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Ll.tL-ULLJIL. _.■-_!.'_!!... L-Bi.'W.. . . Wat /f BTBAOBY ASTOFEIt. TSbsws or A oVKH-riHiNii.—Tlfe foliowhip; *.-•; our lei-m of Advertising, which will, iv n* tnm-.iuce, he ileparted from: •.. KTtmi.,(WltoWiorless,)lstlnsrt'n,#l 00 in, it 'tuli.ie.ient insertion, 0 00 : ...j. mjimre 1.l months, 12 00 _i_»Hquare!l months, _ 8 00 One square,, months, :. no i Business Cards, 12 one year,- 12 00 Two squint-, 12 months, 20 r,, Threestiuares 12months, 2. r > oo Onnrter et.lumn, 12 months, yy Half column, 12months -0 00 Ouo column, 12 months t ]_ or) mm~ Advertisements for p \c-s» vme than three months will he rhaiy ~( i fori.t'the usu i.l rates-oneilollorprrho; llan . f nl - ti K .fl rKt In ncrtlon, ami fifty cents jj, r L , a< .) l BU |, se( . ucnt insertion, S9uThemi-iberof . ns ortloim must he mark' t'l*" 1 ,""""'-. tpt, or the advertisement T iU "-_SSSHS. U -i until forbid und charged f»r accordlngl 'W ci.1.1 411 K-ABG &, CO., MANLTACTtriIEKS OP ftRAMI, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT jsm-r a i_rr!_>__?■«->___■ *_*3E-IB WABEKOOMS, Jl*. ISO Baltluiorn Street, ni-ar i:,uai», MD. rpiIESK Instruments have lieen before theru nnequaled.— n*r Their ______ —. ■x>o_i*_r____3 combines great povvcr, sweetness and fine ■lui|iiigli|ii-llty, as .fell ns great purity of in to-Rtio_,unil evenness throughout the en tire scale. Their TO-TOH: lspllont and elasti ■, and entirely free from tkestiffnesH found i.l sj many 1 .anos. In -_^ro_i____-.--.C-_.->«r-BX3:x-_p iher are unexcelled, v.ing none hut the very .est seasoned material, the large capital em ployed In onr business enabling ns to keep continually au Immense stock of lumber, etc u on hand. , __ ~ All our Square Pianos have onr New Im proved Overstrung scale and the Agratie tre ble. W* would call special attention to our late mprtive.ineiit* in SKA ND PI A NOS and SQUARE GRA NDS Patented August 14, ISflfi, which bring the Piano nearer perfect lon than kits yet been attained. Every Piano fully warranted for five years. Bole Wholesale Agency for Corhart _ Need hAUQ'M celebrated INu-lor Organs end Ctiarch Hormonlnms. WILIJAM KNABK tt CO., Ifo. »« West IJiiltlmore Htreet, (near Eutnw, Baltimore, Md. September 25,1808.—Urn. "pESosT Pianos! GOLD MEDAL FOR 1807 Has just been awarded to CHA RLE- at. BTIEFF, Viae Uie best Piano now matle, over Baltl- More, Philadelphia anil New York l'lauos.J OKKICK AND WARDROOMS: W»- i Wertl* Liberty si. near Balto.it BALTIMORE, Ml). CTFIiFi" ■ francs* have all the latest Hi,,, , n i Inqfudlnftbe AurtifleTre -(,,. -~;• ,-. nits, anil the improved French vitlSn, lull ' win-anted for five Vests, With privilege ol'cxclitni|.e within twelve ntotiths if uot entirely satisfactory to purchasers. Secondhand Pianos antl Parlor Ui'ipma al ways on liund, from ifoil to SHOD. References, who have our Pianos in use:— General Hubert E I.cc, Lexington, Va; Gen eral Holierl Ransom, Wilmington, NO; Miss McPlieiKon, Mrs M A Ki-linger. Professor II Hlohards, Dr John It Hu.vlor, Or Woods, W ■ Thomas,.! T Antrim, Albemarle county. Terms liberal; a call Is solicited. April 17, 18118—ly. C4.J_-_X.fcl- & CO., ■IS a»J 21'- Baltimore Stract, BALTIMORE, MD., _C .___ a**** O _r_ "T *__ H. J3. CHINA, GIiASS, AXD EARTHENWARE, TABI._CUTLERY, FAMILY HARDWARE P_.ATI.II TKA AMI OMVH SKHVll't:, Vsrki, spoouN, Cantors Mutter Titbs, Britannia and Block Tinware. FENDERS, .-SHOVELS, TONGS, STA-IDABHS 1X1) HOISK FriINISIIISG UOODS Of Every Variety. TMIK Goods have all been selected ■ from the most celebrated makers, and aie guaranteed to be llrst class In quality, »ew in pattern, and beautiful in design.— The aloe- having been bought much under far me i prices, on account of the depression ln trade, will be offered toctiKtomeiKot a cor responding reduction. CORTLAN A CO. •eptember 2a, IHHS—Iy. —». ■. ADAH!- " I-VINO A. BUCK, AOtIHN he IfltH, JIMIHIK-EHS AND JOIIBKRK lit" CBWA, GLVSS AXD QUEEXSWARE, A-O __.KAI.-EIM IN LAMPS, C.HANDBMKKB, COAL OIL, Ac. No. 337 Baltimore Street, • Amit— M*rmwv-_*_*-sS, B ALT I M OR X , MD. WE are now manufacturing OUT **>vrh Lamps, and can offer lmlucements ill that branch of business. September 25,15U8.— ly. CAI H NOTIOH nO.IE. LAWRENCE 1). IUETZ & CO., ■■•_- 310 West Baltimore Street, between Howard and Liberty Streets, BALTJLMOK B, M D . , lOIMS, HOSIERY, FABCT GOODS, Stationery, Peffluniei-y, FURNISHING GOODS, COMBS, Ac., Ac, Y. B,—Not to be undersold. April 10,1808— ly. RY M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH Selbyaud Oulaiiy, PUBLISHERS, Booksellers and stationers, 332 W. Baltimore St., BALTIMORE, Md. V. R. Sir.BY, mj. J. 0. DITLAWY. Norember 15,1M7.-Iy ~~ - JOB S. JftoVEKHI, WITH D. PRESTON PARR, Jr., A. O. Ko. 8 Hanover, near Baltimore Street, BALTIMORE, MD. «, GLASS, PEMARE, LAMPS, &c. (STONE WAKE AT FACTORY PRICES. Inn* As, li._m-.ss. #. ». StriKL. A. 3. RtXnI.BTOV, J. F. HEI.I.KN SICKEL, SINGLETON & CO., DBALKItS IN ■TA 1 4.' %• GOODS AND NOTIONS 255 Baltimore street, BALTIMORE, MD. April io, 1808-ijrj MALTBY 1111 l *B_B, A.*_. Ml I,]. Kit, Proprietor, BALTIMORE. leptember 15,1(_87.