f$0t tn w v'-;.<v.*.-n .. mit&ie vol iv salisbury jy c.5 jujve 25 8g9 i i jxo 5 l)c©l&noutl state published weekly by x 33 w is naives editor and proprietor rates ok subcrfption one year payable in advance 3.00 1 six months " •• 1.501 .*) copies to one address 12,50 hates of advertising one square first insertion 1,00 second insertion 50 third insertion n for each additional insertion lllll twelve lines of brevier — i } i itches length wise the column — or less constitute n square special notices will be charged 50 per cent higher than the above rates court and justice's orders will he publish '■ d at the same rates with other advertise ments obituary notices over sis lines charged as advertisements to persons wishing to advertise for a lon ger time than two months the most liberal terms will be given ii fug ft us a cloud im.sl-eli.i'i a faithful minister uf christ one day overtook an aged saint who in reply to a qttesiti egarding hiswelfare said '•] know how it is but i have been much dis i quieted of lute it is now nearly sixty years sinca the lord jesus fount me | in my sins nud spoke peace to my soul ; and i had then such unquestioning re pose iu his love such assurance of hope | and such joy iu believing that it seemed heaven begun on earth hut now such darkness has come over ni tint i am sometimes tempted to doubt whether i ever knew him in truth and to think that it was all a pleasing dream in which i , deceived myself and the reason of that is replied ] the minister that sixty years ago when • the lord found you you knew that you j were nothing but a hell deserving sinner ! | you never thought of finding any good ' | in yourself j but you looked away from , ,• sinful self tn christ and you found all j lha you needed in him you were satis | lied with his finished work his i loud , | spoke peace to yotl you saw him as \ 1 made unto yon god's wisdom even i righteousness and sanctiticiilinii and re ! , dcmptiotl you desired nothing more ; , , there was nothing more you could desite j hut now you are beginning to say with | yourself it i'm a child of god - and | there is darkness in that if if i have 1 been a subject of divine grace for sixty , years then surely there ought to be abun dant fruit to hispralse and great spiritual ! attainments and you have turned j away from christ to seek satisfaction in your life or in yonr own heart and all is darkness for the earth does not become a luminous body however long and clear ly the sun may shine upon it the lord is dealing mercifully wiih you and will not permit ynu to find rest ill self he will have you turn again to christ as ful ly as ever — and will have you end where you began rejoicing in christ jesus und having no confidence in the flesh at i the end as nl ihe beginning a sinner sav ed by grace i a cloud was lifted from that venerable countenance as the old tnan stood for n few moments wrap in thought and then exclaimed thank god yon have hit the murk christ is till christ is all to mi may the same grace which caused the ' light to break through that cloud bless this record ul the incident lo borne other flaint traveling in darkness because turn ing away from lhe light my chow's l'l'd up prep inii fur me '/ a crow that will lit no other brow a ermv , which neither man nor nngi-l oilou ihuu myself can wear for fisiis makes no mistakes ill lhe adaptations ni grace here or the rewards of grace hereafter and this my crown has long been preparing — laid lip in le nveu for me "> es laid tip but not finished ii jewels are uul all set yet ne ther do all it-i si irs sparkle now but jesus is gulhciing and tieusur ing i hem and will lake care lh.it no pre cious stone is lost every one will occu py iis true position and gold and silver and precious stones he found in their a - pfopriato places s'.iue of lliesu have ul ready been borne by angel hands in ilea en ami by the grace of my dear i-.ivi.itir i am seeking in lay up nihil treasures also also these will he fitly sei us apples of gold in pictures of silvei iu my crown but though these jewels of grace are inwrought in it my crown is lhe gift ul mv saviour and is incomparably more precious than the jewels which adorn it it is unique there is no crown bhe n on earth it i a crown of righteousness there is no haiti upon its purity it is char us lhe sun antl white as the light and it is a living crown ii crown of life i