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ST. A.T.I3A1STS, VT., FRIDAY, MA.TCCT-I 24-, 1865.
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THE SHIP OF STATE.
lit s. a. w.
AH rands w dock I" Quick, wo can hco
X!k foaming breakers rif.o,
A. 1 hie a pall tlio nazy ciounn
Hang fr"m the darkening nkios.
jc iww the proud tdiip strides above
inch heaMiig billow past;
Work with a hearty will and we'll
Outndo the storm at last.
0 hear the mighty tlmbors creak,
Liattothc (lapping Bail,
Weiilc through tho lofty rigging Bhriok
The thunders of tho gale.
tp mm, for high above tlio storm
Thptlagwdoaling still;
Sound to the mast-head, which was hewn
la blood at Hunker Hill.
si Mid by the Ship," it is no lirao
f jr idle murmuring now,
, tunc f"r mutiny when rocks
lr urn at tho Teasel's prow;
Siaii'l ''J tho wheel, loosen tho ropes,
S i tr e the tattered sail,
.- . pv tt. rrA in paha I tin miirv
a w 11 imtrido tho galo.
W k nub a will. These might? planks
Ac i timlxTs must not part;
l ti latin rs wi lueu mom wuii prayers
i'r mi many a broken heart;
1 Au hands on deck." Work with a will
Ai. 1 ni rgy tdl morn;
Vr r a!) aboard, for life or death,
And w mint cheat tho storm. ,
( 'urns, VI.
Prcss-Gangs and Poison.
ins inn l nitofreinnr n. Htorv 01
. til l.-f Tt. .'
' I1I1I1 IL 1I11LI1I1 IE. frilllll lll'lll til
If hc-rn tt tlio i imn nn T rnmnmhfr.
ugh I was only a lad; but you boo
crowncrs quest set nil things
t. nmi nftar fhnf if. wna tin iica
iiig furtlicr questions It must bo
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eatC'l, half closing his oyos mul
Sllli' as MIS mttlrl fi-ovilllnil rt-n-lin
i- which had brought so ninny
nta even to that quiet littlo vil
c - "that nu old seafaring man
j called Cnpt. Moredith lived at
t (l.r.1 ; 1 1 11..
w I W.t;MM 1.1
i might sco tho spot from tho
i boon pulled down sinco then
dl, ho might have been a captain or
i l ijii!li'iiii in Rnv u. ia nnr-
ho had a bit of monov nut bv and
4 "mJ f v uua.
t'U
comfortably enoueh. Somo said
i "m
had been in tho smueclinc trade
u uou t mucu matter: lie was
1 reapoctcd, and though ho had no
M rinr l.n I.- .1 1 It
6 v u uuuuuiur. as avus
AH 1 tin.. 1 11. II f
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111 ..! . 1 ....
-j v t DLlillll'll Ill'llf'lll llll YVJIVI I
".cmuor nun; a littlo bandy-Io'god
I'wim red hair, and tho weonlo
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' can mm "JJoctor.
iaa 110 fl BlirrrnriTi V T
" t) l .UUU J. 1U1U1'
A goinsr to tell von. TTn lmd
prwiHcea to a chemist in Dovon
1. WA tin a 1 . 11 I .n
uouu io can it "iJocii in
j s i anu auor ma timo was
ho had boon stonnincr wifli bis
UlCr to taliO caro nf linr. nr iinrlinnn
'ii
n tuumn i nim a situation
fi i . ..
v i iiiuiauu. xuo OKI WIUOW
put eomethiiif? bv.I
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UI Iinrl hnn.. 1 1 1 i
fn fl i - -
-v wjuuii camo to loago tuoro
II Inn .1 1 1 .... -
at tho ton of tho honsn. wli
ht would bo sooii burning at a
- "Kiifc wiion ail Honour, fnUrs
Ollld bo out nil rnrlif n.l l.n
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.Hunting wim ma arms
I WOClls and nlnnta xuliinl. i,
- mau nil KT.fil VU infA Ia
8op, as thov called it "
Ah, a botanist," I romarkod.