---Iy. At :i■: vrs WANTED. $*.. to fao© Per Month ! I OR a Commission from which twice that amount can bo made by selling the Ixtost Unproved COMMON SENSE FAMILY SEWING, MACHINE, :»rlcc $18.00. -~.„.,i„r t ay,,' Terms address For.Clrftalarf anu , B oWj;H_ A CO., 1120 South Street, Vhlludclplilu.l-. J.inu_iry 15, It-'IW. ■bU-KWUEAT.-I rccelv. ■!>._.* lot of extra- Buck AVfi&t flour and £*„ mill on hand a mfflrfiflfc January 11. Wi**. .. ■ • ... giti.xatt-rta _raa*. ESTABLISHED 1823. A. S. 11111-IKN. JA . B. GREEK .-It l.i_ _ & RROTIIER, MANI. FA'TUBEUS OF PA LOR, DINING-ROOM, H_i_.l., CHAMBER, OFFICE, SCHOOL & CHURCH Furniture, Corner of Prince and Fairfax Sts. ALEXANDRIA, VA. FT'RNTi'UI-E at wholesale and re i.til. A'sii,ili'iilcrKin(_ili-stfiMMaK*«___. hurt-Makers' nntl ' '■'''■'-''''''-ffn'i«_iiiiii m ers' Materials. Tucker's :<■.,,'.tUf. I"" ____1 Wright's celebrated Beds always on hand. September is, mm.— iy a7~m ~.~t v~nM am, DKAI.-.1l IN WALL TAPER, IVI.M.IW SIM_DE_, OVAL AND SiJUAItK PIGT' RT RAMEfI LOOKING GL.U-:i-. Shade Fixtures, Oovulc-fi CURTAIN HOOKS, COEUf, iASSt LB, *C 12! tf jiji .Street, ALEXANDRIA, VA. ORDERS for l'apering in city or country promptly attended 10. April 10,1 MD ~_t_-Tii <* Beach, Manufacturers of Stoves & Tin Ware -VIIKKI.IIS IN COPPER AXD SHEET-IRON, And Dealers Generally IN HOUSE KEEPING ARTICLES. No. 7 X. Royal St., ALEXANDRIA, Va. Nov. 15,1367.—1y. BEIILIANT! HOH-EXPLOBIVE! CHEAP ! NO IIBEASK, NO SMEM. WHILE BURNINO ! Crystallized Oil . PATENTED JULY, 1887 manukacti:bed in this state onlt by RlckardNOu, Luther k Co. No. 34 Kin,: Street, ALEXAXDRIA, VIRGINIA. THE best Burners, Lamps and lamp Goods, on hand. Mend for Price List. October 2,1808—1y. OWIIT, BECKHAM & CO., FORWARDING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. STRICT attention given to the sale of Country I'rotltice, and the purchase o Glut 11 o, Salt, Plaster, Groceries, &c. T. T. GWIN, Formerly of D. H. Gwln A Son, J. T. BECKHAM. Culpeper County, Va., E. L. TOLSON, May I,lßoß,—tf. Maryland. IrM.ijU-ig MmiMH, ' MANUFACTI KEB OF SADDLES, HARNESS, Bridles, ft.-Haiti, A-., No. 85 King Stroet, ALEXAXDRIA, VA. SELLING oil'cheaper than any othgr house South of New York. A large stock on hand, April 10,1S08—ly. MOll, ROIBINSON k s_-7~ GROCKUS AND COM MISSION MERCHANTS, Corner If Ing aud Union Street, ALEXAXDRIA, VIRGINIA. PARTICU LA R attention paid to the selling of Grain, Flour, Tobacco autl all kinds of Country Produce. Goods forward ed promptly. April 111, 1-WM—6m* WILLIAM W. HERBERT, with _}_:_--<-___: \.'is_.ii--i.-i ox, COMMISSION MERCHANT, Oflice No. II Union Street, ALEXANDRIA VIRGINIA. PARTICULAR attention paid to the selling of all Kinds of Count r.t Produce, antl lining orders for GroeerieH, Guano, Flus ter, Seeds, Fish, Halt, Lime, ic. April 111, I*W—ly. tt. T. TlllMA-. WHOf.KSAf.E AND BETAII. DX .1 BR i N HOUSEFURISKIM, <vOOl>, WOOD AND WILLOH W 1./ i.'.', IllAck. Audi »-lala Tluwan-, Table Cutlery, PLATED TABLE WARE, BHUSHES, AC, No. UK, King Street, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGIN LA, April 10,1808—ly. FOUNDERS AND MACIIINIHTSI. O. W. JAMIESON. C. H. COLLINS. JamlFinon & Collin.-., IllON* __.___-- E> _E3Xl.___._9__-t FOUNDERS, < -riicr Kuyal and \\ i 11..--. Mntis, ALKXAN DRI A, VIR GIX I A CiASTl.VGSofcvpry description made 'at short notice. Cash paid for old Iron autl Knots. November 211, 'Cfi— ly." J Oil*. X. Cl-UICJIITO.- & MM, IMrORTIIIIS AND lIKAI.KRS IN HARDWARE AND HOUSEKEEPING GOODS, No. 8S King Street, ALEXANDRIA, VA. AprllfyiqW-.y. . ffILLIAM 11. MUIR, i MAXPFACTUB AXI) lIKAT.EB IN' IU. SETS "F CABINET IMUItI-ITirikE, Chairs, Mattresses, LOOKING GLASSES, it-c. Corner of King and St. Asaph Streets, ALEXANDRIA, VA. April 10,18118—ly. J JOHN A. CiElB, VARIETY STORE, No. 113 Kinst Street, ALEXANDRIA, VA. NOTIONS of till kinds constantly on liiuitl, und for nule at the lowest cash nilces Musical Instrument!, of all kinds; Fishing Tackle, Violin aud Guitar Strings, Asa. September 18,1808— Am. shoot a peurv, DE.U.FI.s IN LUMBER, NAILS, Lime, C'enacat, SUlnKles. &«•» No. 10, comer Cameron and Union Streets, AI.KXANDHIA, VA. April 10,1808— ly. Wltmcr & Slaymakcr, DEALKH-S I FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, CABFETINGB, OIL CLOTHS, MATTIKOS Ao Corner KlnK *- Royal Sn-ccl., AI.EXANDIIIA, VA. IS, or.—l^. 9uUtt%L___ MY GROSS. It Is not heavy, agonizing woe, Bearing me down with hopeless crushing weight; No ray of comfort In the gathering gloom, " A heart bereaved—a household desolate. It Is not sicklies with her withering hand Keeping me low upon a couch of pain; Longing each morning for the weary night— At night for weary day to come again. It is not slander, with her evil tongue; 'Ti* no presumptuous sin ugalnsl my Clod, No reputation lost, or friends betrayed, That such is not my cross I thauk my God. Mine is a dally cross of petty cares. Of little duties pressing on my heart, Of little troubli. hard to reconcile, Of inward struggles—overcome in pert. My feet are weary in their dally round, My heart is weary of Its dally care, My sinful nature often doth rebel. I pray for grace my daily cro__u to bear. It Is not heavy, Lord, yet o.t I