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MCUTIIIL 1, POLITICS & KEMOIO.I—UIiTOTIiO TO IKT, SCIEMCE, EDUCATION, MOKALITT AMD TIIE ADVANCEMENT OP SACRED MUSI®- bf. wnir Scjpgßintkdet. ] Utartvst* link s. the LoUhville Journal says, “.We defy Stiy tasteful lovee of poetry to read the fol iowing ‘line's *ii**ot Mf!*Sttin ß *How Hreautifub!” My soul thV sae'r- and itnage W|K My ftiidhiKht dreams are all of thee; For nature then in silenee sleeps. And silente broods o'er laod sea; Oh. in that still, mysterious hour. How oft from waking dreams I start, To find thee but a f Miry flo” er. Thou cherish’d Mol of n.y heart. ‘thou hast each thoofcht and .Ihta... of rmoe, tyuvt 4 in tent hduc thotSght of thiue. Fort vet thine mv Yl'reams will he, Whatever oiayhe rrtv f.frtune liete, i] „k not loVe— l claim for thee Only one boon, a gentle tear ; Mav e’er hlesi visiwws from above Flay brightly ’round tin ttappv heart, And may the beams of peace nod loVe Ne’er Irotn thy glowing soul depart, farewell! mv dreams arc still of thee, .si thou one’ tender thought of me I Mv jays like summer birds my fly. My hopes like summer blooms depart.. But there's one fl .wer that cam ot die, Thy holt memory in my heart; No dews that one flower’s cop may fill, No suit igtit to its I aves lie given, But it wi I live and flourish stih, As deathless as a thing of heaven, My soul greets thine, mraskt and, uirsooe'ltt, j ILst tiiotj for me one gotle thought 7 i , I J , Farewell! farewell! my far-off friend ! Between us hyoa. , Idue rivets flow, And forests waVe and plains extend. And mountains in the sunligh. glow; The wind that hieathes upon thy brow 1 |i not the Wind tltat breathes on mine, The star beams shining ou me wow, Are not the beams tltat on tne sunef But mehmry’s spell is “ith me >et— <Caiisl ihWu the holy past forget ? The hitter tears that thou ands May *hed whene’er by anguish bowed, ‘Pixilated itiiw the and; * ,Vla.y meet and Oiiogle’ in the cloud ;( Ami thus, my much loved trieod, tho we F .r, far apart must itve aud move, Our souls, When Gwd shall set them free. Can mingleso-tfie world of love, This were aw ec-stacy -to we— vWowlO st ho a joy r® tbee % From iNstersotl’a Magazine. IN DUE AM-I.ANO, LOVE. 6V WAV. Oh. come to me iudi eam-laud, love, in flowrv realms away ; Where brighter gleams the fair starlight — M ore soft the moon’s pale ray; WliereSnWHtter skirts hed soft and blue, And roses w tro each gafet And streamlets murmur songs of love Aduwn each dewy vale. I’m weary of this cheerless toal> ‘1 hts prosy world of xm.is. Where, toil, aud care, and endless strife. Blight all the heart’s sweet flowers. But in that clime life’s sterner cares Are never, never known, And We ran pass the fleetiug hours lu ilieautmgs sweet, mute owu ! Then meet me oft in dream-laud, love, Comeat me twilight hour, When posie lends to the heart . A strange and wondrous power. And 1 will gaze in thy soft eyes, And calm this Wearying strife * And while the heart respouds to heart. Forget the ills of lif*- •{ COULDNA’ GIST MY LESSON,” bt a school, girl. I couldna’ get my lessou Wi* the book before my ‘eGtt, For the thoughts o’ canny Willie Came a bobbiu* iu between. And ilka Word sae simple Had naught to Ellen mean. For the thoughts o’ eannie Willie Came a bobbin* iu between. She tead frae top to boitom, Owre many a page t ween. For the thoughts o* canny Willie Came a bobbin* in between. And ilka leaf was pictured Wi* Willie’s winsome look. All my thoughts were a’ wi’ Willie* Aud nane upon my book. An honest dame in the town of— standing beside the corpse of her deceas ed husband, bewailing in piteous tones hit untimely departure, observed— • It’s such a pity he’s dead, for his teeth re as good as ever they were.’ the oiti; A stu temperance SKETCH, Jin intelligent and wealthy Tmn. who did not drink in society* nor ha bitually at home, had a room in his mansion in which, as often as three or four times a year, he would gorge him* self with liquor. When he finds his j craving for rum coming on, he would 1 luck himself up in that room until, ‘the ! scale’ was finished. The appearance I of this room at the close of one oft these sprees was disgustingly filthy.— A friend who knew his habits remon strated with him, but was told that re form was impossible, so irresistible was his cravings for rum at certain times, j His friend begged him to irv. His! two sons, fifteen and seventeen years’ of age, earnestly press- and the appeal. I At Inst the Wan consented to trv, and drawing from his pocket a key, said to his older son—• Here is the key to the liquor closest; will yon take it and promise We on no condition, and for no violence with which 1 may threaten yon. ‘o give it up when 1 demand it V The boy, knowing how furious his father was on such occasions, declined the trust. The Father then asked the youngest son, a boy of uncommon nerve, the same question, and he promptly replied—*l will.