North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-04-26

ARE THE PLANETS INHABITEDl The only evil
dence which as yet we obtain for the population
of the planets with rational and irrational animals is
analogira There can be reasonable doubt of it.
! They are large worlds-some of them much larger
than ours They have day and night, summer and
winter, as we have. They have mountains, plains,
and seas. We must imagine the rest. Analogy tea
ches US. They who do not understand analogy,
however, fall in the absurd mistake of the paneari-
They represent of the planets paradises.
No planet is paradise, because it is opaque bo-
dy, with day and night, good and evil, chasing
each othes around it forever. The and stars
different. They paradises. but not without evil
The sun has spots upon its surface. But these
very tring, compared the brlliancy that surrounds
him. They represent just enough of evil 10 give sii
muius to life, and zest TO enjoyment. The planeta
rians people like ourselves subject evil eating
the tree of knowledge of good and evil, divided into
secs by mystic revelations and dversties of opinion
and quarreng and fighting for political and eccles-
astical ascendancy Each has also doubt, its Mes
sah, and perhaps the inhabitants Of all the planets
destined, in another life, to at length the
surface of the solar orb-that sacred and eternal fire,
in which evil is forever consumed, like the burning
bush, and happiness everlasting is experienced. Some
divnes have puzzled themselves with the idea Of a
Messiah for the planets. DR.. Chalmers, if recol-
lect Alright, conjecured that the knowledge OF our
Messiah might in some mysterious way be conveyed
to other worlds. This is gross materialism, if il
destroyed the unity of Messiah to multiply his cor
Porea personalities. Millions multiplied by mill
of personalities, with spirit, merely The
unity does not consist in body or. matter. Moth
ing can be gross than such material unity for
an infinite being. The unity consists in spirit alone,
and that spirit can multiply himself indefinitely. How
very singular it would be tell the inhabitants of Jul
pter many times more numerous than are } the
history of the Jews in planet; the story of the
Nativity and Crucifxion, and so forth and require
them to believe it for their salvation Truly, dvines
who teach such things not yet fit to illuminate
the world, or shine stars for and ever; for
such light is merely lamp-light. and will go out
| MrLcH1NG STRAWBERRIES. By mulchng' we
mean covering the ground around the vines with
short haf-roten straw to keep out weeds and pre-
serve moisture. There be no doubt of the pro-
priety of muching straw berries, especially in the
W est, where we have hot dry soil. The benefits
OF 1t are that it keeps the ground moist and open and
prevents the drying down and hardening of the earth
to the destruction of some varieties of that fruit and
to the injury of all. In some notes in the country
last summer, it was shown that mulching orchards
was a good substitute for culture. The mulchipg.
too, saves hoeing, by keeping down the weeds which
are great annoyance to strawberries beds.
But what is the best substance for it? The Enc.
llsh use straw-hence the name strawberry, OF late
spent tanbark is much recommended and where
plenty, is doubta first rate article we have seen
II stated somewhere that it is apt 10 flavor the fruit
Tbs would be fatal to it if any great extent
tSaw-dnst--which, by the way, is a first rate man.
ere-would be unexceptonable, and would be far
uetter employed in mulching lands than in floating
GOWN creeks. or going of in smoke to the Clouds
Let NOSE who live saw-mills look out for the
sa"-dust-t will pay for hauling. ,,.
Prairie Farmer.