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"vu'uw ttuout tliat" replied
mend, slightly puzzled, s "but tho
Ploeaid ho made piaon out of tlmm.
- -v. ";u wnon I'aul was nnsa nr
blnnL--.:il.i n . i.e.
, mo uog ran out and
'"m, and tho next
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- uiiu inin n miia Ar l i .
, " -ui uruau, anu
uog was dead i n nn lmnM Mil.
n An.
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UUOU ft VOllnrrKtni. nii:..
v.,uro goes ur. Nightshadol'
napping ana sayintr. 'If I l.nri
you, my ai1 you woui,in.i
Ut
BO loud.' Wnll
1? "ml hot had been
nB at tho widow's ho., u. ...
wiauou to court
her; whorovor bIio wont, suro enough
Paul Iwnsn't far bohiiul, and things
went on in this way for about six
months, when ono dark and wintry
night, tho wind blowing great guns,
and tho sea running high, wo saw
signals of distress from somo vessel off
tho point there. There was no life
boat in tho place, and our small craft
couldn't havo lived n miiiuto in such
woathor. In tho morning wo saw no
signs of tho vessel, and wo supposed
sho hud gono down, and all aboard
lost; however, wo hoard in the day,
that ono of tho poor follows had es
caped, and, though cut and bruised,
had contrived to crawl up tho point
there, where ho had been found by
Capt Meredith, who brought him
homo to his own lodfjiiiK and nursed
him. Ho was a fino young follow, an
orphan, as ho said, by nnmo "William
Randall, and had been working his
way to Liverpool in hopes of obtain
ing omploymont Tho clorgyman of
tho placo you may sco the church on
tho right as you go towards Edgo-
cumbo Perry hoard of this, and be
coming a good deal interested in tho
young man, offered him a placo as
gardnor, or general servant, or some
thing or othor. Dill was a handy
chap, and booh mado friends with
pooplo, and thoy porsuadod him to
stop here, instead of goiug to Liver
pool as ho had intonded. Ho didn't
want much pressing, for any onb
could soo thero was a girl in the case,
and that girl was Ellon Morodith, and
it didn't want moro than two eyes to
see that sho liked him. Tho folks
used to jeer Paul about his nose being
out of joint, and Tom Trovcllian tho
blacksmith, as owed hiu a grudgo for
tho dog, used to say, 'well, doctor,
how's your noso by this timo ?' But
thoy said tho doctor only used to turn
whito and rub his hands; it was a
way ho had, and ho did tho samo
when ho gavo tho dog tho broad.
Well, things prospered so well with
young Randall, that at last ho mado
up his mind to ask tho captain for
his consent, that ho and Ellon should
bo married, and as tho old follow was
jolly, easy-going customer, and
liked Bill very much besides, it wasn't
long beforo ho gavo. it. Just about
this timo, tho folks in tho villago wore
frightoned at tho roport that tho
pross-gang woro out; that thoy had
been as far as Plyinpton, four or fivo
miles from tho town thoro, and had
prcssod ono or two men. Tho captain
and Ellon wanted to put tho marriage
off but Bill wouldn't hoar of it, and,
strango to say, Paul, as was his worst
rival as you may say, sided with him.
"Woll, on tho very day aforo tho wed
ding, a strango man as hadn't been
soon in tho villago afore, called at the
hpuso to speak to Paul, and a neigh
bor as happened to bo present at tho
timo, said afterwards, sho had seen
them talking together on the road to
Plymouth. Xow, mind mo, in tho
evening, and just as thoy woro sitting
down to supper, and drinking healths,
Paul, who was lato, ran into tho room,
leaving tho door open bohiiul him,
and ontrcated William to look to
himself, as tho press-gang woro al
ready in tho villago; and aforo poor
Bill could got away tho press-gang
woro inside and had seized him, and
in spito of his struggles aud Ellon's
cries and Paul's entreaties, carried
him to tho beach, whero a boat lay
ready, and took him away."
"Is that all ?" I asked.
"Not exactly, mate," said my friend
finishing tho rum, "tho strango part
has to come."
