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LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
I DEATH SCENE.
Dyrife, still slowly dying,
As the hpurs f night wore by,
She had lain since the light of sunset
Was red on the evening sky,
Till after the middle wa'ches,
As wc softly near her trod,
When her soul from her prison fetters
Was loosed by the hand of God.
One moment her pale lips trembled,
With the triumph she. might not tell,
-As the light -of the life immortal
On hej spirit's vision, fell.
Then the .look of rapture faded,
And the beautiful smile waned faint.
Asthat in some convent picture,
On the face of a di'ing saint.
And we felt in th lonesome midnight,
As we sat by the silent dead,
What a light on the path going downward,
The steps of the righteous shed
When wc thoug ht how with feet unshrinking
She came to the Jordan's tide,
And, .taking the hand of the Savior,
Went up on the heavenly side.
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YOUTHS' -DEPARTMENT. .
.n rvuK. WIDOW'S REQUEST.
I was just rising from dinner, when a widow de
sired to speak with me , I ordered her to be shown
into my study. " My dear sir, I entreat you to ex-,
cast; me," said she, "I must pay my house rent
and I am six dollars too short. I have been ill a
month, and could hardly keep my children from
starving. -' I . must have six dollars to-day or to
morrow. Pray hear me, dear sir."
Here she'tooka small parcel out of her pocket,
untied it and said,- " There is a book encased in
silver; my husband gave it to me when I was be
trothed." It is all I can spare; yet it will not be
sufficient. I part with it with reluctance, for I
know not how I shall redeem it. My dear sir, can
you assist me ?"
I answered, "Good woman, I cannot assist you,"
-..so-."saying-1 put my hand accidentally, or from hab
it, into my pocket; I had about two dollars and a
half. "That will not be sufficient," said I to my
self, "she must have the whole sum; and if it
would do, I want it myself." I asked her if she
had no friend who. would assist her.
She answered, " No, not a living soul, and I will
rather work whole nights than beg. I have been
told you were a j kind gentleman. If you cannot
help me, I hope you will excuse me for giving you
so much trouble. ' I will try how l can extricate
myself. God has never yet forsaken me, and I
hope he will not begin to turn away from me in
my sixty-seventh year."
My wife entered the room. O, thou traitorous
heart ! 1 was angry and ashamed. I should have
been glad to have sent her away under some pre
text or other, because my conscience whispered,
" Give to him that asketh' of thee," &c. My wife
too, whispered irresistibly in my ear, " She is an
do assist her if you can."
Shame, joy, avarice, and the desire for assisting
her, struggled together in my heart. I whispered,
" I have but two dollars, and she wants six. I will
give her something, and send her away."
My wife, pressing my hand with an affectionate
smile, repeated aloud what my conscience had been
whispering, "Give to him that asketh of thee,"-
I asked her archly, "if she would give her ring
to enable me to do it f
" With great pleasure," she replied, pulling off
the ring. f
The good old woman was too simple to ob
serve, or too modest to take advantage of the ac
tion. ' .
'Wlien she was going, my wife asked her. to wait
a little; in the passage.
" Were you in earnest," my dear, when you offer
ed your ring ?" said L
" Indeed I was," she replied. " Do you think I
would spurt with charity? Bemember what you
said to mo a quarter of an hour ago. I entreat
you not to make an ostentation of the gospel.
You have always been so benevolent. Why are
you now so backward to aid this poor woman
Did you not know there were six dollars in your
bui-eau, ami it will be 'quarter day soon V
I pressed her. to my; heart, saying, "You are
more righteous than I. Keep your ring. I thank
von.
I went to the bureau, and took the six dollars.
'. I was seized with horror because -I had said, "I
: cannot assist you." The good , woman,, at first
thought it was only a small contribution. When
she saw it was 'more, she could not utter a word at
first. "How can I thank you," she exclaimed.--Did
you undcrjtr.nd1. me I I fv nothing but this
book, and it is old.
"Keep the book and the money," said I hastily,
and thank God not me. I do not deserve your
'-..thanks, beca-usS I so long hesitated to help you."
I shut the door after her, and was so much
ashamed I could" hardly look at my wife. "My
dear, said, she; make yourself easy ; you have yield
ed to my wishes. While I wear agolden ring, you
need not tell a fellow-creature in distress, that you
cannot assist him." I. folded her to vny heart and
wept. Life of Rev. J: G, Lavater.
