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BOBBITT, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 1 Square, f 3 iSijuart.j A $ 60i Ml I mil 11 oo 1& 00; IS 00 t 6 00 10 00 1 A 11.1 $10 00 fit 0 Hi OK 45 SO bi 00 40 do 100 Ml ISO u DO 6 00 00 io oo to no 86 CO is et 4 Niunreej H 'I'mn.l Wo 18 0O( M Oo PUBLISHED ITNr THIS II-TTEIIESTS OF METHODISM IN NORTH CAROLINA- i;ol'mn,l 1 Column. 40 Oo '.5 ao 100 90 K 00 W Wl lb 0i)' w wu,', CM vo Advertisements will be ehanred ones erv itM month, without additional charge. For .very other VOL. XIX. NO. 19. RALEIGH, K 0., WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1873. WHOLE NO. 967. Change thero wtll be an extra charge of twenty sent an inch. Twenty-five per cont. is aided Iu tho above rates for special notices Iu Local column. r : or THEN T Y - ' . o crejiaiuj eyes L- v.vtvt -ii t!i :r -. vt.( K'.iu'ies rise, ; . a.: iv..a?e Jear. ... gray, . .i Ou- .iowli. i-e :..!-. riamiwa learns ... vi r,r to.in ..i' ii Bui.m-r't:- ?'i:ht a winter's snow, .h- l.-.'i- ii'-iu lu-r jut - last ui''rownlng ia'!s, asd ::o.-r : Jxia jt-st, ,, r.-h cy -i vras the sU't .';:.!; fo-.ll J . ti.cy ? The h;i-; baii'l 7. a "round their s e. r ; sin of foreign land i..s ; : e -;. ;Ssj r'..:tt-eyed toys. . : were thorn-, :l:.i.i.r. -iv:id hie ii'ya iiiuiuer'i chair. .1; i each ire" known J'o m .- ;c ecaset s'.c-w : :U-h!3 up the home year :'i"0. : . ior Years nfrr "v rhud.'a a ErdVe r ..C-.1-' Thi. evening itar i? r.;:.:h wave .-"a: f.r aye re they rr j 'ueV.S thy rouf; Ij i t2y obey r. a:rr. i.o-i'. i hiir; f.-J pryei- .11 y i: t i--.it sLo y. .-ii5::-0 Co-'"'.- Jourirl. For ite Advocate. M:. II ;:oi:: I f?m on my second :.u:;d oi t! sarkiiy Conferences, and :: ,.il'.uus ixic great pleasure to report CLnrcL, at e.c-ry tppoiufinsiit iu :.c District, c& ri:ng ground. The :-r.-thren era at tbeir pests, vroiking ke uifca oi CoJ Tfiio expected to see M-n, L."iviT;-. A noblsr set of .LkUiodlsi ric-dchers were never Land cl ;ogfc'.iier ia a District. Many of Hhe laja-D, also, taanifeat a commend 'able z?ai u.n J liberality for tee pros t -.-ri v oi Z : n. ; S :-2ic- iu" c'rui cues have been built ; 'o.L::3 ar? iai-lly advancing towards -cisid.-uon, and quite a number have ikes ic;a'iid. Several parsonages arecc i:& civ to completion. Suit- -Us en i j-.sdicioii3 arrangements bave C;o brer: tigde tor famishing them. A-ii all Li:- l.-oaa done- fitLout a&Iring fo: a cLUar o'.iUiile of ih9 District. WLilbt tie tk'e of prosperity, in the sm-.l37 school department, ia not at 'h 5jJ. ;vc car. fr it is risinq. Some K-lyjli tf;i -.iiiif:-io, hayo gone into :'iL"'.r y.-.t-iKris.' gave no vacation the I'--' v:t:.r. Uiiion scliools are about -lert-j a:.::.: g ;he things that rrere. "urefore cur t-n literature, aa the -i'lit, nic-rc extensively used than "t any tirae ince I Lave been on the k-'-trlfcS. Iz'l what charcb has a lit tra?are sere suitably adapted to the nad ally edited, than ours ? fliers is tLc-re a better paper for 'cliildren thaa tl Sunday School Vis- ,:ir- A grasdor eystem than the Uni f jrai Less'.Lb, so wisely gotten up by ir. H-rgood 'i Hay the richest bene--:cuoi;3 of Heaven rest upon him iht.t he labors with so much energy -1 so .seiipturi.liy for the religious tlaeatioa of the children. meetings, in many places, are revived fcitli the happiest re ti.ta. El-u fj arc being made to ren ,r CLurcL Conferences more inter- tit;- 1 1 profitable. The Quarterly tfc-reccus aro, also, better attended ): its members. Some interesting P'-i profitable meetings have been T,e Lve had 'refreshings from filVcr. r.f 4lii TnvV of. enma ff Q uarterly Conf erences. 1 am jast from Concord elation Ure tho 'arm of the Lord was made ir& ia the awaking and saving of precis as 3-ouis. Seven were re- into the church on the Sab- v-a. lie rneet?ig wa3 protracted. 'fj. Nelson, from Mt. Tleasant cir- v?a with us part of the timo,and 'sored ia wor(j ani doctrine, as a f'X'i.uxVi that needeth not be iir. Edi or, I mast be allowed to Ji that I bslievo the church at Con- ia aojiing with as much judg-l-at, encrgv and liberality to build a Crst-class station, as any charge l"& bounds of the Conference. utJ are uot wealthy, but liberal 'at do you think of a man of ordi- -irJ raeana paying the past year one -wired and sixty dollars for the Bup oi the ministry ? Others paid as orally according to their ubilitv. iiey bought a parsonage for which fcy will have to uav between sixteen - u J JfcU'. The station is loval to.and u'eply interested in all theeuternrises the Cy;if.jreDce, but cannot do if rtQj thing, for them befjre lire. Brutoa ia laboring almost !