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dim, whirling, giddy notion Of Il
thousand things--and no one thing is
known Alright.

dim, whirling, giddy notion Of Il
thousand things--and no one thing is
known Alright.
Then, what boots, it if man has
read the whole catalogue of books, if
he can have no clear conceptions of
their contents? Reading book should
be different sort of thing from max.
ing hurried journey. Wnilv or the
latter: especially when important tusi.
ness hangs on rapid transit. The
cars may whirl away-thr more
swiftly the better-but in going
through book getting to the end rf
it should be last considered. lit be
worthy a perusal at all, perusc it
carefully, weigh every sentence well.
and permit no paragraph to pass with
out being understood. After a care
ful and intelligent reading, time should
be taken for reflection. The whole sub
ject should be we'll considered, and
every worthy thought should be
made the readers own. In this
way, the powers of the mind will be
enlarged, all its faculties cultivated, the
well developed inner man made to
beam through the intelligent countcn-
ance, exhibiting soul exalted H.
bove grovcllirg passions and sense.
less things.
lfa book be not worthy Of so care
full reading it is not worth reading a,
all. The end of an unworthy book
should never be seen. Nhensocver,
from lack of interest, an inclination is
felt to hurry over page after page,
let the whole work be thrown aside
at once. Better to know nothing a
bout it-far better that it's contents be
entirely scaled-than to have so
vague and indistinct perception Of
them, as will onl y tend to confuse when
an ATTEMPT is made to rcc"llect, in or
der to speak of them. We might ad
duce argument upon this point, bu,
wherein is the necessity? The i.nhot'
the remark must be apparent to ev.
cry enc who rightly exercises his
Judgment. If not so, the mos, sure,
ficial scholar is the most learned man.
lie who has scanned whole Libraries.
and cannot even tell the titles of
the volumes, has a greater claim TO
learning, par excellence, than any other.
But no one admits this; hence
close observation, the exercise ofmuch
thought, and unwcaricd diligence, are
the requisites of him who would
know books as he ought to know them,
and few books thus known will be
Of more value than much riches.
"All rests with those who read A work or
thought Ia what each makes it to himself,
and may
he full of great dark meanings, like tho sea,
With shoals of life rushing
Pennsylvania.
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The Preacher and tile LAW
yGYS,