pine; It Is net heavy, but 'Us everywhere. By day aud night each hour my cross I bear. I dare not lay it down—thou keep'al it there. I dare not lay It down. I only ask That, taking up my dally cross I may Follow my Master humbly, step by step. Through clouds aud darkness, unto per fect day. FKOK Till. "TOI'NU FOLKS," FOR JlA_.cn. A MORM\6 SI JIBE AM. A nestling In the little crib, A soft hand laid upou niy head, A gentle whisper In my ear— "Mamma, I'm i uuiiu' into bed I" "O no!" I said, "'twould never do; t Now shut those little peepers tight, 1 And sleep and dream'till morning breaks; I Then you may come-when come* theliglit.' I Again a nestling in the erlb, As down to rest my birdie lay: I listened, for I thought she spoke; "Hudily up, Light!" I heard her say { Then all wan still. We slept again I 'Till tlawn Ut up the eastern sky; Then sang my birdie sweet and clear, .' "Now light has turn, and so has I!" . i ' p A "KEEKKUL SHEPHERD." Mortnonism is still in practical oper ation among us. On last Friday n tall, raw-boned saint, with a complexion . very strongly resembling that of boiled [ tripe, arrived here from Pittsburg with a couple of wives, but deeming his ilock , too small to Mart, to Sale Lakeward wilh, held loith as follows to an admit-- | ing audience, at a house over the Canal, with a view to tlie perfection of the ma- ' terial necessary to the completeness of : his domestic felicity. liis text was: ' "Jfcit is skeerce. and weemen is plenty. " "llrotlierii and Sisterr.—pertlkler the ' Sistern. I want to say a lew words to ' you bout -Slor.uouisui—not for my own ! sake, but for your'n, for "nun ts skeerce ■ and wecmen is- plenty." ' "Rormonlaoi is built, on that high old ; principle which sez that it aiut good for man to be sioyp, and a mighty sight ,', worm for a woman. 'I heret'ore,if a man 1 teel good with a little company, a good ' deal ol'il ought to make him feel an aw- ' ful sight better. I •-Tint lirst principle of Mortnonism is, ' that women air a good thing unit the second principle is that you can't have ! too much of a good thing. Women Is ,' tenderer than man, and is necessary to , smooth down the roughness ut his char acter, ami asinati has a good many rough " pints lv "his nattir, he oughtn't to give one woman too much to do, but set each ' oue to work smoothing .-onic particular ' pint." ; "Don't think I'm over anxious for you ] tojme us, for I ain't. I'm not speuk ijig for my good, but for your'n: ''for mm is skeerce and weemenis plenty." ' "I said woman was tenderer than ' man, but, you needn't feel stuck up a- ' Imiiil it, for so she ought to be she was made mi-thut purpose. But ho* - v.as ' she amde. so? Where did she git It. t row ? Why. she was created out. of the tilde-bone of a man, and the side-bone ol a man is like the side-bone ol a tur key—the tendcrest pail sbcmt him." '•Therefore, as a woman has three sitle-lii.ti-. and a man only one, oi course she is three times as tender as a ' man is, and is in duty bound to repay the tenderness ot which she robbed liini. ' And how did she rob him of his sale bone. Why, exactly as site robs his ( pockets now-ii-days of hi* loose chaiiee —she took advantage ot him when lie was asleep." "U.it, as woman is more tenderer than man, so is man forgivener more than woman therefore 1 won't say anything I more about the side-bouo, or the small change, but invite you all to join my ' train, tar 1 am a big shepherd out our way antl fare sumptuously every day on purple snd line linen." "When 1 Ht-st landed on the shores of the (Jreat_.Salt Lake, I wasn't rich in weemen. I had but one poor old doe, ' "but men is skeerce and weemenis plenty," ' and like a keerful shepherd 1 began to ! increase my Hock. Weemen hoard of us and our lovin ways, and they kept ' pom in in. I'liey come from the North and they come from the South, they come from the East and they come from the West, they come from Europe, they conic from A.Sh.cj', "I"! a few from Afriky, »ntl from being the miserable owner ot one old yoe, 1 became the joyful shepherd of a mighty (lock, with ' a light smart spriukliti of liimlis, fatter ■ and friskier than anybody else's, and ' I've still got room for a tew more." "As I said before. I'm not talkin par- I tickler for my own benelU,btit for 3'ours ; —for "men is- skeerce, and weemen is plenty. ' Still IM a icetle rather you'd go along j with me than not, pai-tickleryoufatone [ with the caliker bonnet. Don't hesi- ' tate, but take the chance while you can git In and I'll make you the "bell-yoe" ot the llock. I'll lead you through . green pastures and the high grass; show you where you may caper in the sun shine, and lay down in pleasant places; mid as you are in pretty good condition already, iv the course of time you shall be the fattest of the flock. Jine in; jine in; jine my train—jine, it now; for "men it skeerce and weemen is plenty. '" The appeal was irresistible. At the last account, the "fat wom:in| with the caliker sun-bonnet," had "jived in," and two or three Others were 011 the fence, with a decided leaning toward the "Keerful Shepherd." SCJ"** It is the d- pth of study, not the c Stentof