Planters' weekly. (Greenesboro' [i.e. Greensboro], Ga.) 185?-18??, May 09, 1860, Image 1

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BYW.M. JEFFERSOY & CO. VOLUME 3. THE PLANTERS’ VS EEKLY PUBLISHED AT Greenesboro’. Ga. W. M. JEFFERSON, ) ROLIN W. STEVENS. [ Proprietors. FRED. C. FULLER. ) TERMS.—TWO DOLLARS A YEAR ; OR ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS IN ADVANCE. Rates of Advertising. Advertisements inserted at the rate of one dollar per square of ten lines or less, for first and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion, Those not marked with the number of inser tions will bo published until forbid and charg ed at these rates. The followi'ig are our lowest contracting HATES: 1 Sq’r Six months 87..0ne year sl2 2 <• “ “ 11.. •• “ 20 3 •• “ “ 16.. “ “ 28 J column G mo. 20.. “ “ 35 £ *< 6 *• 30.. “ “ 5* $ < 6 “ 40.. “ “ 70 1 “ 6 “ 50.. “ “ 80 Advertiac-nentß‘’r un Tansrer* md • ronaivttt persons intisl be paid for in advance. Legal Advertisements Sale of Land orN.s'roee, by A'lmmistratori, executors, andGuirdmns, per aqunre, - 15 011 Saleot Personal property by Ariminiairature, executors, and Guardians, per square. 3 50 Notice to Debtors and Crrditors, 3 50 Notice for lenve to Sell, 400 Citation for Letters of Administration 2 75 Citation tor Di.missinn from Administration, snO Citation for Dismission from Guardianship, 3 25 The Law of Newspapers. 1. Subscribers who do net give . xpress no tice to the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue their subscription. A ,If subscribers order the discontinuance of their newspaper, the publisher mat enntinu: to send them until all arrearagessre paid. 8 If subscribers neglect or to take t iir newspapers from the office to which the\ are directed, thev arc held respons ble unt'l they have settled the bills and ordered them discontinued. 4. If subscribers remove to other places without informing the publisher, and the news papers are sent to the former direction, they are held responsible. n. The courts have decided that refusing to take newspapers from the offic l -, or removing and leaving them uncalled for, is jvrima facie evidence of intentional fraud. 6. The United States Courts have also, re peatedly decided, that a Postmaster who neg- Ueti to perform his duty of giving reasonable notice, as required by the Post Office Depart ment, of the neglect of a person to take rom the office newspapers addressed to him, rend er* the Postmaster liable to the publisher for the subscription p.ice. Q Aft OS. J OITn cT REII), ATTORNEY AT LAW, jnnel’s9-ly. Qreenesboro, Georgia. ROLIN WTSTEVENS, ATT Oft H AT LAW, Gree.msboro’ Gkorgia. WILL practice tn the counties ofGreene, Baldwin, Putnam, Morgan, Oglethorpe, Ttliafcrro and Hancock. fFVh. 2, 1^59-tf] MNo. 232. Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. DWELL Sc MOSHER, Proprietors D. DWELL I J. MOSHER Medical Card. f HEREBY tender my thanks to the public for kind lly bestowing on nto heretofore, a larger (bar.- of gputronage than I anticipated, and again offer my pro fessional services to any who may civr me a call When not professionally engaged, I may be found at Wood's Drug Stole. Jan 12, ISfiO It. W L BETHEA, M. D NOTICE. DU. N. F. PO'VERS, having been burnt out has had to get an office elsewhere.— He is now staying in the Brick building below Wakefields’; but expects soon to occupy the ■house now held by Dr. Latimer. Dr. P. so licits the patronage of those who may grant it, And who are willing to pav for it. .Greenesloro, April 11th, ISHO-tf FRME~TrJdE~ ASP SAILORS’ RIGHTS AHHAVV is receiving, at hi. War-room*, some • very handsome furniture, as follows: SOFAS FROM s2l TO $39 ? •Several pair of Tete a-tetes, very handsome ; several .dosen of Mahogany Chairs, of different patterns: some very handsome Marble Top CVuir Table.; Side Tables, Quartettes, Tea Coys, Hat Ruck., Towel Stack?, Oak and BVnck Walnut Dii ing Chairs,- Black Walnut sod Curb'd Maple Parlor Cbairs; Black Wal >,:■ nut Exten.ioii Tables, elc., etc Anv of the,above article# will be sold Low row thi cmh. Madisoo, Ga„ Jan 18tb 1*” 3,u DENT ISTRY. DR. If’W. .WOKG.M, Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist. Penjield. Georgia , •RB'Ori.D intor i, Iba citizen, f Greene and aj. V V joining oouotie., iltat be i# prepared to perform any operation pertaining to bis profesaioo, withoest nas* and dispatch- He will iasert from one to an en tire asl of tasth, whioh, for beauty, durability com Rrt and inaviteating, will compare with any, .either iu this country or Europe. It tshis inteutioo top lease Aov call from the country that may b tendered him will meet with prompt attention. He ralera to Dr John B Morphy of Rome, —Feb a*. IdfeV BLANKS of all kb-ds neatly printed at thyi jrffl at abort notice and on reason- A Weekly Journal—Devoted to Home Literature, Agriculture, foreiga and Domestic Hews, Wit, Humor, Ae. MISSiLLASSOHE. THAT KISS. TO THE ONE THAT DID IT. How well I remember