Jesse Lee; one of the first Mc,ho.
dist preachers in New England, was
man who combined unrcsis.iug en-.
ergy and tenderness of sensibilty.
with an extraordinary propensity to
wit.-N1r. Stephens in his new
work on the "Nlemorials of Metho,
dism," gives the following specimen
of Lees bonhommie:
AS he was riding on horseback
one day, between Boston and Lynn,
he was overtaken BY two young law.
ycrs, who knew that he was Meth.
odist preacher, and we're disposed to
amuse themselves somewhat at his
expense. Saluting him, and ranging
their horses one on each side of him
they entered into a conversation
something like the following:
1st Lawyer-'I believe You are a
preacher, sir?
Lee Yes; I generally pass for one.
1st. Lawyer You preach very Of
ten, ! suppose?
Lee-Genera!ly every day-fre.
quently twice or more.
% Lawyer-How do you find time
to study. when you preach so often:
Lee study when riding, aud
read when resting.
1st Lawyer-But you do not
write your sermons?
Lce-No; not very often.
ID Lawyer DO you not often
make mistakes in preaching extern
poraneously?
Lee-I do, sometimes.
I'd Lawycr-How do you do theni
DO you correct them?
Lee That depends upon the
character of the mistake. nas
preaching the other day, and ]
went to quote the text, "All Ii
ars shall have their part in the
lake that burncth with fire and brim
stone,' and, by mistake, said
"All taUyers, shall have their part.
"a Lawyer, interrupting him
What did you do with that? Dis
you correct it.?
Leo, no indeed! 1t was Sc
nearly true, [ didn't think it wortl
while to correctit. ~
"Humph!" said one Of them, (witl
hasty and impatient glance at the
other) 81 don t know whother yot
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Too MUcH READING.-T This is
emphatically a reading age. We
read, read. read? Nearly every
thought and Imagination Of man is
pcnned, printed, and put forth to be
grcedily devoured by many tl,ous.
and minds better, perhaps, say
eyes. No matter how common
place or how rare; no matter how
worthless or how valuable; no mat.
ter how true or how false a book may Y
be, it has it's readers--nay, admirers;
and it becomes an important query
do we not read too much? Does
not such a quantity of inditcd mat.
ter pass before our eyes, that instead
of being good and nourishing food to
the mind, it clogs, it enfeebIcs it's
powers, units it for analyzing intri.
cate subjects and making proper de.
ductions.
Reading is to the mind what ami
NAL food is to the body. When TAX
ell in proper proportions, at regu.
lar and stated periods, it ia such
nourishmcnt as a we'll balanced mind
requires, and it strengthens all the
mental faculties. And as food, tax.
en- in too large quantities, destroys
the tone of the stomach and injuries
the digestive functions, so an immod.
crate drinking in, as it were, of men.
tai aliment is productive Of evil con.
sequences, and does not add to the
stock Of acquired knowledge. In.
stead Of the powers Of the mind
being enlarged and it's useful stock
increased, it 10 confused--having q
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ner, even When dis olive, in sulphur.
ic acid, 'hpws no trace of operation
till the second or third year. The
cause of this pecularity is not ex
planned; perhaps it may arise from the
fact that the sol already ubounds in
phospl"ric acid, and lacks The a,nmon.
ia which guano supplies. Saxon far
mers use from 400 to- 1000 pounds Of
boncdust per English acre, which is
either plowcd or narrowed in be.
fore the seed is sown or planted.
Pains should be taken to collect
bones and save them for manure. In
cities and villages much valuable ma
nurc is annually wasted, and ot:cn in
way that creates sickness. An
article so scarce, and every year be.
coming more nccdtul to recuperatc
the cotton fields Of the South, should
be everywhere husbandcd with the
greatest care. This ought to be done
as we where the land is naturally
rich as whore it is thin and sterile; for
a good soil can only he kept SO per-
manently by manuring it frequently in
some way. Swamp mud and lime,
or ashes, or both, can be used to ad.
vantage on thousands of farms; while
the growing of peas, corn, barley, rye
and roots, To feed stock and add to
the manure heap, is Il policy which VIC
have steadily advocated in the Cult.
"otcr during the last six years. Wheth-
er we regard domestic animals as
an evil or not. all good cultivators
have found It rccc>saly to keep them
t" produce meat, wool, or to labor at
p'"wing and "hrr farm work. Not
over halt of thar manure is saved and
properly used !" the United States.
u. LIE.
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MIS- sCEL A N EOUs
Interesting Statistics.

