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Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-09-26
BUSINESS HABITS.

IT is an awkward Thing 10 begin in the world
without dOllar--and yet hundreds Of ,ndIvd
,inls have raised large fortunes from single
shilling. The stone obcsk which the citz ems
of London erected in Fl3et street NJ q testinio
ny Of their Respect for the political conduct OF
the lnte Mr.. Wolthman. had better been dedi-
Gated to the memory of his capacity for bust
ness-a capacity which enabled him, ns il did
Stephen Girar1, 10 erect thousands of pounds
from single bank note.
| know n gentleman, a builder in an cxten.
sivc way OF business, now well worth sl0O,0OO
who wos bricsayerS aborcr some sik years
ago, al one dollar per day. He became rich by
acting on principle lie has frequently assured
ment, he coh.inu ed 10 save fifty cents per day
and thus laid by one hundred and eighty two
dollars the Grst year From this time his for
tune was made Like q honnd on the right
see mt, the game, sooner or later was sure II
become his own.
The world.at lnrge would call these indvd
uals fortunate, and aScribc their property 10
good luck, but the world would be yer, wrong
in doing so. II there was any luck nj all IN the
matter, it was the luck Of possessing clear
heads and active hands, hy means of which,
multiiudes Of Others have carved out their own
fortunes, as well as those instances above cited.
The word business means habit Paradoxlcal
as il may appear at first sight, burine.s is moth
ing in the world but habit, the soul of which
is regularity. Like the 'nywhccl upon tie
stenn engine. this last keeps the motion Of life
ste ady and unhtokeD, thereby enabling the ma
chine 10 do its work without obs,ruction.--
without this regularity, your motions 4: mer'
chant may be capital, but they never will be
profitable.
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MAKE THE PEST OF VERIFYING.

Az important lesson 10 lenrn. and the enrliel
In life It learned the better, is to make the besi
Of eperyihing. An old ndage says. ''1here i.
no use in crying over split milk" Misfortunes
that have nlreaey happened cannot be preyen :
led, and therefore the wise man, instead of
wasting his time in regrets, will set himself to
work TO recover his losses. The mistakes and
foles of the past may teach us to be more
cautious for the future. but they never should
be allowed TO paralyze our energies, or s,irren.
der us to weak repinings. A millionaire OF
this city tells the story that at one period early
in his career, he had almost got to the verge Of
bankruptcy: but, says he, al ploughed deep
means he soon recovered. Had this man given
way TO despair had he sat down to bewall
his apparently impending ruin, lie might now
have been old and poor, instead Of n capitalist
in leading position. He adds that his char.
ncterislic was that through life, in all crcum /.
stances, he did the best he. could, whatever
that was, consuming no time in useless regrets
over bad specnations.
The rule holds good not only in mercantile
Affairs, but in the whole condnct of life. The
man who rs born 10 Indifferent circumst ances,
VIII never rise, IL abandoning himself To the
envy OF those more blessed by fortune he goes
about sullenly complaining, instead of cndcav-
oiing TO use to the best Of his ability what few
advantages he has. The patriot, depl,ring the
decline ef public and private morals, will nev.
eef succeed IN reforming the commonwealth, il
he sickles for visionary or irlpracticable meas
ures, rejecting those moderate ones which are
real'yattanable TIE friend will soon have
no intllnotcs at all if, making no allowance for
lhe ini'fmiteS Of human nature, he judges too
Ilarshly The conduct Of his acquainances -
Many n matrimonial separation might be
avoided, if husband and wife. instead Of ia
KING offence at each other on slight prnvoca.
ton, would FATHER dwell on the good traits
Their partner displays. There are not few
statesmen now living in retirem ,n,, who still
might have gratiiicd their ambition by serving
!ht public, if they had understood, amid the
lnlrsucs and dSappOintmen,s of pubiiG life 4,
now to make the best Of everything.
We mover see man bewai!ing his m;sfor.
tunes without feeling something Of contempt
for his weakness. No individual or nation ever
rose to emincnce in any department. whic h
gave itself up 10 this childish behavior. Gfeat-
ness can Only be achieved by beng superior
10 misfortune, and 10y returning agalnand a-ain
to the assault, with renewed energy Aud his
it is which is truly making the Geot Of euery.
thing -. Philadelphia Ledger.
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A CHRISTIAN MOTHER.

Rev. Dr. Hawkes. recently delivered lee
iurc before historical society, when he rea-
ted The following anccdotc Illustrative OF fc.