the time, In fact, I’ll never forget it, It was very near dinner-time, And the table was set, for I set it. And they were all bidding adieu. And shaking of bands and kissing, And during the hullabulloo. I was shortly found muting. But no one had bid me good bye, And no one had offered to kiss me, ’Till all at once you, looking round, Began v I suppose, to miss me. Soon all alone you espied me, Then like a fairy came tripping Up to where I sat as sheepish As if I had junt. had a whipping. And putting your white arms around me AJas ! then how could I resist thee ? When with such sweet letters round me, Ah ! well, I’ll out with it you kissed me. A half scoie of years have now passed Since that sweet moment of bliss, But as long as this life shall last. So long I’ll remember that kiss. J ’ G> E ‘ Leading Events iutbe Lives of Eminent Americans. Under this head we propose, to give, from time to time, says an exchange, brief sketches of eminent Americans, living and dead. To the student these sketdicsmust be particularly valuable, as there can be no doubt as to their reliability, and it might be well to cut them out for future refer ences : Webster, Daniel. —Born of obscure parents in a poor but honest towu in New Hampshire. Member of Congress, several years, and author of Webster’s Dictionary and Elementary Spelling Book. Was con stitutionally opposed to treating, and died at Marshfield on the Androseoggiu river, a few years since. Ho was a man of ability Even the Old Line Whigs of Boston, will admit that. Scott, Winfield.—Boin in Ireland, in the interior of Germany, iu 1779—which fact accounts for his passionate love for the sweet accent of the latter country, and the rich brogue of the former. Wrote La dy of the Lake, Ivanboe, etc., and was in the Mexican war. Also participated in several prize fights, which secured for him the familiar appellation of “Scotty.” In 1852 he ran against General F. Pierce, of N. 11., and was so seriously injured by the collision that he had to lay off in one of the military hospitals he established just before the campaign commenced. He is at present, in the army, and employs bis leisure moments in writing for the New York Clipper and Atlantic monthly. Buchanan, J.—Born in Pennsylvania. Has played many prominent parts on the Eolitical stage, and for the past two years as been playing h— 1 in Washington City. Parker, Theodore.. —Born iu Maine, and keeps a drinking house in Boston, which is known as “Parker’s.'’ Mr. P.’s cock tails are not excelled. Taylor. Zachary. —Born in Virginia, and was in the Mexican war. Founded Taylor's celebrated ice-cream saloon in New York, and also invented Taylor’s corn shucker. Bracii, Moses Y.—Established the New York Sun ; he was called “the son of a Beach,” aud the phrase is now one of the most popular and common in our lan guage. Seward, W. H.--Wholesale dealer in liqnors, Auburn, N Y. Author ofthe ‘lr repressible Conflict.” Wants to lease the premises rinw occupied by James Buchanan at Washington. Has been much in public life, and always drew his salary promptly. Is a particular friend of Thurlow Weed, whence arose tlie expression “he uses the Weed.” Bryant, Wm. C.—Wrote*Thanatopsis and several other favorite ballads, the suc cess of which induced him to establish an Ethiopian opera troup in New York, under the name of Bryant’s Minstrels. His Es sence of Old Virginia had a great fun. The following are the remarks oi the Hon. Caleb Cashing, of Massachusetts, on taking his seat as President of the Charleston Convention : Mr. Cushing was greeted with loud and loiig-coutinned applause. When the cheers had subsidfld, he spoke as follows: Gentlemen of the Convention : I respect fully tender to yon the moat earnest ex pression of profound gratitude for the honor which you nave this day done me in ap pointing me to preside over your deliber ations. It is. however, a responsible duty much more than a high houoi con ferred. In the discharge of that duty, in the direction of business and of debate, in the preservation of order, it shall be my constant endeavor to laithfnllv and impar , tially officiate here ae your minister, and [ most bumbly to reflect your will. In a • great deliberative assembly Tike this, jf U GREENESBORO’, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1860. not the presiding officer in whom the strength resides. It is not hit strength, but yourt —your intelligence—yonr sense of order—your instinct of self-respect. I rely, gentlemen, confidently upop ) ou, not upon myself, for the prompt and parlia mentarydispatch of the business of this convention. Gentlemen, you hare come here from the green hills of the Eastern States—from the rich States of the imperial centre —from the sun-lighted plains of the South—from the fertile States of the mighty basin of the Mississippi—from the golden shores of the distant Oregon and California—[loud cheers] —you have come hither in the ex ercise ofthe highest functions of a free people, to