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RELIGIOUS.
A CLOUD DISPELLED.
A faithful minister of Christ one day
overtook an aged saint, who, in reply 10
a quesition regarding hiswelfure, said: '!
know how it is, but I have been much dis
quieted of late. It is now nearly sixty
yeara sinca the Lord Jesus totuid me
in my sins and spoke peace, to my soul ;
and 1 had then such unquestioning re
pose in his love, such assurance of hope,
and such jov in believing, that it seemed
heaven begun on earth. But now, such
darkness has come over me. that I am
sometimes tempted to doubt whether I
ever knew biui in truth, and to think that
it whs all a pleasing dream in which I
deceived myself.
"And the reason of that is," replied
the minister, "that sixty years ago, when
the Lord found -you, you knew that you
Were nothing but a hell deserving sinner;
yon never thought of finding any good
in yourself ; bat you looked away from
pitiful self to Christ, and you found all
ill. i' you needed in him You wen
ficd with bis finished woik. His
satis-f
blood
spoke peace to you- You saw him as
made unto you God's wisdom, even
righteousness and sanctihcation mid re
demption. You desired nolhing more ;
there was nothing more you could desite.
But now yon are beginning to say with
yourself, 'If I'm a child of God' -and
there is darkness in that if. 'If I have
been a subject of divine grace for sixty
yi'Ars.Tlieii surely there ought to Le abun
dant fruit to dispraise, and great spiritual
attainments.' And you have turned
away from Christ to seek satisfaction in
your life or in your own heart, and all is
darkness, for the earth does not become a
luminous body, however long and clear
ly the shu may shine upou it. The Lord
is dealing mercifully with you, and will
not permit you to find rest in self He
will have yoii turn again to Christ as ful
ly as ever and will have you end where
r.'you began ; rejoicing in Christ Jesus,
ninl having no confidence in the flesh at
the end as at die beginning, a sinner sav
ed by grace."
A cloud was lifted from that venerable
countenance as the old man stood for h
few moment wrap: in thought, and then
exclaimed : "Thank God ! you have hit
the mark. Christ is ail Christ is all to
me."
May the same grace which caused . the
light to break through that cloud, bless
this record of the incident to some other
saint traveling in darkness because turn
ing away from the light
MY CROWN
JU'i'tl up, prepareu inr me i
. , . I r
A crow.
A crowi
oilier, than
makes no
that will lit no oilier brow,
which neither man nor angel,
mvself, can wear, for J-us
mistakes in the adaptations of grace here,
or the rewards of grace hereafter And
this my crown has long been preparing
"laidipin heaven" for me. Yes, laid
Up but not finished. Its Jewels are licit
all set yet, neither do all its stars spaikle
now but Jesus is gathei ing and li ensur
ing them, and will take care that no pre
cious stone is lost. Every one will occu
py its tiue position, and gold, and silver,
and precious stones be found in their a -pfopriate
places. Some of these have
already beeu borne by angel hands in
heaven, and by the grace of my dear
Saviour, I am seeking to lay up other
treasures also. Also these will be fitly
set, as apples of gold iu pictures of silvej
in ray crowu-
But though these jewels of grace nre
inwrought in it, my crown is the gift id
my Saviour, and is incomparably more
precious lhau the jewels Which adorn it.
It is unique. There is noscrown like it
on earth. It i a crowu of righteousness.
There is no ilain upon its purity. It is
clear as the sun and white as the light.
And it is a living crown, a crown of lite.
1 shall never be called t lay it aside,
neither will it ever be ' taken from me.
It will never fade, nor ueed renewal. Tin
brow it presses is ami must be immor
tal. Wearing it, I sh til enjoy perenni
al youth, and be exempt from sickness,
paiu and death, and shall reign with my
' a . i . m si
Saviour a king and priest torever. Ana
thn an manv imilr crowns, for Jesus
. .......
says to each of his disciples. "Be thou
faithful unto death, and I will gi" thee a
fiowu of life." -
Yon, dear readers, may hive a crown
like mini', but fitted to your brow. I
bop yon have one in preparation. If
you love Jesus, you have ; if you do not,
you hare not. The apostle coald say,
"I Imvc fought a good fitfht, I have fin
ished my course, I have kept the faith ;
henceforth there is laid up for uioa crown
of righteousness, which the Lord the
righteous judge shall give me in that day;
and not to me only, but unto all them al
io that love his it j p. aring."- Nutiotiul
Bubtist.