MATTHEW NOGGIWS LETTER TO HIS
; COUSIN.
If any ot our young readers feel disposed, they may exercise
their wit by turning this humorous letter of Matthew Ko
gins, into a poetical; form, and showing the rhyming words
at the end of the HnsJ '
My Dear QoUi Peter: In excellent, metre
I'm going to explain what has puzzled my brain, as
you nvty'remember, from the tenth of December ;
the day" you came down from great London town,
in the coach with k friend, the Christmas to spend
in the country with us. You remember the fuss
we were in that nfght, and the terrible fright we
had as we lay wide awake until day, wond'ring
what was the matter, because of the clatter there
was in the house; neither eat, rat, nor mouse,
nor dozens of any,bor ever so many, we were sure
could have made that wild cannonade. i
And you haven't! forgot, Tm sure you have not
how Sam, like a gljost, stood at. the bed-po.-t, as
white as a sheet, trembling down to his feet, and
praying that we would go with him and see what
that terrible rout could be all about. Then you know
how we went, with courageous', intent, all three on
tip-toe, above and below, how wo peeped into.
presses and tumbled o'er dresses .how we looked
under the beds and poked in our heads, to many a
room of silence and ; gloom how we.stola -K
to nee rrxue witch In aTiettle or a pan had
cunningly ran. Then you know how my mother
cried out, "What a pother is this that you make !
One would think an earthquake shook the house
o'er our'heads : o all to vou-r beds ! 'Tis noth
ing at all but the w ind in the wall, or a strange
cat got in that has made such a din !"
Then to bed we did creep, but it was not to
'sleep, for I certainly think that not one got a wink;
but asleep or awake,' we were alt in a quake, and
rejoiced when the day sent darkness away. And
at breakfast you know how old Mrs; SnoV and
Mrs. Germain told the tale of Cocklane, and many
another such tale to my mother, and .all looked so
queer, betwixt wonder and fear, that we very well
knew that all of them too had had a good fright,
upon the last night, as well as ourselves, whom
they called "silly elves." But you know, after this,
there was nothing amiss, and the nights were as
still as the top of a hill, where . there cannot be
heard e'en the chirp of a bird : and so ever after
'twas subject of laughter.
But Peter, my friend, just read to the end, and
then you shall know what chanced two nights ago.
When all were asleep, just as day 'gan to peep
about three of the clock, ere the crow of the cock,
we were waked, one and all, by a rattle and squall,
and a rumbling and jumbling, as if things were
tumbling right over our heads or as if on the leads :.
loads of stones had been hurled or the end of the
world was certainly Coming, with thumping and
drumming, and running about, the : most horrible
rout with the squall of a cat and the cry of a bird,
such a racket as ne'er out of Bedlam was heard !
Well, you may be sure this could not endure
without in flurry and very great hurry all running
to see what the matter could be. And Martha and
I,we dfefmineo iztf XT we "couYcf TdtmKt out
what the noise wasabout ; so up stairs and down
we went over the house, and left not a corner to
harbour a mouse. The old clock was ticking, the
crickets were clicking; the little canary hung up in
the dairy, and the guinea-pig Jay fast asleep in the
hay, and there was not a trace ofa thing out of
place. But just at the moment when we had got
no sceut, again- was heard, so loud, on my word,
that we started each man, and the women looked
wan, with a terrified stare, as they whispered "'Tis
there !" Then old Thomas Baffin, did straight fall
alaughing, and bade us follow; and off with a
"Hollo!" ran up the back stains, shouting, " I'll
give you bones to rattle like stones ! You dog and
you cat, what would you be at !"i Says Martha to
Jane, "Why he's mad, and that's plain! let's go
up to Missis' and say how strange this is !" But
. I answered "O no, you shall not do so, you would
frighten my poor mother out of her wits ; why,
you look as if both were just falling in fits what
a couple of cowards you are to be sure ! Nay,
' stay by the fire if you dare go no higher, and Adam
and I will go up and spy what! this horrible riot
and racket can be 1
Now mark, vou are told that I looked verv bold ;
but Peter, my dear, let me say in your ear, that I
certainly felt as if going to melt; for I heard such
a battering, such thundering arid clattering, and
Thomas a-calling, as if for help bawling, that I felt
half inclined to alter my mind, and not back the
fellow, how e'er he. might bellow.