A gentleman who keeps the run of
facts, figures, and babies, has just
laid before "an inquiring world"
the following statistics:
The whole number Of languages
spoken in the world amonnt to 8, 3,O64;
viz, 587 in Europe, 937 in Asia, 276
in Africa, and 1854 in America. -
The inhabitants of our globe profess
more than 200 different religions.
The number of men is about equal to
the number of women. The average
Of human life is about 33 years. One
fourth die previous to tho age of 7
years, one half before reaching II
years of age, and those who pass that
age enjoy felicity CD refused to
one half the human species. To eve.
ry 1000 persons only one reaches
100 years ofage; to every 100, only
six reach the age Of Sc, and not more
than one in 500 live to 80 years of
aye.
There are on the earth, / 100000
900 Of inhabitants, and of these $685.
333,S33 die every year, 81 1924 eve.
ry day, 3,73O every hour, 80 every
minute, or l every second: These
losses are about balanced by an equal
number of births. The married are
longer lived than single, and, above
all, those who observe sober and in
dustrious conduct. Tall men live
longer than short ones Women
have more chances of life in their fa-
vor prcvions to being SO years ofage
than mon, but fewer afterwards.
The humber Of marriages is in
proportion of IT'S to;1, ,O00findividu.
ais. Marriages are more frequent
after the equinoxes -that is during
the months of June and December.
Those born in the spring are general.
ly more robust than others. Births
and death are more frequently night
than BY day. The number of men
capable of working or bearing arms,
is calculated at one-fourth of the pop.
ulation.
Some Of these statements are ra.h-
er singular, and yet many of them
are susceptible Of an easy solution.
That marriages take place more FIRE.
qncntly in June and December, than
other months of the year, was Just
what We have always suspected was
the case. Those who marry in June,
d" so because they can't help it,;
while those who connubialize in De.
cemher, do so doubtless, to guard
against the chilly pillows which dis.
tiuguish the frost.bitten months Of
winter. The matches which come
off in June are commonly love.
matches, and are brought about by
green fields, and the contagious in.
flucnce Of bobolirks and yellow birds;
while those which happen in Dccem-
Der are brought about in a grea. de.
gree by mixing plain mathematics
with the market value Of flanuel un.
dcrgarInents.
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THE VALU. OF DEEP PLCuGuING
IN DRoUGHT.-It is obvious TO any
one who has passed through the dis.
tricts of Grernvll|e, Anderson and
Plckens, Laurcns and Spartanburg,
that the present extreme drough, has
not injured the corn crop as much as
he would have supposed In con.
vcrsation with Dr.. Broylcs, at An
derson Court, who is one of the
best scientific farmers in the coun.
try, he attributed this to the system
of deep ploughing, now pretty gen.
orally adopted throughout the up
per country. We have to doubt OF
the correctness of this opinion, and
in visiting the farm, under the man.
agcment Of Willis Burkett, on Cha
este, we had satisfactory proof Of it.
MIR. Burkett had one hundred aud
twenty acres in corn, almost entire.
~ low grounds, and lying in one
body. In the winter he broke up the
land deep AMI thoroughly with
long bulI.tongne plough. In the
spring he broke it up again be.
fore planting. lie had ploughcd his
corn OH the first day Of July four
times since Planting. Ths earth was
as loose as an ash bauk. The
last plo"shins WAS viii, wide buz.
zald p',ngh, and lid not 80 deep in,
to the eartn. inc corn was of
as fine color as | ever saw any
crop IL mv litc, either Of q wet or
dry season. 10 not think it had
suffered at all f.r rain. 1t did not
look as if it had. 1t vas green to
the earth, anil no sign of twisting
that | could discover. rode
through on very tall Horse, and a
+, great deal Of it, on the first day OF
July, was as high as my head on
horseback. No rain ha,i fallen On i,
Tor two weeks previous to my Wis
it, and throughout the spring the
spring the drought had been
very great.
1t was refreshing to look at this
corn, after scclIg the fields on the
roadside, half cultivated and more
than half burnt up. In passing
TIN oush the country, | have noticed,
generally, that where the ground was
well cultivated the crops stood the
drought better. The cotton crop OF
Mr.. Burkett's, which was on high
land aud had been manurcd, did not
look so we'll as the corn crop.
Deep ploughlng and subsoiliny are
now becoming common with all good
farmers. With such cultivation as
was common in PcndIeton TWEEN
ty.years ago, the present drought
would have been utterly ruinous tc
the corn crop. Several years ago We
saw Chancellor Johnston trcnchins
in his ground three feet deep. We
understand that this ground, thus
deeply dug up, stands the drough
the present season with little OF
no injury Southern Patriot.
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A FATED FAMILY.-A few wears

A FATED FAMILY.-A few years
ago there lived in New.Orleans,
three brothers of the name of Bird.
One (Crin Bird) was killed in 49,
AZ, on Comn.ou-street, New.Orleans
city, in a fight, in which he was the
aggrcssor. Anothcr( (Theoiore Bird)
was killed in the bar.room of the
Veranda Hotel, in 1851, by man
who he had slapped in the face
The third Of the family, Dr.. John
g. Bird, came to his end in trag.
ical manner last month, by commit
ting suicide in Jail, just after being
convicted of voluntary manslaughter.
The brothers we're all young men of
intelligence and Of progressing
manners: The first two had been
married but short time previous to
their death.
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The Trees of Orcsoaa.
By ~. Coe, Of Portland, Orego,
Ipr1it0ru.