( i: day and night for hia people, and his 'labors are not in vain in the Lord.' The church, at Monroe, has let out a contract for a new church, which wiil cost them between $3,000 $1,000. The District Conference is to be held here. "We expect to have you and others with us? Ansonviile Ccllege, located in the bounds of the District, is doing well. A noble eon of Trinity, Rev. J. R. Taekcr, is Tresident. He is duly and truly prepared, worthy and well qual ified. He is assisted by an efficient corps of teachers. There are over a hundred pupils in attendance. The temperance cause ia also re ceiviag attention from preachers and people. Several councils of the Friends of Temperance, and Lodges of the Good Templars have been or ganized. Some Bar Rooms have been dosed. We are rallying oar forces in every department, and pressing the enemy to the wal1, that we may 'spread Scriptural Holiness over the&e lands.' Fraternally, &c, W. S. Black. April 21th, 1S73. For the Advocate. Mr. Eiutor: Having seen nothing in the Advocate this year concerning us on the Everettsville circuit, I have concluded that perhaps it wou'd not be greatly out of place for me to ad dress you a few lines relative to our affairs. A week or two ago, our second Quarterly Meeting was held. The re cently appointed Elder to the Naw bern District, Rev. R. O. Burton, was present and preached with clearness and fores. While we regret to part with our esteemed Presiding Elder, Rsv. J. P. Moore, we fully believe his successor wiil make us an active, use ful, and an t-ulcic-iic Elder. Our preacher in charge, Rev. J. F. Keen, is meeting the appointments regularly and promptly, and preach ing with zeal and acceptability. We are contemplating some chan ges and improvements in the way of church edifices. Our old church, Providence, the oldest cn the circuit, like the people of its vicinity, was completely stripped (nothing being left but the frame) by the desolating hand of the war. When it was proposed to repair it, it was thought that it could be more conveniently located, so it was moved, and but partially repaired. For the last two or three years, earnest wishes have been continually expressed that it could be moved again to a point still more central. I now think that it is quite likely that these wishes will be consummated as coon as crops are through with. There is some agitation of the question of moving the church at E7vrettsvill3 down to Mount Olive. Whether this will be done or a new church erected there, has not fully ripened in the mind3 of those con ceded. A new church building i3 needed at Falling Creek, and has been talked of for several years. The people of that community are well able to erect a good church if they woald but make the effort. En terprises long talked of, sometimes enlist the hearts of the people, then are soon brought to completion. We hope this may be the case at Fall ing Creek, and that a church will rise up there worthy of the wealth, intel ligence and Christian spirit of the community. 1 think that our circuit might be improved and benefitted by a good temperance organization or two. I wish some dauntless hero and moral reformer would buckle on his armor and rush into "the field, white already to harvest," and see if something could be done to arrest the maddened hand of intemperance that deals forth its blighting strokes of evil and misery around us, I think that an effoit would meet with good success and ac complish much good. Our circuit ha3 unfortunately lost considerable strength by the removal from among us to other places of sev eral prominent and loading men, men that devised and did liberal things for the church. We feel and deplore our loss, and pray that God, the great Head of the church, may more than remunerate our loss by raising up others and clothing them with the spirit of devotion and sacri fice, and greatly enlarging this spirit upon the entire circuit. The warm and genial sun of lovely Spring i3 bringing our Sunday schools from their dormant state in "winter quarters," into active, useful, and en ergetic operation. If Satan s reign and kingdom are ever to be overthrown and destroyed, and the world placed at the foot of the Cross, subjugated and saved, the work that will most contribn'c thi3 grand and glorious result is the patient, fiithful, Sabbath school training ot the rising race. The year has opened upon us with a smiling and an auspicious face; we look up and take courage to faith and prayer, and trust that before the Con ference year shall close we wiil see the saying hand of God revealed at every appointment, gathering into tho fold of hi3 church, from Satan's grasp, and the world's delusion, ecorea of