But on with my le.ttcr- my pride got the bet
ter so bidding my cowardice go to the wali, I up
stairs ascended to see the thing ended, and know
old Thomas had found,., after all. Well, when I
got there, at the top - of the stair, I turned to see
where Adam might be;, but, think ye, no Adam
had ventured with me! However, I heard where
... I ci lara pndS
with our glory, as you may conceive ou
may story, and I take my leave ; and the sooner
the better, you send me a letter. , ;. .
So Peter, good bye,
You know well that I
Am your friend, as of old,
' Matthew Noggiks of Wold.
; DEPART
rm
well as
From the (N. Y.) Working Farmer.
ATMOSPHERE
The atmosphere is the most extensive as
the most valuable source from which organic na
ture receives her suppliesl and although we have
written much on this subject, continued inquiries o
ouf readers lead us again to give a synopsis oi m
properties of the atmosphere, and we shall endeav
or tr Ar m o AArto. manner, so as to enable
them clearly to understand this greatest of all sour
ces from which vegetables receive the ehief part of
their contituentsr All of the vegetable except
i-hat which would form its ash, when burned, is re
ceived from nature's great storehouse, the atmos
phere. It may be veiwed as an all pervading
ocean, being the source of much physical force, and
the medium of nature's greatest convulsions.
Without it the volcano would Ae .silent.- Iu its
rrvrations shins are uJ-WU 11S3 pm-xnin
trees are u rooted, oceans forced, upon the sur-
ce of continents, and .'nature's fads even denuded
by its efforts. The strength of thb strongest ma
terials it sets at naught, and yet the balloon and
the soap bubble find their harmlets way through
its ether. Man and animals are continually bath
ed in it, the vital air of their existence is furnished
by it, while the exuviated gas of their ; bodies are
with carbonic acid, become suited for their use ;
thus, the caustic potash when changed to a car
bonate, becomes the mild pearl ash, and by a stiU
greater quantity, the super-carbonate of potash
known as saleratus.
Ammonia is composed of hydrogen and nitro
gen, and in this form pervades the atmosphere. It
is largely the product of animal life as well as of
vegetable decay. In vegetable growth it not only
goes to form a portion o' the plant, by the solidifi
cation of its nitrogen, but it is the stimulant which
causes plants to. appropriate their inorganic constit
uents or ash-making principle-from the earth.
To Liebig we are indebted for the discovery of
ammonia in the atmosphere, and the wisdom of na-
, .-f ll.. Mt...i i -.1
ture's laws is nc where more beaunruiiy inusLraie
than in the appropriation of ammonia. All animal
decay is throwing forth its ammoniacal vapors in
to the atmospheric ocean, while vegetable growth
receives it so rapidly as to keep the atmosphere
alwaTs in proper balance for the use of man, ani
mals, and plants. TJie1 descending rains and dews
bring the ammonia to the earth and carry it to
the roots of plants, and from "this fact the farm
er learns that the more thoroughly his soil is
disturbed, the greater will ' be the opportunity of
plants to receive ammonia from' the atmosphere.
All natures growths depend upon this source
alone' for their nitrogen. But farmers l ow know
that the amount of ammonia in the soil, to act as
the stimulant of plants, may be increased with pro
fit and in many cases soils are so replete with all
the other requirements of plants, that by the ad
dition of ammonia alone they may be rendered
highly fertile. Water can absorb . many times its
bulk of ammoniacal gas, and when it comes- in
contact in the soil with either clay Or carbon, this
ammonia is absorbed, robbed from the water, and
for the use of plants, nor is this influence confined
to the immediate vicinity of the drain itself, foi as
excess moisture is removed for many feet on each
side, the atmosphere takes its place, and this sup
plies the organic portions of plants. Under drain
ed and sub-soiled meadows never run out because
the roots of their grasses never come in contact
with inorganic matter unprepared for assimilation,
and hence thev do not cease to tiller, forming new
roots and new shoots to supply those, which by ac
cidental abras:on may be broken at the surface.
In the stable as in the field, the atmosphere
performs important service. If an animal be en
cased in a varnished silken bag even with the head
exposed to breathe the atmosphere, it will die in
"a few hours. The gases exuded from the surface of
the body will not be got rid of, thus it will readily
be seen that in a badly ventiUted stable, animals
cannot remain in health, and while their excre
tia may be increased in value, the animal itself can
not appropriate for flesh making, milk, fat, &c,
the constituents of its food.