participate—to aid in the selec tion of the future rulers of the Republic. You do this as the representatives of the Democratic party—ol that great party of the Union, whose proud mission it has been whose proud mission it is, to maintain the public liberties—to reconcile popular freedom with constituted order—to main tain the sacred, reserved rights of the sovereign States—[loud and long-continued applause]—to stand, in a word, the perpet ual sentinels on the outposts of the Con stitution. | Cries ol ‘ that’s the talk,” and loud cheers.] Ours gentlemen, is the mot to inscribed on that scroll in the hands of the monumental statue of the great states man of South Carolina, “Truth, Justice and the Constitution.” [Loud and en thusiastic applause.] Opposed to us are those who labor to overthrow the Constitu tion, under the false and insidious pretence of supporting it ; those who are aiming to produce in this country a permanent sec tional conspiracy—a traitorous sectional conspiracy of one half the States of the Un ion against the other half; those who, ini polled by the stupid and half insane spirit of faction and fanaticism, would hurry our land on to revolution and to civil war; those the banded enemies of the Constitu tion, it is the part- the high aud noble part of the Democratic party of the Union to withstand; to strike down and to conquer! Aye ! ‘.hat is our part, aud we will do it In the name of our dear country, with the help of God we will do it. [Loud cheers.[ Aye, we will do it, for, gentle men, we will not distrust ourselves; we will not despair of the genius of our country ; we will continue to repose with undouhtiiig faith in the good Providence of Almighty God [Loud applause.} Gentlemen, I will not longer detain you from the important business of the conven tion. Allow me a few moments for tho Hose of completing the arrangements I the elected office:r.f the convention, and then the chair will call upon you for such motions ud propositions as may be in order before the convention. [Applause.J A Practical Joke. Brooklyn is something of a dull place, but there, are a jokers living there, without whom life iu the city of Churches would be a very sad affair. One of these, B by name, whose only equal is believed to be Barnum himself, iu all kinds of speculation, and who, having made quite a fortune by his shrewdness, has nothing to do in particular, lately con ceived that it would be an excellent idea to “sell” a few people, and afford some amusement to their friends. Accordingly lie secured the services of a young lady, and had three letters written on gilt-edged papei. inviting three gentlemen each to meet Miss S , singly and alone, at 3 o’clock on Thursday afternoon, at the cor ner of Clinton and Joralemon street. The invited were two prominent ex office hold ers, and the editor of a Brooklyn paper, who is noted for both gallautry and good looks. The writer was, of course, a myth. At half-past one o’clock on the afternoon named about a dozen persons whe had been let into tbe secret, might have been seen entering an unoccupied house on the precise corner where the meeting was to take place. In a few moments they ob served the editor wending his way along, and at last had the satisfaction of seeing him stop on the corner and look at his watch. In a moment along came one of the officials. The editor rushed into an area and hid himeelf, venturing to give an occasional glance at his adversary. At last the third party came along, full of pomposity. Observing the other at a distance, just as he was hiui6eif discovered, both jumped behind a couple of tree box es, which gave the editor a chance to e nysrge from his hiding place. Finally, the trio could iro longer avoid a meeting, and the usual courtesies were exchanged, the parties in the house hugely enjoying the rich treat of seeing these “sold/’ Each gentleman trying to get the other out of the way in order that the “woman” be seen in comparative privacy. For two boors the three “bobbed around,” every few minutes meeting ou some corner es the neighborhood. The jokers then left the bouse one by one, shaking hands with the party, which made the editor say that “he’d b if be ever met so many friends all in a heap daring his life.” It was six o'clock before those who enjoyed the treat departed, and one of the officials at that time still held on to a lamp post, waiting for that “confounded woman.” Professor Agassis is gieatly afflicted with weakness of the eyes, in conseaucnee of whiv'h he prosecutes his scientific labors with mnrh difficulty. The Necessity of Labor. The notion is false that genius can se cure its aims without labor. All the great minds who have left their marks upon the history of the world’s progress, have paid for their success and notoriety by the price of unremitting toil and labor. Napoleon Bonaparte worked hard and incessantly, and has been known to exhaust the ener gies of several secretaries at one time. Charles