, and
never give a farthing to the poor.
Grind the faces and hearts of tho
poor ami unfortunate.
Radical Dictionary.
Loyalty—Denouncing the Constitu
tion as a oovenant with death mid a
league with hell; and the President le
gally elected under it as an enemy to
his country.
Disloyalty—Supporting (lie Govern
ment in meeting the requirements of
the Constitution.
Patriotism—Holding all the offices
Hud uhusillir ©vm.vh.nlV u l.n pnniu.ivna
that lie 1ms the least right to object.
Party of Great Moral Ideas—An or
ganization the leaders of which are in
fidels and most of the followers practi
cal free lovers.
Supporting the Union—Subverting
the entire system of government and
overriding the Constitution.
Opposing Secession—tSwearing that
eleven States went out of the Union by
their own acts, and that it is noeessary
to hold them as territories in order to
get them back.
Our Govern meat—The President
when lie is Radical, and Congress when
that is Radical.
Impartial Suffrage—That kind of
voting which keeps the Radical leaders
in power.—[Memphis Ledger.
Information wanted of William
Stacy, Co. 1$.. Kith Regiment Arkansas'
Volunteers; he was left sick near Ter
ry's Station, on the X. O. J. & G. X. R.
It., in tlie month of June or July, 1S02.
and has not been heard from since Sep
tember of the same year. Any informa
tion A to his whereabouts, w III he most
thankfully received by his mother.
Nancy istaev, Cotton Plant, Woodruff
County. Arkansas.
Exchanges please copy.
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•*i>~ There is a Miss Duvideon in Wash
ington county, Arkansas, only seventeen
mouths old, an 1 jet weighs l2o lbs. She
is well framed and awudbly,
lloT.yrioji ok (.‘uors.—Tho physiology
I of plant. is suei»j says the llural New
Yorker* that syaruaJy any two of them'
, take from the ground of the atmos
phere I he mine kind of nutriment‘in
; equal proporttonsi Hence ft follows
that fn continuous’ cropping, of the
I BumCpfoduct, much of tho productive
power of the sdil and of the fertilisers
combined With it Is lost or remaiiis in
! ert. this toss may l>c retrieved by a
judicious svsieui of rotation, by Which
menus all tlic clcuieuls of growth arc I
brought into successive action and1
rendered available for farm products.
Torhups tho order of the crops is riot1
of spaciat-importani'c. One might h.c-l
gin iTsystem of roofs ; follow with ce
reals, peftfand beans, nyul then pasture I
or meadow, according to flic ttisfos or '
necessities of tiro farmer. Some lands!
will do well in pasture for a series of
years. So of the tuuadow, but 'as a
general rule, tho best results are at
tained by changes every three or four
years at the most. If ofte ncr made; tlie
chances of remuneration are believed
to be improved. White the soil is re
lieved from the thousand noxious
plants which impair its vitality with
out returning anything of value by
way of recompense.
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History ok tiij; Wah in The Missis
sippi VAtUr.-At lie instance of
many patriotic and gallant.friends, I
propose to publish a History Of the
Vaf in the Valley of tlie Mississippi.
1 have {lie assurance of support by dis
tinguishcA soldiers,' who personally
conducted the WflP in the Valley and
its tributaries, who Will fUvrtish notes
of their campaigns, particularly the
opcvitlfons around Jackson, Vicksburg,
HoH lfud'sou and on lied river,
Tlic attention ot* the officers and sol
diers who were engaged in tlic <ytnt
paigns on tlie Mississippkand its tribu
taries is invited to tlie undertaking,and
their nptea and memorandums of the
war respectfully solicited. The news
papers friendly to the enterprise in
Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Mis
souri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas,
will confer a great favor by publishing
this iioticO.
1 II . ....... .. 1 _ . . a ...
’j tiiuiuuiuuu't uuu hi uvim
must l>o.addressed to me, and directed
to. the care of J. II. Carter, Xeiv Or
leans. Bernard A. Reynolds.