For more full information on the subject of the
atmosphere and its influences, we would refer to
v ol. i. pp. 75 and 181 ; vol. ii. p. 133 ; vol. iv. p.
199. '
amounts of bank, insurance mid- mi!,
and othe? property. It is tli.
imafrinable to sny that " farmii.'.i.
Look at jthe value of lands ;U1-1 :,
ment throughout the country. :
value? the formers haw don,, t!,.. .
' . ' . ' 'M ii,;i
of it, though mechanics mid inrnmi;!,
greatly assisted. Amh-icdn Afir',,,,,,
bsillvl ;)
1 HUMOROUT
. i i .. e ..,1.. f
removed DV it to give room ior a new suppy . j,,, (1V' t ,i11t
J 11 ' otomtwl arran-ict- ill! tlilhirPS 1 ntl llellCeS. CXCeDt Uldh
1 VlUlti'.4 UgllJllUf " ......... ..- 7
of nrowino- r ants, thus while these two materials
health from this menstruum. . The very decay
organized nature is dependent upon its presence.
When under velocity of action, the weight of
the atmosphere multiplied by its. velocity, defies the
strongest material. Even the lighthouse of Edy-
stone by the combined influence of winds and wave
has been twice demolished, both, effects arising en
tirely from the movements of the atmosphere ;
and the fcaine wind which teal's the strong iron
asunder, inav waft the delightful odor of the flower
and convey its pollen thousands of. miles. It is the
ehicle which equalizes inequalities of temperature.
It supplies the north with the balmy warm air of
the south, and carries the cooling zephyr to the
fevered brow of the invalid, while the healthy in
habitant of the north is invigorated by its means.
Without the atmosphere the glories of the sunrise
would be invisible sol himself would appear like
a red hot ball, and his rising would be so sudden
that, while he relieved us from utter darkness, he
would overwhelm us with excessive heat without
its action as the modifier and retainer of solar heat,
each day would be accompanied by drought.
The excess of moisture from one part of the earth's
surface is carried by it to replace its want in an
other. Without it, flowers would lose their dew,
and winter its flaky snows ; the rain could never
fall, all things would be burned up, and the unity
of nature's laws would be destroyed.- Instead of
us, as by impulse, in utter darkness. The whole P,enishes the caroon, increasing the quantity of
in the soil retain the necessary amount of ammonia
to create plants,1 they at the same tune assist in
cleansing the atmosphere of the products of decay
rendering it suitable to sustain lire. Thus it will
readily be understood that the materials or ele
ments of which both plants and animals are formed,
are to be found in the atmosphere, with the excep
tion only of the small portion of inorganic materi
als, which are supplied from the earth itself. The
carbonic acid of the a'tmosphere enters the roots
of plants in solution with water, and in passing up
through them deposits its carbon, forming the chief
part of the dry weight of the plants, giving off its
oxygen again to the atmosphere for re-assimilation
of new quantities of carbon, while the ammonia fur
nishes the stimulant to produce this and other ap
propriations, enabling nature's laws to be contin
uous in their round of action, using the same
amount of elements over and over again through
all time, sometimes presenting them in those prox
imate forms necessary for the use of man, and
at others holding them in the atmospheric ocean
ready to honor new drafts.
A class of plants known as air plants, will grow
only suspended from the ceiling of a green-house,
and in contact with the atmosphere alone : tmd
even a clover crop receives so large a portion of its
constituents from th,e atmosphere, that .when plow-
ij 111 IUC DVII, lb TTT"
WILL FAEMING PAY ?
We find in the Amherst Express, a dinner
speech, by Mr. C. L. Flint, Secretary of the Mass
achusetts Board of Agriculture, which seems to
come to the point on this question. He took occa
sion to say
I have often heard it said, that farming does
not pay, that it pays less than any other pursuit.
Xow I believe that it is this very idea, unqualified,
naked as it is, that makes farming languish, and
that causes so many of the young and untelligent
men of the country to bave it ; and I have some
times had an inexpressible desire to say a word or
two, not in denial, but rather in qualification of
this statement, so prevalent even among farmers
themselves.