So, replenishing his glass and re
filling his pipe, ho continued:
"Voll, overy ono of courso was
vory much cast down at this, but
poor Ellon particularly; however, for
many months sho kept a bravo heart,
always tolling tho captain that sho
know "William would return, and thoy
Bhonld bo happy yet; and d'yo sco, no
ono liked to tell tho poor thing differ
ent, although but vory fow thought
thoy'd over boo him again. At any
rate, it was clear Dr. Paul didn't, for
after a whilo ho began again to pay
his addresses to hor, and this timo
moro in earnest than boforo; but it
was no uso. Ellon would havo noth
ing to say to him at all. Now, about
two years aftor thoy had pressed poor
"Will, when it was gotting on "towards
tho wintor-timo, thero had been a
good deal of dirty weather about, and
several vcssols had been lost on tho
coast, thoro was a roport that BOY'
oral crows had boon paid off, and then
Ellon mado m hot mind moro than
over that William would return; when
ouo day a neighbor comos in and
says ho has hoard that a vessel lileo
tho Spitfire that was tho ono Will
iam wont out in had crono down off
tho Scillys, and it was feared all bauds
had perished; ho hai it, ho said, from
a party who was told so. by Paul, who
IwHoarntifc when ho wont qyor to
Dovonport tho day boforo on somo
business. This was bad nows for tho
poor lass, but I boliovo she still hoped
and prayed for her sailor swecthoart,
and nil along kept on tolling tho cap
tain, that ho would livo to sco hor
and "Will Randall brido and brido-
groom yot; but about a fortnight af
tor this, Paul comes in.'in great taking, L
and shows tho captain a bottle, which
he said had boon picked up on tho
Cornish coast, no doubt having drifted
in; and in it was a papor, saying, tho
Spitfiro couldn't livo tho night through
and praying, that whoovor found tho
bottlo would, for Heaven's sako, send
it on to Captain Meredith of Cawsand
with tho last prayers of poor Wil
liam. This was dated back, and was
about squaro with tho day whon Spit
fire was said to havo gono down; and
so now thero scorned no hopo at all,
and so poor Ellon scorned to think at
last, for sho got paler and woakor
ovory day, and moved about liko ono
who had nothing to livo for. To
mako matters worse, the captain had
got into debt, aud difficulties got big
ger and bigger. Well, ono day nil on
a Buddon, tho doctor goes to him and
offors to many Ellen out of hand,
promising to dischargo all tho cap
tain's obligations, and stating his long
and strong nttnehmont had induced
him to mnko tho proposal. Tho Cap
tain, as you may bolievo, didn't much
fancy Paul for a son-in-law, but at
last ho relented, and, pressed by his
debts and troubles, urged Ellon to
accept him. Tho poor lass refused,
for a long time, but whon sho found
hor tathor's wolfaro nnd liberty de
ponded on it, and besices, had lost all
hopo of over seeing Will Randall
again, at last she consented."
"But you don't mean to say that
they were married at last ?" I inter
rupted. "In two or thrco months thoy wore,
and a protty couple thoy must havo j
mado; sho with her tall figuro and
pale face, and ho with his. red head
aud bow-legs shambling along by hor
side. Thoy woro married at Millorook
church (on tho hill, sir), and Will
Randall's old master read tho service.
Thoy said Ellen didn't cry or
faint, or havo any nonsense of that
kind, but wont through hor share
quietly and calmly enough, whilo tho
doctor seemed all abroad. Now it
seems this vory cvonfng, just about
dark, whon tho captain had gono out
to smoke his pipo, that Paul, who
had gono up stairs, heard a terribly
loud scream, and rushing back into
the room where ho had left Ellon,
finds hor fainted dead away on tho
floor, and William Randall himself
knooling by her side 1
William used to say aftorwards,
that ho never could forgot Paul's faco
whon they saw ono another for tho
first timo; ho used to dream of it, ho
said; ho had many and many a timo
i tho faces of strong men who had
been struck down in tho boat and
passjon of battle, or who had died
violent deaths in other ways; but
Paul's face, ho said, reminded him of
a picture ho had once seen, when
quito n littlo lad, of tho dovil, which ho
remembered had frightened him then,
but which ho had forgotten till their
eyes mot that night. Whou Paul re
covered his surprise ho said not a
word about tho marriago ; but when
William said ho had but just loft
Plymouth and hadn't seen a soul In
tho villago yot, ho suddenly seemed
delighted at meeting him again, and
insisted on their drinking together.