Manufacturing_Shortly before
their adjournment, says the Little Rock
Conservative, the General Assembly
passed the following bill, Introduced
by >11\ Tobey :
AX ACT to encourage Manufacturing
in Arkansas.
Sec. 1. All Factories for mamifactur-1
ing either wool or cotton, which shall
he put in operation within three years
after the first day of April, 18G7, shall
be exempt from taxation, either State
or County, for the term ol’ five years
front said first day of April, 18G7.
Bec; 2. This act shall hot be so con
strued as to exempt any private prop
erty from taxation; nor the lands of
any corporation other than those upon
which their buildings for manufactur
ing are situate, but shall apply to all
the necessary machinery and buildings.
-if i--L—
Cruelty to Animals.—We hope Mr.
Henry Itergh will look to the “Beast,”
for the way in which the radicals treat
him is worse than bear-baiting. Hard
ly is Bingham done with him, wheu
Covode takes him in hand. During
the same delmte on the Southern relief
bill in which the House snubbed poor
Butler, and h|g fifty odd votos for Jell'.
Davis were cast in his ugly face, the
gentleman from Pennsylvania said “he
had sent quite a number of packages of
provisions to the South while our pris
oners were starving there. He hadsont
them with duo care, through Gen. But
ler, at Fortress Monroe, but not a sin
gle ounce had ever reached the prison
ers.”
Of course uoL This explains why
llutlor does not want to feed (he Starr
ing people of the South, He is opposed
to feediug any one on principle.—[De
troit Frco I'rossi
Stamps in tub South.—Theeoimnis
SlOflril1 til' VOVlMltin lvio lliirl.x Mti unnnst.,i.i
decision concerning stamps in tho South,
flu says :
“The first act imposing a stamp tax up-!
ou certain special instruments, took effect.1
so far as said tax is concerned, October 1,
18<>'2. Tho impression which seems to,
prevail to some extent, that no stamps are,
reffuirod upon any instruments issued in
the states lately in insurrection, prior to j
the surrender or prior to establishment of
collection districts there is erroneous.- —
Instruments issued in these States since I
October 1, 1802, arc subject to the same,
taxes as similar onus issued at the same j
time in the other States."
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A Tin no Worth Knowi.nu—If peo j
pie plauting orchards or shade trees would
give strict orders to mark the north side j
with red chalk, or in some other legible
manner, before they are taken up. and have
the tree when set out. put in the ground j
with its north side to tho uorth, in its nat-,
ural position, a larger proportion would
live. Ignoring this law ofnatiyc is the!
cause of so many transplanted trees dying.
If the north side is exposed to tho south,
the heat of the sun is too great for that
side of the tree to bear, and therefore it
dries up and decays. As this Is tbe shade- j
tree planting season, wp throw out this '
hint for the benefit of those interested.— !
[N.uh»il(v 1'rcss and Tunes.
—*T». .-a._iJBt.tr
r - -L_U-LJ. Ill JIM .._
SajtsJobii Uii.uxoa: I xercr kan
oradikute from mi meuierjr tin) sound uv
the Unit gong I ever herd—I Wes sitting
on the front stupe ur a tavern lit the city
uv Uulfcrlo, pensively srnokin. ' The sun
was goin to bed, and the hcTi’flS fur and
nere wus bhtshin at the performance.
The Kri kanaul with its golden waters
was on its way to Albany, and I, was pe
ruslrt the line UV oOatA a ffoatut, by and
blinking uv Italy (where J. usod to liv)
and her goadulers and guiles wimmin.
Mi iutirc sole was, as it wur, in a swet;
I wanted Ur climb, Welt grate; baktually
gru. There are thingu in this life tu big
tu be trifled with, there ire time* when a
man brakes luce from hirsClf, When he
sees speefits, when he kin almost tuch the
moon, and feels as though he kud fill
both hands with Btara of Jicaviti and al
most swore he wus a hjink president.