** For a few weeks things went on Smoothly, but one day the father came home at an unusual hour. His manner betokened that his appetite was gnaw ing and craving. He called his son and demanded the key to the liquor closet, but he firmly refused. The res fusal maddened him, and seizing some weapon he sprang at his son. . For a tnortnwt he stood over him with glar-’ mg eves and insane with rage, hut the youjßs hero never quailed. Fixing firm hut tearful eyes on his father, he said, ‘ Father, 1 promised you that I would not give you that key. no mat ter what violence you might threaten, and now you itiav kill me, but 1 will never give you that key.’ Instantly the key dropped froth the man’s hands, and as he himself express sed it—‘the appetite for liquor seemed to abandon We before the tloblc firm ness of my son.’ He was reclaimed, and never fell— his cure Was radical and thorough.— And there is many a man with as strong an appetite for rum as this man. but who is not so Fortunate as to have the Maine Law so summarily admin istered at the right time. Could this outside help only been at hand, many thousands of drunkards, once apparent ly reformed, would not be filling dis honored graves. It is related of a certain New Eng land divine, who flourished not many years ago, and whose matrimonial re lations are supposed to have been the most, agreeable kind, that one Sabbath morning, while reading to his congre gation the parable in Luke xtv, in which occurs the passage, ‘And anoth er said 1 have bought five yoke of oxen and go to prove them; 1 pray thee have me excused; another said, I have married a wife* and therefore cannot come,* he suddenly paused at the end of this veise. drew off* his spectacles, and looking around on his hearers, said with emphasis, ‘The fact is. my breth ren, one woman can draw a man far ther from Heavin than five yoke of oxen.’ (j Badly Corned — A traveler, fa tigued with the monotony of a long ride through a sparsely settled section of the country, rode up to a small lad who was trimming and dressing out a sickly looking field of corn, and reliev- oppression of his spirits thus •My young friend, it seems to me your corn is rather small.’ ‘Yes, daddy planted the small kind.* *Ah, but it appears to look rather yellow, too.* • •Yes, sir, daddy planted, the yaller kind.’ Simplicity.— A little one, after under going the disagreeable operation of vac cination, exclaimed —’ Now 1 won t ha\e to be baptized, will I?’ Hamilton* Ga. Saturday, April 5, A WOLF HUM’ IN KANSAS. A letter to the ‘St. Louis Republican’ from Palermo, Kansas Territory, says the cold weather and deep snows have driven the wolves into the settlements to seek for food,*anu the mps.t pleasant and exci ting pastime of the settlers is to give theip chase. The writer then proceeds to give the lolloxving account of a wolf hunt and the finding of a human skeleton in the cavity of a tree ; A lew days since, while riding in the rear ol our iown, in a small ravine, thro’ which a streamlet-takes Its quiet way be neath its crystal covering, and whose irri gation has produced fall grasses and shYubs that makes a hiding place tor game, I came suddenly upon a large black wolf. He was scratching at a thin place in the ice, aud seemed almost famished for was ter. Wh en he saw me he started in full | run lor the forest in the liver bottom. I kept upon his heels and tried to tide up on him. He was almost exhausted, and just as I supposed lie would give out, he slipped into the hollow ol a large cotton wood tree. I stopped the hole through which he entered, and came back to town and got an aXe and the dogs, and the assistance of Frank Mahan and William Palmer, and together, we returned to cut him out The dogs were anxious, and we were pre pared with our guns to receive him. When we had made a large hole t about foui feet from the ground, the dogs jump ed at it on outside and the wolf on the in side, and such a barking, growling, snap ping and howling, 1 never heard before. It made the woods re-ound for a great distance, and brought several of the neigh bors to the spot. Things continued to for a while and we consulted what had best be done. We could not shoot the wolf through this opening, without too great a risk of killing the dogs, for he only appeared at the inside when the dogs were at the outside. We finally concluded to stop the hole thal we had made, and fell the tree .by chopping a •jarrow eta*h. aU - aWnaikw. ‘ The tree came down a little sootier ’than we expected.” Frank Malian had the axe lilted for another stroke, as it went over with a crash. The wolf, with bristled back and glaring eyes, and glit tering