pre cious and immortal souls. J. T. B. Dudley, April 26th, 1S73. For the Advocate. MISSIONS AOAIA. Dear Bro. Bobbitt: I gladly ifitness the interest manifested in the subject of missions, excited by my articles, even if I am gently reproved and cor rected by your correspondents. Bro. Butt has come forward in a stirring article in reply to me. I wish only to say tj him, and to all concerned, that my article certainly was not intended to reflect on any of the brethren who have dene missionary work. The ac tide was intended to correct a poir plan of missionary operations. Not a word was said about brother Norman or brother Ealtorn. A BUggestiou was made that no appropriations be made for one year, and a strong effort be made to raise an amount sufficient to pay in advance a salary that wou'd justify sending their very best men ito missions, and to make appropriations for a limited lime. If circuits or sta tions could not be formed in t hat time to discontinue the mission and try Other fields. I made no suggestions as to toho are the best men. If I had the selecting the men myself, I do not know but that the brethren named might be my first choice. Or brother Butt might be selected. I certainly did not say who would be. Brother Butt opposes the suggestion to discontinue appropriations for one year by illustrations so farfetched that I shall not notice them now, but simply say that it is a mere matter of opinion as to the propriety or impro priety of sending man on missions with a nominal appropriation, subject to all the uncertainties of future col lections. He thinks it best to do eo, and I think otherwise. But brother Butt nay9 the preach ers are all to blame for the meagre support of missionaries. He tells his readers how the?e col lections are raised, and how the col lections are damaged by the speeches. Whether brother Butt is correct or not, I dare not say. I have never b9en present at all the collections, and I have not been informed as to what kind of epeeches the brethren make. If brother Butt has, he speaks know ingly; if not, he may have misrepresented-some of the good brethren by putting before the public for them speeches which they never made. Brother Butt gives us an example oi success from Virginia. We used to have good collectors here in North Carolina too. I im agine from the mission statistics cf the Virginia Conference, that the won derful succes- of this brother who col lected $700,00 one year, and then $1200.00 another year must have been prior to 18G5. If so, it does not ap ply to the present tirne3 with quite so much fprce. We are embarrassed financially. Our ministers in many instances are not supported, and when this is the case, the collections cannot be large. No man can be expected to give the subject of missions the preference over his own claim and the claim of the Presiding Elders and the Bish ops. Nor should he give it the prefer ence over our superannuated minis ters, and the widows and orphans of ministers who have died in the travel ing connection. I concur with brother Bu't in the opinion that much more can be done than is done for the cause of missions. I again say, let the subject be thor oughly dis sussed, and lot U3 try to improve our missionary work. P. J. Cartcaway. Louisburg, N. C, April 25 th, 1873. A SIVEERIXCJ THRUST AT J1ETHODIS5I ANSWERED. At the close of a lecture in New Haven a few days since.by Mr. Beech -er, Rev. Leonard Bacon, D. D., in some remarks concerning the choice of a pastorate, said he 'thought a young man should put himself in the hands of God in deciding this point, and if unable to take care of himself he should take refuge in some Metho dist Conference, and have his course directed for him.' This unfraternal and contemptible tVinmt. at trio itinerant svatain of Meth odism was answered bv Mr. Beecher thus: 'No system can answer in the place of the Hetnochsts in the west. No other can take such men, and make of them such ministers. They are taken often from the p'.owo and the flail, unable sometimes to speak En glish correctly, and they are sent out to grind against men. xney grow by t.h nmfiesa into better men. Indeed. tho oiilv way by which men are made is by working on otner men. ' iv. i Advocate. From tho Lou'svillo Mi-dical Journal. KY B. H. HA!U;tur, M. I. . Modicul .iiid G?m:ral Sclcnye as Vindicators if Ue Mosnic Rt-eoiil, and aa Ropudiators of the Modem Docilities of Development and Seldction. (COXTISCFD.) It is but little more than thsu thir ty years sine? that iho Sch wann appliuJ to the animal creation all of the law3 which Sehloidca had made known through the medium of his writings on tho origin and growth of