Why, sir, if farming does not pay, where, in the
name of common sense, let me ask, have the farm
ers here to day procured so many of, the evidences
of comfort and happiness by which they are sur
rounded ? Have they run in debt for them ? Are
their farms all covered with mortgages ? Have
they not the means of meeting from day to day?
and from year to year, all the wants of an easy
and honorable livelihood ?
No, sir, I venture to say their farms are no more
covered with mortgages than they are with wTeeds
and bushes. Here and there, it is true, is an in
stance of a farmer; deeply involved in debt, owing
to circumstances -6f misfortunes which no human
foresight could have prevented ; but in what bu
sine ss of life is not this the case ? The boy who
visits the metropolis and gazes at gorgeous and
splendid palaces which line the streets, the beau
tiful carriages rolling in luxury7, and all the mag
nificent decorations of wealth, is apt to stand ama
zed, some say gaping with, astonishment. Fancy
flings around it a bewitching drapery, and he can
not see how such things can be without thei solid
and substantial foundation of wealth at the bottom
of it all. He cannot see how the artificial forms
of society acquire the display of wealtlLwitho
me neeatui -wealth itself. He cannot cro into the
The following anecdote a tru
private letter. It is worthy of ;l
monthly compend of the savings of
the Knickerbocker, in which t!,U
forms one of the most agiv al-k- ,if
tractionsj: Car.' Watch.
jliic jf.nci iav, i 'i. r s inn
playing in the nursery, decide,.!
excursion. So they all mount-,
and commenced rocking .-(y.
it was proposed to have an nccid--ii
suppose it would be uiifashioiiahh
withoutjone. So they all. took h,!,!
the crib, over bv mam force, and m
i
her arm short off. .
. Miss 13 went to see . her, an!
m i.
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;n in:,
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lli-i:,
:. V,
' tii,.
Att.-r
-Man-
"'! I'.Mt-i,..
-ill,;
her very much with her helpless an,
arm, when Mary said : ',
" Well ! if ever I get well, I'll sue the ,
for 3,000 damages ! I think that will 1- ,-.,
i . .
for father says it am t any great alia ir. aft, ra'l
That! is the best sarcasm on the ivs ..
railroads that I know of.
She is the same little yoiing-,,ii, ,"(v..v,.,j
. . .1 . "11 i r
great teaze, mat sue wisneu our u.-ay, nU
Thackeray sjys, a woman's heart is just like a
lithographer's stone what; is once written upon it,
can't be rubbed out. This is so. Let an heiress
once fix her affections on a stable' boy, and all the
preaching in the world will not get her thoughts
above oat-boxes and curry-combs. " What is writ
ten on her heart can't be rubbed out."
Females were introduced into composing rooms
in Albany, on Monday, for the first time. They
were set to work on the " Country Gentleman "
A marriage has just come off in Syracuse, which
was the result of an advertisement inserted in the
New York papers. The advertisement was replied
to by a Syracuse lady, pictures and letters were
exchanged, finally" a meeting took place result,
matrimony ad a vindication of the advertising
'system.
old Thomas Baffin was chuckling and laughing,
"Come." says he, "and then you shall see what
this riot and rout lis; been all about!" So through
his own chamber, T onward did clamber, and out
on the leads saw a cluitr of heads, and 'mono
them old Thomas' face vpth a grin of the merri
est meaning that ever .was. seen. "O, mas
ter," says be, "come up-here to 'me, and I'll show
you a sight worth another such fright!" Well, I
went up, and what do vou" think I should find ?
Old Growler and Viven the cat, and the raven
that's blind ; and betwixt them a great big shin
bone of a horse, which they jumbled .about with
out any remorse and gnawed at, and clawed at
fought for, like mad.; and a terrible battle no
doubt they had had !
But ere I have done I must tell you the fun we
had in expelling the ghost from the dwelling.
Down stairs in a flurry, we drove hurry-scurry,
with a " Whist !" and a " Hey !" eld Vixen awiiy
then Growler went next, half ashamed and per
plexed, with his great dangling tail, like a torn
windmill sail ; arid after hjm blundering the
big bone went thundering knock knock down
the stairs at a terrible rate, and gave our friend
Adam a bump on the pate ; but ere he had time
for a grunt or a grjan, flap, flap went the blind
raven over the. bone, right into the kitchen both
croaking and screeching !
Next after the thre came and me ; very great
handicraft of the husbandman would be set at
naught, and like the surface of the moon, our beau
tiful earth would be sterile, and still withall these
facts before us, how many farmers may be found,
who are not even aware that the thousands of tons
weight of material composing their products, are
principally derived from the atmosphere.