it. that gives intellectual pow er. TCT" What is every MM doing at tlie same time? f.rowing older. \CJ* A critic culls the varus and sen. I.iinciital stories the teeth-ctitting and , measles of literary iulaney. g THE INCENDIARY- NIGHT, A'city wrapped in slumber. Nowand then the tang, tang of the police club. Sentinel stars in the sky, which for (/'rime Landers to see. would make them feel that a mysterious watch was over tltem Set. In the city's business heart a tall Warehouse. How ghastly the garish marble looks through the gloom. Hark ! cautious footsteps that quickens as the tang tang of tlie club diminishes Its sound. A inllHied man stops before tbe ghastly building. He draws a key. It fits the locks. He enters quickly with half the air of one who belongs there if his errand is good, but who should be a stranger If his errand Is tor ill. Breathe on the magic mirror and the picture changes. Interior of the ware room. Somebody stumbles torough its §loom. Kiat-l-f-f. There is a match tawii. And a caudle has been light ed. What a face for s pre-Haphaellite artist to paint. There are the good im pulses of i lifetime, am! the hail ones fresh born of despairing prldeitlghtlng lor Ihe mastery in tli.it upper lip. Its owner goes into the ollice. He opens a safe with its own iej-. He secretes pa pers in his breast pocket. He takes out one ol tbe books and opens it. Bank rupt: is written on it in dim, shadowy letters. The sight nerves his pride like strong drink. He lesves the sale door open.— He explores the building. Tlie hands that in boyhood built, houseslVnm blocks on the jiappy nursery Iloor, now fash ion in eVfcry part guilty piles of com bustibles. How the veins lash his tem ples like whip cards ! How his heart throbs as he bends! How white his face grows as a curious and irnoceut mouse crosses before him. How bis wrist oscillates—'tis like the wrist of a twenty year old dram drinker lifting the cordial cup—as he touches the can dle here and there, snd thither and hither, and di° pping it in his flight, noiselessly escapes hy the alley en trance, and re-seeks,with night key, the palatial residence where a tew hours lie had gone to sleep, had risen, and now goes to sleep again—with the sky crim soned and a thousand men out to the magnetic cry of "Fire ! lire!" as the great bells peal over the startled city. "Sleep, partial sleep, will give its re pose to the wet seaboy, but it will deny it to the new crowned Atsou King of Crime Land. ■ •, TWO OHO3T STORIES. A curious story Is going the rounds of the press concerning a haunted house in I'enn Van, N. Y. A visitor thus de scribes what lie saw and heard: "Our village clock was striking the hour of twelve when we entered the haunted room. The stillness was dis turbed first by what, seemed a guitar played but a few feet Irom us, and as sweet a voice as ear ever beard singing to It in a low tone. In an instant the sound of voiess and footsteps was heard all about us, but, although the room was as light as lamp could make it, we saw nothing. Tlie singing continued, until the same sweet voice in the most pierc ing and sharpest utterance cried 'Help.' As the unearthly yell broke forth we felt our hearts beat quickly, our breath come heavily, and every nerve tingle. Three times did this mysterious voice cry 'Help,' Alter this followed what seemed to be a dance nf madmen to gether with the most demoniac scream* ever heard." Chicago has a very creditable ghost sensation. Two men testify to having met. the same ghost at dill'ei-etit tiui'-s. They spoke to it, and tried to fee) it, but could not do so, although they could see it distinctly. It was semi lying on the Chicago and North-Western Kail way track. Tbe train stopped, but it refused to move, although tlie engineer made t.very exertion to attract its at tention, fie leT tlifs engine, but when lis reached the track in front nothing was to be seen. On returning to liis post tlie ghost was again visible lying across the track. The engineer turned on steam, but now th:- engine declined to goon. Finally, alt.'i- ten niinuti-K' detention, the train passed, apparently over the body, and went, on its way. STRING OF PEARLS- Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be. Forgive thyself nothing and others inni h. The end of wrath is tho beginning ot repentance. To change and to do better are two dilicrent tilings. It is easier to blame than to do bet ter. God's mill goes slowly, but it grinds well. Revenge concerts a little right into a great wrong. Charity gives itself rich, but covetous ncss hoards itself poor. With patience and time the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown. Tlie sun-dial only counts tbe bright house. The best l ulo is to be polite to every otic, and miles- rudeness amounts to positive and intentional insult, to take no heed of it. It is the only way to tie happy, in a world where every second man is too obtritse. and every third one to ill-tempered, to be pleasantly and lrankly courteous. ANOTHER ISH. Another sect is formally announced from Chicago by the Rev. Mrs. litifluiii, having woman fonts chief corner-stone and woman's right! for its