XII of Sweden frequently tired out all his officers. The Duke of Welling ton was the hardest working man in the Peninsula; his energies never flagged. Milton, from his youth, applied himself with such indefatigable application to tbe study ofletters that it occasioned weakness of sight and ultimate blindness. The labor of Sir Walter Scott is evident in the num ber of his literary productions, and it is ap parent to every reader that the immense masses of general information which jibouini throughout his multitudinous works can only have been acquired by dint of many years’ hard study. Byion wrs in thd hab it of reading even at bis meals. Luther made it a rule to translate a verse of tue Bible every day. Tins soon brought birr, to the completion of his labors, and it was a matter of astonishment to Europe, tiiat iu the multiplicity oi his other labors, be sides travelling he could fiud the time to prepare such a surprising work. Newton anil Locke pursued their studies with tire less efforts, aud Pope sought retirement so that he might pursue his literary operations without interruption aud distraction.— Industry is essential to all; by forming the habit of doing something useful every day, a man increases his own amount of happi ness and enlaiges that of others about him. Many a one, by a judicious use of the odd moments, those littie vacancies in every day life which occur to ail, have rendered themselves famous among their fellows. Nature is preserved in its proper working condition by constant exertion, and man, to keep in a healthful condition of mind and body, must exert liis mental and phys ical faculties ; the constant employment of the first will give the strength ofcharactei so tiiut it is capable of thinking on any subject at any time, and by active bodily exertion he preserves his health, fortune, and worldly position. The Marquis of bpinola once asked Sir Horace Vere *of w hat his brother died.” “He died, sir,” replied Sir Horace, “of having nothing to do.” “Alas ! sir,” said Spiioia, “that is enough to kill any general of os all,” Sail Stony of a Young Man’s Fall. About a year ago a young man was sent ♦o New Orleans to purchase a cargo of sugar for a house, in Portland, Maine. He had been attached to the house as clerk for several years, and possessed the unbounded confidence ot his employers. In his mis sion to New Orleans he was not only en trusted with sufficient money to pay for the cargo of sugar, but with the amount due on a previous cargo which the bouse had bought. This young man was very competent in his business, of more than ordinary intelli gence, and of fine, attractive appearance withal.—He had one sic, and that, ala 6 ! was a great one. He had contracted the habit of gambling, and fell, it would seem, a ready part to the gamblers of New Or leans. lie lost every dollar of his employ ers’ money, aud a few days since we read of his being fatally stabbed in a coffee-house affray. “ When we gallant fellows Lave run out a friend, There’s nothing left—except to run him through.” A brother-in-law (long a resident of New Orleans) of the wretched young man pas sed through the city on Saturday witfl his coffined remains. A weeping sister had placed white flowers upon the ignoble yet mourned dead ere it started for the place which had known it in life. In a once happy cottage, now how desolate! in a grandly picturesque spot, within sight of the silver-foaming surf which beats along the ocean coast, a widowed and heart-bro ken mother awaits the coming of her dead son. And wo pity her and mourn the fate of a young man, who in earlier days was onr companion and friend. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Customs. Search deep enough, and I believe yon will generally find that the customs of eve ry people are the joint result of mauy causes acting together—a gieat net-work of necessity and compensation. The Ori ental costume, for example, is light and loose, because the climate is warm. They do not sit on chairs, because they are hard, perpen iicular and uncomfortable, and the relaxed system iu that country requires an easier and more recumbent posture to insure rest and refreshment. Under these circumstances, tight garments are very in convenient and incongruous. Then, as you observe, they scrupulous ly drop their slippors, shoes, or boots, at the door, when they enter a room, and keep on their headdress. This seems strange to ns, but it is necesssry. As they sit on the mat, rug, or divan, with then feet under them, shoes would soil both eouch and elothes, and, besides., would make a very uncomfortable seat. The demands of decency and the calls of com fort introduced and enforced the custom of dropping the shoe at the entrance into the sitting-room, and it was thence extended to every place entitled to respect. From this to the idea of defilement from the shoe was but a step, and certain to be taken. Hence the strict requisition to pnt it off on entering temples and sacred places of every kind. Mohammedans have preserv ed this idea in all its force, and you cannot enter any of their mosques or holy shrines with your shoes on.