HIE PRICELESS DIAMOND.
There is no gem or jewel or richest
pearl in all the uuiverse, of t-uch urloles
i value as the soul - Worlds could not bny
it world could not red Kin it if once
H8t uc" 11 priceless diamond you car-
ry about with
ry about with you every day in your
hbou. a mi4 -the- dangers--! earth, .and.
win-re numerous and invtsiiiie toes
seeking to rob you of it. Do not delay
to place it in the hands of the Almighty
Saviour, who cAn preserve and keep it
safely till the final day. Think, oh think,
how much is at stake even your own
soul, your own precious souls.
Suppose this world were a globe of
gold, and each star in yonder firmament
a jewel of the first order, and the moon
a diamond, and I he sun liierally a crown
of all created glory : one soul, in vtlue.
would outweigh them nil
II' re is a man
staiidingon board of a vessel at Ben, hold
ing bis hand over the side of the
vessel be is sporting with a jewel
worth a hundred thousand dollars, and
whjch, too, is ail bis fortune. Playing
with the jewel, he throws it up be catches
it throws it up and catch, s it. A fiiend.
noticing the brilliancy of the the jewel,
warns him of the danger of losing it, and
tells him that if it slips through his fin
gers it goes down to the bottom of deep,
and can be recovered rio more ''Oh there
is no danger; I have been doing this n
long time ; and you see I have not lost it
yet." Aagaiu he throws it up and it is
gone, past recovery, gone! Oh when
the mau finds that his jewd is lost, and
his own folly lost it, who can describe his
agony, as he exclaims, "I have lost my
jewel, inv fortune, my all!" Oh, sinner,
hear me ! O isketed in your bosom, yoM
have a jewel of infinitely great value ; in
tilling u.Miuy y."- mmu .xtmm , yuu' uui
in 1 1 ntre r of losinir that uearl of price
iinknowu lu danger oi ueiug lust ioie
er. . I L.f I . . !
FAITH.
A true and saving faith, although it
cannot be too large for God's glory, and
for your own comfort, cannot be too small
for the purpose of salvation, if it be but
the true and living faith of the gospel.
The shipwrecked sailor, if he have but
been cast upon a rock, a single foot above
the reach of the waves, is us perfectly
secure is if he were looking down from a
thousand lai horns high upon the troubled
waters Blunt.
Jonathan Edwards describes a Chris
tain as being like "such a little flower as
we see in the spiiug of the year, low and
humble on the ground, opening its bosom
to receive the pleasant beams ol the sun's
glory; rejoicing as it were, in calm rap
ture; diffusing around a sweet 'frtgrauce;
standing peacefully and lowly in ihe
inidst of other flrtW rs " The world raiy
ihink nolhing of i he l.ttlo flower they
may not eVen iioiive it j but nevertheless
it will be diffusing around a sweet fra
grance upou ull who dwell within its low
ly sphere.
DREADFUL SUFFRINGS OF
CHRIST. AN CRETANS.
Elias Stekfittli, in a letter Jo D'- S. S.
Howe, published in the B istou Cretan,
droM'k a H ruble picture of the extremity
to which the C'etan Christians have been
reduced by their fidelity 'o the cause of
i In ir country's liberty. He says tint he
saved hundreds of families, frinu starva
tion and nakedaess by the contributions
of the ineiic'iu people. Jle Ww mat
ions and maidens peer out like bbantnms
from thy caves in which they dvelt, and
then hastily glide in again to Conceal their
nakedness from his sight He Ifeard the
groans if children and obi men Who were
miserably perishing of famine. In, the
village J Patsauon corpses were' drag
ged froju their giaves and the injutilated
or cut. ito pieces and strewed through the
streets, maidens were out raged, audlmassvs
of Cretan bones were heaped up .s tin
phies.
THE MEMORY OF'TfTE DEAD.
It is an exquisite
in , our nature, that
and beautiful j thing
whei our bleart is
touched and softened by some tr. iHuill
happiness, the memory of the dead comes
over it most powerfully and irresii tably.