NAL, hcroisrn
"Among those-he oh7crved-who formed n
part OF The settlement during the revolutionary
struggle was n poor widow. who having buri-
ell her husband. was left III poverty, with the
task npon her hands Of raising three sons. OF
these, the two eldest. ere long. fell in the cause
Of their country, and she struggled on with the
youngest as best she could After The fall of
Charleston, and the disastrous retreat Of Colo
mel Bnforl, permission was given to some four
or FIVE American females 10 carry necessaries
and pr)visions and administer some relief to
tlia prisoners On board The prison ship. and in
the iails AT Charleston The widow was one
of the volunteers UPON this er.and Of mercy,
She was admitted within the city, anl braving
the horrors of pcstilcncc, employed herself to
the extent of her hiinlhle means in nileviating Z
the dcplorabt sui,trings OF her coun,rymen.
She knew what she had TO encounter; but,
notwithstanding. went hrayeIy nn Her mis-
sion Of humanity havin. been fulfilled, she left
Charleston on her rc;urn--b,'t, alas ! her ex
ppsrfs TO the pes;i!ental aimospher9 She had
been cbigci TO breathe had planned in her SIS
TEN The seeds of fatal disease: and ere she
reached home she sank under an attack Of
prison fever, brave martyr 20 the cause of hn
Inanity and patriotism. The DYING mother,
who now rests IN al unknown grave, thus LETT
her only son, the sole survivor of his family,
to the worlds charity bat little Gid she dream
as death closed her cycs--,he future Of that
orphan boy. The s1n became PRESIDE n Of thi 8
free Hcpublc--fr that widow was the mothe!
of ANDREW JACKSON -
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MacaulGy.
From GuiHot's Cromwell.

Cromwell died in the pientitude of his pnwel
and ErcatneSS. lie had succeeded beyond al
expectation, far more than any Other Of those
mun have succeeded; who. by their genins have
raised themselves, as he had done, 10 Suprcm
authority; for he had attempted anl accom-
Pushed, with equal success, and The m Isl uppo
sile designs During eighteen years that he
had been an over victorious actor on all the
worlds stage, he had ultimately sown disorder
and established order, effected and punished
revolution, over'llrown and restored govern
ment, III his own country. A every mnmcnt, ,ll :
der all circumstance he had distinguished,
with admirable Sayaci;y, The dOmintnt interests
ana paSsloiSo OF the TIM, 50 as to make them IN
struniunts OF his own rllc-carcless whet her he
belicd his an:ecelent condur. So long as he tr.
umphcd IN concert with the popular instinct,
and explaining The Inconsistencies OF his con.
duct by the upityol his power. He s. perhaps,
the oniy example which history ailordS of one
man having governed the most opposite evenis,
and,provcd sufficient for most various dcstin:cS.
Aud IN The co,.rsc Uf his violent and chanseul
career; necessarily exposed 10 all kinds o en-
cln!es and cUnSpracles. Cromwell .experien
ccd this crow nug favor of fortune, that his Ii tc
was never actually attackel; the sovereign
against whom killing had been declared 10 be
no murder, never found himself face TO face
w!l!i all assassin.
Tie world has never kIoTn another exam
pie Of Success at once 50 constant and 50 ya ri
GUS, or of fortune 50 invariably favorable, in The
midst of such manifold conflicts and pcr,is.--
Yet Cromwcll's death-bed was clouded with
gloom. Hewas not only unwilling to die, bul
also and most Of all, to die without having u,
tanned ais real and final object. However
great his egotsm may have been, his soul was
too great TO rest satisfied with the highest ior
tune, ifit were merely personal, and, like him
sell, of ephemeral earthly duration. Weary of
the ruin he had caused, il was his cherished
wish to restore 10 his country regular and sta
BILE governmcnt--the only government which
was suited to its wants-a Monarchy under the
control Of Parliament. And at the same time,
without ambition which extended beyond the
grave, under the influence OF that thirst Tor pre-
ihanence; " hi ch is the stLmp OF true greatness,
be aspired to leave his name and race IN posses.
sion of the throne. He lated in both designs;
his crimes had raised up obstacles against him,
which neither his prudcn. genius nor his pre-
scvcring will could surmouht; and though COW
cred, Us far as himself was concerned, with
power and giory, he died with his dearest hopes
frustrated, and leaving behind him as his sue
cessors, two entmlcs whom he had SO ardently
combaed-anarchy and the Stuarts. God does
not grant to those great men who have laid the
foundation of their greatness amidst disorder
and revolutions, the power of regulating, at their
pleasure, and for succeeding ages, the govern
ment Of nations.