— The Land and the Book. Affection and Intelligence of tbe Brute Creation. Every one has heard the sympathies of animals toward each other. Crieß of dis tress will often call them forth. When the dam of a new-born lamb has died, some affectionate sheep, although she may have one of her own, has been known to foster and suckle tbe helpless one. In my own immediate neighborhood, the youngest of a large litter of pigs—a poor little helpless creature—who was not able to get to its mother for nourishment, was warmed un der the wings of a good-natured hen. It was fed by liana, but when turned down, the hen was always ready to take charge of it, and thus was reared. These instßn- ces might be multiplied to a considerable extent, showing the active benevolence of some animals ; but the following fact will prove the existence of a combined intelli gence in creatures, which I have reason to believe has been hitherto un&oticed by naturalists as existing amongst the feath ered creation. The accuracy of the anec dote may be vouched for. In the Island of Geylon there is to be found a very cun ning and sensible crow, somewhat sqjaller than our own native one having a glossy back, and altogether rather au engaging pretty bird. Now, in the yard of the gov ernor of Ceylon, a dog was one day amus- ing himself by gnawing a bone, the scraps of meat upon which attracted the atten tion o's these crows. It alighted on the ground, hopped around the dog and the bone, and evidently waited for au oppor tunity of seizing the latter. Tlie dog, however, was on his guard, and by certain growls and probably angry looks, which the bird understood no doubt, protected his property. The crow was too canning and too hungry to be baffled. Hi flew away, tut soon returned with a compan ion. They hopped up to the dog, when the fresh arrival watched his opportunity and gave a sudden pull at the dog’s tail. Not being U6edto such an insult, he sud denly turned round, in order to see who had taken this liberty with him. The bone was for a moment left unprotected, and was immediately seized by the first cunning crow, who flew away with it, join ed by his companion, and they doubtless had a merry feast upon it.—-Once a Wbei. The Dead in Floreace. Bnt dark as midnight or mid-winter— black in piofoundest contrast with the moo.i-light, lying in such a depth ot shad ow as only that neighboring brightness could expose, lies far below ns the pave ment of this narrow lofty street. What is that measured cadence sounding upward through this gulph of air and darkness— that gleam of moving lights, wild and va riable, blazing through the gloom—that tramp of footsteps? Look down where they pass below, the few passengers scarce ly pausing to look aft‘-r theui, they them selves pausing for nothing, inarching to the measure of their chant, not slow, though solemn —no voice of individual grief, but a calm impersonal lamentation, a lofty mel ancholy utterance upon the common fate of humanity. White figures in the dress o f fraternity, with two or three wild torches throwing light noon their way, and upon that dark weight they carry shoulder high and motionless—answering to each other with chant And response of deep voices, cairying their dead. Nay, not their dead, it has ceased to belong to any one, that si lent burden. Lore has not a tone m that dirge—grief is not there—it is the voice of tbe church, solemnly commenting upon the universal fate—calling the world to witness that all must die—and cold, solita ry, loveless, the forlorn dead in the midst of them goes to be buried oat of sight. Do you say it is nothing to him, and he does not feel it ? Heaven knows 1 bat that pictnresqae groape, with their chant and their torches, carry a chill to one’a heart.— Blackwood’s Magazine. Magnanimity.— We do not know which to admire more, a brilliant victory or a magnificent retreat Great souls only can achieve both. Integrity is as brightly dis played in the recantation of error as in the vindication of truth, for the recantation evinces love of truth. Indeed, onr ad miration is heightened by the former, since it displays a fortitude on which truth may with mors confidence rely when her majes ty and beauty are assailed by prejudice and error. Purity of character bas no af finity tor error, and is an essential element of nobleness of soul. No belter evidence of purity than candid concessions, and the more conspicuous and admirable because the more rare. In tha mild radiance of concession wa forgive and love the more. Ckrittian Ob ter ter. To make potatoes meally, put them la ’ an old meal nag feras—sl,so Always in Advances Matters at the Washoe Mines. The following intelligence, brought by the pony express, is dated at Carson City, April 11 : The winter in Western Utah has been very severe, and the spring is cold