It would almost seem a though our bel
ter thoughts and aympathies were c larms
iu virtue of which the soul is enabled to
bold some vagne and mysterious inter
course wi:h the spiriis of those wlimn we
dearly
and in
l..rcd iu life. Alas ! hoW often ;
luog may those patient angel ;
hover above,
itching for 'he pell which ;
is so seldom uttered und soon forgotten
J-
A Chinese saviners bank is to be estab ,
-r '
lisbed iii San Francisco, which it iathonirht
will set loose at least five millions of coin ;
'nw hoarned in old stockings by the thrif-
7 Celestials.
AGRICULTURAL.
From the Journal of the Farm.
FIFTY PER CEKfP OF CLEAR
PROFIT.
In the memory of living men the vir
gin soil of the ''Ilawfields" produced ten
barrels of corn per acre. In the boyhood
of middle-aged men, the same hind pro
duced five barrels of com per acre. Now,
arcoiding to tin concurrent statements of
numerous farmers, one barrel ol corn per
acre, worth $." 01) to day and t J 00 at tin
heap, is an average corn crop, and the
average cost of production, according to
the same concurrent staletueut of f irmera
in this neighborhood, is 87,50 per acre.
Nolhing more need be said to prove thai
our system of farming is an absolute and
most disastrous failure, whieb must th mgc
or the laud um-t change owners ;. and
some hints us to how this chant;.- may b-
u. -- ' - ; :..
the following paper, founded upon nclu.il
7 f I
experiments of my own, or coining under
iu y own observation; and 1 assert with
out fear of contradiction that by following
the plan here proposed, any farmer may
increase his clear profits 50 per cent, ami
increase the fertility of his laud 25 per
cent each yew.
The causes of the rapid and alarming
failure of our lands pre numerous and mav
be summed up iu general terms i.ito two
wants, namely, want of pains and want of
brains but the specific cause is the cul
ture of corn, in straight rows up and down
the bills. The culture of corn, at best, is
very severe on land, exposing it to the
suns and floods of August but as prac
tised here, without manure, and without a
hillside ditch, it has produced the result-
already staled namely, lands that 75
years ago were very produciiv are now
part in the, bottom of Haw River, part,
ep.wn up hi broonistraw, and the part
still iu cultivation produces corn worth
?5 per acre at a cost of S7.50 per acre. '
Now any f irmer who will quit corn, ex
cept us a cleansing crop, or upon bjghly
improved lots, and who will use brains
and pains, and Baugh's Phosphate on
small grain and clover, and mora brains
and more pahs on root crops, with stable
manure and liaiigb's Phosphate, alterna
ted, will find In net profits increased 50
per cent., and his land rapidly improved
To prove this to the satisfaction of tin
mmn rfcpTtrttt Ittp Van W-Jnfcle, I need
only say, that a bushel of potatoes r,.. .i
ways been, is, and will always be, equal in
value iu the market to a bushel of corn.
I never knew in this region of more than
75 bushels of com being made to the acre,
. d tb.-i' w is on a hig'ily ui i iun-d P.wu
lot; and the average yield, as already
stated, is not above 5 bushels to the acre,
worth $5. I raised on an old- field the
first time it was ever manured in the mem
ory of man, 500 buslu Is of potatoes per
acre, and Col. Win. Bingham did the same
on an ordinary new ground. The sain,
manuring might perhaps have produced
50 bushels of corn, worth $50, while the
potatoes were worth 8500, showing a ilif
fereuce in favor of root culture ol $450
per acre. Further, a bushePof rut.i baga
turnips is woltli more iu Wilmington to
day than a bushel of com, and Lijor
Lynch has mad.- 500 bushels of turnips
per acre And furlber still, the potatoes
and turnips can be raised on the same
acre, the same year at a cost in labor und
manure, of not more than $75.
These statements may seem extrava
gant ; but 1 repeat, that I and Col. Win.
Biugiiatn have both raised the potatoes,
and Major Lynch has raised the turnips.
Wheat has been au utter failure iu this
section tor the las: fivV years, the a vet age
yield being less than two and a half bush
els per acre ; but with a fertilizer, ton
bushel per acre may -'be sal' ly counted
mi. Wheat must enter as an important
element in any mtelfigeui fanner's system
in ibis region, but never without a fertili
zer. It fcquijrea bin little labor ; it leaves
the laud exposed bin a short time to sun
and flood; ml as a foundation stone of
root culture, the Straw ami the succeed
iinreriiDsl clover bay, furnish food to
winter catn on, at almost no cost at
all.