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vO{taire

|, was in the year 1850 that, ,Vol,airc
left the great capital, afier the lapse OF
nearly thirty years. He returned, bow.
ell down by extreme old age, TO die in
the midst of splendid and shosily lri.
umph. His reception in Prussia was
such as might we'll have elated less
vain and cxcitable mind.-He wrote to
his'friends ot Paris THAT the Kindness and
the attention with which he had been
wslcomed surpassed descriplion-,liat
the king was the most amiahlc Of men
that 2etsdam was the Paradise philos,
ophers. He was created ch mbelain,
and received, along with his gold key,
the cross Of an order, and a putent en-.
suring 10 him pension OF eigh, hurdred
pounds sterling year for life. A hun.
dred aud sixty pounds year were prom.
itel to his pcice if she survived him.
The royal cooks and coachmen were put
at his disposal. He was lodged in the
same apartments in which SAKE had
lived, when. at the height Of power and
glory, he visited Prussia. Frederic, in.
deed, stopped for time even to use Lam
guage Of adulation. He pressed to bis
lips the mesger hand Of the little grin.
ming skeleton, whom he regarded as the
dispenser Of immortal fenown. He
would add, he said, TO the titles which
he owed to his ancestors and his sword, /,
another title, derived from his last and
proudest acquisition. His style should
run thus:-Frederic king Of Prussia.
Margrave Of Brandenburg. Sovereign
Duke Of Silesa, Possessor Of Volsire.
But even amidst the delights Of the hon.
ey moon, VoItaire's sensitive vanity be.
gan to take the alarm. A few days at.
ter his arrival. he could not help telling
his neice. that the amiable king, had a
lrick oil giving a sly scratch with one
tand while patting and stroking with the
Ither. Soon came hints not the less a.
tlarming because mysterious. "The sup.
}er parties ore delicious. The king is
fhe life Of the company. Butt have
operas and comedies, reviews and con.
tcerts, my studies and my books. But :
Sut-Berlin is fine, the princess charm.
hg, the maids Of honor handsome.
5This eccentric friendship was fast
boiling Never had there metilwo per.
(us so cxquisiely fitted to plague each
lher. Each Of them lad exactly the
vi, Of which the other was most imrn'
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PRIVILEGED MEMBERS.

gentleman on n visit to Washing
ton one day, very cody opened the door
Of the Senate chamber, and was about to
! pass in, when the door. keeper asked:
care you privileged member?"
"Whot do you mean by that?" asked
the stranger.
The reply was, Governor, an ex.
member Of Congress, or Foreign Min.
lister. The stranger replied that he was
a Minister.
"From what court or country, if you
pleasc!" asked the official,
Very gravely pointing up-"From
Heaven sir"
To this the door.kcepcr waggishly re-.
piled:
"rhis Government AT present holds no
intert curse with that foreign power"
Walter Scott does not appear to have
been the hoy at school which some have
stated. Once, boy in the same class
was asked by the dominic" what part OF
speech the word with was.
ga ncun SIR" said the boy.
"You young blockhead,' cried the
1edagosue. "what example can you fur.
nish OF such ,hns!"
III can tell you, sir" interrupted Scott;
"you know there is a verse in the Bible
which says they bound Sampson with
withs"
A domestic newly engaged. presented
to his master ono morning pair OF
boots.
"How comes it y,u rascal tha, these
boots are not Of the same length!" 81
really don't know, sir-but what both.
ers me the most is, that the pair down
stairs are in tho same fi1!" t.
Ifyou have great talents, industry will
improve them, ifmolerate abilities, in.
dus,ry will supply the deficiencies. Moth.
ing is denied to we'll directed labor,
nothing is obtained withoutit,
"Say, John, what's printer?" asked
"Jour" of bis fellow TYPO"
"a printer is horn through which the
praise of other men is sounded" was the
reply he gave.
The London correspondent Of the N. Y.
Herald says ,ha. the project Of connec-
ting England and America by telegraph,
is seriously engaging public attention in
that country.
Why is the assessor Of taxes one ol
best Of men! Because hs never under
rates any body.