The atmosphere must be viewed as composed of
oxygen, and nitrogen, and as containing carbonic
acid, water and ammonia. The two former of
these gsises we have frequently described and there
fore need only refer to them here laconically.
Oxygen may be viewed as the vital air; it is
the most important of the gases. It is by the
presence of this gas that all the acids are formed,
by its combination with inorganic materials all tho
substances of nature necessary as food for plants
are so acted upon, as to render them soluble.
When combined with sulphur it fbrms sulphuric
acid, when with phosphorus, phohoric acid.
The bases of the alkalies by beingcombined with
oxygen, become those alkalies so necessary as con-,
stituents of plants, thus oxygen when combined
with" the metal sodium becomes soda, with calci
um, lime, with potassium, potash, and even the in
soluble silica, (the base of flint and of common
sand) by the assistance of these combinations with
. uU, auu uixou to iorm me
coating oi the corn stalk, giving strength to woody
nore, anu enabling all plants requiring stiffneis of
structure to avail themselves of this material. No
coinbustion;can proceed without the presence of ox
ygen ; to its presence is due the whole phenomena
of putrefaction and decay, and thus the products of
one year are thrown back into nature's great lab
oratory, by the assistance of oxygen, in a form to
be again appropriated by natareW for the use
ot man.- . " ? .
Too small a supply of this gas would do
awav
wit i animal life, while too lare
a quantity slimu-
wiw i" t.v.i-.-3no nv,i.iju tiuu causes death-by apo
plexy. Neither animals nor plants can exist in
pure oxygen gas, and the second important com
ponent of the atmosphere, nitrogen, is necessary for
its dilution. ,
The agricultural chemist need not refer the form
of nitrogenous compounds to any action of the at
mosphere; this quantity probably is undisturbed,
merely diluting, the oxygen to render it fit for the
respiration of plants and auimaW It is true, slight
portions ot nitric acid are fornMl d
showers ; this formation as well
soil, and renders it capable of receiving and retain
ing ammonia.
The evaporation of water from all exposed sur
faces, enables the atmosphere to deposit this valua
ble element on surfaces colder than itself, and thus
deeply disintegrated soils admitting the atmosphere
to percolate to a depth where the particles of soil
are colder than those of the immediate surface,
can never suffer from drought. The sun warmed
atmosphere renders the cold soil in spring capable
of furnishing the conditions for growth, while in
its dilated form during the heat of summer, it robs
plants of their excess of heat by carrying off the dis
tended vapors which by their dilation, take the
heat with them, and plants are thus protected from
the heat of the sun. The atmosphere at the lev
el of the ocean, and consequently on low lands,
bears a pressure of 15 lbs. to the inch consequent
upon the weight of its supperineumbent portions.
As wfe ascend mountains we find the surface atmos
phere having a less weight to' sustain, it being more
dilated, and thus its capacity for rendering present
heat latent is increased, robbing heat from sur
rounding objects, and thus creating the eternal
snow of the mountain top; for strange as it may
seem, the same weight of air at the mountain
top, contains more heat as latent than at tlie.Jevel
of the. sea, and thus the same atmosphere that
freezes the clouds at the peak of the mountain', de
scending into the valley will yield up its latent heat
as present heat rendering the low lands verdant.
Even the animals on the motintains'froiii this dil-
j' ated state of-the atmosphere have larger air ves
sels, for they are compelled to breathe a greater
bulk to abstract the same amount of oxvgjn, and
to obtain by its compression in the lungs, that por
tion of animal heat due to this source.
Let us now consider some of the practical effects
of the atmosphere.
It is now known that underdrained soils are
more fertile than those not underdrained, nor is
this fact confined to wet soils' alone, for the verv
hill top is rendered more fertile by being under
drained. When bk8h ends of a drain are open to
the atmosphere,- it will be found, that a current
will continually pass through it, entering at its
lowest end, and having its exit at the upper." As
the drain permits excess of moisture to be removed i plans of improvement which we have ourselv
ither'
ladn't made her or h,'-r b
i-o;Ii,.r J
did'nt paake any difference which
-as
Good enough to ue ti;le. The Lynn
tells the following story of an incredulous Lm
man, whose father had promised b,-fure l ;jtUl
hold spiritual communication with him:
ml !,. i -it
way had been somewhat seven- in matter- 4:
ciplintf,) was called tip, and held s-mie en
uon wun ins Doy. rut tlie messages wen
alt convincing, ami the young man would nit!