That’s what ailed tuc. liut thg Jtorsc of
tru luv never did run smooth (this is
shakspeers opinyon, too, I , and he ofLeu
think thru one quill) just as I wns doin
rnybost, * * * dummor, dumnfer, spat,
bang, heller, crush, roar, ram, dummer,
dumuier, whang, Tip, rare, rally, Summer,
dutnmer, dun,—with one trcmohJSs jump,
I struck the scriter of the side waft, with
another I klered the gutter, aud With an
other I stud ill the middcl Uv t|io street
snorting like an Injun pony at a band of
musiek; I gazed in wild deupare at the
tavern stand, iny hart swelled up as big
as an out-door oven, mi teeth were as luce
as u string uv prairie heeds; I thot alf
the crockery in the tavern had fell down,
I thot of fenomenons. 1 thot ov G rabral
and his hork T was just on the pint of
thinkin snmpthin else when the lanforcl
cum out 2 the front stupe ov the tavern
and stood lioldiu by a string the bottom uv
an old brass kittel. lie kallod mo .gentfu
with his hand, I went alola and aitdla tu
him, he Lamed mi feres, he sod it was a
gong; I saw the cussed thing, be sed
supper wus reddy, ho axed me if I wud
hav black or green tea and I sed I wud.
'N'kw I’kintino l*i;ess.—There has
just been completed and put in running
order at the Government Printing Of
fice, says tho Washington Intelligencer,
one of tlio most wonderful pieces of •
mechanism in the shape of a printing
press that has ever been exhibited.—
The press is of the Bullock patent, and
as an exhibition of its powers, we will
mention: The pres^wii) print in one
hour 20,000 sheets of 6i pages of docu
ment matter; while doing this it feeds
itself, the paper being in rolls, wots the
paper, cuts the sheets, folds them, and
by a dial connected to the press keeps
tally of the number of sheets printed.
Only two men nre required to have
entire control of the press, flitis doing
away with the necessity of persons to
supply it with sheets, (or, as they are
called feeders.)
How Advertisements Work.—A
French paper thus traces the sensation
of a reader of advertisements:
The first advertisement—lie docs not
sec it.
The second insertion—lie sees it but
don’t read it.
The third insertion—lie reads it.
The fourtlL.iuspi'tiou—lie looks at
the price.
The fifth insertion—lie speaks of it
to his wife.
The sixth insertion—She is willing
to buy.
The seventh—lie purchases.
(©“.Tones gives another instance of
the advantages of advertising. He gave
notice that he had ten bushels of grapes,
on the tines, to dispose of. They were
all otT his hands the next morning,
without lcaviug him the labor of,pick
ing them. The accommodating paifies
who got them were even considerate
enough to come lor them quietly in ,the
night, so as to disturb him as little, as
possible.
(QEf*Sotno two years ago a woman at
Fast I.ul worth, Mass., lost lier wedding
ring white engaged in her domestic All
ties. A few days ago sire was peeling
potatoes, and on dividing a sort' of
duuble potato, site found iu tlic inside
of the jigtato the lest wedding vyig,
which she was able to identify. The
potato was grown in a field some hull’
u mile from the cottage,
War There is a boy living about two
miles north of Wirt, Tndiaus, who is said
to be in ordinary health and steadily grow
ing tip to manhood, under the tremendous
burden of the najua uf Oliver Eaftymus
Christopher Ilolines Abner Cadwtfadcr
Peter G Jones Stites.
£rjT The following was found, posted on
the wall of a conn try poxtofficc c
••Lost—a red fcaf. Had a white spot
on one of his behind lege. He was a she
leaf. I will giv thre dollars to evriboddi
wot wil fetch hym horn.”
ftiir The New York Gazette gravely,
r»r naively asserts that the rtfmor that
t’ortgress, lmVihg prohibited gold lare
o our ministers abroad; Is about to
cgislate upon tbe size of the chfgnons
'f the wives of our diplomatic repre
sentatives, is incorrect.
-Arteuios Want bequeathed his
ibi-nry “to the bost boy Jb the sehool
jf his nativo vflage, Waterford,
Maine.” llis page t* f» be put two
rears to the best printer in Amorim,
•to learn the value of learning.” and
Ihen sent to college.