vegetable ceils. Schwann asserted tiiit aii animal tissue.? are actually produced from cells, and that the ag gregate of cells and cell-growth consti tute, in rea-ity, organised bodies. The origin of ih'j ccli3 ho ascribed to the operation of certain laws, in obedience to which, from any organic fluid, there waa formed a structureless nest or blastema or eyto -blastema; in this there appeared a point, or nucleus, or aecleclas, which ccu-itituted the initial point of organization. This nucleus or nucleolus attracted other matter, and tnid matter, becoming more and more condensed, arranged itself in the form of a mcmbrarie; to this membrane, o a spherical shapa, ho gave the name of call wall; and to the Uttle body, as a whole, the name of cell. Tiiis mode of cell-formation was by a species of cvystalizition or aggregation of organic material. These ceils increased; fiivt, by division (lis eiparalion); second, by budding (gem mation;, one cell giving oil shoots or bude, forming a series of col's; th' 'd, by the parent cell producing WiiMo. itself a series ui eollb (endogenous multiplication). To any of these methods the term proliferation was applied. It will be fcca thai this free-formation ieaihieg of Schwann was nothing more nor less than that of 'spontaneous generation;' the most unquestioned materialism, and a de nial of all the laws of special creation. This teaching, so daugcrous, was at once accepted and generally promul gated until 1853, wlicn Mr.' Huxley claiiiisdj with great force, that cells are but tho results of vitP-l organiza tion, aad not the comm. This virtual ly was to depiive atheism or material ism of its strongest argument; it was to eject it 'rem it s stronghold. It was to make cells and cell growth but a manifestation of a lining force else where derived; the fjf spring, and not the author of life. Mr. Huxley's writ ings were acknowledged to bo mas terly, and exsreised groat infiaence upon the scientific nind, until the great German, Vircho.v, oame to the aid of his countrymen. According to Virchow fid his follow era, all nature was but- tho aggrega'ion of cells While bringing masterly arguments to sustain Schwann in this rer-peefc, he rejected the materialistic teachings of Schwann in regard to 'tho free forma tion' cf cells, or 'spontaneous genera tion.' According to Virchow, every cell must spring from a cell, omnis cellul e cellula. This v:as fully ac knowledging the whole claim of original creation, inasmuch as if every cell springs from a cell, the original cell must have been created. Could this teaching have remained unquestioned, science would have contributed her quota to the verification of the divine lesson; but there was but a brief in terim of rest before R .bin and his French adherents denied the truth of the assertions of both Kaxley's follow ers and the advocites of the modern German school. The French school became clamorous advocates of a still different teaching viz., that the synthesis of proximate principles re sulted in 'spontaneous generation.' It may be said that this was the original teaching of Schwann, but io differed from it in this respect, that though both admitted the doctrine of 'spon taneous generation,' Schwann regard ed organized bodies as a federation of cells, while the modern French school claimed that cells, if originally present, disappeared, giving place to tissues. This system was dignified with the ap pellation of 'birth by substitution.' It was at this period of confusion and dauger that Dr. Beale, by his im proved mieroscopo and his wonderful efficiency in the use of this instru ment, made those bcautiinl discoveries which have given to the scientiGc world, order, beauty, facts, and har mony, in exchange f jr discrepancy, irregularity, theory, and bewildering chaos. Since his patient and efficient study cf cell -origin, cell-formation, and cell -growth, t he whole subject has been simplified; dangerous and illusive theories have been dispelled, and a broad substratum of truth has been established, upon which is built the beautiful superstructure of scien tific progress and moral harmony. Bealo, aa the ietuU. of his investiga tions, discards the classic names of nucleolus, nucleus, cell-contents, cell wall, etc., etc., and limits the elements of the histogenetic problem to two substances only; these being called by him 'germinal matter and 'formed material.' According to Beale's discoveries,. the:r is nowhere to be found those bodies which Darwin is now makirg so notorious, the 'primordial forms;' and if there be not those primordial forma, the ingenious superstr j-iure that Darwin has erected, upon the as sumed developments