distinguish ing doctrine. It is styled the .New American Church, having the rare grace to abstain from profaning the name of Christian and numbering 300 members. The Ueity is addressed as the "Divine lamily — Lord the Mother. God the Father, Christ the Son, aud Soul the Daughter. IC""**-* Dr. Mcleod, a Scotch clergyman once made a lour of the highlands with his clerical friend Dr. Watson. There was a marked contrast between the physical powers ol the. two friends, tlie first being tall and muscular, the other weak and diminutive While crossing the loch iv a boat, in company with i number ot,passengers,a stqrin came on One of the pa-scngeis was heard to say, "The two iiiiiirstors sliould begin to pray, or we'll abe drooned." "Na nn," said the boatman, "the little ane can piny it he likes, but tbe aue main take an oar," ICJ" lv peirgiug boots by steam, 20 oases or Jwpairs ot boots, is a usual days work ; but a man in llopkinty has pegged Hit cases, l'.isi boots in two days lie otlcs pegged -IS bouts tv ice round, iv 11 minutes, and did otic boot in a trial i>! speed, in IS seconds, SC*J** A miin \\ ith an evil habit lixetl in his soul U ;.s badly oil'as a mil w ilha . worm in its Itemed, GOOD THIH3S FROM ARTHUR HXX.7S. Onr life is a contiiiiial decadence of power. From one till three years old, we are Lord Paramount Baby. From three till about twenty-seven, we ar: subject to onr superiors,—parent;., masters, col lege dons, senior counsel, rectors, and other authorities. From about the age nl twenty-seven to the end ot our lives, we are ruled over by those who are facetiously called our interiors,—wives, sous, daughters, servants,clerks, depu ties, and junior partners. Antl thi> is the Harshest rule ol all, and olten the most galling: for the cruelty of the weak tv the strong, of the inlerior to tlMr superior, is often very great; and there is an irony about it winch is very pain ful, though soinewli.it ludicrous. When a man in power a.-k tor time to consider anything, it is generally ir order that he may be able to consult his immediate infe: lor, without whose sanc tion he dares not assent tt) anything. Any one who is much talked of must be much maligned. This seems to lie a li.ir-ti conclusion; but when you consid er how much more given nit.ii are to de preciate than to appreciate, you will ac knowledge that there is some truth iv the saying. The man at. the head ol the house can mar the pleasure of the hoii'-ehold; but he cairn, t make it. That must rest with tlie woman, and Is her great .it privi lege. Then there is a class of people whom I venture to call the obscrvaut'ines.— They must make remarks about every thing; and there are a treat many tilings in this life which hail better pass with any loinatk. When mere are the objective people. Let any one say anything, however wise or foolish, important or tinimportar t, they must instantly take an objection. Tliey really do not mean to abide by their objection; but they must take It. Nothing should lv.-. done without, being well argued over; and it is their busi ness to 'see that objection is made to whatever is proposed. Then there are tlie explunative peo ple. Now, even tlie cleverest man, and tlie most adroit talker, utters many sen tences wliicli are needless. You see at once what he is going to say. But the explanative person will not let you oil one single jot. of explanation, liis talk is like the writing of a stupid book for children. LET US BE CONTENTED. Rothschild with all his wealth must be-titislio 1 with the. same sky that is liver tint head of the poor man. He cannot order a private sunset, that he may enjoy it with a circle of friends, nor can ho add one single ray to the clear, bright, beam of the queen as she sails magnificently through the heavens The richest Inn lie r cannot have no more than his share oftlie air to breathe aiid the poorest of ail men can have the same. Wealth may buy a brilliant bracelet, dazzling with diamonds ami rubies, but wealth caunot'buy a grace - fill and well turned aim on which to display its splendor. God only can give that ; aud to many ol t c poor he has given it. "J wish I had the health of that rosy peasant girl," sighed the aristocratic invalid, propped up with pillows in her costly carriage. "Ah, me,'* sighed tlie girl, "if I could ritlc iv such style as Unit !" Wealllicannot buy health, nor can it give a contented mind. All that is most Valuable can be had 16* nothing They came fl'ODi the hands of a kind aii.l Indulgent parent, and neither the air, nor the sky, nor bt-a ty health nor strength, nor genii!., can be bought nor sold. Whatetii r may be th« condition in life, remember the it things and therewith be content. — .—■ A CLASSICAL CONGRESSMAN. Mrs. Kitklatiil was once in conversa tion with some literary Irieiids, when something was said about the classics. 'Oh ! the classics .'" she exclaimed. '-Tliey are in great, repute at Washing ton. When 1 was there last winter, a member ol Congress sat heside me at dinner, am! as he bad been told that I was a littery woman he evidently re solved to make the most of his oppor tunities ; so, altera little while, he saitl to mc : 'There's going to be alectur-to-mor row night.' 