..nl l lie cattle in nun mm union, m.i
uure for roots. On wheat, $10 per acre
iu B.iitgh's Phosphate will make ten
bushels", where only two bushels and a
half Would have grown without it ; live
bushels will pay for the manure and leave
two and a half bushels, Worth 85, of ch ar
profit the first year, being 50 per cent on
the money invest, dj and 100 pei tentaon
the previous net yield, with the same la
bor. The same $10 iu Phosphate that
made llie wheat is a perfect specific f'oi
red clover. The first crop of this clover
is worth iu market or lor homo consump
tion $15, iu clover hay, a profit ol 150
per cent, on the, money invested the year
bt1Hrv'1tiftudy paid' tit wheat,' and the
second crop turned, (never pastured) will,
with 810 in phosphate again, make fifteen
bushels of wheat slowing an increased
productiveness of 50 per cent.
Oats can bu cultivated as a money crop ;
but if one has area enough, as is always
the case with us, they must ctiter into the
system as furnishing the cheapest and best
feed forftorses, nndMhe cheapest and beat
meal fo mixing fied for milch !ows. As
Mlionlrl noL be reouired to work With-
i ..ti. .i. . i . . i.
, u,,..,, r..A i,.- fn-uueutlv, but as n g-
..i,.. -li M carefully as tout or beast;
z rBjn,.r Knsrlish. as no seed should
be
put into the grouud without special ma-
niirinir of some sort or other, 1 would ap-
nlv 250 pounds of phosphate to oats,
r-j i . ...
which will uav' tor itself m oats, and pay
100 per cent, in the succeeding clover
crop and improve the land 25 per cent, in
furnishing a second crop to be turned ; or
in buckwheat with 100 pounds additional
per acre of phosphate, it will pay 100 per
cent, the same year. This buckwheat
can be sowed while he oats is in the
shock by having the rows straight and
wide apart and moving the shocks upou
the plowed ground after a section of the
buckwheat is put in. The -buckwheat
ami stand in the shock till after wheat is
sown, and then threshed in the field, and
the straw Furnishes the litter for potatoes
lint can be moved rapidly, and that no
wind will blow away as it does leave.
The cow enters as a very important el
ement into this system of fanning. Where
there is a range, as is generally the case
with us, a cow, worth in beet, hide and
tallow $20, can be raised with 50. cents
worth ol salt ; and if her inquire lie con
sidered, she can be raised at a good profit
in manure and then sold for $20 of clear
cash profit. She will live in oidiuary
r i ire in summer, ami in winter she will
, i:. :.i ..i...i. ...i . j
if she never diius on less than six inches
of litter, the inn. unit of manure made is
astonishing, whicht&atiure in its turn in
sures root crops.
Hogs cannot be raised on corn at less
than $15 per hundred, and are worth iu
market but $10 per hundred. On potatoes
the ordinary stock of bo can be raised
at $5 per hundred of ae a il cost, (I fat
ten d my hos on :ot ito s, last fall, and
1 know whereof I nfhViD,) and if the pota
toes are exchanged bushel for bushel for
com, as Dr. Mebane and .Major Lynch
did, the cost of pork is stiil further redu
ced, as a bushel of com. though wotthon-
ly a bushel of potatoes iu the market, is
worth two bushels of po'atoes in a ling.