teeth, leaped at his tbioat with ter rible ferocity. The descending axe met it hall way, cleaving its skull and laying it dead at his feet. We had no time to express our wonder and congratulations at his narrow escape before our attentiou was called to that which filled us with amazement if not dread. It was a hu.nan skeleton, medi’ uin size, and of a female, hidden in the cavity ol the tree, its posture was erect and the bones were held together by a kind of clear integument that seemed to cover, like a transparent skin the entire frame. The jar of the felled tree sever ed several ol ihe joints and we drew them again in form. The proportions were perfect and the limbs straight indicating a contour, when in flr-sh, of perfect sym metry. Who could it have been thus per ished, years ago in this wild forest? and how came her death in this strange place? were queiies that weie immediately sug gested. Could it have been some maid en, who, like the btide in ‘The Mistletoe Bough ’ had concealed herself from her lover in the heart of this old tree, and be come fastened there and died f Or, in escaping wild beasts, had climbed in this close retreat whence she could not extri cate herself? These were natural sug gestions, lor the skeleton fitted close in the cavity and seemed to have been fasU tened there. How many years ago this frame possessed vitality, and how many yesrs it had inhabited this time-worn, storm-rocked tenement, and how it came there, and to what race it once belonged, will remaiu a tnysffcry unul the universal revelation. To Agriculturists —ln her increase, the moon supplies more electricity to the atmosphere hence all vegetation which depends upon the atmospheric electricity chiefly lor nourishment should be sown then. Blossoming shrubs, or plants, should be sown, planted, set, or pruned near the second quarter, they grow thrilt |y, but seldom near much flowers or fruit trees set or pren and, some lour to two days before the luil tr.oon. II such vegetables or trees are sown, &.c., alter the full, they seldom realize expectation ; but esculent roots, potatoes, onions, beets, See., depeni ding lor nourishment on terrestial magne tism instead of atmospheric electricity, do best when sown or planted in the decioos- j i ing moon. . SUNSET. Daylight dies along the p’ain ; Shadows lengthen on the grain ; Birdlings seek their early net; Dew-drops fill the violet'* bre.Bt. Brooks unseen, like fairy .hells, Tinkle soft in mosay dells ; / In the Western mellow’ light ... Shines a star, a gem ol uignt, , t . *.£k O’er the lake the whip-poor-will Sounds his note so sad and *hriil { Gently waves the srented fl nv’r, Pearly drops gleam from the bower. Slumber closes childhood’s eyes ; Angels W'atch from Paradise; Night steals on with garments bright, Holy calm and silent night, BED BUGS. 1 Mr. Editor: As this is the season of the year, to p.event the increase, and for the destruction of these troublesome night creepers which interfere so much with man’s restorer, ‘balmy sleep,’ I will give you, for the benefit of your readers, what has proven to be an infalible remedy.— Take as many China berries (and this is the time to gather them) as will fill a common pot ; pour on them as much v#a ter as will cover the berries, and boil down the water to about a half gallon ; strain out the berries from the water, and add about a (Inart of lard and simmer it over hot coals until the water evaporates, leaving the substance of the berries in the lard, then bottle up for use, Scald jour bedsteads well, and with a soft brush or rag put the oil on those, places where these troublesome customers hide them, selves, and they will immediately retire. The above remedy lor these unprofita ble.boarders, was given to me by one of the best house keepers in Georgia, who has tried it, and she as'sored me she ne ver detected one on a bedstead she ap plied th£ oil to. This w&s a discovery of her own, and she certainly deserves the thanks of mankind. Might not the apo thecaries do good business to prepare and keep it fur sale ? — Cor. Empire Slate. A Patr or 1 Insane Lovers —ln the Lunatic Asylum at Columbus, Ohio, is a pair of insane lovers Mental anx iety of a peculiar character is supposed to have deranged the intellect of the young man, who was sent to the Asy lum some time ago, cured, it was hoped permanently, and sent home. — While at home he fell deeply in love with a young girl who returned his de votion, and they became tenderly at tached to each other. But, unhappily, she malady returned Upon the young man ; he was separated from the ob ject of his love and sent back to the Asylum, Left so herself to muse on her bereavement, and the sad destiny of her lover, the mind of the girl also became affected almost as it might seem, from sympathy—and it was not long before she, too, was immured within the walls that sheltered him.