'Ah. saitl I, who is to lecture ?' 'I disrcmetiib"!' Ids name, but 'is Sub ject,' sail niy neighbor slowly, to inalie sure, 'is The Age of Pericles'—pronoun cing tho last sylabln as in the word miracles, My neighbor looked at me, as If he had nor finished his remark, and re peated the words contemplatively,' I'he Age of Pericles.' Tlien with a kind of appealing expression he suddenly ask ed *ne, 'What are Pericles ?'—as if he sup posed theiu to be a kind of shell-fish. PROGRESS IN AMERICA. To the peasantry of Europe, we, the citizens ofthe United States.area vast inviting Utopia, while to ourselves nn own condition Is sprinkled with Uto pias— tami lies, Circlet, lnslltutions. where perfectibility has been more vividly eyed, where "impossibilities" have been realized—shining rounds of exceptional, spiritual, and intellectual attainment. Difficulties! Civilization Is tiie product of dilHctilties overcome. Fvei'commg difficulties is liberation, incessant emancipation, gradual eleva tion. We to day inarch in tlie glorious van of forward and upward humanity, because we and our immediate projeni- Itors, and our especial ancestors for thirty generations, have 'tad the stout ness of heart and tlie clearness of head to overcome, and to keep on overcom ing diltlcultics. Every one off our col leges is a monument bt the difficulties we have overcome?— George H. Cal vert, in Lipp.Maa. . _. — TBE DIFFERENCE. The marriage portion of a young bride in olden times was a feather bed, six chairs, n plain cherry table and bu reau, six cups and saucers, half a doz en silver teaspoons and a lot of sand for sanding the floors. Now they ex pect a set nf silver plater. hair seat so las, ottomans, divans, tetc-a-tcs, rose wood piano, marble-top tables lor par lors, painted furniture for chambers, brussel carpets and all other such mod ern tixings for show. This is tlie rea son there are not more marriuges. \C3" Geesi eggs curried to tlie cellar a ■ laid, und kept there, hatch will.— They should be turned over once a day Above stairs the temperature is _lne« vcn. Number the eggs as laid, that tin- first goose setting may liaye the Ist ?Ig* '"'-J- '__ Why if life the greatest riddle ''. ■ ~ut i'ti»'j ail must give It up. _-__-_W-_____________________________W-_—3W-________K ■__-_—_-_-_________■—______. IHE EDITOR- Next to the satisfaction which a wo man experiences when she gets A big wash on the line, there is nothing to equal a jaded editors fellings on Satur day night with his weeks work done, his hands paid oil, and a ten cent pos tage stamp lelt in Ins wallet to pay the barber for a shave. The former empties her sudsy nibs, rinses them clean and turns them up to ilry, then seating her self on a low chair iv full view of the many shaped while flags ut truce Unt ie ring in tlie passing breeze, She shakes out tier dangled garme.its, folds her knees and says, "Ob, dear !" The letter iight" his cigar tips back his chair, throws his feet on the sill of tlie open window,and looking down on tbe pretty maidens promenading the streets in their shott dresses and jaunty hats, warmly "woulds lie were a boy again." Perhaps he falls into a pleas ant reverie on the old homstcail and the tender hearts which In knows are beating so warmly for bun beneath its sacred roof. Perhaps be has a vision ol her that is to be—some pretty cousin with dimpled arms and rosy cheeks* neat in appearance and modest in ad dress, with a little head full of sense and a big heart full of love, and a soul that telib of religious devotion through a bright and honest eye. Perhaps he meditates on the inequalities noticerble among men—bow little the editor gets lor liis ceaseless round of perplexing toil, while the merchant waves his hand and tbe wealth of nations falls at his feet. Perhaps he failsasleepaud dreams of a time w hen tbe arms of a happy home shall embrace him ; when be sliai. eat four-Inch strawberries tft his own raising, swimming in cream from his own cow, and when more skillful hands than his shall keep his shirt supplied with buttons, lv either case lie Is nap py. He rests wrll from his labors, lie resumes work with a better heart and a more vigorous will. let ling that alter all an editors life is not an unmixed evil. PLANCHETTE IN CHINA. Dr. Macgowan thus describes in the North China Herald this orieutal pas time : "The table is sprinkled equally with bran, flour, dust, or other powder; anil two mediums sit down at opposite sides, with their hands on the table. A hem ispherical basket, eight inches in diame ter, is now reversed and laid down, w.th Its et'gs resting on the tips of one or two lingei s of the two mediums.