shall never he culled t i lay it aside neither ill ii ever he taken from me — ii ii ill never bide nor need renewal tin j brow ii presses is ami must be immor tal wearing it 1 sh ill enjoy peronni j al youtll and be im-iupt from sickness i min and death uiul sh ill reign with my ' saviour a king and priest forever and there nre many similar crowns for jesus says to each of his disciples 1 thou faithful unto death nnd i ill give thee i crown of life you dear readers may hive n crown like mine but fitted to your brow i hope you have ono in preparation ii you love ji-siis you have ; if you do not yot have not the apostle could say i have fought a good li_ht i have fin ished my course 1 have kept the faith ; j henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the lord the ' righteous judge shall give me in that day and not to me only but unto all ihem al so that love his appearing — national babtist .«»■ the priceless diamond there is no gem or jewel or richest peai'l in all the universe of mich priceless value as the soul worlds could not buy it — worlds could not rodi em it if once lost tub a priceless diamond you cur ry about with you every tlay in your ho-oin ll 111 id the dangers nf earth and where numerous and invisible foes nre seeking lo rob you of it do not delay to place it in lhe hands of the almighty saviour who can preserve and keep ii safely lill the final day think oh think how much is at stake — even your own soul your own precious souls suppose this world went a globe of gold antl each star iu yonder firtnameul a jewel of the first order and the moon a diamond and ihe sun literally a crown of all created glory ; one sou iu value would outweigh them all ib re is a man standing on board of a vessel at sea hold ing hi hunt over the side ot the vessel — he is spoiling with n jewel ivorth a hundred ihousund dollars and which too is nil his fortune playing with the jewel he throws it up he catches it throws it up and catches it a fiiend noticing the brilliancy uf tlio tho jewel warns him of lhe danger id losing ii and tells him tlml it it slips through his lin gers it goes dowu to the bottom of deep anil can be recovered no more oil there is no danger ; i have been doing this a long lime and ynu see i hive nol lost ii , yet auguin h throws ii up nnd — it is ' gone past recovery goi oh when thu man finds that his jewrl is lost and liis own folly lost it who can describe his agony us he exclaims i have lost my jewel ill v fortune iny all 1 oh sinner hear me ! casketi'd iu your busotn yoh iln ve a jewel of infinitely great value ; in ; ia.ll_g_utu.ji ........ ,.....! .:.«.,;,...,....■„, in danger of losing that pearl of price unknown — iu danger of being lost forev er faith a true and saving faith although it cannot be too large lor god's glory and lor your own comfort cannot be too small i'or the purpose ot salvation if it be hut the true nud living faith of the gospel — the shipwrecked sailor if he have but been cast upon a rock a single foot above ihe reach of ibe waves is n -= perfectly secure s if he wen looking down from a ihousund tinhorns high upon ihe troubled waters — blunt jonathan edwards describes a chris tain as being like such a litile flower as we see ill the spiiug of llio year low and humble on lhe ground opening i bosom to receive the pleasant beiluld id lh sun glury rejoicing as it were in culm rup ture diffusing around a sweet fragrance standing peacefully and lowly iu the tui'lsi ol uiher tl-nv rs " the world may think nothing of t lio llltlo hnwer — ihey in iv imi oven unlive it bul nevertheless il will be diffusing around a sweel fra grance upon all who dwell within its low ly sphere dreadful suffrings of christ an cretans elian siekonli in a letter jo dr g s ii iwe p 7 lisbeil in lhe li it ton v tail droll's it li rri ble picture of the ex nil io which lie 1 1 tun christians have bei reduced by iheir fidelity o the cause ol iiu ir country's liberty lie says th it he saved hundreds of families irom starva lion and nakedness by thu enntribiltiiu ■ 1 ill \ nii'l ic ill people ii • sniv ni il inris and maidens peer mil lik phantoms iroiu the eaves iu which they dwelt and then h asi ily glul in again in cou coal iheir nakedness from his sight he heard the groans of children and old men who were miserably perishing nf famine iu lhe viliiigii of pulsation corpses were drag ged liiiin iheir graves and ihe mutilated in cut ito pieces and strewed tlui ugh tli streets maidens were out ragi d,iind iim - i leutii bones were heaped up s tin pities the memory ul the dead il is au exquisite nud beautiful thing iu our nature i li.it who i our heart is touched and bofteued by soniu tranquill happiness lhe memory ol lhe dead coined over it most powerfully nnd irresistubly it would almost seem ns though our bi i ter thoughts and aympaihius wore charms in virtue of which lhe soul is enabled to hold some vague and mysterious inter course tt'iih iln spirits of those whom ive dearly loved iu life alas how often and boll lung may thu.