from 'primordial forms becomes 'as the baseless fabric cf a vision, which vanishes and leaves not a wreck behind." According to Beale, instead of there being primordial forms, or eel's, or bodies, there is fi"st a clear fluid, the 'germinal matter;' next in order, IHtle granales appear; these now coalesce; then growing larger, they become minute masses, showiag molecular motion. Next, htile currents are seen, under the micros jope, moving to and from the centre of each Utile mass, and there is establi&hed centrifugal accre tion, or accretion Irom centre to cir cumference. In this manner i3 form ed the elementary bodies termed cells, which, in their aggregate accumula tion, constitute the bodies of the ani mal and vegetable world. Beale has designated these little vital currents by a somewhat poetic yet appropriate and beautiful name; he terms them 'the first dawn of vitality.' Soma pretend to see, ia this teach ing, an 'nsidious form of materialism. They charge that it is an admission of the truth of the old dogma 'spontane ous generation.' Thore is no reason or justice, however, in these charges, for Beale distinctly states, that 'ger minal matter must spring from pre exis' ing germinal matter,' and then be perpetuated by the agencies of vi tal nutrition. Life will not, ho f;ays, be manifested in an inorganic fluid; thi3 grand phenomenon is only made apparent where tho fluid, 'the germi nal matter,' is organic; where bfc al ready exists; where Ine laics of crea-'io.i are already and fully in existence These discoveries are the death-blow to that monstrous myth 'spontaneous gener ation,' with all of the hideous teach ings which have sprung from th6 atheistical mind of the mono maniacal materialist. (to be continued.) STOfEY OF A STAGE DRIVER. I onco knew a man who, now in wealth, wa3 once a stage driver, of whom I will hero relate an incident : He was striving to make a connec i ion for the sake of a large lead of passengers which he was carrying and ho broke down not far from the dwell ing of an old curmudgeon. The dri ver went to borrow his lumber wagon to take his passengers on with. Tho man was absent from home, and his wiie refused to lend the wagon. 'You are perfectly right, madam,' said the driver, 'but I must have it. I shall take it, and Bettie with your hus band for it when he returns.' He took it, and brought it back in good order. When he came to settSe for it, the man met him full of anger end thunderous with rage. After some expostulations, he said: I have come to settle with you for the wagon.' 'Well, you shall,' Baid the man. What shall I pay you for the use of it an hour or two ?' 'You shall pay me $50.' He made no objection to the charge, handed the man $50, shook hands in the best goodnature, and then mount ed his coach and rode off, his passen gers protesting against his yieldiDg to such an exorbitant demand. Two or three weeks afterward he found this mm hanging around his boarding-place, and said to him : Good morning, sir.' Said the man, 'I came to see you about that wagon.' 'I thought I paid your for it. How much do you want ?' That money has burned me ever since I took it from you. Here's your $501 can't keep it.' It was with difficulty that he could be made to take $3 a fair price for his wagon. When the neighbors heard this story, aad looked at the affair from beginning to end, tbey said; 'Was it not the best way after all ? Was it not beautifol ?' THE FIRST PURCHASE There is now a young man doing a flourishing business iu Massachusetts, whose boyhood was adorned by the following act: He was reared in pov erty, and was early instructed to save his money. This he did with extreme care until he had enough to pay for a Bible, when he laid it out for this Book of books. As fast as he acquired the means he purchased other vol umes, and read them over with the deepest interest. He grew up a model young man, and has been pursuing a successful business for some years Although a young man now, he is yet the possessor of much property. If he had spent the first twenty-five cents he possessed for a visit to the theatre, or t,ome other pleasure, he might have baen a miserable spendthrift now, with out wealth or character. Selected About Suspenders. When I waa a well grown boy, be ing away from home for a vacation, I very naturally broke one of my sus penders. I immediately took posses sion of an extra pair that my father was using for another purpose, with out so much as saying, 'by your leave.' When he discovered it, ho bade me to return them to their former use. He then added, 'I do not like to have you take possession of my things in this arbitrary way. It has