Ho led Ellon into another ,room,
whore, he told Will, his mother would
attcud to her, and shortly after re-
which ho put on tho tablo between
them. 'Now, Bill, old mato,' says ho,
'wo'll driuk to your return homo,' ho
says. "But what about Nelly, my
poor girl ?" says Will. "Novor mind
hor," says Paul, "mother will soon
bring her round, and meanwhilo, lot's
drink tho grog; but first of all lot's
shut tho door aud bo snug, eh ?" So
Paul shuts tho door, and coming
back to tho tablo, says, "Now, Bill,"
ho says, "hero's your jolly good health
and no heeltaps 1" and thoy both
emptied thoir glasses. "William,"
says Paul aftor a whilo, "how do you
feel." "Quito well,- Paul, my hearty,
thank yo," says Will. "Do you?"
says Paul, "Will Randall," says
ho, gotting whito and trembling; "wo
havo had a long account to settlo, aud
now it's dono." "What d'yo mean ?"
asks Will in surpriso, as you may bo
Biuo. "I'vo novor injured you I"
"Yes, you havo I" says Paul. "Didn't
you stop in botweon mo and tho girl
I had sot my hoart on? Didn't tho
neighbors jcor and mock mo, and
drivo mo almost mad ? And didn't I
Bwoar to bo ovou with you, como
what might? And I ami I am!
Wlionyou woro proflsod," saya ho,
getting worso and worse, "I put tho
gang on you I I brought the account
that mado them think you wcro dead !
and, now that you havo returned
alive, you find tho woman you loved
wifo of tho man you both donpisod 1"
"It's a shameful liol" cries Will, "nnd.
I cant buliovo it." "It's true" says
Paul, "for wo woro married this morn
ing; but trno or false, it is tho samo
to you, fori toll you, Will Randall,"
and Paul turns very whito and rubs
his hands, "you aro poisoned. You
drank tho brandy nnd in an hour's
timo you aro n dead man." "Paul
Penrhyn" says Will, spoaking low and
calm, and looking tho doctor fairly in
tho oyes, "you havo played a deep
gamo, but you'vo made ono mistake;
I heard of your trick with tho pross
gang, and I knew you woro n rival of
mine, and you'vo just 3wuod to other
treachery. But whon n man that I
know hatod mo, and who lookod as
you did whon wo mot just now, sud
denly becanio my friend and asked mo
to drink, I grew suspicious, and while
you closed tho door, I changed tho
glasses."
"When Ellen heard tho foarful cry
that Paul gave, sho ran in, palo and
weak as sho wns, and found him all
twisted together with rago or pain,
and foaming at the mouth from tho
poison 1$) hod swallowed."
"Aconite?" I asked.
"I don't know rightly what it was
called," said tho coast-guardaman,
"but it was very strong, for Paul, thoy
saj', died within tho hour, and boforo
tho two ho had tried to keep asunder'"
"A i trango talc," I said, rising to go.
"It's as good as a play 1"
"It's bettor than most of 'om,"'said
ho, knocking the ashes out of his pipe,
'for this is truo. - Good night, sir."
The Flow of Oiljn rcnnsjlvanln.