— This basket is to act as penholder; and a reed or style Is fastened to the nm.or a chopstick thrust through the Inter stices, with the point touching the pow dered table. The ghost meanwhile has been duly Invoked and the spectators stand at omul waiting the result. This is not uniform. Sometimes the spirit summoned is unable to write, some times he is mischievously inclined, and the pen—lor it always moves—will make either a few senseless nourishes on the table, or fashion sentences which are without moaning, or with a mean ing that only mislead-. This, however, is comparatively rare." Dr. Macgowau adtls that in Ningpo, In 1843, there was scarcely a house In which this mode of getting messages Irom tlie spirits was not practised, HARDENING THE MOULD BOARD .OF PLOUGHS. A new method lias been discovered for tho manufacture of the mould-board of ploughs, which gives them nil the hardness and temper of steel, in combi nation wii h I lie toughness of iron. The mould-board (good iron) Is heated and dipped into iiu.ltt-11 iron. It remain* there ten second*, when the two sur faces become heated to a while In at. while the centre is not heated through. It is then immediately dipped lulu wa ter; tlie suriaee comes out harder than the highest tempered steel, while tlie interior is still iron and retains all the toughness and strength ot the iron. 'I lie advaiiiagi-sclaiiuedl'or .his invention 1. tbar the ploughs iv ide by this process will take the Hue*- and hardest polish, while they will be tough enough to en dure any reasonable knocking about 111 stony soil. SIR WALTER RALEIGH- The London Times thus vividly por trays one of the earliest American pio neers: "Tlie more we meditate over the ca reer of Sir Walter Raleigh the more we wonder at the marvellous many-sided ness ofthe mail, in this respect lie far excelled ids compeers Shakespeare and Bacon. A most sweet autl tuneful po et, a profound anil philosophic histori an, an accomplished courtier, a skillful navigator nnd ship builder, a gallant warrior both by sea and land, and ar dent planter, horticulturist, and botan ist, an earnest student of chemistry, ami, lastly, to omit many other ot Ids distinctions, a bold preacher of free trade doctrines in tlie House ol Com mons nearly three hundred years be fore such doctrines were ordinarily ac cepted—truly this was a marvel of a man. ' - T ' WEAR Til .8 IN TOUR HAT. Pay your debt as soon as you get any money in your pocket. l)o without what you don't need. Speak your mind when necessary. Hold your tongue when prudent. Speak to a friend in a seedy coat. If you can't lend a man money, tell him why. If you don't wan'f to, do tne same. Cut any acquaintance who lacks principle. Bear with infirmities, but not vices. Respect honesty; despise duplicity. Wear your old clothes till you can pay for new ones. Aim at comfort and propriety, not fashion. Acknowledge your ig norance, and don't preteniTknowlodge you haven't got. CLEVER EPIGRAM. Mr. Philip Hale printsin Good Words Hie following clever epigram ou Kccc Homo: — "Whilst different critics strive to find The object in the author's I.iin.l, Tho book inversely works. Charmed by the beauty of tne lace, The sceptic feels the heavenly graoe, Behind the veil that lurks. But adoration cannot brook One least elipse of that sweet look; Devotion takes ularm: Antl thus, however understood, No bad book ever did such .",,.ml, No good one e'er such lim m." |CJ» A pious cottager, residing in the centre of si long and dreary heath, be ing asked by a Christian visitor, Are you not souii-tiuiesafinid in your loucly situation, especially in the winter, replied, Ob no' for Faith *«-"',« i\[ a door at. night, and Mercy op'-. flS (J |„ Uw morning. I SCT A yon; list of hei j diary htf him book< Slu ftixiivt Virginia is publish sn wksxt.t a* Br.«. W. Bi«ii r *A. I. Btottm Tmtnttt or sitßHrairrro*. Otas Ottpy a months i v tl SO • r • •• . _ 175 " " 12 •* i 300 Clubs of Aye, one year, _ 12 50 Clubs of ten, one year, J2 00 Clubs of twenty, one year, 40 00 _(_*• Voluntary communications, con tain-lag Interesting or Important news,sol idled from any quarter. tSf Rejected communication* we cannet undertake to return. •WObltuary notices exceeding Aye lines will be charged for at our regular adY.rtls lng rates. m*T All letterii on business connected with he ofDce, must be addressed to the "Natlvo Virginian." $ urn att&l?J!^lH^ Eli (.CATION FMR FARMERS. It is a great mistake to suppose that , "fanners do not need to be educated." - Progress is sure in this direction, as in I all„olhers, but it seems slow. The far i mer without an cducntion sinks to a I mere drudge, aud can never hope to at • tain an equal position in society with i other professions; and he may boast as ■ he will, but he cannot make his rarm i produce like the intelligent, -sell-read • man, who studies agriculture as a sci ence. The uneducated farmer wonders why 1' his sons and daughters are so anxious i to leave the firm, to choose other occu i patious, Tlie reason, my friend, is ob vious; for your sons cannot plod on with you. if you persist in keeping them a ■ century bejiiud the times. Young men I and women, of trades and professions, arc perfecting themselves in their vari i ous callings— attending scientific lec tures, reading scientific books, studying improvements in every department of labor; and ihark their progress in re spectability, useluliicss and worth. To the in-.elligent gentleman, tlie farm holds out far more delightful in ducements than any trade, lie enters the profession with a desire and deter mination to elevate it, and he