-e palien nilgl is hover above watching for he spell which is bo seldom uttered and bouii forgotten a chinese savings bank is fo be estab lished in san francisco which ii is thought will set loose at least five millions of coin now hoarnid in old stockings by ihethrif ly colsstials agricultural from tho journal nf the fnrni fifty per cent of clear profit in the memory of living men the vir gin soil id ihe iliiwliilds produced ten barrels ol corn per acre in ihe boyhood nf llliddle-iiged ini'ii the same hind pro duced live barrels of corn per mi e now according lo iii concurrent btiiteiueiits of iiiinii'i'oiis farmers one barrel of corn per acre woi'lh 6,00 to day and 83,00 it ih heap is an average corn crop und the average cosl of production according to tiie same concurrent statement of fiiini rs in this neighborhood is 7,50 per acre nothing more i 1 be snd to prove ihat onr system of fur in ing is an absolute und on st disastrous fail ure which tn list change or the laud must change owners j and some hints us to how ibis change in iy be speedily and btirely i fleeted are gi vi u in lhe following p i per ioii.il.il upon iiclu tl experiments of my own or coining under my own observation j and i assert wiih mit four of contradiction thai by following the pi iu here proposed any furnior may increase his char profits 00 per cent and increase the fertility of his lund 25 per cent each year the causes of tho rapid and alarming failure of our lands sre nntuerousiiiid tuny he su mined up in general terms into two tvants namely want i pnius and waul of i brains but lhe specific cause is iho cut ■ lure of c nn iu straight rows up nnd down ihe hills the culture nf corn at best is very sever on laud exposing ii to the suns and floods of august but us prac tised here without inuntiro nnd withoul a hillside ditch it h i produced iho result already slated — namely hinds ihu 75 years ago were very piodiicuv are now pari iu the bottom of flaw river purl grown np in broouistraiv and the purl still in cultivation produces corn worth so per aero at a cost of 7,50 per acre — now any farmer who will quit corn ex cept as a cleansing crop or upon highly iiu proved l"is and who n il use br ti and p tins and butlgh's phosphate on small grain and clover and more brains . itnd more pains on root crops with stable manure and iiuigh's phosphate nllernn n-i will iiml liis uel profits increased on per cent and his laud rapidly improved to prove this to lie satisfaction of llie iiiii-<i nki'p lien lllji villi wftikle i 11 1 only sty lhat a bushel ol pottlfncn i i . wnvs bueti is and will always be equal iu i value in the market to n bushel of corn 1 never knew iu litis region of more iiiiui 75 bushels of corn being made to the uc e . 1 th • iv s ni •! hi lil i . i hi d ' w ■ hit andthe average yield us ulreudy stated is not above 5 bushels to lhe acre worth 5 i raised ou an old field the first lime it was ever man tired in the mem ory of man 500 bushels of potatoes per acre uiul col wm biughiyii did the same on an i'llinary new ground the sunn manuring mighl perhaps hive produced 50 bushels of coru worth 50 while 111 pul hoes mere ivollll 6500 bliowi ig ll till ference in favor of root culture ol 450 per acre fit l her a bushel of rut l biiga turnips is woi h more iu wilmington to day than a bushel of corn nnd major lynch has nnd 500 bushels of turnips per ucru and further still tho potatoes t.,d turnips c in be i aided on tlm .- ime . acre the suiue yi ar at u cosl in labor und ] in inure of not moro ihun 81 5 these sluteiiieiits in.iy seem extravu gum ; inn 1 repeat thai i u ul i lol wm uiui iniiii luive ho h raisi d i hu poi ito .