Ie17tt0Ty.
In the August number of the
ITO, ticultuaist you have given the
dimensions Of several trees in West.
ern New. York, with invitation to
correspondents in various parts of
the Union to furnish accounts of trees
Of remarkable size. Take, then,
TWO or three samples of Oregon
growth Of timber-not the largest
that her genial climate has coaxed
/ up into the sky from this rich, pro.
lltic soil, but the largest around
which | have yet put my tape.line.
1t may be safe, however, for you to
stand from under with your dwarf
specimens from the Genessee Valley.
A fr.tree standing on the farm of
Judge Strong, at Cathlamctte, twen-
ty.fve miles above Astoria, on the
Columbia river, has the following d.
menslons: Diameter, FIVE feet above
the ground, where it is round and
slzablc, 10 feet; height to the first
limb, 112 feet; height of the tree,
242 feet. The trunk is perfectly
straight, diminishcs very gradually,
and the whole tree IS beautiful; vet
IN this respect not singular. for our
forests are composed of trees lofty,
straight, and exceedingly beautiful.
A sprucetree, standing on the
bottom-lands Of Lewis and C;ark's
river, twelve miles from Astoria,
measured accurately with the tape
five feet above ground, is thirty-nine
feet in circumference. The blace
of measureing is above the swell of
the roots. The trunk is round, and,
with regular and slight, diminution
runs up straight and lofty. We did
not ascertain its height. Nor is it
"alone In its g!ory," but in a forest
of spruce, cedar, and fir, some of the
teces are of nearly and perhaps quite
equal size.
Gen. John Adair, Of Astoria, in.
forms ME that about three years ago
he bought hundred thousand shin.
giles, all made from one cedar tree
for which he gave fifteen hundred
dollars in gold!
The forest trees ofOregon are re.
markable for their straightness, loft.
ness, and very gradual diminution in
size. They are destitute of large
branches, and have comparatively
little foliage. Two hundred feet in
letisth of saw.logs have been cut from
a tree, the smallest end being six.
teen inches in diameter. Lewis and
Clark measured fallen tree Of that
species. (fr, )and found that, includ.
ing the stump of about six feet, it
was three hundred and eighteen feet
i'll length, though it's diameter was
only three feet.
One Of our citizens has received
an order from London to cut one of
our tall trees into seg'nents and ship
it to that city, there to be erected 10
adorn the Crystal Palace. 1t will
be done. Those persons, therefore,
who desire it, Will be able to examine
all Oregon forest tree, with its top
pointing up among the clouds that
envelop the metropolis Of England. :
| Horticulturist.
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TIE MARCH or DEATH -

TIE MARCH OF DEATH. - AT.
Greenwood Cemetery, New York,
eighteen interments take place daily;,
and passing the gateway from morn
ing till night, is a nearly uhbrokeu3
line Of funeral proeessiona. During
a snail portion OF the year, the daily
number Of intermenis reaches tW en-.
ty.fve orthirtys The total nunibsy
otinteTnents since its FIRST organiisa.i
.tiGn to the present time, is twenty
six Thousand four hundred aud aev.i
5entY GIhe frst interneat took place
in September, 1e4o
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ire the more knave or fool!"

are the more knave or fool!'
Neither" he quietly replied,
turning at the same time his mis-.
chlcvous eyes from one to the other;
Il believe | am just JstaOecaa the two!'
Finding they were measuring wit
with one of its masters, and exces:
sively mortified at their discontinue
the knights of the green bag drove a.
head, leaving the victor to solitude
and his own reflections.
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n. % G s4

and !: half, and then cork the bottle;s
IN the morning to loosen the cork,
put me bottle into pan of water,5
ano an bring the water TO a boiling heat
Inc coffee is then to be poured II Ioff;
GEAR and the latter portion strained: I
!nat I! which is not drank itnlnediately,
IS Kept closely stopped, aud heated
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nitrate of soda amongst tho long
glass in the plantations, which the
cattle never could eat. I now find
that the herbage is preferred to the
other parts Of the field.
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GRASS UNDER Trees. by SOW.
ing nitrare Of soda in small quantities
in showery weather, under trees, a
most beautiful verdure will be ob.
tanned. | have used it under beech
trees in my grounds, and the grass
looks green. Having succeeded so
veil on 8 small scale, have sowu
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Good coffee isFthe rarest pfoduc-
ton Of the kitchen. The Scientific
American says that the best way Of
making it, is toput the ground coffee
into a vide nouthed bottle over
night and pour rather more than
bali q piptsof @atey upon each ounce
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THE NEW CHARTER.
Aldermen as Judges.