— They are both there now. Occasion ally they seem to have recovered their reason, and are permitted to hold in-* tercourse with one another; In one of these, the poor girl begged her lov er to marry her, but he replied with melancholy real enough to bring tears to the eyes of the listeners, ‘You know that we cannbt be married. Ellen, we are unfit for that happiness—poor un fortunate creatures that we are*’ Some chap down East throws an awful responsibility on the ‘wim min folks’ in the following choice mor* sel— Whether a man leads a sober life or not, depends upon the temper of his wife. No man will listen all night to a scold, who knows where a ‘good warm sling’ can be had for a sixpence. At Cocktail’s the other night, we found no less than tli t e n married men who spent six evenings a week squirting tobacco juice on a coal stove. We thought we would find out who they were. On inquiring, we learn that eleven of them were blessed wiih wives Who ‘jaw,’ while the other two wedded a couple of ‘the philanthro pist’ ladies, so constantly engaged in the ‘ welfaie of Central Africa* that they have no time to keep their bus* band’s shirts whole. [ VOL,. S—NO. 4 HOW TO Bfe BBaHTII’I/L. As’ we were about to start, f saw the captain rnoVe to nti elevatid poai* lion above the wheel? and ft/sveain 1 - terestipg to see how Quickly ajid com*’ pletely the inward thought or purpose niters the outwa’rd man. Hk gave a quick glance to every pari of the ship. He cast his eye over the multitude coming on hoard the ship, among whom Was the American afobassadot’ to England, who, if the’captain may be said to embody VfiO ship, Wray be said with equal truth Vo efhbody in hit official person a nation’s right attd hob* or. He siw the husbands and Wives, the mothers and children etttWisfOd td his care-; and Iris slender forth, afc We gave orders for our departure, seemed at once to grow more erect and firm t the muscles of his face swelled —hii dark eve gfowed with a neW fire, and his whole person expanded and beau* lifted itself by the power of inwatd emotion. I have often noticed the in teresting phenomenon, and have contO to the conclusion, if man or woman either wishes to realise the full powef of persons'! beauty, it must be by cher* ishing noble hopes anil purposes—by having something to do, and something to live for which b worthy of human ity—and which, by expanding the ca* parities of the soul, gives ekpstnsioh and symmetry to the body Which com tains it. The physical ApppiVUrt'Cte of 4 jnkh sometimes changes the currents of eveotsv A case io point lately occurred on Front street. The children of two neighboring families had their daily quarrels and which occasionally resulted in bruised fa-, ces and torn garments. The father of one famtlj', believed his thftdten to have been sadly maltreated, and being Upasv sionate man, concluded that tftfc surest way to settle the difference betWfceft theflr households permanently, tootihf be to chastise the head of the other family, ah though, as yet, he had never seen him-. He thereupon procured a rawhide, and abruptly entering his neighbor’* tene merit, inquired in a threatening tdtie sos the man of the house-. ‘ I am here, sir-,’ said 4 p'efSoft&ge df upwards of sik feet and weighing ovef two hundred pounds, as he approached to learn the business of his neighbor. ‘ Did I understand you, that you Wert the gentleman of the house?’ Yes. sir.’ 4 Well I—t just dropped iik. Sir, to art if this was your rawhide;’ O For tho Orgau. lesson In Nro. L Question Ist. What issoUud? Answer. Sound is a hearable action; 2d. How is sound produced ? Ans. By vibration. 3d. What is vibration ? Ans. Vibration is a moving with quick return. 4th. How is sOUnd represented? Ans. By Certain signs.- sth. How are ideas represented ?q Ans. By letters being formed intd words. Bth. How are musical sounds repre* sented ? Ans. Bv letters, figures and notes; 7ih. Which are mostly Used t Ans. Notes are mbstly Used; Bth. What are notes? Ans. Notes are signs of Sollhd, 6f thti* sical characters representing sounds. 9th. How does notes represent soUnds ? Ans. By pitch and duration in time. 10th. What are those twd qualified called? M Ans, Those two qualities irfe called the Tune and Time of notes* 11th. What Is the tune of notes ? Ans. Proper intonation, or equality Os tone. 12th. What is the Time Os notes i Ans. The time of notes is the length of time allowed In performing tbenl j 13 h. How many kinds of ttotea are there used in music? Ans. There are six essentiat kinds. 14th. What are the nalnes of those e sential notes ? Ans. SemibtevOj Minim; Cfotcbeti Q ‘-aver, Semiquaver, and tJettfisetniqui 4 ver> lsiln How may thtise six be d*tin guished ?