What can be done by improving our stock
I am not prepared to say ; but it is the
generally received statement that the feed
which makes 200 pounds of pork from the
ordinary In r, will make 300 pounds if
fed to the improved bog and this im
proved hog is now off redout our doors, at
Pennsylvania prices, by Messes. Jenkins
and Skiles, of Thomasvillc, with
whom it will pay any live farmer to cor
respond. 1 have already indicated what can be
done with roots and stable manures, close
t the bam yard Everyone may elaborate
the idea to suit himself; but I bave reached
500 bushels of potatoes on old fields with
out litter; a. id trith litter, deep culture
and heavy stable manuring, alternated
with not less than 1 ,00 ptiunds of B.iugh's
wtdTt,, -.?0ju"d
lual experiment, that a spring crop!1 Cer
tain, worth not less than ten times what
the same treatment would mike in grain,
and i fill (..;, held til! late in the Sjirt'.ig,
is worth still more. Ruta baga turnips
produce 500 bushels per acre, they keep
till day and would m tt now iu Wilming
ton, $1 per bushel. The mangel wurtzel
beet should receive attention. It is very
fine lugs or cattle, either raw or cooked
The books all say that 500 bu.-bels per
re. M y own experiment indicates 500
ash. s with 1 000 pounds i f limgh's
Phosphate and Major Lynch' tperiiuent
indicates the same yield with half as much
Phosphate, This crop possesses a very
great recommendation. It runs through
the whole season, us the turnip does in
England, and so will always produce a
fair crop, while the potato and turnip, run
ning through but half the season, are lia
ble to bu cut off by drought,
I will mid one word about manure Of
course stable, manure is the best, and let
eveiy farmer use every exertion to make
as much of it as possible ; but it pays se
well on roots, which, occupying but a
small area, may be cultivated near the
barn, tint I doubt if it ever pays to haul
it over 300 yards. Ol concentrated ma
nures, which according to this plan must
be us tl entirely upon distant fields, I find
Bangh's Raw Bone Phosphate of Lime,
all that can be desired in a concentrated
manner, h is aeliw eu7t, permanent
and a specific for dover all three of which
qualofes i't' 'this manure I ran prove
any man's satisfaction by a live minute's
walk over my premises. My first experi
ment with it was with corn on n dead old
field, the second year at the rate of 350
pounds per acie. It paid iu orn, clear,
I00 per ceut ;N in rye the second year, it
paid 150 percent; and f. oiu present pros
pects it will pay this year in clover lor
bay or soiling, 1 00 per cent., the clover
being very thick and nearly high enough
to mow, and. that, alter a corn crop, and
a rye crop, have been gotten from the
original phosphaliug two years ago. This
proves that it i- active, permanent, and a
specific for clover and if the clover sod
turned, will produce five bushels of corn
or two and a half bushels of wheat, and I
think it will double it without manure,
the bind will be bettered 500 per cent.; as
the first year did not produce more thau a
bushel of corn pur acre. I was sa pleas
ed wfth this experiment with Baugh's
Phosphate, that I have used it to the ex
tent of ray ability, and always with good
effect except on at: old field in oats the
first year, and then it paid 100 per cent in
clover the next year, while guano, tried
side by side, made but little oats and no
clover. I have also taken an agency for
the sale of this m mure, and will be glad
to furnish it at manufacturer's prices in
any quantity desired, but would never
use less than 300 pounds per acre oil grain,
or b-ss ,!h in 1,000 pounds for roots, and
j if I can possibly raiie the ready money to
get it it takes cash lsnall never put
any kind of seed in the ground without it,
or without stable manure.
ROBERT BINGHAM.
Mebancville, N. C, April 15th, 1860.
Great curiosity t woman wi
thout
!t.
MISCKLLA NEO US.
A SHOWER OF 8NAKB8.
Serpents by the Million The Prairie in
the Neighborhood, III , Literary Alirc
teith Reptiles The Greatest Smoke sto
ry on Record.
From the Illinois Kute Register, Jans 4 )
The great storm of last Friday night
will long be remembered ir. this State.
In addition to the details heretofore giv
eu, we have information from a reliable
citizeu of the great damage at Taylorville.
The storm burst in all its fury at that
place about dark, and the ruin fell in tor
rents. The electric storm presented the
same features as here. The wiad, how
ever, was more violent, and with Inter
missions blew in great strength from eve
ry direction. Several buildings were
damazed, and vnunir hickorv trees actu
nrHy twTinW trff rfy-Tfm
ing crops were prostrated by the wind.
and beateu into the ground by tbo rain
and hail. But the most singular phenom
enon, and one which was not vouchsafed
to any other community, was a shower of
snakes. We have heretofore read of show
ers of sand, of fish, and sometimes of flesh
bat never before of a shower of snakes ;
and yet we arc well assured that the phe
nomenon which occurred on last Friday
night can be described in no more fitting
terms.