and tardy, and is at least a mouth backward. There is scarcely sufficient grass to keep the cattle from starvation. Mining operations are also retarded by the weather. Had the season been favor able, not less than fifteen thousand per sons would be atworkinthe Washoe mines, but as it is there are only about eight thousand. The mining prospects are en couraging. Tbe original lead increases in richness as it continues to be opened, and new ores of determined value are be ing discovered every few days. The prob abilities are that we shall have a population of fonr thousand on the eastern slope be fore the Ist f January next. Nothing can prevent this, unless it be the danger ous condition in which we are placed ow ing to the absence of all government and legal authorities. With anarchy and bloodshed staring them in tho face, flic cautious and peace-loving will hardly ven ture this way in tbe mountains. Owing to the bad condition of the roads, provisions of all kinds are exceedingly .high through out this region, and prices have in conse quence gone np beyond anything ever known even in California. The following are the rates at which staple articles are selling to-day at Carson City : Flour, $65 per 100 lbs.; butter and sugar, $1 per lb.; cheese, coffee, and can dleß, $1 per lh.; rice,soap, beans, lard, pep- Eer, salt. See., 60 cents per lb.; potatoes, eef, hams, and bacon, 22 a 40 cents per lb. Hay sold to-day for 81,000 per ton. Board 81 50 per meal, 84 per day, and 825 per week. Horse-keepiug is $6 a 88 per day. Lumber is 880 pei thousand. Wood aells at 825 per cord. Yet Bitch is the confidence felt in the mines that men pay these prices readily, believing the prospects will justify the same. Nor does this confidence seem misplaced, as new auriferous leads are constantly being dis covered. The silver bearing districts have spread over a distance of ons hundred square miles. Feats of Strength. Mr. Q. B Wiuship has ben astonishing the people of Philadelphia by exhibitions of nis strength, lie accompanies them with a lecture, in which he dilates on gymnastics, Sc. He is described by the Bultttn as about twenty five years of age, of medium height, full chested and rather thin flanked, hands and feet well propor tioned—his countenance intelligent, though not remarkable in any way. After his lec ture, he prepared himself for his feats of strength. He appeared without coat oi collar, and in his We arms. His first per formance was to lift 963 pounds weight, the arrangement of which ie thus described : There was a platform of timber, twelve feet high, from a beam in the centro of which was suspended nine kegs of nails. A stick was run through a ring iu the cleun by which the nail kegs were suspended, and placing the stick between his legs, he with one hand behind and the other before his body, raised the enormous weight about three inches. It cane down with a crash that made the platform creak. A tenth keg being placed on the piie, Mr. W. lift ed tbeentirs mass, ten hundred and seven ty pounds ; having recently hurt his left shoulder. Mr. W. did not think it prudent to lift any more. Hu next feet was the holding at arm’s length, above his head, a one hundred and eighty pound dumb bell. Next, throwing out, six times in succession at arm’s length, above his head, a one hun dred pound dumb bell. Thirdly, he raised a barret of flour on his shoulder, and held it there about two minutes. Next, he raised his body about two and a half feet into tbe air with his little finger. His fifth, feat was raising Ins entire weight five times in succession about three feet above tbe floor, with the middle finger of his right hand. In two years he expects to be able to lift sixteen hundred pounds. When be com menced his feats of strength he could only raise 400 or 500 pounds. Hba are your Cenpanloas! “lie that walkeih with wise men shall be wise, bnt a companion of fool* shall be destroyed.” It is said to be a property of the tree frog that it acquires tbe color of whatever it adheres to for a abort time. Thus, when found on growing corn, it is commonly of a dark green. If found on tbc white oak, it has the color peculiar to the tree. Just so it ia with men. Tell me whom ypu choose and prefer as companions, and 1 certainly ean tall you who yon are like. Do yon love the society of tbe vulgar! Thep you are already debased in yonr sen timents. Do you aaek to be with tbe pro fane 1 In your heart you are like their. Are jesters and buffoons your choice friends 1 He who loves to laugh at’ folly is bimselfa fool. Do you love and seek the society of the wise and good I Is this yonr habit I Wonld you rather take the lowest seat among such than the highest among ethers 1 Then you have already learned to be good. Ton may not have made much progress, bnt sven a good be ginning is not to ba despised. Hold on your way, and seek to be tba companion of all that fear God. So you shall ba wise for yenrsclf. and wise for eternity. NUMBER 19.