succeeds, too, just in proportion to his general culture. Opportunities lor agricultu ral training are openingover the whole country.and tumults would do well to place In the hands ol their sons scien tific books and papers, If tliey wish them to remain on the farm; also, give them an opportunity to attend a course of lectures on agriculture. Your childien would sooa look with sltered eyes upon the farm-life; and what a dihereut aspect would many a .arm-house wear ! Throw about your children all those hel|ts and encourage ments to service—so reasonable, so tle liglit*ul, so profitable—if you would have your larms blossom like the rose, and your homes and hearts bask in the sunshine of happiness and prosperity. —I. S. 11., in Country Genthman. THE COST OF TENCINO, Every farmer knows what-'it cost to fence in his laud and divide It til to fields. a»d he is disposed to be as economical in this as In oilier expenses ahont Ids farm. He will of course not make post and-rail fence if he can'mike some oth er kind* which will purpose equally as well at less cost. Our farm ers hnve tried every kiud of fence from stone down; but when the latter is built r unless the material comes from the premises which are thus cleared, and killing two birds with one stone, it is perhaps the most expensive. It may last longer than any wooden fence if great care is taken m building, but not otherwise. The Irishman's stone fence may perhaps be taken as a sample, which was lour leet wide aud six feet high, and so built to cheat the wind, which, ir it blew it over it would be two feet high er than it was before ! Apparently our farms arc divided too much and-thus increasing tlie expense ot fencing, but here again it is to be supposed that tlie one woo follows his business under stands it the best, and is not, likely to adopt a plan of fencing upon his farm that he does net think most conducive to bis interests. Surely he would not cut bis farm up into eight or ten fields if four or live would answer just as well. In the S'.at.e of Georgia the present system of rail fencing is condemned.— There is said to be at least 50(1,000 miles of leti.ing in the State, wliicli cost not le._- than <-(JOO per mile, or four bil lions live hundred thousand millions of dollars. To get rid of this so-called enormous expense, herding stock is re commended by a Georgia journal com plaining of the cost. Tbe edilor might as well gja little lartht-r ami adopt the old style ol doing without hnuncs and barns and camping out, as they did iv bible times, and stall do in Central Af rica. This, with the abandonment of all wheeled-vehicle*, would save nearly as much ss the fences. If we are tow back to the time ol predatory life, for the purpose of savins, expense, let Hsdo so effectually. Our Georgia cotempor ary may rest assured that civilization is unite an expensive tiling.— Ed. German town Telegraph. HARDT FRUITS. In answer to a correspondent, who desires to know whit li are the hardiest sorts of iruits proper for cultivation In a place where the winters are severe, the editor ol the Country Gentleman says* "In answer to the inquiries it may be well to remark at the outset, that for cold regions a selection ol the hardiest varieties will save from uiucli diaup poiutment, A tew are found to endure the servere winters of Maine, Canada, and Wisconsin, where most sorts are badly injured or killed. It is equally important to select dry or well-drained upland,-not 61 great fertility, where the trees will make a good medium, well ripencd growth, and to avoid wet mucky grounds, which are mere liable to sharp fronts, and which, by in liicingsucculent growth, render the trees more easily winterkilled. Clean and mellow euL tlvatlon should be given, which,on soils of moderate lertility, will make abet ter, bar-far ami better-ripened growth, than any manuring without it. Tho cultivation should not be continued af ter mid-summer, as if 1 .te, it might pre vent the formation oftlie terminal buds and cause an unriponed second growth. Among the hardiest varieties, the fol lowing may be named: Apples.-- -Saps of Wine, Red Astra chau. Autumn Strawberry, Kail Or ange. Duchess of Oldenhurgli, FameUße, St. Lawrence, Golden Russetf. (of West ern N. V.), Northern Hpy, Wagoner. Pears.— BiuTum, Urban isle, Aujou, Fulton, Lawrence, Winter Nells. Crabs.— Transcendent Hyslop.- Grapes.— Hartford Prolific, Concord, Delaware, Adirondac (coveroslia win ter.) Cherries.— Early Richmond, May duke, Large Morello. Plums.— Schenectady, Cnt It a- fln c , Lombard, McLaughlin. Rasberrlts.— Philadelphia, Black Cap. Strawberries. —Wilson 's. Blackberries.— -Klttatinny. Currants. —lied Dutch, White Dutch, White Grape, Versailles." |C_7» There is exhibited in a window , at New Bedford an old English horse ' shoe which was worn, out on the forefoot [ of a Flemish frock horse in Liverpool. ! It > 9 ■''..-nt ai_l a half niches long* and Tkwid*, with a cap to turn an iuch " j niiil a quarter over the toe. The toe a calk is 0.1.4 mi-hi's wide. JC?» A pi'isn-iier was examined in I court and contradicted Wmselt. >Wuf ;'" | do you iicii.r askc-l th. judge. '11. *_■ n : youn lawyer*.' j