already bred a bad habit in you. But I know that you need suspenders, and you can have them when you are willing to ask for them.' But I had long cultivated a false in dependence, and refused to ask prop erly for things I needed. I had fixed on a way of my own for getting help ed at table, and instead of asking for things with an expression of thank-?, I had resolved that a statement of my wants, as I would like some butter,' was as far as I could biiag myself to go- I could not, therefore, ask for sus penders, and contented myself with the remaining one. I assure you, it was a great annoyance to me to have my pants hung on me in tnat lopsided manner, and a great grief to my falher that I should be oo obstinate. About five weeks after this, mv father had a plain talk with me about my folly, his anxiety to give me what I needed, and the wretched habit I was strengthening. He told me it would prevent my getting things from God; for they couid only be had by asking for them. I frankly told him I hated to give in after I had held out so long. He osly said, it was easier than after I had held out longer. Still, I was not ready. And as my one Euepender was tearing off the top of my trousers, I change I it over to the other button. Father said I could not be allowed to tear my clothes in that manner, and sent me to get a tow-string for another BUBpender. It cut my shoulder eo bad for a week that I brought my3eif to say, when bo had given me some money for another purpose, 'I am Bick of wearing these old strings, and I think it high time I had some decent suspenders. Can't I trko this money and get some?' He Bimply said, 'You kao you can havo them, when you frankly and squarely ask for them. Bat you know that this hinting in a roundabout way ia not what is required.' Then I got mad, and declared it was a mean shame, that I was an abased boy, and other sputtering3 of wrath that were in accordance with my state of temper. About this time it became necessary to buy me a new suit of clothes. And I gave myself and my father tha im mense chagrin of trying tneai on bo ore the dealer, with those old strings over my back. I tried my best to con ceal them, but it was with doubtful success. I felt like the boy wi:h the fox under his cloak. I tried to keep my face straight, bat it gnawed my very vitals. Finally, I went to fafher when he was asleep, and said, 'Father.' He opened his eyes and said, 'Well?' 'I would like some suspenders,' said I. He paused a moment, and then said, 'I think you might have phrased that request better, but you will find a pair in that upper drawer.' I went to it, and took out a nice new pair th&t had been lying there nearly all the lime that I had been sawing my shoulder with those old strings. I felt heartily ashamed of myself. He had the thing I wanted all ready provided, was anxiou? I should enjoy it, grieved over my loss of comfort and temper, while I was keeping him and myself out of a pleas ure. I have since learned that God has blessings all ready provided , all sorts of suspenders. Ho yearns to give them to us, is sorry for our toiling atsd hurts; but we go on sawing our shoul ders, tearing our tempei-3, losing in finite blessings, bearing infinite bur dens, and grieving our Father, all because we will not ask for suspen ders. Zion's Herald. Value of Hickory A correspondent af the Stanton Spectator, who has been attracted by the wanton waste of hickory as an ar ticle, of fuel, says that "a cord of this kind of wood, iistead of bringing to the owner four or five dollars for fuel, if converted into axehandles or spokes for carr age -wheels, or other useful purpose might have b:en worth pro bably forty or fifty dollars. These, too, are articles for which there is a con stant demand among our people. You can hardly go into a store in the town or country where such articles are Bold without seeing large bundles of handles, spokes, &c, offered for tale. Why," he asks, 'should they not bo made here? Why should not the hick ory wood of oar own neighborhood be ,1 otroilnhla for tho Hiinnlv at tho I h i mhwv. 1 wants of our own people t w u 7 should not our ows. people pocket the profits of this branch ot manufacture?' SOME FlTJrY EPITAPHS. A book just published gives a batch of fipitaphs copied from old tombstones Here is one on Mr. Pepper, a Pub lican, at St. John's Stamford, Lincoln shire: "Hot bj name, but mild by uature. Ho brew'd god ale for .veiy cn aluro; He brew'd god ale and sola it too, And unto each man gave his due." The following wretched effusion of ghastly puns ia from Hackney church yard to the memory of Peter S iller: "As still aa death pour l'ettr lies, And