-. il m ijnr lynch li s raisi tl ihe turnips \\ heal h is been nu niter failure in litis section im the i is liie years lhe avetiige \ ii id being less than two and a half bush els per acre ; bill with ll ferl lii/.'f ton im-ii 1 per ue may h • saf ly c ite i on wlie ii mu i enter u au impoi innl li'iii'-tii hi uny iiitelligeiii fanner's system i.i jus ri gion iuii never ivilltuill a fertili i /!•. it t'l'iiu i hill ... '" '■ thol ; il 1 .'. s i i |. uul i .,...- il lull i sh u'l time lo sun ,, 1 ii md ; and is i full ul nion si.uii i i ■ i , culture lhe i.i llio succoe i ing crop i elm i r hay fill ni.-h fond lu winter entile ou at itlunist no cosl nl all and i he cullle in tin ir turn liirnisli ina | nure for runts t lu n heat $ i 0 per acre in i iilgll'rl pilospil il » ill ui ill len \ ii in is n here mily i "" bushels nud n : half would have grown without il ; live bushels uill pay fur the manure ami leave uv i nud a lm if bushels worlh 5 uf clear profit th first year being 50 per cent on the iiiiui •!• invested nud 100 pur en t on ilie prev - nol yield with the same la bor the s i 10 in phosphate thai in uie ihu « heal is a perfect specific i'm red clover the first crop of tliis clovei is ivoi ih iii ill i'.'ket or lor linum consump tion 15 in clover liny rt profit ol 150 pe.i cent on thu money invi sled ih yeiu in line und already paid in wheal und the ti ind eiop turned ( levor pastured will willi 10 iu phosphate again make fifteen bushels of wheal sh living an incieusod productiveness nf 50 per cent ( i iis can he cultivated us a money crop ; but if one has urea enough us is ulwuys ihe case h iih us they must enter into thu system ns furnishing tho chuiipusl and bosi feed for horses and iho cheapest and best meal for mixing hei for milch tows as i,,d should not be required lo work with out being fed less frequuntly bul as reg ain li and us eilflully as m in 01 in 1-1 ; in plainer english us no seed bhould bu pm into thu ground withoul bpociul ma nuring of some sort or olhor i would ap ply 250 pounds ol phosphnto lo oal , which will pay for itself in outs and pay 100 per cunt in the biicccuding clover crop and improve tho land 25 pi r cent in furnishing a becond crop to bo turned ; or in buckwheat with ion pounds additional j per acre of phosphate n will pay 100 per cent tho same year this buckwheat j can be solved while die mils is iu tlm j shock by having the rows straight and j " ide apart and moving the shocks upou the plowed ground after a section of the lnickwhe.it is put 111 the buckwheat 111111 stand iu tho shock till after wheat is sown and iheu threshed iu ihu field und ihe straw furnishes thu litter for pocutocs iim can be moved rapidly nud that no i i . 1 ill blutt nivuy us il dues leaves i'i c nv enters us a very important el oni'i.i iim ihis sysl tu ol laiiuiiig where there is a range as is generally the case [ with 117 i citt u iiii in heel hide and tallow 820 i in be raised with 50 cents worth ol sail ; and if lmr man ire bu con sidered she cii.i h raised ul a good pro 111 i.i in iiiiti and then sold for 20 oi clour cash profit she will live iu ordinary | i in siimm a anil iu winter she will li withoul shelter on wheal straw and il she never duii^s on less than six inches ' of litter the iniiounl of manure made is : astonishing which manure ill its turn in biin.'s inoi crops hogs cannot he raised nn com at less lhan bit per hundred and are worth in market but s10 per hundred on potatoes ih o dinary stock oi hug c m be raised ai s5 per hundred ol'ue nil cost 1 fat ten d my luij on pot i1 -. 1 isl fall and i knoll whereof i affirm nnd il lhe pota toes are exchanged bushel for bushel for corn us dr mebane and major lynch did ihe cost ill pork is still further redu ced as a bushel of corn though worth on ly a bushel ol potatoes in the market is worth i mm bushels ul p i'.itiii's in a hog - what can be done hy improving our stock i am nol prepared to say ; but it is the generally ri ci ivetl statement thai the bed which m ikes 200 pounds of pork from thu ordi iny le tr v ul make 300 pounds if fed tothe improved hog — md this im proved li is non offered it mir doors at pennsylvania prices by messrs jenkins und skiles of thnuiasville n ('., with whom it will pav any live farmer to cor "-! i 1 have ul id .• ; ,. ■ it nl what can bo d mo with roots in i table manures el ise t . the bam y aid every one may elaborate the id"i io suit himself but i hue ranched 500 bushels of potatoes ou old li ids wiih j out litter nud trith inter deep culture and heavy stable manuring ullerniiled nl less liiiin 1,000 ptititiils of u itigb's w.