The salaries Of the Cbaplains to Con.
gress are fixed. from the Soth Of June,
i 1868, at seven hundred and fifty dollars,
Some happiness is Of . retired nature,
and an enemy 70 pomp anlnoise, :.
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On the Mississippi during the last si4
months there were seventy steamers sunk
or destroyed besides upwards Of one hun.
dred aud fifty barees, coal boats, &c..
valued at $2,260, 900. The loss Of life l.
estimated at two hundred and fifty souls.
A gentleman was promensding fash.
ionable street with bright little by At
his side, when the little fellow cried out,
"Oh, pa, there goes an editor!"
"Hush, son." said the father, "donst
make sport Of the poor man-God only
knows what you may come 10 YETI
Reputation may be compared 10 a.
clean shee. Of psper-nothing 10 more
easily soiled the least stain,on il il dis.
coyertd.
cSomeboly" down in virginia he's
got mad stone which cures bites ffoa
dogs. reptiles. insects. &c. H wants
$4,000 for it.
An sIrishmae'a desesiptiea of natlq1
acsnnou-- Takes Iorg hp!e IA; 5
bran sscund IL Z s| ;lsS
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WHAT ONE LApYCAN Accomplish. native
Of the land Of steady habits lately arrived at The
towno! harrisburg, TcTaS--a lore tmaie---and
went to work to build up a school ior the in
sructon OF the rising generation. That town,
unlike the Village to which she had been ac-
c,IStarned in her own beloved New England,
contained neither meeting nor school house.
Many discouraged her from making an effort Ia
establish school, predicting the downfall OF
the town, ETC.. But the lady possessing the per-
severance characte rstic Of the land of"her nn-
tiyity," determined TO ego ahead" and see
what could be done. She commenced her
school in ii sma room which was built for olher
PURPOSES; in the meantime taking measures for
the erection Of a school house on ground which
she hat purchased. The house is a spacious
two story building, paid for by money which its
owner earned by teaching in another State. In
this cdilice she instrucls all of bo,h:sexes who
seek her aid. She intends as soon as circum
stances VIII Justify il, to employ male assls-
tnnt; when she W i'll devote herself entirely to
the instruction Of females, and to snperntend
a boarding house, which she intends keeping
for The accommodation ofpupis.
Tins lady teaches Union Sunday school in
her school house. She has also invited minis
teGi Hf all evangelical denominations to preach
IN ti.c building. Is not this lady performing n
usvut work! Is sic not missionary at her
owa charges7 Has New England any more such
daughters 10 spare for the instruction o. the ri
sing race OF Texas lf So, | can assure them
they would meet with n cordial reception
There is alnpl, room in Texas for several scores
of Teachers, male and female. Who aciA come
to our aid?-PW. Rec.
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How roiwmrsa oss HysplsD:: :ssss,

How ToiWIxrER Or Hyspasp' Snssr
FROM Two ACRES or LAxp.-We hsve
been accused Of inducing planters 10 ~
visionary experiments. WehsrdIy knov
what meaning thosc who uss The Vol
visionary would putt 10 in this cone1e.
ton. nor do we care. We hava (9ftf
the. following project OF p,odseing lod-
der enoueh ol Two scrss or laG(l II VIC.
ter ono hundred stcsp. B1f ~. NJ.
Doubtful. il mus: be made very nch. or
course 'tlnus., That won't hun the land
in the lcns,. But how will you do, III
10 the fnt place. make the land very
rich. Manure il generously y---plough L
thoroughly- borrow Il fine - roll Il
smooth--put on the marker and work II
into rows three feet apart, SOW Indian
corn in drills. Hoe /, twice, and after
tho second hocing take your seed sower
and SOW between each two rows Of corn
row OF fiat turnip seed. After your
corn has spindled cut il up, let il wilt,
then tic it up in bunlles aud shock i, up
as you do corn stocks which you have
cut in tie usual way, aud then lei il
stand until dry. II would not be arrange
il you had ok tons Of fodder per acre
when they were sufficiently dry to pu,
into the barn. Thia will be twelve tons,
(upon two acres). Now, 10 winter one
hundred sheep you ough, to have twenty
tons OF fodder. You have got twelve Of
them end want eight more, or four
tons from each acie, The turnips ought
TO produce this amount. Let US see.-
Allowing bushel Of turnis to weigh
80 pounds, in order to have four tons on
an scfe you should raise 1891 bushels.
Wi!Lnot your land produce this amount
after taking away the Indian corn crop.