The avcrago actual yield of oil in tho
Pennsylvania oil region is, of course,
greatly exaggerated in tho estimates
and imaginations of most-parties who
havo read of tho Ritbject, and heard it
talked of in a general way. It is pre
sumed by those who havo most closo-
1 watched tho development of tho oil
product from tho first, that whereas
the yield in 18C2 was from ton to
tivolvo Uinns.nifl linrrpls por day, it is
now six thousand barrels. It is robp
ablo that tho former yield oven ex
ceeds tho nmouut named as during
1SG2 all tho largo llowing wolls then
struck were prevented from running
their full quantity, owing to tho mere
ly nominal price at and domand for
tho oil. Now, all tho wolls in tho j
region aro permitted and aided to do
livor their utmost capacity. This
decrcaso in tho yield of a territory
whore, for moro than four years tho
number of oil wolls has been increas
ing, appears at the first glanco quito
inexplicable upon any other ground
than that tho supply of oil is becom
ing exhausted. A subject so impor
tant merits, of courso, a moro thor
ough consideration than can horo bo
given to it; yot a brief history of oil
mining from its commencement will
suffice to show that tho decreaso of
tho supply has boon chiolly owing to
causes which havo no longer any ter
ror for thoso perfectly acquainted
with the business. .
Tho mining of protroloum began as
a business in 1800, but did not provo
vory successful until 18G1. Tho first
well was sunk in 1859, by Evelcth &
Bissoll, noir . Titus villo. It yielded
somo eight barrels por day. In tho
summer of 18G1 a numbor of llowing
wolls wcro oponed on tho Btichanani
Blood, Tarr, McElhony, and other
farms, on Oil crook. Tho consump
tion of tho article was yot very small,
whilo tho production was suddenly
increased from about a hundred and
fifty barrels daily iii February to
somo two thousand fivo hundred
barrels daily in August, and moro
than six thousand barrels daily in
Dccomber of tho samo year. Tho
spring of 18G!) was signalized by a
much larger increase. Tho prico of
crude oil was reduced from twonty
fivo cents to less than ono cont por
gallon in tho samo timo. But ox
cessivo cheapness forced consump
tion, both in this couniry and abroad,
with unparallollod rapidity, sothat, in
the lattor months of 18G2, thoro oc
curred a largo but spasmodic riso in
tho value of tho oil. Tho unromuncr
ativo prices which had hitherto pre
vailed chocked production, causing all
Brand wells and interosts to bo aban
doned. Tho year 18G3 saw rising,
although heavily fluctuating, pricos.
This stato of tho market continued,
merging into a moro ovon upward
graduation of valuos, through tho
yoar 18G4, whon crudo oil sold at ono
timo as high as $13,00 por barrol at,tho
wells.
Tho largo flowing wolls havo gener
ally (stopped after twonty-livo or thirty
months' flow. Somo fow havo con
tinued, with diminished volumo, over
thrco years. Tho pumping wells have
averaged about the samo durntion.
In 18GH, and until tho latter part of
1801, comparatively fow now wells
woro sunk. During this period many
wolls gavo out, and many woro aban
doned. It was novor ascertained, un
til within tho past eight months, that
wells which had ceased to produce oil
could bo mado to rcsumo thoir yield.
Thin fact is now established. A
great many wolls that wcro considorod
exhausted havo boon resuscitated, and
nro now yielding vory considerable
quantities of oil. Among tho noted
instances aro tho Empire well, on tho
McElhony farm.now flowing under tho
prossuro of an air pump, a hundrod
barrels per day; tho Buckoyo well, on
tho samo farm; tho old Shorman well,
on tho Shorman flats; and tlio old
Phillips well, on tho Tarr farm; whilo
tho great Phillips well on that farm,
has resumed its flow, after occasion
ly interruption sinco October, 1SG1.
Wells aro caused to flow spoutaneous
al prossuro of tho naptha gas within
tho earth being greater than tho pross
uro of tho atmosphoro. When this
greater pressuro is reduced by ex
haustion to an equilibrium with the
atmospheric pressuro, tho flow ceases
until artificial pressuro is applied, or
until a fresh accumulaiton of tho
gas causes a resumption of tho flow.
It may bo Bafoly said, then, that it is,
up to this timo, not tho exhaustion of
tho gas which elevates, tho oil, that
has produced an embarrassment to
mining which threatened at ono timo
to hazard its success, but which is
now obviated by tho application of
now and efficient inventions. Tho
many instances in which wells havo
been resuscitated after apparent fail
ure havo led observing oil producprs
'to boliovo that good oil lauds will
yield tho articlo to an indefinito future
period. In this belief thoy aro
strengthened by what will seem tho
strango announcement of a vastly
longer experionco in other counties.