«*«lpuu in jn aete 2,000 i10u ills wollld in 1.7 — . . . j , ' 1:1 il experiment th tl a spiiug crop**18 i t iiu w . ul h noi less lhan len tun ta hat tli p un ■ tre itm ■ il w i lid in ike in grain md ■ fill h i 1 i'i i i - in lhe spn ig is worth still nine kuiii bag i turnips produce 500 bushels per acre they keep ti.l iny nml would uel w iii wilming ton 81 per bushel the mangel wurtzel beet sluiiihl receive attention it is very ii in ii igs or cattle either raw or cooked he books till sny thai 600 bushels per . re my nwn experiment ind cites 500 n-h is m iih 1 000 pounds i h ingh's 1'hnsphutu und m ijor lynch's cperimenl indicates the same yield with halt as much rii'isphate this crop possesses u very i great recommendation it runs through llio whole season ns tho turnip does in england and so will always produce a lair crop while the potato and turnip rn li ning through bul half ihe season are iia j ble in be cut off by droii rht 1 will add ue word about manure of course stable manure is the best and bu v • v farm t use every exertion lo muke , ■ li nf il us p'.s-ii.l ; bill il pays se ii , ,. i runts ii h.ili occupy ing but a small urea tn i y be cultivated near llio b un lh ii i doubt if it ever pays to haul ii over iini yards ol concentrated ma nures which according lu ihis plan musl 7 a 1 eu irclv upon distant fields i find 1 ingh's u i ■ iii m i ph he of lime ill ihii can he desired in a concentrated manner it is acl ice cum ah permanent ■ i ,! i .;. " c -. ■ '"'■ c — ill i liree ul which i|ii lliu ." oi this in inure i can prove to any mail's suiird'uctimi by u live minute's | walk over my pn mi *. my lirst expori iu ■ ti ii it h ii ii is •" ii ii corn on n dead nld held ih sec nd yi ar al the rate of 350 pound per neie 1 1 paid in corn clear 1 ini j i cent ; in rye iim bucnnd year ii p iii i 50 p t cenl ; a 1 finm present pros pi ets ii ii iii p iy i ii ■■ ir iii clover lor h iy or soiling 100 per cent ihu clover being very thick and nettrly high enough io mow and that after a coru crop and a rve crop have been gol tell frum the original plinsp haling uvu years ago this provi s thai i h acliv . /-• . m incut and a specific for clover and il the clover sud turned will produce live bushels of corn nr iwo and a hull bushels of whe.it and 1 j think ii ill double il without manure . tiie land will bo bettered 500 per cent us ih lirsl year did not produce more ihnn u bushel nf cuu pur in i ir i was so pleas id with this experiment with 11 ingh's phosphate llllll i have used it to the ex tent of my ability and always with good effect except on at old field iu oats the lirst year and iheu it paid 100 per cenliu clover the next year while guano tried side by side tu nle but little oals and no clover i have also laken an agency for tho sale of this manure and will bu glad io iiiruish it at manufacturer's price in uny quantity desired hut would never ! use less than i'iiii pounds pur acre oil grain or less than 1 , titio pounds fur roots and if 1 can possibly ruisu llio ready iiiuuey to gel ii ii takes cash — i shall never pul any kind i seed iu the ground without il or a h mi stable in mu o uojieu i hingham m.'l'iii vill n 0 apnl 15th i860 great curiosity i woman without it miscellaneous j a shower oe snakedt serpents hy lhe million — the prairie in the neighborhood lit literary ali re with reptiles tiie greatest snake sto ry on record i'riiui tho illinois stilts iicrieter june 1 ] the grent storm of last friday night \ will long be remembered in this state — iu addition to the details heretofore giv * eu we have information from a reliable j ciiizeu of the gnat damage at taylorville the storm burst in all its fury at that place about dark and the rain fell 111 tor rents the electric storm presented the same features as here the wind how ever was more violent and with inter missions blew ill great strength from eve ry direction several buildings were damaged and young hickory trees actu ally twisted oil by the wind the grow ing crops were prostrated by the wind and beaten into the ground by tho ruin and hail jiut the most singular phenom enon ami one which was not vouchsafed to any other community was a shower of snakes we have heretofore read of show ers of sand of fish