Stiller when alive was he; Slii! not without a hope to rise, ThouffU Stiller then he (till will be. " In Doneat-ter Churchyard is this couplet: Ileie Ilea 2 Brothers by lolfurtin scronnded, One dj'd of his wouivIb fc d other ira drownded- The following lines a-e over the re mains of Robert Trollup, architect of tfie Exchange and Iowa Hull at New Caslle, England: "Here HeB Robort Trollop, Who made yen stones roll up. When doa.u took his soul up, n:s body filled this hoio up. In Oxfordshire, the following lines appear on a headstone: "Here lies the body of John Kldred, At least he will be here when ho is head. Hut now at this moiri-ut he is alive The fourteenth of August, Bixty-flvo. Iu the the churchyard of St. Jchn'e in the old city of Chester, the follow iag lines are conmemmorative of one Sarah Booth: "A Rood wife, a tender mother. It were hard to flnd out such another; la love she lived iu peace she died, And when Gol called the was not domed." On the tomb of a smuggler killed by the Excise Officers, is the follow ing: "Here I lies K lled by XII." Over the tcmb of a man and wife, whose married life was somewhat con tentious. is the following expressive and comprehensive line: 'Thy iare Is accomplished," From a tombstone near London, the following lines aro taken: "Here lies tiie body of Ntncy H. Gwyn, Who was 60 very true within She t.rmt her outer shell of sin And hatched herself a cherabld." As an illustration of the exige ncies of rhyme, an English writer cites the following epitaph from a tombstone at Manchester: "Here lies, alas I inore'g the pity, All that remains of Nicholas Newcity." N. B. Ilia name v.-is Newtown. Bat the English epitaphs find more than their match in American grave yards. In a churchyard near Hart ford, Conn., is the following : "Here lies two babies, so dead as nits; Dc Lord ho kilt dem mlt h's ague fits. When dey was too good to live mlt me, He took dem up to to live mit no. So Ho did." On a tombstone erected over the body of a young lady in Dorchester, Mass., is the following: On the 2ls1 of Marh God's a-igi'is made a ?arehe. Around the do.ir they stood: They took a maid, It is said, And cut her down like wood." Near Sau Diego, California, a tomb stone inscription thus reads: "This yore le sakrid to the memory of William Hen ry SharakcB: who cairn to hia dcth by beln saot by Colt's revolver one of the old kind, bras, mounted and Of stitch is the kingdom of heavin." The following comes from Ohio: "Under this sod And under these trees Lieth the bod- y of Solomon Pease. He's not in this hole, But only bis pod: He pbelled out bis soul And went to his God." An inscription on a tombstone in East Tennessee concludes thus: ''She lived a life of virtue and .died of the cholera morbus, caused by eating green fruit, in the hope of a blessed immortality, at the early aje of 21 years. 7 months and 10 days. Reader go thou and do likewise. The following, which is suggestive to coffee drinkers, is from a tombstone in Connecticut: "Here lies cut down like unripe fruit. The wife of Deacon Amos Snute: She died of drinking toe much coffee, Anna Dotsioy eighteen forty." A tombstone in Texas has the fol lowing inscription: "lie remained to the last a decided (V end and tup porter of Democratic principles and measures. Blessed are the dead whodie in the Lord." The following is from a cemetery in Maine, and was erected by the widow: Sacred to tho menortr of James II. R m. who died Aug- the 6th IS00. His widow who mourns as one who can be comforted, agd 45. and possessing eveiy nual fication for a roou wife, lives at street in this Til age. Eastern North Carolina contributes the following to the list. It is of a lit tle finer flavor than most of those giv en above. The words were inscribed on a tombstone, erected by a devoted husband to the memory of his affec tionate spouse: "To my beloved wife: Tears rannot restore her. Therefore I weep." EARLY OIVI3U--A TOUCHING INCIDENT. Rev. G. M. Edgar, in a letter to the Wex'ern Advocate concerning the dedi cation of the new M. E. Church at Russellville, Brown county, Ohio, tells the following: "While the men were breaking stone in the foundation, a little boy named , who was only six years old, whose arm had been broken, and was at the tune in a Bling, came with a little wagon-load of stone that he had gathered about streets, and said, 'I would like to nave an in tere3t in this church.' Consent was given, and he dumped the load, and continued to naul, until it is supposeu he put fully a two horse load of stone into the foundation. On the day of dedication he subscribed five dollars, and on the morning following brought his money to the