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THE COUNTRYMAN. 53 to acquire the art of extemporaneous speak ing. In oratory, as in everything else, it is certainly true that; there is no excellence without labor. No one, 1 presume, will think that I un derrate the art of extemporaneous speak ing. As a means of influence, of almost limitless sway over the passions of the mul titude, it cannot he too highly rated. But this art, as already stated, is to he acquired only by much practice and industry. I am considering oratory in its highest sense, and I go farther than I have yet gone, by saying that no man, without warning or preparation of any kind, can deliver a long oration that will live after him. And the orator, on great occasions, should have a higher aim than merely to captivate the imaginations, or play upon the passions of those within the sound of his voice. He should speak to a larger audience than that which can congregate within the walls of a room, or around the speaker’s stand. His ambition should he to produce something that will bear to be recorded as well as spo ken ; which, long after the tomb shall have closed over ids mortal remains, will be read hv thousands and thousands, wherever the march of civilization shall reach. He should feel within himself the consciousness that the world is his audience, hie should speak to the human race ; “ to time and to eterni ty,, of which he growsm portion.’’' It may be asked, can all men, with the proper amount oj toil and study, accomplish the great results spoken of above 1 To answer this, instead of enabling me to bring this article to a close—for it is already lofig enough—would open a tvide field, and be but the beginning of a long dissertation. It is very certain that men do differ very much in natural capacity, but it is equally certain that the minds of all can be improv ed by culture. Cicero expresses it exactly, in his oration for the poet Archias, when he says : “ Cum ad naturam eximiam at- que illustrem accesserit ratio quaedam con- ■formatioque doctrinae, turn Mud nescio quid 'praeclarum ac singulare solere exis~ tere.” “‘The Banana tree,” said Humboldt, ‘will furnish food for 50 persons upon the same surface, which, under wheat, will maintain but 2. The potato will maintain 3 times as many as wheat.’ ” Hope.—“Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his banker. But his drafts are seldom honored, since there is often a heavy balance against him, because he draws largely on a small capital, is not yet in possession, and if he wore, would die” TURNWOLD, GA„ NOVEMBER 10. 1862. Castor Oil. “ Because the season is near when the Palma Christi (castor oil) bean of the pres ent year’s crop will be ready for use, it is proper that all persons engaged in its pro duction be informed of the processes by which the said bean may be brought into use as a medicine. When the capsule is about to expel the bean, it is ripe. The ripe bunches should be removed from the stalk with a ‘knife, and laid thinly over a hard and dry floor of earth, plank, &c., on a hot and sunny day, when the heat of the sun will cause the capsules to expel the contained beans. Now rake away the straw, and winnow away the chaff. The cleaned beans are now to be beaten in a mortar with a pestle, or ground in a mill to a good degree of fineness. The mass may now be made to give out the contained oil, either by decoction or by expression. 1. By decoction : Put the loose mass iu an iron pot, and add sufficient water, or en close it in a coarse bag, and suspend it in the water, and boil it until the oil is ex tracted : then carefully skim it from the surface of the water, from time to time. 2. By expression: Subject the mass of ground beans to hard pressure, when enclosed in cloths,by means ofwedges.or by asciew, or lever, when enclosed in ^ hollow cylin der made of iron or wood, lined with sheet iron or tin, of sufficient capacity 7 , and re ceive the oil in suitable vessels. To clarify the oil Boil it with a. little water, added, and remove the coagulated albumen, and gummy matter from the sur face, by skimming. Let the boiling be not carried too far, or it will alter the qual ity of the oil, and render it acrid, and unfit for medicine. The beaten beans may be used as a pur gative, but an over-dose is sure to act pow erfully as a cathartic, and often as an emetic. Three beans (a little more or less) is generally enough for a dose. Such is the information which I have derived from other persons, and from the books upon the matter.—E. A. Crenshaw.”—The forego ing is from the Yorkville Enquirer. Singing Mice. “An able naturalist (Mr. F. T. Buckland) says that what is known as the singing of mice, is a cry of distress or pain, and that Mr. Bartlett, cf tli£ London Zoological Gardens, is of the same opinion. ‘I have disseqted many singing mice, and my obser vations agree with those of other observ ers, that singii g mice invariably have a terrible living parasite in the substance of the liver. This horrid disease keeps the poor mouse in a terrible state of pain and irritation, and he can’t help letting us know, in his own pretty way, that he is in pain and distress.’ ” Remedy for Coughs. “Just as we were convalescing from our recent illness, we took a very severe cough, which affected us quite seriously. Quite a number of remedies having failed to arrest it, a friend sent us a bottle of the syrup of ‘life everlasting,’ which soon had the de sired effect, and we take pleasure in rec ommending it to persons troubled with coughs or weak lungs. The ‘life everlast ing’ is a weed known and easily obtained in Florida, and the southern part of Geor gia. You boil the leaves to a strong li quid, and put the liquid in syrup, then boil the syrup to a proper thickness, and it is ready for use. Honey will do as well as syrup.”—The foregoing is from the Cotton States. A Cheap Light. “ Take a saucer and cover the bottom of it with lard, a quarter of an inch. Then cut a piece of newspaper in the shape and size of a silver dollar. Finch up the cen tre about a quarter of an inch in height, so as to form a slight protuberance. Satu rate the paper thoroughly with the lard, be fore lighting. Set fire to the little pinched up knot, and you will have a light about one-fourtli the intensity of a candle. The lard in the saucer will last a week, 2 hours a night. Tho paper must be replaced once or twice a week.”—The foregoing is from the Educational Journal. Salting J'ork. “The cheapest, and most expeditious way to salt meat, even in times of plenty, is by injecting brine into the arteries. Considering our emergency, the scien tific ought to be experimenting. In 1£ minutes after the hog is dead, I can have him salted throughout, with 1 quart of salt. It will be plenty salt for table use, but not for bacon. Who will discover some way to make water hold more salt in solution, or some additional curing condiment, to make out the deficiency, so that the meat will need no' more salting, after the one simple injec tion ?—J. H. G.”—The foregoing is from the Columbus Sun. “ We need not be much concerned about those faults which we have the courage to own.”