Corrcqwndcncc of the New York World.
Teal or an Eastern Magician.
Tho conjuror spread a pieco of mat
ting and squatted, produced from
his shawls a bag, and emptied it on
a stone in front of him. The con
tents wero a quantity of littlo bits of
wood; Bomo, forked liko branches
of a treo; somo, straight; each a fow
inches long; besides theso, thero
woro Bomo fifteen or twenty little
painted woodon birds, about half an
inch long. Tho old man choso ono of
tho straightest and thickest of tho
bits of wood, and turning his faco up
in tho nir, poised it on tho tip of his
noso. Tho littlo boys who sat by him
henceforth handed him whatovcr ho
called for, first, two or threo moro
pieces of wood, which ho poised on
tho pieco already there, then a forked
pieco to which ho gradually mado
additions, until ho had built upon
his noso' a treo with two branches.
Ho always kept its balanco by adding
simultaneously on each sido, holding
a pieco in'each hand, and novcr onco
taking his eyes off tho fabric Soon
tho two branches became four, tho
four eight, and so on, until a skeleton
of a treo was formed about two foot
high, and branching out so as to over
shadow his wholo faco; ho could just
reach with his hands to put tho top
most branches on. It was a wonder
nil Btructuro, and wo all hold our
breath as ho added tho last bit. But
it was not dono yot. Tho boys now
handed him tho littlo birds, and, still
two at a timo, ono in each hand, ho
stuck them all over tho treo. Tho
comploto immobility of his head and
neck whilo ho waa balancing this
structure on tho tip of his noso, was
something wonderful, and I think ho
must havo breathed through his oars,
for thero was not tho slightest porcop
tiblo motion about his noso or mouth.
Aftor putting all tho birds on, ho
paused, and wo, thinking tho trick
was finished, began to applaud. But
ho hold up his forefinger for silcnco.
Thoro was moro to corao. Tho boys
put into ono of his hands a short hol
low reed, and into tho other somoj
dried peas. Ho thou put a pea into
his mouth, and using tho reed as a
pea shooter, took aim aud shot off tho
branch ono of tho birds. Tho breath
ho gavo was bo gcntlo nnd well cal
culated that it gavo no porcoptiblo
movement to his faco; it just Bout tho
pea far ouough to hit a particular
bird with perfect aim, and knock it
over. Not anothor thing on tho troo
moved. Another pea was fired in the
samo way, and another bird brought
down, and soon until all tho birds
woro bagged. Tho firo was then di
rected at tho branches and limbs of
tho treo, and, boginning from tho
topmost, tho wholo of this astonish
ing Btructuro was demolished piece
meal ovon moro wonderfully than its
manner of creation. All the Year
llouiul.
Mat-lb SiMAn in VnnMONT. In 1850
tho amount of maplo sugar mado in
Vermont was (,319,357 pounds: in
18G0 it was 9,819,0.39 pounds, showing
an increaso over 1850, or in ton years,
of n,170,582 pounds. In 1850 Now
York mado nearly four million pounds
more than Vermont. In 18G0 New
York increased hor sugar over 1850
only 558,971 pounds, and riiado but
99G,G51 pounds moro than Vermont at
tho samo time. There is no doubt
that last spring Vermont led oven the
Empire- Stato sovcral million poundB,
and of courso very largely led every
othor Stato. Assuming tho ratio of
increase of manufacture in this Stato
from 18G0 to 18G1 to bo tho samo as
from 1850 to 1SG0, tho amount last
spring would bo 12,000,000 pounds;
but it was, no doubt, moro than that,
as in nearly every inslanco where wo
mado inquiries tho responso was that
farmers averagod nearly ono-third
moro than usual. This would mako a
total of fifteen million jxunh! Tho
valuo" of this could not hAvo been less
than two and a quarter millionx of dol
lars ! In estimating tho valuo of this
crop wo have put tho average at fifteen
cents a pound.