and sometimes of flesh lint never before of a shower of snakes ; and yet we are well assured that the phe nomenon which occurred on last friday nighl can be described in no more fating terms on saturday and sunday last every ditch brook and pool on the prairie north of taylorville was alive with nondescript creatures which have been described to in as being from one and a half to two feet long iiiiii uf three fourths of nn inch to an inch in diameter this diameter is very slightly lessened at the head und tail i'he tail is flat like that of an eel but has uocaudal fin ; indeed there is no fin at all the bead is iu shape that of an eel but the mouth is that of a sucker tiie eyes arc small and tho ears aro simply orifices immediately behind the head on each side is a flipper like that of a turtle three-font ths ot nil inch to an inch in length including tho limb which has a perfectly developed joint in color these snakes or whatever they are are of a dark hue the number of these creatures is be yond all estimate they swim in every branch and puddle of water their mode of progression in addition to the nudula tory motion ofa snake in the water is by trlfff use of the hipper described above and with the head and a few fn*i,..w"(i;i or li uly above the surface thus indicating ihni the flippers are not absolutely essen tial to motion tbey nre perfectly harm less ll.iva and men tiki them irom the pools in hundreds and ihey are broughl to town for inspection we are willing to admit that our know edge of ichthyology is not sufficien to de terininc what ihey nre e is have teeth are carnivorous and some species are very voracious and belligerent these crea hires ar of the g.-nius evclopttires o suckers h iving no teeth and are evident ly unprepared ini attack and except by flight are delenceless furthermore they have no tin uiul their flippers are only adjuncts and not their principal means o progression they are not serpents at thoy want fangs eiiher bonded or naked which invariably disvinglliah the order o ophidians wo will not worry our readers with any speculation on a subject confessedly be yond our bnowledge we are promised some specimens which will be submitted to naturalists of auknowleiged ability whose opinions wc shall lay before tin public it is iho universal testimony ofall the people of the country that no creature anything iike those was ever before seen by them tho size renders it certain that ihey have not been developed ihere as il is practically impossible that tbey could have grown to lhat size without having in eu son i i is quili certain they were never there before the storm and it is al most equally oertaiu the storm brought them there this storm which passed over so huge an exient of country and was o violent undoubtedly gathered as do most of such siotiiis in the vast plains of the northwest it was a tornado and i iu passing through tlm country disturbed | ihe usual atmospheric and electrical con ditions su as to produce in addition to lhe central tornado in passing over some lake or river iu the immense unknown re gion of ihe northwest drew up water and with it ihese animals which are evidently amphibious tho tornado then sped on its mission of destruction passing perhaps miles above tho earth and occasionally as at shiptnhn sinking the earth near taylorville the central body of the storm wits dissipated as la siiown by the fact that llio wind blow in gusts from all di i reclions and ihese creatures fell to lhe earth to astonish the people and perplex the scientific -*•«-< — . — hon alex ii stephens of georgia is out iii a letter iu one ot the washington papers in reply to some criticisms on bin history of tllo rebellion he takes a very gloomy view of the situation and ar gues tiiat we are drifting to consolidation and empire nothing he says can pre vent the final establishment of imperial ism but a determined oftbrt on the part of the people to preserve free institutions the remedy hu says is nol in secession that was tried and found insufficient it inn t bo ni the b illoi box lie calls upon lh | pie of the several stales tu serious ly i suler whether they will maintain i i free institutions or accept imperialism nicely caught at the masked firemen's ball in new orleans week before last a gay and handsome man who had refuseed to take his wife to tbe ball on tho plea of busi ness was much struck