So you will have your twenty tens OF
food from two acres. But will sheep eat
the corn slalks7 Yes. we have tiied
that. just run the stalks through
straw cutter and feed them out to the
sheep. and they will cot them all. We
have tried il, and several others have
tried it. Then run your iurnips thro'
vegetable cutter, and they will be eat.
en-. The sheep should be young and
hearty, and have good teeth. Who will
try the experiment this year? We are
bound to for onc.-Maine Farmer,
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Coon ONE.-A minister travelling where
the road was difficult to find, requested man
by the way side to direct him, naming the place
W here he wanted to 20.
"Well," said the hedger and ditcher, "keep
on just as you are going abont a mile and Il
half, there at the cross roads ycl will 81 a min
lister. who will direct you TO the left couple of
miles and there at the fork OF the road is an 9th
er minister who will direct you 10 the right
about three niles, and so on, at every fork and
cross of the road, is minister to tell you which
roai to take.''
'Ah," said the pastor, "what do you call
min isters!'
"Why," said the other, "hose things W ich
stand up at the cross and forks Of the road with
something like hand on them -
"Fingerboards you mcan," said the preach
er, "why do you call them mnisters?"
"Recause they are always pointing the way to
other people, and never go tLemselyes."
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PARTY PREF UpICE.

A good anecdc;c is told OF country.
man from NewYork, who was visiting
Washington OF tho lime when Mr.. Van
Buron was Vice president. Our friend
was red hot Democrat, and Of course
held Mr.. Van Buren, in the highes. rev.
erence. He sat in the cireula gallery
of the Senate, gazing at the Vice Presi.
dent with mingled feeling Of awe and
Stale pride, when suddenly a tall and
majestic form appeared q, the side OF be
ball and bnckoned 10 Mr.. Van Buren,.
There was little business doing, and the
Vice T. President, calling Senator TO the
chair, joined the person mentioned, both
seated themselves on sofa, both snuffe,,
from The same box-the hand OF the Vice
President was laid playfuIly upon the
knee Of his companion. and every now
and then hearty leugh would escspo
them, showing that Whatever might be
'no topic they were discussing, il wss
one which IVES agreeable to both.
'ls ,hut Mr.. Calhoun with the Vice
PresidontF asked our country friend.
turning 10 person near him.
NO sir
Isl, Mr.. Benlon''
NO sir
May ask yon who is itl'
why. that is Mr.. Clay
'Mr. Clay!' almos; shrioked the man
does Mr.. Van Buren, speak TO him7-
Rot me If | vote for him asain.' ond the
fellow stalked from the Hall, firmly be.
lieving that the country was lost.
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AsHEs For CoRN.--I have found by
experiment that ashes are to be preferred
to plaster for corn. Last year | planted
few acres Of corn upon patch Of
ground that did not consider strong
enough to produce large crop without
some artificial manure. ] had a few
bushels Of plaster, which | put on the
corn as fast as it would 60. then skip.
ped few rows, and upon the remainder
put unleached ashes. "a small handful
TO the hilI.) The result was that the
corn upon which had put nothing was
not so good as that upon which pu, the
plaster, and that upon which put the
plaster as that upon which | put tho ash.
es. As.'the soil was as nearly alike as
possible. the same qualify Of seed plan.
ted at the same time, receiving the sama
care, can account for the difference in
no other way than by reasoning that
plaster is better than nothing and ashes
better than plaster.--G. L. B,
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A TREASURE COSTING NO MovEY Which
will you do-smile and make your household
happy, or be grabbed and make all these young
ones gloomy, and the elder ones mserable.-
The amount of happiness you can produce is
incalculable, il you show a smiling face, a
kind heart, and speak pleasant words.
Wear pleasant cuunte tenance let Joy beam
in Your eyes, and love glow on your forehead
There is no Joy like hat which springs from q
kind act, or pleasant deed and you will feel
il at night when You rest, in the mofuing when
you rise, and through the day when about
your business.
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Boys, TAKE NorIcE - Ben jamin Franklin
Wade, Senator in Congress from Ohio, and
Edward Wade, Representative in Congress
from the same State, are brothers. and were
born on the Feeding Hills, West Springieid)
in this county. Their father was poor, but
they improved their leisure moments in real-
Ing and study, while the sons Of the wealthy
Were spending their time in foolish amuscments
and ihrs laid the foundation for the.r present
fame ani usC(ulncss They did not have the
benefit of Il liberal education. - W estfield
Mass J News Letter.