Thus, tho singlo item of sugar alono,
manufactured in thrco or four weeks
of tho year, is over two million dollars,
or enough to pay tho war expenses of
tho Stato twico over, and enough left
to sweeten our tea besides.
Wo trust this exhibit will encourage
all farmers to manufacture all tho ma
plo sugar thoy can tho coming spring.
Tho most favorablo turn in our nation
al affairs can hardly mako its valuo
less than last year, aud tho probabili
ties aro that it will bo worth moro.
Tho demand will bo great. Wo shall
want it for homo nso, and for tho sol
diers, and tho cities will be glad to buy
ovory surplus pound wo may havo.
Let tho buckets, holdors, sap-pans,
boilers and sugar apparatus generally,
bo increased at onco, and thus bo ready
as soon as tho season opens; and if
the season Bhould bo favorablo, it will
not bo surprising if tho valuo of tho
omoiuiE niaao snoniu reach threo mil
lions dollars; and a quick raarkot for
tho wholo of it. Bellows Falls Times.
Advertisers. Thoso days, mon who
advortiso nro tho mon who do tho
business nnd got tho monoy. A dollnr
judiciously invested in advertising is
equivalent to fifty dollars addod to
ono's income It is poor economy to
try to snvo a dollar, and loso fifty. If
you want to soil commodities, tell peo
ple whero j'ou aro, what you havo, and
how you proposo to sell; toll this
story often, and in many ways; tho
first timo it is only glanced at, tho sec
ond timo read, tho third timo read
and talked ovor, tho fourth1 timo peo
plo concludo to ''call round." A man
entering business must always advor
tiso, and old merchants must koop up
advertising, or thoy will bo run out by
tho now men, who do advertise. Tho
most enterprising mon always adver
tise, and don't squeozo an advertise
ment down to tho least possiblo spaco,
but spread it out beforo tho gazo of
tho public. Barnum out-distanced all
other Bhowmon becauso ho out-advor-tised
them. Bonnor, by tho Bamo
means, got up iu a fow months for tho
Isedycr tho largest circulation in tho
world. Men may do a little business
and lay up a littlo monoy without
much advertising; but an enterprising
driving, go ahoad businoss man knows
that tho surest guarantee of success is
in oxtonsivo advertising. A man wants
to soil a farm and his stock; ho is
afraid to pay a fow dollars for auction
bills, nowspapcr advertising! Ac, and
so writes his bill out and posts it up;
nobody reads it; but fow know of tho
sale; and tho proporty is disposed of,
perhaps $200 less than it would havo
been if well advertised, That is somo
men's ccouom), Thoy havo saved $5
and lost $200. Nobody pities thorn.
Vermont Union.
Eloatino Houses in China. Foreign
ers, whoso business obligo them to ro
sido at Whampon, livo in floating dwell
ings, called "chops." Thoso nro built
on ships, which after the having soon
somo sorvico, and their spars and rigg
ing having boon taken down, aro thou
used as foundations for houses. Thoy
aro moored in a part of tho reach where
tho river is vory wide, boing placod a
littlo on ono sido of tho channel used
by tho stoamors and traiding vossols
in passing and repassing to und from
Canton. Tho cabins and Btato-rooms
at tho stoni arp convortod into store
rooms, pantrios, and bath-rooms. Tho
forecastle is used for sorvanta, and
pvor tho ontiro vessol a. story is built,
that is divided into largo aud conven
iently arranged aparliuonts, and whou
fitted up with all tho necessary com
forts of life, arc in many ways far moro
desirablo homes than can safely be
made on shore. Tho kitchon is ftt tlie
bow of tho vessel; and from there to
tho center noar which is tho bound
ary of tho family apartments nro tho
business offices, and also rooms for
foroign clerks. On one side, n narrow
passngo-way leads from the kitchen to
tho family apartments. Thero is an
othor similar passage-way on tho othor
sido, which, howovcr, has no con
nection with tho house apartments;
and for tho convenience of men of busi
ness visiting the offices, as woll as for
tho servants, steps lead to tho water
from both of theso passages. Tho flat
roof of tho family apartments is so
constructed as to servo for a promen
ade The lattor, however, is not in
closed, but has a covering, tho frame
of which rests on stanchions; nnd in
order to oxcludo tho sun, sbndcs, mado
of a kind of grass, nro arranged bo as
to drop from tho roof. A table, bam
boo Bettccs, and easy-chairs occupy a
portion of this space, yet there is am
ple room for tho enjoymont of ono's
afternoon "constitutional," whon the
weather does not allow of boating, or
a ramble upon tho shore. ' Somo chops
have littlo verandas, or galleries in
closed with Venetian blinds, which
aro built on each oide of tho family
rooms, and resting on braces, extend
from tho sides of the sliip upward1.