by a stranger n lady in a mask ou her ho all his fascination oh sir you quite put mo out with your flattery i suspect you are a mar ried man said the lady no indeed ; but i confess a willing ness to get married since i have i had the pleasure uf seeing you was the gallant reply indeed but you havc'nt seen my face yet !" no ; but i know it is beautiful the exquisite grace that accompanies every thing ynu do and tells mo as much indeed !" i think so ; but you will no longerdeny mo that satisfaction ; for 1 assure you lady i am in lovo indeed it is truo until i met you to-night women have looked to mo homely and commonplace oh you arc jesting indeed i nm not and you never loved any one be fore never ! your sex appeared to me al ways deceitful and my heart refused them all sympathy ; but fur you i feel a pas siunate attraction i have no power or in clination to resist " jan tliis be true it is indeed i am mad with impatience since it will bo the only face my heart will ever | mirror it lias upou it no rival impres sion you are so persuasive 1 can no longer deny the privilege — look and the mask was removed it was his wife the devil said tho discomfited benedict indulging in a prolonged whis tle ob no my dear only lhe face that has no rival impression on your heart 1 say mary let's call it square and go home and they went the great mystery tho body is to die so much is certain what lies beyond f no one who passes the charmed boundary comes back to tell the imagination visits the realms of the soul over rrrt e,l-re.t-.vcvna window iu wings iis its way wearily back with an olive leaf iu its beak as a token of emer ging life beyond the closely bending hori zon the great sun comes and goes in the heaven yet breathes no secrect of the ethereal wilderness tho crescent moon cleaves her nightly puss.igo across the upper deep but tosses overboard no mes sages and displays no signals the sen tinel stars challenge each other as they walk their nightly rounds but wc catch no syllable of their countersign which gives passage to the heavenly camp — between this a'ttd the otlier life is a gieat gulf fixed across which neither eye nor foot can travel the gentle friend whose eyes we closed in their last steep long years ago died with rap tare iu hen won der-stricken eyes a smile of ineffable joy upon her lips and bands folded over a tri umphant heart but her lips wero past speech and intimated nothing of tlio vis ion that enthralled her anu he passed on to shun , em the words of my text my henrars you will find iu 1 1 kings chapter iv verse 8 and he passed on to shunein take to heart the lesson our text teach es and when temptations try you and evils lie in wait to ensnare you pass on to shun em when you see men nf wrath fighting and breaking heads and sticks and hear them cursing and swearing — mind the words of the tout and pass un to shun em and oil ! my hearers — if you should come into one of our little towns and bo hold a row of little offices with tin signs on tho doors of each and bear melt talk ing of attachments without affections and sequestrations without quiet — ah and seize — yours and never theirs — all ubnut eternally going tn law — ah it will bo to your profit to mind the winds of the pro phet and pass ou to shun em aud if you go round when the mer chants are — all and tbey rush out to shake bauds with you and ure especially anx ious to learn the condition of your wife's health and tho children's and the worms and the crops and offer to sell you a lit tle liill of goods a good deal lower than their cost on account of their lovo for yon and for cash — ah — pass on to shun cm a 1)10 rat killing we ere informed liy our friend simeon waggoner of gibsonrillo that he and bis neighbors killed 530 grown rain ou his premises in one day tliis wait a slaughter worth talking about such u number of rats would have eaten many a less thrifty farmer of house and home greensboro patriot til viceroy of egypt is 80 much fright ened by the al tempi lately made to assas sinate him iu his box nt the cairo thea tre that he is said to have resolved to take up his residence in paris and never lo return to l'.g pi a woman's dreams she snt nlone iu the moonlight her beautiful cheek resting upou her ban i so soit anil white nnd dimpled you could tell us you looked at her that her thoughts were far away and that she was thinking nf something beautiful