Ou Saturday and Sunday last, every
ditch, brook, and pool on the prairie north
ofTaylorvIHe was alive with nondescript
creatures, which have been described to
us as beine: fr in one and a half to two
feet long, and of three fourths of an inch
to an inch in diameter. This diameter is
very slightly lessened at the head and tail.
The tail is flat, like that of an eel, bnt has
nncaudal fin ; indeed, there is no fin at
all The head is in shapo that of an eel,
but the mouth is that of a sucker. The
eyes are small, and the ears are simply
orifices. Immediately behind the head,
ou each side, is a flipper, like that of a
turtle, three-fourths of an inch to an inch
in. length, including the limb, which has a
perfect ly developed joir,t. In color, these
snakes, or whatever they are, are of a
dark hue.
The number of these creatures is be
yond all estimate. They swim in every
branch and puddle of water. Their mode
of progression, in addition to the tindula
tory motion of a snake in thewater, is by
&e. ttqe of the flipper describedabtive, and
with the head and a Ter frVttidr4r Mt
body above the surface, thus indicating
that the flippers are not absolutely essen
tial to motion. They are perfectly harm
less. Boys and men take thlem from the
pools in hundreds, and they are brought
to, town for inspection.
We are willing to admit that our knowl
edge of ichthyology is not sufficient to de
termine what they are. Eels have teeth,
are carnivcrons, and some species are very
voracious and belligerent. These crea
tures arj of the genius eveloptures, or
suckers, having no teeth, and are evident
ly unprepared for attack, and except by
flight, are defenceless. Furthermore they
have no fins and their flippers are only
adjuncts, and not their principal means of
progression. They are not serpents, as
they want fangs, either hooded or naked,
which invariably dis'.inguish the order of
ophidians.
We will not worry our readers with any
speculation on a subject confessedly be
yond our bnowledge. We aro promised
some specimens, which will be submitted
to naturalists of acknowleiged ability,
whose opinions we shall lay before the
public.
It is rfie universal testimony of all the
people of the country that no creature
anything like those was 'ever before seen
by them.' The size rendersit certain that
they have not been developed there, as it
is practically impossible that they could
bave grown to that siifrlritbottt baving
been 'seen. It is quite certain they were
never tbero before the storm, and it is al
most equally certaiu the storm brought
them there. This storm, which passed
over so large an extent of country, and
was so violent, undoubtedly gathered, as
do most of sUch s. onus, in the vast plains
of the northwest. It was a tornado, and,
in passing through the country, disturbed
the usual atmospheric and electrical con
ditions, so as to produce, in addition to
; In- central tornado in passing over some
lake or river in tlie immense unknown re
gion of the northwest, drew up water, and
with it these animals which are evidently
amphibious. The tornado then sped on
its mission of destruction, passing perhaps
miles above the earth, and occasionally,
as at Shipmhn, striking the earth. Near
Taylorville the central body of the storm
was dissipated, as is suown by the. fact
that the wind blew in gusts from all di
rections, and these creatures fell to the
earth to astonish the people, and perplex
the scientific.
Hon. Alex. H. Stephens, of Georgia, is
out in a letter in one of the Washington
papers in reply to some criticisms on his
history of the rebellion. He takes a
very gloomy view of thesituation, and ar
gues that we are drifting to consolidation
and empire. Nothing, he says, can pre
vent the final establishment of imperial
ism bnt a determined effort on the part of
the people to preserve free institutions.
The remedy, be says, is hot iu secession.
That was tried and found insufficient If
must be at the ballot box. He calls upon
the people pf the several States to serious
ly consider whether they will maintain
free institutions or accept imperialism.
NICELY CAUGHT.
At the masked firemen's ball in New
Orleans, week before1 last, a say and
handioma man, who had refussed to take
his wife to the ball on the plea of busi
ness, was much struck by a stranger, a
lady in a mask. Ou her be .exerted all
bis fascination.
"Oh, sir, you quit put me out with
your flattery. I suspect you are a mar
ried man," said the lady.
"No, indeed ; but I confess a willing
ness to get married since I bave I bad the
pleasure of seeing you," was the gallant
reply. I
"Indeed! but yon bave'nt seen my
face yet !"
"No ; but I know it is beautiful. The
exquisite grace that accompanies every
thing you do and tells me as much."
"Indeed!"