To he Editor Of The ~ Y Tribune
desire to correct the idea contained in your editorial
OF this morning, that it is my impression that the
Amended Charter will 90 into fill effect Except such
clauses as name specific day. soon as the official re-
suit OF the election is declared The opinion expressed
by in the Court Of Sessions confined TO the point
under discussion, namey-the present right Of the Al
GermeD to sit Judges. On that point was and am Of
the opinion that their powers continue until the official
PRONUNCIATION OF the result OF the election and that from
that time their judicial functions connected with the
Courts Of Oyer and Terminer and General and Special
Sessions In regard to the continuance in oceof
the present members Of the Board Of Aldermen and As
stants until the expiration OF the for which they
were elected, expressed no opinion
AS you have, however preached the subject Ihave no
hesitation IN expressing my opinion that their legislative
powers continue that the Common Council still exists,
and that the Amended Charter not do away with
City Legislature until the first day OF January next"
The Amended Charter itself contains no provision
expressly terminating the Offices Of the present mem-
bers, while it does in the third section provide for
legislative act to be performed by them on or before
" first Monday in September next
No principle il better settled than that where the
intention Of the Legislature is not apparent 10 thar
purpose the general words OF another and later statute
shall not repeal the particular provisions OF former
- one
The law does not favor a repeal by implication. and q
later statute has never been held 20 repeal prior act
unless there be eontraety repugnsncy in them,
least such notice taken of the former ACT as m indi-
Now there Is nothing in the amendments 70 the Char
te Inconsistent with the rights Of the present Council
70 remain II their present offices until the first Monday
OF January next while there is abundance to show that
it vas intended they should 80 remain
The result is that under rhe amendments the present
Common Council still continues, controlled in is legis-
atlye acts by the adopted amendments stripped so FAR
as tie Aldermen concerned Of the power Of sitting
az Judges, and subject in their future legislation TO the
operation Of the fifth section relating 70 the veto power
Of the Mayor requiring tWo.thirds vote Of all the
members elected . pass any act &e returned by tho
Mayor with his objections. y. BowDITcH BLUSr.
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he went there to give first lecture on inarSday na
This produced dreadful riot, the STANDARDIZATION
Irisbmen notwithstanding the guard OF Poneemen l"
the doc penetrating into the Church, and being driven
from If only BY firearms and after the loss OF three oil
their party who we're shot down Though with tnls as
our DISPATCHES say the riot really at an end Oody
of soldery interviewed on the Mayors requston' anu
fired two yoeys among the peaceful and dispensing
crowd This killed and wounded several persons ana
the act is denounced in Montreal as unnecessary anu
wicked On that head We withhold our Judgment 'ii
the facts shall be better ascerained If the mob were
still active and bent on mischief the firing OF bullets
among them was not only proper, but mercliuI' de-
csye and prompt remedies are necessary IN sucn cases
On the part of the Catholic population Of Canada, no
stem could have been so foolish as well as wicked as
this attempt to put down public speaker lt makes
double hero OF Gayazz and enlists In his behalf the
generous and manly feelings Of thousands who would
else have regarded him with Indifference or dislike For
the nerant strrer.up of religious hostility We may be
pArdoned that we cherish sympathy But lei him
appear as the martyr of free discussion and every
throb of every true eemans pulse beats IN his sup
port. No cause, and above al, religious cause, can
ever prot by the services of mob The Church which
is iusulted and maligned thousand times better
afford to wait patiently for the slow vindcaton OF time
than TO allow its disciples undertake riot for It's de-
fepo