class -leader." N. Y. Advocate. U RITINCi FOR TIIE PRESS. Wc commend to certain of our cor responds the following direction! from that accomplished verleran ol the pjess, Rev. Dr. Summer: A correspondent want us to state how to write for the press. That ia not eo eay to do. We may Bay, how- over, tnat it would be well to practice writing for a considerable time be fore you send any thhag to the prin ter. Study some work tm Composi tion, e. ., Quackenbos, and the Art of Printing, published bv our llout-n. Keep a Dictionary on hand, and re- ler to it of. en. When yoa have some thing of importance to write about, write it on one ride of the nheoL with black ink, in good-eizod, legible char- ac'ers, as the editor's eyes aro of some value to him, and the printer's time is Lis money, and ha ourrht nnl to hi defrauded. Choose a publial e: to wnose issues your writincs are adapted. If y0U send him book. manuscript, request him to return it by express, at your expense, if he does not wish to publish it; if it be a contribution to a periodical, keep a copy if you wish it, in case the edi tor should decline your favor. Edi tors aro Bomotimes very dull they do not always see ihe merits of a man. cscript as the writer sees them. It is common law among editors not to return manuscript. We need cot say that you should aim at brevity avoid long introduction, and expletive observations. If you havo any thing to say, say it as Boon as posible, and let there be an end of it. Clothing on Tire. The frequent terrible deaths from clothes taking fire should lead all per sans to remember the followiug meth. od of extinguishing such firo?, as giv en by the Scientific American'. 'Three persons oat of four would rush right up to the burning individ ual and begia to paw with their hands without any dofinite aim. It is use less to toll tho victim to do this or that, or call for water. In fact, it is generally best not to say a word, but seize a blanket from the bed or any woolen fabric if none is at hand, take any wooleu material hold tho corners ai far apart as you can, stretch out higher than your head, and running boldly to the person, make a motion of clasping in the arms, mostly about tho shoulders. This instantly smoth ers the firo and saves the face. The next instant throw the person on the floor. This in an additional safety to the face and breath, and any rem nant of fame can be put oat more lei nrely. The next instant imraorso the burnt part in cold water, and all pain will ccaso with the rapidiiy of light ning. Next got some common Hoar, removo from the water, and cover the burnt parts with an inch of thickness of flour; if possible, put the patient to bed, and do all that is possble to soothe until tho physician arrives. Let the flour, remain until it falls off itself, when a beautiful new skin can be found. Unless the burns are deep no other application is needed. The dry flour for burns is the most admi rable remedy ever proposed, and Ihe information ought to be imparted to all. The principal of its action that, like water, it causes instant and perfect relief from pain by totally ex cluding all the air from the injured parts. How to Begin am Article fok Pen lication. A great many people two, apt to hit upon happy ideas in society and when they go homo they write out for publication, and most of these good folks know how hard it is to be gin an article satisfactorily. A word to them : Commence with your very finest writing and most beautifully rounded sentences. Introduce yoar subject iu your most elaborate Btyle; be poetical, rhetorical, didactic, as your mode may be, and when you think fit, gradualy drop into tho dis cussion of the Bubjoct matter. When the article is finished, begin at the opening sentence, and read it until you find you have commenced to eay something to the point. Stop at this place; strike out everything baforo it, and let your article begin just there Yoa will then probably find that it opens well, and that by collecting all your labored composition in one place where it can be readily stricken out you will have saved yourself all the trouble ILat would have been neces sary had it been scattered through the artie'e but never write on both sides of the sheet. Frank It. Stockton, in Scribncr'a forMay. Guard against reading too macb or too rapidly. RealreUher with atten tion, lay the book often dowu.impreia on your mind what joa have read and rtflict upon it. Let-rosy etill prevails to an alarm, ing extent in the Sand which Ishm U. TLe doctors can fiui no rotnody. Tne lepers are isolated and lire in large communities by themselves, under rigid laws of exclusion from oJaer mortals.