"f think so ; but you will no longer deny
that -satisfaction t .4W- 4- ajst.se-yov
lady, I am in love
"Indeed !"
"It is true. Uutil t met yon to-night
women have looked to me homely and
commonplace."
"Oh, you are jesting."
"Indeed, 1 am not."
"And you never loved any one be
fore t"
"Never t Your sex appeared to me al
ways deceitful, and my heart refused them
airaympatny ; out tor you x teel a pas
sionate attraction I bave no power or in
cliuntinn to resist "
"Can this be true t"
"It is, indeed."
"I am mad with impatience, since it
will be the only face my heart will ever
mirror, it has upon it no rival impres
sion."
"You are so persuasive 1 can no longer
deny the privilege look!" and the mack
was removed.
It was his wife.
"The devil!" said the discomfited
Benedict,, indulging in a prolonged whis
tle. "Oh no, my dear ; only the face that
has no rival impression on your heart ! "
"Say, Mary, let's call it square, and go
home."
And they went.
THE GREAT MYSTERY.
The body is to die ; so much is certain.
What lies beyond T No one who passes
the charmed boundary comes back to tell.
The imagination visits the realms of
the soul over me miow in
wings its its way wearily back,, with an
oil ve leaf in its beak as a token of emer
ging life beyond the closely bending hori
zon. The great sun comes and goes in
the heaven, yet breathes no secrect of the
ethereal wilderness; the crescent moon
cleaves her nightly passage across the
upper deep, but tosses overboard no mes
sages and displays no signals. The sen
tinel stars challenge each other as they
walk their nightly rounds, but we catch
uo syllable of their countersign which
gives passage to the heavenly camp.
Between ibis and the other life is a gieat
gulf fixed, across which neither eye nor
foot can travel. The gentle friend, whose
eyes we closed in tboir last sleep long
years ago, died with rapture iu ber wonder-stricken
eyes, a smile of ineffable joy
upon ber lips, and hands folded over a tri
umphant heart, but her lips were past
speech, and iutimated nothing of the vis
ion that ftiib railed ber.
"AND HE PASSED ON TO SHUN
, EM."
The words of my text, my bearars, you
will find in II Kings, chapter IV, verse
8, "And he passed on to Shunem."
Take to heart the lesson our text teach
es, and when temptations try von, and
evils, lie in wait to ensnare you, "pass on
te Shun 'em."
When you see men of wrath fighting
and breaking beads and sticks and hear
them cursing and swearing mind the
words of the text and "pass on to Shun
'em."
And oh ! my bearers if you should
come into one of our little towns and be
hold a row of little offices with tin signs
on the doors of each, and bear men talk
ing of attachments without affections, and
sequestrations without quiet ah, and
sette yours and never theirsah, about
eternally going to law ah, it will bo to
your profit to mind the words of the pro
phet, and "pass ou to Shun 'em."
And if you go round where the mer
chants are ah, and they rush out to shake
hands with yon, and are especially anx
ious to learn the condition of your wife's
health and the children's and the worms
and the crops, and offer to sell you a lit
tle bill of goods a good deal lower than
their cost, on account of their love for
you, and for cash ah "pass on to Shun
em." .
Mas
A BIG RAT KILLING.
We are informed by our friend Simeon
Waggoner, of Gibsunville, that he and
his neighbors killed 530 grown rata on
his premises in one day. This was a
slaughter worth talking about. Such a
number of rats would bave eaten many a
leas thrifty farmer of bouse and home.
Greensboro Patriot.
The Viceroy of Egypt is so much fright
lrd by the attempt lately made to assas-
enrd by tbe attemDt
sinate him iu his box at the Cairo Thea
tre, that he is said to have resolved to
take up his residence in Paris, and never
v to return to Egypt.
A WOMAN'S DREAMS.
She sat alone la the moonlight, ber
beautiful cheek retting upon ber ban i,
so soft and whits) and dimpled. You
could tell, as you looked at her, that her,
thoughts were far away, and that she was
thinking of something beautiful. Her
eyes were wistful ; ber llpe were softly
pressed together; the dimples in her
cheeks had died out, and only the dimple
in her chin remained, the little rosy cleft,
the impress of Love's finger. She was
leas glowing than at limes, but none the
less lovely. I thought to myself, as I
looked at ber, that she was neant
heaven than we coarser mortals, and I
lunged to know whither her pure heart
turned itself. I approached her; she did
not hear me. I spoke; she did not an
swer. I touched ber softly on the arm,;
sbe looked up and smiled, a far away
smile, such as an angel might ha yo gi ven.
ttYoa are""lliluk"ing my"lSSualjj' I
aid.