ii r eyes were wistful ; her lips were softly pressetl together tho dimples iu her cheeks had died out and only the dimple in her chin remained tho liule rosy cleft the impress of love's finger she was less glowing than at limes but none tho less lovely i thought to myself ns i lookod at her that she was nean r heaven than wo coarser mortals and i longed to know whither her pure heart turned itself i approached her ; she did not hear uie i spoke she did not an bwer i touched her softly on the arm ; sho looked up nnd smiled a far away smile such us an angel might have given you are thinking very intently 1 said she answered yes in a subdued tone of voice as though that which was on her mind was too holy for discussion but i persisted will you tell mc what your thoughts were ?" 1 asked she shook her head you could not understand she said i i could try i said humbly i am coarse and rude i know but i could strive to comprehend she smiled sweetly but still with that faraway look in her dark eyes no not coarse ho 6aid but you are a man it is so different with men were you a woman you would understand it at once now perhaps you may smile may laugh at me believe me no i whispered ; i adore the beautiful tlio true the pure - let me know your sweet thoughts she gave her hand to me i will tell yon she said i have thought of noth ing else all day last night i lay awake thinking of it 1 am sure i must bo right but if i am wrong oh if i am wrong edgar i tremble to think of it you cannot be wrong i baid she gave mc her other hand you think not 1 she said ; ah ! but you cannot be so good a judge ns a worn an 1 think — i believe — " yes yes i whispered bending near er ; yes angeliue i am almost biire she said in ac cents softer than the ripple of falling wa ter almost sure edgar the blue fringe will look better ou my new walking suit ° — «»•«•«_« velvet don't you thiuk a wonderful story extraordinary case — a mouse in a child's stomach for a week past the daughter of mr walshauer aged about three years and residing at the corner of spain aud great men street complained of an itching ach u in the stomach which she attributed to her parents as being caused by ants — this irritation lasted from that time until half-past seven o'clock thursday night when she was taken worse the father of the child supposing that worms was the cause of her illness administered a worm powder about midnight she was tiken seriously ill accompanied by a cho king sensation aud it was feared she would die from the effects when she sud denly vomited throwing up among other matter a live mouse about an inch and a half long not including tlic tail which was near iho biimo length as soon us the young girl was relieved of the animal she immediately exclaimed to her anxious parents oh mother look this is tho tiling that bus been troubling me so much when we saw the child friday morning she wns as well oa could be and romping about the streets as a gay sunflower the mouso which was so mysteriously lodged in the child's stomach was cap tured by mr albert weilbacber the drug gist corner of spain and greutuien streets and preserved in alcohol where the cu rious as well as skeptical can examine it at their leisure flow when and where i tlte animal found its way down her throat ] aud how it maintained life is a matter ot conjecture — n y times «<_^ — , dry i'll hit we hope every pound of fruit will be dried tbis year that can possible be saved i as an evidence of what perseverance will | do wo will slate that mrs mary chip | man of tho deep river neighborhood j with the assistance of a daughter and ' grand-daughter dried last yerr 2,000 pounds of fruit — which she snld for about i s400 — which save the labor was free of ] cost i many a farmer works hard and don't do half uu wil ii our county wai full of such energetic old ladies — not n berry cherry poach or tipple would be allowed to rot but be turned into green backs grecnshoro patriot j m moody of des eoitifs lows has in ids dooryanl uu orange and leui | tree bulb of which have fruit now upon thom one lemon has ripened bucn gath ered anil devoured und mure aroneail ready the orange tree is full of half formed fruit instructions bum boen-seot to w,.*t - j settlers that they may only remove iv i - i lluir claims ttiuier fear nf hostility f indians and ihey mu"t rmdtne-rtieir " dwnt-n direetey ih daugkii lm ivnicfs