Theso aro ornamental and mako tho
house cooler in summor and warmer
in winter, thus adding gratcly to tho
comfort of tho family. A year in Chi'
na.
Life of Stephen GlrardV
Ono need not court riches for thee
happiness they bring, aftor reading-'
tho vory interesting sketch of John
Jacob Astor in Harper's Jtfonfhly for1
February. Tho following paragraphs
about his great rival, Stephen Girard,
of Philadelphia, will not suggest any
oxaltcd viowB of the enjoyment of men.
of wealth:
His solo pleasure was to visit onco &
day a littlo farm which he possessed a
fow miles out of town, whero he
wont to tako off his coat, roll op Ms-
shirt-sleeves, and personally labor in
tho Cold and in tho. barnr hoeing corn,
pruning trees, tossing-hay, andnot.dis-
daining oven to assist in butchering'
tho animals which ho raised for mar
ket. It was no moro ornamental or
experimental farm. Ho mado it pay.
All of its produce was carefully, nay, ,
scrupulously husbandod, soldprocordod
and accounted for. He loved" Mb
grapes, his plums, his. pigs, and espe
cially his rare brood, of canary-birds;-but
tho pcoplo of Philadelphi&hait tb ,
full bonefit of their increase at, tho .
highest market rates. Many feared,
many served, but none loved this sin'
gular and lonely old man. If ther
was among tho very fow. who habitual
ly conversed with him one who under
stood and esteemed him, there was,
but onq; and ho was" a sirm of such
abounding charity,, that, like Uncle...
Toby, if ho had heard that the devil
was hopelessly damned, ho would
havo said, "I am sorry for it" Never .
was thoro a person moro destitute than
Girard of tho qualities which win' ike
affection of others. Hia temper was '
violent, his presence forbidding, his
usual manner ungracious, his ill in
flexible, his heart untender, his imag
ination dead. Ho was odious to very
many of his fellow-citizens, who con
sidered him tho hardest and meanest
of mon. Ho had lived among thorn
for half a century, but ho wns no more
a Philadolphian in 1830 than in 1776.
Ho still spoko with a French accent,; '
and accompanied his words with a
French shrug and French gesticu
lation. Surrounded with Christian 1
churches ho had holpod to build, ho '
remained a bturdy unbeliever, and pos
soBsod tho comploto work of only one
mau, Voltaire.
Ho mado it a point of duty to labor
on Sunday, as a good cxamplo to oth- :
ora. Ho made no secret of tho fact
that ho considorod tho idleness of Sun
day an injury to tho people-amoral and
economical. Ho wquld havo opened
his bank on Sundays if any ono would
hnyo camo to it. Frir his part ho re
quired no rest and would have nono.
Ho novor trnvolldd. Ho nover attends ..
ed public assemblies or amusements.
Ho had no affections to gratify, no
friends to visit, no curiosity to" ap.
poaso, no tastoa to indulge. What he .
onco said of himself appeared to be
true, that ho roso iu tho morning with
but n singlo object, and that was to la
bor bo hard all day as to bp abo to
sloop all night Tho world was abso
lutely nothing to him but a working
placo. Ho scorned and scouted the
idea that old men Bhould cease to la
bor, and should spend thai evening' of
their days in tranquility, "No,"-, he
would aay, "labor is tho price of life,
its happinoss, its evorytliAg; to rest
is to rust; every man should labor to
tho last liour ot his ability." Such
was Stephen Girard, tho richest wan
who ever lived in Pennsylvnuia.