She answered, "Yes," in a subdued
tone of voice; as though that wkicb was
on her mind was too holy for discussiou
But I persisted.
"Will you tell me what your thoughts
were t" I asked.
Sbe shook her bead. "You eould not
understand." sho said.
"X could try," I said humbly. "I am
coarse and rude, I know, bat I could
strive to comprehend."
Sbe smiled sweetly, but still with that
faraway look in her dark eyes.
"No, not coarse," he said, "bnt you
are a man. It is so different with men;
were you a woman you would understand
it at once. Now perhaps, yon may smile,
may laugh at me. "
"Believe me, no" I whispered ; "I
adore the beautiful, the true, the pure.
Let mo know your sweet thoughts."
Sbe gave hor hand to me. "I will tell
you," she said. "I have thought of noth
ing else all day. Last night I lay awake
thinking of it. 1 am sure f most bo
right ; but if I am wrong, oh f if I am
wrong, Edgar, I tremble to think of it."
"You cannot be wrong," I said.
Sbe gave me ber other band.
"You think not 7" she said ; "ah ! but
you cannot be so good a judge as a worn
an. X think I believe "
"Yee, yes," I whispered, bending near
er ; "yeSj Angel ine."
"I am almost sure," she said, in ac
cents softer than the ripple of falling wa
ter, "almost sure, Edgar, tbe blue fnugs
will look better on my new walking suit
-U velvet. Don't you tbiuk
A WONDERFUL STORY.
Extraordinary Case A Mouse in a
Child's Stomach.
For a week past tbe daughter of Mr.
Walshauer, aged about three yeara, and
residing at the corner of Spain and Great
men street, complained of an itching ache
in the stomach, which she attributed to
her parents, as beine caused by ants.
This irritation lasted from that time until
half-past seven o'clock Thursday night,
when she was taken worse. The father
of the child, supposing that worms was
the cause of her illness, administered a
worm powder. About midnight she was
1 1 ken seriously ill, accompanied byj a cho
king sensation, and it was feared aba
would die from the effects, when she sud
denly vomited,- throwing up, among other
matter a live mouse, about an inch and a
half long, not including the tail, which
ub near iuu same icngiu. oi soon us
the young girl was relieved of tbe animal,
sbe immediately exclaimed to her anxious
parents, "Ob, mother, look, this is tbe
thing that baa been troubling me se much."
When we saw the child, Friday morning,
she was as well as could be, and romping
about tbe streets as a "gay sunflower.
The mouse which was so mysteriously
lodged in the child's stomach, was cap
tured by Mr. Albert Weilbacher, the drug
gist, corner of Spain and Greatmen streets
and preserved in alcohol, where tbe cu
rious, as well as skeptical, can examine it
at their leisure. How, when and where
the animal found its wsy down her throat
and bow it maintained life, is a matter at
conjecture. N. Y. Times.
DRY FRUIT.
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We hope every pound of fruit will be
dried this year that can possible be saved.
As au evidence of what perseverance will
do we will state that Mrs. Mary Chip
man, of the Deep River neighborhood,
with the assistance of a daughter and
grand-daughter, dried last yerr 2,000
pounds of fruit which she sold for about
$400 which save the labor, was free of
cost I Many a farmer works hard and
don't do halt SO well. It our county was
full of such energetic old ladies not a
berry, eherry, peach or apple would b
allowed to rot, but be turned into greoa
bncks Greensboro Patriot.
J. M. Moody, of Det Eoinfs, lows,
has in his dodrysrd an orange and lemon
tree, both of which have (rait now up.
them. One .lemon baa ripened, been gath
ered and devoured, and more axe nearly
ready The orange tree is full of half
formed fruit.
Instructions base bcenseot to Waswro
set tiers that they may only remove from
their claims under fear of hostility from
Indians, andjbew most rsaoms-tf4r f
denca directly K dr has cwmc4.
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