lieve that his : father had anvthinir to 1
them.;
" yell, says the medium, " what- can v llir fa
tter do to remove your doubts ?"
uT4l. -ill v
xij lie win jieiiuiin some aci Allien is ciianv-
teristic of him, and without any lir--ti. .J .-i-
"1IK
what it shall be, I shall believe there i
in h.":
i
LL IT 11 11 ' 1 il T
- very wen, saia me meaium, "we wiitt;
some manifestation from the spirit land.'
This was no sooner said than (as "the. st rv
a taDie waiuea up to me young man, amUwuL
out much ceremony, kicked him out of the mm'
ll TT II t i . 1 ' IM ' 1.1 ." i. 1 1 i
xioiu on i siop imii : cneu me ierriin.i.iiw.
" Thai's the old manf I believe in the roikrics'
Our hero- has never since had a desire to Far u;
the old gentleman.
counting room and see the weight of embarrass
ment pressing down upon many an aching heart.
He cannot see and know the number of those who
wear a borrowed crown.
Now, sir, I ask every farmer here if the farms in
3,iis neighborhood are not less mortgaged than they
were twenty years ago ? If the comforts and the
luxuries of life are not more abundant, if the build
ings are not, on the whole, much improved, if the
schools and school houses are not better, if land is
not higher and produce higher, if the whole as
pect of the country is not changed for the better?
I know the answer yes, in some parts of the
State, and I doubt not it is so here. Now I ask
again how these things are brought about if there
is no profit in farming ? I do not mean to saj
that there are not occupations that sometimes
pay better at the time, but I believe it to be true,
that, in the long run, all things considered, farming
will compare favorably with other occupations. It
must be remembered in this connection, that if it
does not pay so well as mercantile pursuits some
times do, farmers do not take such a course as
merchants do, to make it pay. As soon as the
merchant gets a little surplus he puts it riirht into
j his business to increase and enlarge the sources of
his Income, while it is too often the case that farm-"
ers prefer to invest an extra fifty or hundred dol
lars in some railroad stock or some other manner,
to investing in real' and permanent improvements'
1111 '
; Dy winch they would eventually realize a sure and
; safe per cent, interest. They seem f o forget that
every acre of reclaimed or improved landforms a
... -vx,.t .-.uuving uma wnich will pay
not only old debts but the cost of its own improve
ment. They should also leave out of the question
such men engaged in agriculture as show by their
mode of farming that they would fail at anything
else. I do not believe the experiment has been'
fully aud fairly tried yet, and I long to see it car
ried through, so as to show the result on this very
point.
But apart from the consideration of dollars and
I cents there are other and higher considerations
i which should have an important influence in the
i decision of the question whether farming will
I pay-
it is natural for us all to get interested in the
uring,Xhunder
as many others
attributed to atmospheric influences are of disput
ed origin.
The carbonic acid of the atmosphere which com
poses 25-100 of its bulk, is theesult of the solu
tion of carbon in oxygen. Every vegetable that
is burned, parts with its carbon' to be dissolved in
the oxygen of the atmosphere, and then pervades
it as carbonic acid ; in deed the whole result of
decay, whether by digestion or decomposition, or
by any other process, goes to throw back into the
atmosphere, ready for re-appropriation, a majority
of its dry weight. Even by our breath, large quan
tities of this necessary constituent are supplied
Many of the alkalies which In their caustic state
could not be used as food by plants, by combining
from f lip Sfiil snfos nro latV U i . i
, .,rv0 1, wtneBii me particles
for the admission of air, and he air entering the drain
being warmer than the soil in which it is locat
ed, is continually supplying heat, (which always
rises in direct lines) to the supernatent s-il, and it
is for this reason, among others, that underdrain
ed soils are earliest in spring.
The heavy and noxious gases of the soil, not
required by vegetable growth are got rid of. The
circulating quantities of air passing through these
drains, continuously furnish supplies of ammonia
and carbonic acid, and while the whole soil from
the drains to the surface is pervaded by chang
ing quantities of atmosphere, moisture is deposi
ted upon every particle, securing crops from
drought, and it is for this reason that underdrain
ed and sub-soiled lands never suffer from drought.
Even the inorganic constituents of the soil are sup
plied by this full amount of atmospheric air with
all the conditions to render them spluble and ready
es
Going Bah Lawyers 'frequently su&jeit p?
sr thamaelyes for bail to uvnetesisr
badgering. A case of this kind occurred infS.upe
rior Gourt Chambers, New -York, not long jtgo.
Old Mr. Jacob Abrams, a man worth a quarter-.:'
a million of money, offered himself bail for k -Je
tur-dealer, who had been arrested under thfc S:l
well kcL The amount of bail required was -14.5(1
Counsel : " What does your property fcoDsk
of, Mr. Abrams 2" J
Abrams : " Sir, I m willing to swear tliaf I a:
worth more than $4500, over and above jill. !
think his honor, the Judge, will tell you that tb:
is sufficient, without going into particulars."!
Counsel: "No sir, it is not sufficient. Wttatt
a right to know what this property is."
.urams: "very well, sir, .I've -got yMton
i if . 1 - i-
oonaana mortgage on the house you UeehM
eight thousand dollars, and I consider it ivorli full
the amount of the bail."
Much laughter, in which the Counsel joined,
Counsel: "We do not wish to a-Kany bore
questions, 3lr. Abrams. To the Judire. NN te are
i i i ' ' j
satisfied with the bail, your honor."
This is a true incident. Mr. Abrams ha
taken the bond and mortgage from airinsupce
combany who wanted the cash for it.
.ct
l,iV-
tk
originated and perfected. If we build a house or
j clear a field, or drain a meadow, or reclaim a
j swamp, if we plant an orchard or nursery, or raise
j a beautiful animal, we find something which in
sensibly touches the heart and gives us a satisfac
tion which no language can describe ; I may also
say which no money can buy, or pay for, if it
would. No matter whether these .local attach
ments are founded. in the deceptions of the heart
or not, they are the true sources of sensibility, and
they repay in satisfaction and pleasure, all the toils
of farming."
We agree entirely with the aove very sensible
remarks, and in addition we can say, from the tes
timony 'of old farmers in this vicinity, that forty
five to fifty years ago, very few in the surrounding
counties were free from debt, many of them beml
deeply involved ; now they generally, not only own
their farms clear, but
. , . ' j c vJuusiueraDie sums
A Model Speech. We commend uN? f
ing speech to the careful study of all cuml
before the people. It Mas delivered in Iilin'4
a candidate for the legislature, is brief -tuxl
and; the man who made it was elected, a
i i . . , . .
Served TO he : h. mv.,-!tv,.n-- nm nostiwiv
maker, but what I say I'll do. I've live.l a
you twenty years, and if I've shown myself ;i
er fellow, you know it without a sj vedi ;
notf a clever fellow, you know that, ' t-
1 11 A '', . -W.
wouiu nt iorget it with a speech. lm'a
ate: for the Legislature ; if yem think I'm
clear grit,' vote for me : if you think Major
of a better ' stripie ' than I am vote for him
j .i i " -
iact is, mat eitiier ot us will make a deviin
representative."
- A commercial traveler has given an ::;--.-e
" tfiree month's experience of a bear-l,"
North British Daily Mail. His most !'
seems to have been from one old lady, wli"
that he did not wear his herrl t,. ilc-
had a contempt for the ministers of relive".
had heard that the wearing of beards wr.s i;
tive of this contempt. He convinced bV w
woman that he was a regular attend.-r "f -f
moiox church, and loved and respeetet Hiis
harted pastor. ,
if:)'
of. money at interest, or are the
possessors of large
A henpecked husband, residing in a
lacre in the interior time rl..i-iattc'
from his " bed and board " ; his dearly
"My wife, Ann Maria, has strayed or be-"
Whoever -returns her will get liis'be'ad bn'k
for trusting her, anybody can do so who st
for as I never pay my vn debts, it i "(,t '
that T will loir n,,ri... ..i 1 ,i n Vi r.Lf
"in J ti n aiiA: tl .ingulf, -
other people's." '
(). riojivuiif.
in IiiJ5:1!n
1 Lucv Stone. The N
noucing a lecture by Lucy Stone,
says :
j "A name l!ko ' fcirtius ' shall be his,
On fame's ,oud trumpet blown,
i " Who with a wedding kiss shuta up
! . The month of Lucv Stone ! '